Recount locations, one in each of the state’s 72 counties, are open to the public, though only official tabulators and representatives from each campaign are allowed to inspect the ballots.

Each county’s recount will be overseen by the local County Board of Canvassers, which includes the clerk and two members appointed by the clerk, one of whom must be from a party other than the clerk’s political party. Counties are also employing scores of vote counters earning various wages from $10 per hour to as much as $20 per hour in Dane County.

Dane County will have two teams of vote counters working, or double the number from the 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court recount, which involved half as many votes. McDonell said he expects there will be about 60 or 70 people working each day over two shifts. He said he hopes to complete the recount within the 12-day time frame.

“We should be able to make it by that Monday night (Dec. 12),” McDonell said. “It just depends on how it’s going. We’ll know a lot better after a few days.”The recount will take place in two large conference rooms on the third floor of the City-County Building.

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