Milwaukee election staff error delayed August 2026 primary results by hours and fueled fraud rumors; released logs show no tampering, but city took three weeks to release them

During the August 11, 2026 partisan primary, Milwaukee election staff at five of nine absentee-ballot tabulators mistakenly selected 'export audit log' instead of 'export files' when extracting results, delaying reporting by a couple of hours. Conspiracy theories about vote tampering spread on social media within minutes.