Some interesting development.
Wisconsin to hold statewide recount of votes for president
NOVEMBER 26,2016
The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Nov. 25 received two recount petitions from the Jill Stein for President Campaign and from Rocky Roque De La Fuente.
“The commission is preparing to move forward with a statewide recount of votes for president of the United States, as requested by these candidates,” WEC Administrator Michael Haas announced.
He continued, “We have assembled an internal team to direct the recount, we have been in close consultation with our county clerk partners, and have arranged for legal representation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice,.
“We plan to hold a teleconference meeting for county clerks next week and anticipate the recount will begin late in the week after the Stein campaign has paid the recount fee, which we are still calculating.”
The last statewide recount was of the Supreme Court election in 2011.
The state is working under a federal deadline of Dec. 13 to complete the recount.
As a result, county boards of canvassers may need to work evenings and weekends to meet the deadlines, according to a news release from the department.
Haas said, “The recount process is very detail-oriented, and this deadline will certainly challenge some counties to finish on time.”
A recount is different than an audit and is more rigorous.
More than 100 reporting units across the state were randomly selected for a separate audit of their voting equipment as required by state law, and that process has already begun.
Electronic voting equipment audits determine whether all properly-marked ballots are accurately tabulated by the equipment.
In a recount, all ballots — including those that were originally hand counted — are examined to determine voter intent before being retabulated.
In addition, the county boards of canvassers will examine other documents, including poll lists, written absentee applications, rejected absentee ballots, and provisional ballots before counting the votes.
Haas said the commission’s role is to order the recount, to provide legal guidance to the counties during the recount and to certify the results.
If the candidates disagree with the results of the recount, the law gives them the right to appeal in circuit court within five business days after the recount is completed.
The circuit court is where issues are resolved that may be discovered during the recount but are not resolved to the satisfaction of the candidates.
“Wisconsin has the most decentralized election system in the United States,” Haas said in his statement.
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