Peterson brushed aside those concerns, saying the law clearly ensures that “Wisconsin’s electoral votes are going to count.”

Assistant Attorney General Michael Murphy, who defended the state in the court hearing and argued the recount should continue, told Peterson the recount “is on time; it is going smoothly.”

“There’s no evidence of a problem here on either the timeline or the mechanics,” Murphy said.

State Elections Commission director Michael Haas told reporters after the hearing that he expects all counties to complete the recount no later than Monday afternoon.

So far, the recount has shown a negligible change in Wisconsin’s presidential vote, which favored Trump on the initial count by about 22,000 votes, or less than one percentage point.

About 88.5 percent of Wisconsin’s votes had been recounted, according to a Friday afternoon report from the Elections Commission. Democrat Hillary Clinton had netted a gain of 49 votes on her margin with Trump, according to figures provided by the commission that did not include city of Milwaukee vote totals.