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 in-house was a computer science professor who testified that it is possible for wisconsin s voting machines to be hacked. the only way to be sure they were secure is to recount by hand, but he also acknowledged he s 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 don t know how that will play the deadline. she could end up paying more. the
night long. joyce: a shooting in milwaukee first, right next to a school. police tell us a 19-year-old was shot near granville and everts . that s very close to vincent high school. wisn 12 news sheldon dutes is there live. sheldon: those gunshots were not fired on campus, but around the corner from here. a police source at the scene told me earlier tonight that the man who wish hot was picking up someone from the school. around 5:00 tonight someone shot , the 19-year-old man on north street. we don t know much about the victim, but police say he wasn t a student at the high school. a student-driver and his instructor from the arcade driving school were also in the area. two representatives told me off-camera that they weren t directly involved, but that the victim alerted the student and instructor he d been shot. that man went to the hospital , and we have learned his injuries are not life-threatening. right now, investigators are who pulled the trigger. joyce: our other bi
the state s major political parties differ in their response to the push for a recount. state republicans call the green party s effort absurd - and a stalling tactic to cancel out wisconsin s electoral votes. the democratic party says it hasn t been contacted by any campaign but has sought volunteers to monitor the recount. some share the green party s 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 it s insulting to poll workers and clerks. we are monitoring closely the developments related to this presidential recount. click the politics tab when you visit fox6 now
night. the through line in the petitioners testimony was a hand recount is the only way to ensure voting machines were not tampered with. an elections security expert from m-i-t testified that optical scanners used in wisconsin elections are vulnerable to hacks. but presented no evidence that votes were tampered with. he speculated malware could have been added to scanners without anyone knowing. the department of justice called only one witness - a representative from the wisconsin election commission, who testified all equipment used in novembers election has been field tested steins attorneys say. tuesdays ruling wont stop their efforts for recounts in michigan and it will be up to each muncipality to determine if they choose to do a hand-recount. weve already heard dane county. will still go ahead and proceed with a hand recount. even though it will not be manditory. reporting live in madison, bl, fox6 news. mary thanks bret so now what? political reporter theo keith joi
now at ten. a heartbreaking twist. the search for the driver who hit ad the scene. also. you could say they re everyday heroes. how a day at work turned out to be one they ll never forget. plus. we have a verdict. judge says: i just do not find clear and convincing evidence what this decision means as it relates to wisconsin s presidential recount. that is our big story count em how you want. a dane county judge tonight saying that it s up to each wisconsin county to decide the best way to re-count election day ballots. that s just one of several developments today in the bret lemoine is live in madison tonight with more. the dane county judge agreed that the best way to determine if voteing machines were tampered with. is to do a hand-recount. but she says she has to follow the law votes in wisconsin will be recounted. but a mandatory hand-recount that petitioners wanted. will not be enforced. i just do not find clear and convincing evidence and that is my d