County clerks are responsible for the recount in their counties, and it has always been their choice as to how the recount is done. After Jill Stein failed to get a court to mandate hand counting, this is how the recount will be done:
Forty-eight counties will conduct the recount by hand.
Fourteen counties, like Dodge, Ozaukee, Racine and Waukesha will use optical scanners.
Ten counties will be conducting the recount by hand and by machine.
Election experts like Judge Jim Troupis who wrote the procedures as part of his role in managing the 2011 Prosser recount is confident that the outcome will be no different and that county clerks are diligent and honest. However it seems likely that some counties (namely Dane, where Madison is) will try to slow-walk the recount in hopes of delaying the outcome. However it is unlikely they will get away with it, given the eyes that are watching. It is also comforting to know that the Milwaukee County Sheriff's office (David Clarke) is responsible for security at the state's largest county.
This is a textbook example of "process as punishment".
I understand the proceedings are open to the public. I would expect to see the usual rent-a-mob trash to show up and disrupt things.
Does anyone know who will be monitoring/observing from the Trump/Pence Campaign, RNC, WI GOP...especially in Dane County?
I smell a rat. Something crooked is coming.
Indeed. At least the leftist donors are paying for the process.
It's also a process rife with opportunities to throw obfuscation and unfounded doubt into the mix. They want Trump delegitimized, just as they attempted with Bush in 2000.
Why isn’t RNC chairman Reince Priebus a Wisconsin native in his home state keeping an eye on things?
Trump has 7 days to contest the idea of a recount. Counting anything before any objection can be heard and properly acted upon is putting him at a serious disadvantage.
Hey, thanks for the info.
Where does the recount take place ?
The City of Milwaukee warehouse in Bay View?
If the recount is substantially different from the original it will provide trump the argument for real election reform and to address election integrity. I see this as a win either way
I do not believe there can be a “running out of the clock.” Electors have to be certified in time for the electoral college vote. I believe that reason was the reason cited by SCOTUS when bringing an end to the Florida recount.