August 12, 2026

Milwaukee election officials are under fire after admitting “human error” left five of nine USB drives sent from the city’s central count facility without election results — only audit logs — forcing a frantic return to retrieve and re-upload the missing data while nearly 15,000 ballots were still outstanding. The stunning blunder, acknowledged by Election Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutierrez, has reignited memories of Milwaukee’s past election-night chaos and raised fresh alarms over a process where a single wrong click can scramble the count.

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