Trump Amplifies Wisconsin Governor’s Vow to Block FBI Ballot Seizure
Trump spotlights a report that Governor Tony Evers pledges to resist any federal effort to seize Milwaukee's 2020 ballots, citing secret-ballot rights.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump amplified a report that Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, the Democrat who has led the state since 2019, vowed to block any FBI effort to seize Milwaukee’s 2020 election ballots.
Evers said his administration will fight any federal attempt to take voting documents if investigators expand a 2020 election probe into Wisconsin, according to jsonline. The governor argued that a state law requiring a voter number on absentee ballots at central counting sites could let authorities match those numbers to poll books. That match, he said, would reveal how tens of thousands of residents voted.
“In this state, Wisconsinites have a constitutional right to cast a secret ballot, and that’s something we take really seriously — even Kathy and I don’t always talk about who we vote for,” Evers said in a statement, according to jsonline. “So, the idea that the state should somehow turn over sensitive voter information and documents that could enable the federal government to know how Wisconsinites voted and who they voted for is wrong, and we’ll continue fighting to protect Wisconsinites’ right to vote by secret ballot.”
Here is the full post on truthsocial: ““PO’d” Evers vows to resist any FBI effort to seize Milwaukee ballots: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/11/tony-evers-vows-to-resist-any-effort-to-seize-2020-milwaukee-ballots/89.1 billion/” on August 2, 2026 at 8:57 AM ET.
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The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 65 of his 444 posts over the last 30 days focused on elections.
Trump linked the news by mentioning the source (see jsonline). The article reported that the FBI in recent weeks seized voting data in two battleground states where Trump lost reelection in 2020.
The stakes fall heaviest on Milwaukee voters, who could lose the secrecy of their choices if federal authorities obtain ballots that election officials have not yet destroyed. A repeal of the voter-number law would benefit voters worried about secrecy, while opponents warn it removes a safeguard against fraud. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the Rochester Republican who leads the state Assembly, said he wants the law kept in place. “It’s important we don’t eliminate any law that will prevent double voting or allow anyone here illegally to cast a vote,” Vos said in a statement, according to jsonline.
The dispute traces back to the 2020 contest, when nearly 180,000 people voted absentee in Milwaukee amid the coronavirus pandemic. Trump’s campaign paid for a recount in Dane and Milwaukee counties and sought to throw out all absentee ballots cast there, a move that would have overturned the result. Court rulings and audits confirmed the outcome, yet Trump continues to claim he won Wisconsin.
Federal investigators have already moved in other states. They seized hundreds of boxes tied to the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, in late January and later issued a grand jury subpoena for voting information in Maricopa County, Arizona, according to jsonline.
For the average reader, the fight tests whether a decades-old promise of a secret ballot holds when federal authorities seek election records. The outcome could shape how states store and protect voting documents nationwide.
Disputes over Wisconsin’s ballots have happened before. Following the 2020 vote, recounts, lawsuits and audits repeatedly affirmed the tally, according to jsonline.
The next move rests with the FBI, which has not signaled any action in Wisconsin, and with state lawmakers weighing a repeal of the voter-number law. A date for a decision has not been announced.
Clashes over Wisconsin vote counts are not new to the state’s leaders. In the 2000 presidential race, Wisconsin’s result came down to about 5,700 votes, and the 2004 contest triggered scrutiny of absentee procedures in Milwaukee. Recount efforts in 2016, funded by third-party candidate Jill Stein, changed the statewide margin by only a few dozen votes. Each episode left the certified winner in place, a pattern that has repeatedly ended challenges to the state’s tallies.
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