Milwaukee tells much more after discovering human error in vote tabulation machines 30,000 absentee ballots It has already been processed, city officials announced Tuesday evening.

Already in such a situation waits until election day In terms of counting absentee ballots, the recount could further delay statewide election results in Wisconsin.

Here’s what we know about the rerun of voting in Milwaukee.

How many votes are being recounted?

About 31,000 absentee ballots were redacted through tabulators at the city’s downtown Central Count location, city spokesman Jeff Fleming said Tuesday.

In a post on XWisconsin Elections Commission Chairman Ann Jacobs put the count at closer to 34,000 ballots.

“It’s going to be very late at night in beautiful Milwaukee,” he added.

What was wrong with the tabulating machines?

According to Milwaukee Election Commission spokeswoman Caroline Reinwald, the tabulating machines’ doors were not properly closed when ballots were first counted.

The Election Commission said in a statement that “senior election officials” did not fully secure the gates. Fleming also attributed the incident to “human error”.

“This is just out of an abundance of caution,” he said. “We have no reason to believe there is any danger to any of the machines.”

Election Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutiérrez said officials from both the Democratic and Republican parties agreed to proceed with the recount “to assure the American public that this election will be conducted in a safe, secure and transparent manner.”

How long will the re-election results be delayed in Milwaukee?

Fleming said the recount could delay final election results in Milwaukee by one to three hours.

Wisconsin election results were expected to be released as early as the morning of Nov. 6 at the earliest, as the state waited until 7 a.m. on Election Day to begin counting ballots. Milwaukee, in particular, collects all ballots at a central counting facility and then reports all results at once; often very late on Election Day, or even the next morning.

Vanessa Swales and Alison Dirr contributed to this report.

This article first appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Absentee voting repeat in Milwaukee: How long will it delay results?