Wisconsin places no such provisions - anyone who receive a vote can ask for a recount. PA is the real firewall, as Stein will have to make a prima facie case that fraud exists - the other option of petitioning on a precinct level is no longer an option, the deadline for that was 11/21.
I think there is an easy solution to this.
First off, a recount will not determine irregularities in voting. Second, if that is not the case, then Stein is asking for a recount based on votes for and against... Stein. As I see it, unless a PAC is paying for this, which they aren’t, contributions to Stein need to meet FEC laws. This means, anything over 2k for Stein is an illegal contribution and cannot be accepted by Wisconsin as payment for the recount.
Carl Cameron reported that in PA, a recount can be asked for in specific precincts if there is a petition made by three of the voters in that precinct along with a notarized affidavit (he didn’t say what the affidavit had to include). The deadline is not the same for all precincts and the deadline has passed in many of them. So there is no way to petition for a state wide recount via this method.
I’m assuming the remaining method is to petition the court and I’m not sure what criteria would be used to make a finding in this situation. I would think the bar would have to be pretty high at this late a date. They’ve had almost three weeks and doing this at the stroke of midnight will hopefully be seen as a cynical ploy.