About an hour and a half. Lawyers for Green Party Candidate jill stein, who requested the recount, are arguing that the entire statewide recount be done by hand. The state Elections Commission says that would costly, time consuming, and is unnecessary, and that stein has shown no evidence of any irregularities or tampering. The court now hearing phoned in testimony from witnesses for stein. The first witness inhouse was a Computer Science professor who testified that it is possible for wisconsins Voting Machines to be hacked. The only way to be sure they were secure is to recount by hand, but he also acknowledged hes seen no evidence of any irregularities with the vote. This hearing started around 4 30 which was also the time that the , Stein Campaign wired its payment of 3. 5 million to the Election Commission to get the recount off the ground and rolling. The process will begin on thursday. We dont know how that will play the deadline. She could end up paying more. The estimate now i
The states Major Political parties differ in their response to the push for a recount. State republicans call the green partys effort absurd and a stalling tactic to cancel out wisconsins electoral votes. The Democratic Party says it hasnt been contacted by any campaign but has sought volunteers to monitor the recount. Some share the green partys hack. I think a lot of us want to make sure we can have confidence in our elections and this may give us a chance to do that. I dont have a problem with them doing a recount as long as the recount gets done on time and as long as the race is certified. Election Officials Say there is no evidence of any breached Voting Machines adding the machines themselves are not connected to the internet. The election commissioner also widespread voter fraud saying its insulting to poll workers and clerks. We are monitoring closely the developments related to this president ial recount. Click the politics tab when you visit fox6 now dot com or the fox6 news
The recall the way that they intended. Again, i think everyone would strongly encourage them to do the hand recount. And that is legislative function is to make the statute and this situation, i dont have any authority to decide what is the best for those counties. So thats my decision. The states Major Political parties differ in their response to the push for a recount. State republicans call the green partys effort absurd and a st wisconsins electoral votes. The Democratic Party says it hasnt been contacted by any campaign but has sought volunteers to monitor the recount. Some share the green partys concerns over a possible foreign hack. I think a lot of us want to make sure we can have confidence in our elections and this may give us a chance to do that. I dont have a problem with them doing a recount as long as the recount gets done on time and as long as the race is certified. Election Officials Say there is Voting Machines adding the machines themselves are not connected to the
The recall the way that they intended. Again, i think everyone would strongly encourage them to do the hand recount. And that is legislative function is to make the statute and this situation, i dont have any authority to decide what is the best for those counties. So thats my decision. The states Major Political parties differ in their response to the push for a recount. State republicans call the green partys effort absurd and a st wisconsins electoral votes. The Democratic Party says it hasnt been contacted by any campaign but has sought volunteers to monitor the recount. Some share the green partys concerns over a possible foreign hack. I think a lot of us want to make sure we can have confidence in our elections and this may give us a chance to do that. I dont have a problem with them doing a recount as long as the recount gets done on time and as long as the race is certified. Election Officials Say there is Voting Machines adding the machines themselves are not connected to the
The recall the way that they intended. Again, i think everyone would strongly encourage them to do the hand recount. And that is legislative function is to make the statute and this situation, i dont have any authority to decide what is the best for those counties. So thats my decision. The states Major Political parties differ in their response to the push for a recount. State republicans call the green partys effort absurd and a st wisconsins electoral votes. The Democratic Party says it hasnt been contacted by any campaign but has sought volunteers to monitor the recount. Some share the green partys concerns over a possible foreign hack. I think a lot of us want to make sure we can have confidence in our elections and this may give us a chance to do that. I dont have a problem with them doing a recount as long as the recount gets done on time and as long as the race is certified. Election Officials Say there is Voting Machines adding the machines themselves are not connected to the