Anytime theres a question of integrity in our election system, it needs to be addressed. I high low doubt it will change the outcome. It might have a difference of maybe 1,000 votes here or there. Election officials estimate the recount effort will cost up to 1 million. Stein also plans on filing for recounts in michigan and pennsylvania next week. President elect donald trump condemning the push to force recounts in three states. His transition effort a, quote, sham, and adding the people have spoken and the election is over. We must accept this result and then look to the future. Milwaukee county sheriff david clark is scheduled to meet with trump in new york on monday. A trump spokesperson says clark is being considered for a number of position, including secretary of homeland security. We asked the sheriff about the meetings, but he declined to comment. This just in, the wisconsin beating rifle minnesota 3117 at camp randall. Next stop, the big ten title game next saturday in india
Asked that the counting be done by hand in all of wisconsins 72 counties to verify electronic Voting Machines werent hacked. The request was denied by the Wisconsin Elections commission, which then prompted the lawsuit. Stein says this is all about having checks and balances. Jill stein its not just a question about hacking. Let me be clear about that. Its also human error, just mistakes in the way that these optical scannersthey cant always read if someone has checked off intent. A human being would say this is the vote that they intended, but a machine would miss it. So, theyre all kinds of reasons why the machines need to be verified. And thats what were asking here is that we have a vote that we can have confidence inand that we can believe in. President elect donald trump beat Hillary Clinton by about 22thousand votes in wisconsin. The recount will start thursday as long as stein meets todays deadline to pay for it. Live in studio. Meanwhile trump is filling more positions in his
Morning and getting ready. Melinda matts line dropped here. We are looking at the drive times, everything is in the green. Melinda right now, were following breaking news. Members of a Brazilian Soccer Team killed in an overnight plane crash. Tim is live in the newsroom with the latest. People want cause dz the plane to crash. There is a possibility of the plane running out of fuel or a possible electrical failure. 81 people were on board the plane when it went down overnight in south america. Most of the passengers and crew are believed to be dead. The crash happened in a mountainous area near medell . N, colombia. Emergency crews are at the crash site right now. Among the passengers were members of the Brazilian Soccer Team chapecoense. The south American Soccer Federation has canceled all activities until further notice. Ben, back to you. Ben thanks, tim. Abc news is working to learn more about the overnight plane crash in colombia. Look for the latest updates today on Good Morning
Machines, suggesting the procedures that wisconsin does to secure its machine simply arent enough. We will have more as the hearing continues well into this evening. Toya thank you. As kent was mentioning there is , a new price tag associated with the recount. Patrick 12 news terry sater has been crunching the numbers. Hes live in milwaukee. Terry, what did you learn . Im live near kk and becher on the cities south aside where , recounting its ballots. This is the milwaukee election commissions warehouse and the , ballots from each municipality will be delivered here for the recount. We have over 440,000 ballots that need to be recounted, and thats simply a time consuming process. Milwaukee county clerk Joseph Czarnezki has the most ballots to recount with an estimated cost of more than a half million dollars. Divided by the number of a hand recount could cost even more. Well have approximately 100 people a day working on the recount. Thats a lot of people looking over each ballot begi
Ted thanks theo are raising two very different concerns about the electoral process in our state. And nationwide. A. J. Bayatpour continues our team coverage. Hes in the newsroom with that story. These concerns mirror what weve heard from some liberal and conservative circles. On one hand, a desire to make sure Voting Machines were not hacked on election day. On the other, a refusal to criticize president elect Donald Trumps claim that millions of illegal voters cost him the popular vote. The president ial Election Results in wisconsin is led by the green party. Democratic state senator chris larson says he understands the multimillion dollar effort to ensure there was no foreign hack. Look, i think this is the first time its been clear where theres been Russian Hackers and russian government involved in trying to persuade voters in one camp over another. Thats new ground for america and i think, for us , it makes sense to make sure were doublechecking that. The chairman of the state E