Trump Campaign Will File For Recount In Wisconsin, Costing Millions
Tyler
Durden Wed, 11/18/2020 – 10:45
The Trump campaign is expected to file for a recount in the
state of Wisconsin on Wednesday, a move which will cost the
campaign nearly $8 million in a state which Trump lost by just over
20,000 votes as of Wednesday – the closest margin out of the three
Midwestern “blue wall” states” which flipped back after Trump won
them in 2016.
According to the state
Elections Commission, the Trump campaign will have to pay $7.9
million to fund a Wisconsin recount. https://t.co/LhigzpIJlx— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics)
November 18, 2020
Winning Wisconsin on a recount would give Trump just 10
electoral votes – not enough to retain the presidency, but it would
be a decisive victory amid ongoing claims of election fraud and
other irregularities throughout swing states. The campaign could
shave money off the $7.9 million estimated cost if they file for
recounts in select counties.
Recounts would need to start no later than
Sunday and be finished by December 1st.
In addition to recounts, an audit of every November election is
required by Wisconsin state law, whether requested by a candidate
or not. According to the Star Tribune, “The audit will either take
place as part of the recount or before the Dec. 1 certification if
there is no recount, said Wisconsin Elections Commission spokesman
Reid Magney. The audit of ballots from 190 randomly selected
reporting units is done by hand to verify the machine count, Magney
said.”