WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) — Wood County Clerk Trent Miner has released a statement debunking a rumor that some precincts in his county ran out of ballots on Tuesday.
“Fox News, in their election coverage last night, stated that Wood County, Wisconsin had run out of ballots in some of their precincts, without attributing their source of this information,” said Miner in a press release.
He adds that some local outlets also picked up the false information.
“I want to emphatically confirm that NO precincts in Wood County ran out of ballots [for the] November 3, 2020, General Election. Any suggestions that infer otherwise are false and without merit,” added Miner.
It’s unclear where or how the rumor got started. Wisconsin saw a record turnout on Tuesday in both in-person and absentee voting. Results from the night are still being tabulated by local and state election officials, and will not be official until December 1st.
The race between President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden remains too close to call.
