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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision Monday on whether the Nov. 3 election was conducted illegally in Milwaukee and Dane counties, as President Donald Trump has claimed.

President-elect Joe Biden won Wisconsin by about 21,000 votes but Trump is seeking to throw out thousands of ballots in the two counties, which could result in a victory for him here.

The state Supreme Court heard arguments in the case on Saturday and would need to issue a ruling by noon Monday, when Wisconsin electors are scheduled to cast the state’s 10 electoral votes for Biden.

In this week’s Capitol Notes, Marti Mikkelson asks JR Ross of WisPolitics.com what he thinks of all this as the state awaits the court’s ruling.

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It’s shaping up to be another busy week for the Wisconsin courts. The state Supreme Court rejected a couple of lawsuits last week related to President Donald Trump’s claims that the election was conducted illegally in the state.

The court ruled that Trump’s grievances must first go through lower courts. His attorneys then filed similar claims in federal court in Wisconsin.

In this week’s Capitol Notes conversation, JR Ross of WisPolitics.com tells WUWM’s Marti Mikkelson that this week will likely see another flurry of court activity, with Trump’s case ultimately reaching the Wisconsin Supreme Court again.

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The presidential recount in Milwaukee and Dane counties is entering its fourth day. Unofficial results from Nov. 3 show President-elect Joe Biden ahead of President Donald Trump in Wisconsin by about 20,000 votes.

Milwaukee County election officials say the recount is moving slowly because Trump’s attorneys have been constantly interrupting and challenging tens of thousands of ballots, alleging fraud and seeking to discount them. They say few votes have actually been counted and the process is falling far behind.

The deadline for Wisconsin to certify its election results is Dec. 1.

In this week’s Capitol Notes, WUWM’s Marti Mikkelson asked JR Ross of WisPolitics.com what happens next.

“Well, this is all about going to court. Traditionally in Wisconsin, when you have a recount, all you do is take the ballots and feed them back from machines and count a second time. That's not what the petition that the Trump campaign filed. It’s more about trying to disqualify tens of thousands of ballots that were cast by people who are following the orders or the advice, the directions, they were given by state and local election officials,” says Ross.

The Trump campaign has several different arguments it is trying to bring before the courts but all center around procedural matters of absentee voting that have been in place since before the 2016 election.

“The Trump campaign is arguing that these voters did not follow the letter of the law, therefore their vote shouldn’t be counted. That's kind of an unusual request and I don't know how far it'll get with the courts but that's where we're heading eventually,” he says.