Green Party candidate Jill Stein calls for recount, has to pay for it

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WEBVTT IN MADISON, WHEN GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JILL STEIN GOT THE BALL ROLLING ON A RECOUNT. >> ONLY THE CANDIDATES CAN REQUEST A RECOUNT. >> QUESTIONS ABOUT A POSSIBLE RECOUNT HAVE BEEN POURING IN T THE WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION PIC . THEY BEGIN AFTER A UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PROFESSOR SUGGESTED A RECOUNT MAY BE IN ORDER IN THREE STATES, INCLUDING WISCONSIN, DUE TO QUESTIONABLE VOTE TOTALS IN PLACES WHERE ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES WERE USED. HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU IN THE RESULTS? >> WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. >> ELECTIONS COMMISSION DIRECTOR MIKE HAAS SAYS A FULL STATE VOTE CANVAS HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND THERE'S BEEN NO , SIGN OF ANY PROBLEMS. >> WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS FROM ELECTION DAY THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT WORKING. >> BUT GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JILL STEIN ISN'T SATISFIED STATEMENT SAYING, "WE ARE RAISING MONEY TO DEMAND RECOUNTS IN WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, AND PENNSYLVANIA, THREE STATES WHERE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED TO VERIFY MACHINE-COUNTED VOTE TOTALS." STEIN WOULD HAVE TO PAY UPFRONT BEFORE FRIDAY'S FILING DEADLINE TO LAUNCH A FAST-PACED RECOUNT PROCESS. >> ONCE WE ORDER A RECOUNT, THE STATE STATUTES REQUIRE THAT IT BE COMPLETED WITHIN 13 DAYS. WITH A STATEWIDE RECOUNT, THAT IS DIFFICULT TO DO. >> IF THERE IS A RECOUNT, IT WILL BE UP TO MUNICIPAL CLERKS TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO USE VOTING MACHINES OR RECOUNT T BALLOTS BY HAND UNLESS THERE WAS , A COURT ORDER TO DO IT BY HAND. THAT'S WHAT VOTERS LIKE THESE ARE HOPING FOR.

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The presidential race in Wisconsin might be headed for a recount. Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton by about 22,000 votes in Wisconsin, but it's Green Party candidate Jill Stein who is calling for the recount and would have to pay for it. The request has to be filed by 5 p.m. Friday, and the recount would have to be completed within 13 days. Some Wisconsin voters are also calling for a recount of the vote but only a candidate can request it. Questions about a possible recount have been pouring in to the Wisconsin Elections Commission since a report from a University of Michigan professor suggested a recount may be in order in three states, including Wisconsin, due to questionable vote totals in places where electronic voting machines were used. "How confident are you in the results?" WISN 12 News reporter Kent Wainscott asked. "We are very confident in the state of Wisconsin," Wisconsin Elections Commission director Mike Haas said. Haas said a full state vote canvas has already been completed, and there's been no sign of any problems. "We've not received any complaints or concerns from Election Day that people thought the equipment was not working," Haas said. But Green Party candidate Jill Stein isn't satisfied. "We are raising money to demand recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania -- three states where there is a significant need to verify machine-counted vote totals," she said in a statement. "What would be the price tag on a statewide recount?" Wainscott asked. "Probably between a half million dollars and a million dollars," Haas said. Stein would have to pay upfront before Friday's filing deadline to launch a fast-paced recount process. "Once we order a recount, the state statutes require that it be completed within 13 days. With a statewide recount, that is difficult to do," Haas said. It would be up to municipal clerks to determine whether to use voting machines, or recount the ballots by hand, unless there was a court order for a hand-recount. That's what some voters are hoping for.