The recount vote in Waukesha County for the state Supreme Court race probably won't be completed by the May 9 deadline if it continues at its current pace, the official overseeing the process said Tuesday.

The hand recount began April 27 and only 12% of the total vote had been recounted as of early Tuesday, retired Circuit Court Judge Robert Mawdsley said.

The campaign of candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg requested a recount after the official tally showed Kloppenburg lost to Justice David Prosser by 7, 316 votes - less than 0.5% of the 1.5 million votes cast in the race.

The election initially appeared much closer, with Kloppenburg up by 204 votes, before Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus announced her initial, unofficial tally failed to include 14, 315 votes from the City of Brookfield.