Stein calls Wisconsin’s $3.5M recount cost ‘exorbitant,’ seeks more funds

The Wisconsin Elections Commission announced that it has received the required payment from Jill Stein to start the presidential recount in the state later this week.

Mr Brewer said he does not expect a recount, but the objective was to investigate any evidence of mistakes or fraud which might have happened as the ballots were counted.

The goal of the recount is to investigate any evidence of mistakes or fraud happening during the counting of the ballots, Brewer said.

Upper Peninsula State Senator Tom Casperson is outraged that MI taxpayers may have to pay millions of dollars to cover the costs of the recount that was requested today by Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein.

Cobb says, “Any allegations to the contrary are fabrications”.

Republican Donald Trump won all three states. (Trump won the Electoral College but is losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by more than 2 million ballots.) Trump offered no proof for his claims of rampant voter fraud – “the news” way of saying “bullsh-“, as Noah put it.

Stein has yet to point to a specific reason for the recount, but data experts have suggested there is a discrepancy between results in electronic and paper ballots.

Thomas, the elections chief, said the recount probably will end but “that’s a legal issue”.

In their complaint to the Federal Elections Commission, Republicans say Stein mathematically can not win in a recount and only Clinton stands to benefit.

Elections officials in all three states have expressed confidence in their election results.

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein requested the recount.

The goal is to finish the recount by 10 December, with 19 larger counties and more smaller counties.

Commission Administrator Mike Haas held a teleconference with clerks Wednesday to walk them through final preparations. They also pointed to statistics that may show irregularities in how votes were counted.

Under laws passed in MI in 2014, recounts are costly for the people requesting them.

MI on Monday declared President-elect Donald Trump the victor over Hillary Clinton in its razor-thin contest, officially placing the state’s 16 electoral votes in Trump’s column three weeks after the election. The efforts are being led by Green Party nominee Jill Stein, and recently gained the support of Clintons campaign.

One of the two presidential candidates who asked for recount of Wisconsin’s presidential vote has withdrawn his request. She griped about Wisconsin’s costs being exorbitant but paid the money with five minutes to spare Tuesday. The campaign is asking that almost 5 million ballots be recounted by hand rather than using machines.

Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn granted a request from Clinton’s attorneys to join the lawsuit without comment during a hearing Tuesday afternoon.

The first candidate-driven statewide recount of a presidential election in 16 years is set to begin in Wisconsin.

“Although we are disappointed with the court’s ruling, we are encouraged that the judge understands how important it is for Wisconsin and the country to count all ballots by hand, referring to this method as the ‘gold standard, ‘” the statement said.

Shortly after voting wrapped up on Election Day, we reported to Pennsylvanians that their election had been conducted fairly and accurately.

The commission voted unanimously to move ahead with a recall timeline that would start the process on Thursday. The Wisconsin Election Commission plans to meet with the clerks via teleconference and an online seminar Wednesday morning.