Wisconsin’s presidential recount, which will begin next week, could put the state at risk of not having its 10 electoral votes counted. A federal “safe harbor” law requires states to complete presidential recounts within 35 days of the election to ensure their electoral votes are counted. This year, that’s Dec. 13.
It will be extremely difficult for Wisconsin to meet the Dec. 13 deadline if Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein is able to force the recount to be conducted by hand. A lawyer with Stein’s campaign has said it wants the recount done by hand. That would take longer and require a judge’s order.
According to the Journal-Sentinel, Recounts will be done by county boards of canvassers, which will likely have to work nights and weekends.
Stein and independent presidential candidate Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente separately filed recount requests late Friday, the last day they were able to do so. Stein received about 31,000 votes and De La Fuente about 1,500 out of three million cast.
Stein — who received just 1% of the vote in Wisconsin — is also planning to ask for recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania, which have deadlines next week.
The push for a recount is the result of a Liberals conspiracy theory that voting machines might have been hacked. Election officials and experts say they are unaware of any problems with Wisconsin’s vote tally. No reasonable person expects the results to change after the recount. President-elect Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton by some 22,000 votes in Wisconsin.
Via RedState