Wisconsin recount begins with a partisan fight over recount rules

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The Trump campaign’s Wisconsin recount effort has been approved after hours of sparring over the ground rules about how votes in the state’s two most populous counties would be reviewed.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission, which is a partisan body comprised of three Republicans and three Democrats, held a special meeting Wednesday evening, although when election staff and Democrats proposed changes to the manual that guides recounts, Republicans cried afoul.

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