2020 Presidential Recount

The Wisconsin Elections Commission ordered a partial recount of presidential election results in Dane and Milwaukee counties after receiving a recount petition and $3 million payment from the Trump campaign. The recount order is attached below.

The recount order required Dane and Milwaukee counties boards of canvassers (BOCs) to convene by 9 a.m. Saturday, November 21, and complete their work by noon on Tuesday, December 1.  

The Dane County BOC met at Monona Terrace in Madison.  The Milwaukee County BOC met at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee.  The recount was completed on Sunday, November 29.  The Chair of the Wisconsin Elections Commission signed the canvass statement for the election and the recount on November 30.