referencing wisconsin<u+2019>s new strict voter id law, scott walker also asserted that state lawmakers <u+201c>made it easy to vote, hard to cheat in wisconsin elections.<u+201d> | getty by madeline conway 11/28/16 02:45 pm est updated 11/28/16 07:12 pm est election officials in wisconsin estimate that a recount of the state's vote, as requested by green party candidate jill stein, will cost about $3.5 million. according to the wisconsin elections commission, the state must receive the $3.5 million from the stein campaign, or the other candidate who petitioned for a recount, by 4:30 p.m. tuesday for the audit to continue. story continued below stein campaign spokeswoman meleiza figueroa said the campaign planned to pay the $3.5 million to fund the recount. stein, whose third-party campaign for president got only a tiny fraction of the vote nationally in november, successfully petitioned to initiate the recount last week in the state, which donald trump won by some 22,000 votes. stein reports that she has raised more than $6 million in her call for a recount in wisconsin and two other states that trump won narrowly, michigan and pennsylvania. there is no evidence that voting machines in wisconsin or other swing states were compromised or that there was any widespread voter fraud. the white house has aggressively pushed back on any such allegations to affirm that the election results are legitimate. hillary clinton<u+2019>s campaign, while maintaining that it has not seen sufficient evidence to suggest that the election results were compromised, has said its lawyers will attend the recount proceedings. republicans have criticized the effort as desperate. wisconsin gov. scott walker, defending the legitimacy of his state<u+2019>s tally in the presidential election, said monday that it is <u+201c>hard to justify<u+201d> a recount to taxpayers. in a facebook post monday, walker also rejected the suggestion that wisconsin<u+2019>s results were wrong. in addition to citing donald trump<u+2019>s margin of victory there, walker said wisconsin<u+2019>s electoral process is <u+201c>fair<u+201d> and <u+201c>protected.<u+201d> <u+201c>are recount supporters really that surprised how rural wisconsin voted?<u+201d> walker, a republican, asked in the post. referencing wisconsin<u+2019>s new strict voter id law, walker also asserted that state lawmakers <u+201c>made it easy to vote, hard to cheat in wisconsin elections.<u+201d> <u+201c>supporters of #recount2016 were against our voter id initiatives,<u+201d> he added. by andrew restuccia voter id laws, like the one in wisconsin, have faced heavy scrutiny from democrats and activist groups who say they disproportionately disenfranchise poor and minority voters. stein on monday began the process of filing for a recount in pennsylvania, and has said she hopes to request an audit of the vote in michigan as well. daniel strauss contributed to this article. by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
wisconsin commission estimates recount will cost $3.5 million - politico
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