Recount off to a slow start, especially in Milwaukee where Trump campaign observers object to thousands of ballots, envelopes https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/21/recount-off-slow-start-especially-milwaukee-where-trump-campaign-observers-object-thousands-ballots/6362195002/ by @SchulteLaura @AlisonDirr @RicoReporting @mdesisti & me

One Trump observer, according to a Brown Deer election official, said the campaign was objecting to all absentee ballots because they were folded — even though they must be folded to fit into envelopes.

Other Trump observers objected to the number of piles workers were placing ballots in, according to officials from Cudahy and the City of Milwaukee. And Trump observers & attorneys complained that Oak Creek's workers were counting too quickly for them to watch properly.

Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said Saturday that Trump observers were "disruptive," asking question after question and telling the election workers to stop what they’re doing.

"It's not our job to train their observers on what they're observing," said Christenson, a Democrat. "They clearly don't know what they're doing and so they keep asking questions..."

"...And we've said to the Trump campaign, you need to tell your people what you're looking for here because they’re objecting to every ballot," Christenson added.

Tim Posnanski, a county election commissioner, questioned Trump attorneys after learning an observer objected to all folded absentee ballots, calling it "evidence of bad faith" by the campaign.

"I want to know what is going on and why there continues to be obstruction," he said

Trump observers also objected to every absentee ballot envelope from Ward 5 in the City of Milwaukee and every ballot cast in Ward 1, said Claire Woodall-Vogg, head of the city Election Commission.

The two wards, predominantly African American, are on the city's north side.