Human error forces delay in Milwaukee primary election results
Election officials said 5 of the 9 USB sticks were missing results from the election.
MILWAUKEE —
There will be a delay in the Milwaukee voting results for the 2026 Wisconsin primary.
The city of Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutierrez said they discovered five of the nine flash drives brought to central count had the audit log downloaded and not the results.
"It's a human error," Gutierrez said.
They had to go back to the operations center at central count to redownload the results from five machines. The results will then be sent back to the Milwaukee County Courthouse to be reuploaded.
Gutierrez said nearly 15,000 ballots have yet to be counted.
When asked by WISN 12 News' Hannah Hilyard if this was all as simple as somebody pressing the wrong button, Gutierrez said, "correct."
At 12:08 a.m., the Associated Press is reporting 94% of Wisconsin votes have been counted with David Crowley leading Francesca Hong by over 3,000 votes for the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin Governor. Tom Tiffany won the Republican nomination for governor in Wisconsin.
Around 1:05 a.m., Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson announced the results for Milwaukee. David Crowley finished with 65,131 votes (43.04 %). Francesca Hong finished with 62,739 votes (41.46%). Therefore, Crowley finished with 2,392 more votes than Hong.
As of 1:31 a.m., the Associated Press is reporting 98% of votes in the state have been counted with David Crowley leading 312,286 votes to 308,401 votes.