You’re right...not much point.
All the recount will accomplish is adding up all the votes again, and overturning an 800 plus margin will be difficult. I don’t think examination of the registration process, or of multiple votes cast by an individual, will even be be part of the recount process.
And even if it were, it would be impossible to figure out which votes to toss out, once they’ve been illegally cast. This is why we desperately need the voter ID law (and why Democrats so strenuously oppose it.) Once the vote is cast, it’s counted, regardless whether the voter cast it illegally.
Same day voter registration needs to be tossed as well.
Maybe. Senate district 21 encompasses the county of Racine, except for the towns of Waterford (population 4,048) and Burlington (population 10,464).
It's hard to compare apples to apples, because the gubernatorial election results are broken down by county, whereas the senatorial results are given by district. Conceivably, Walker beat Barrett by those 5000 votes in those two cities, but since those two cities don't belong to Senate district 21, those 5000 voters couldn't also vote for Waangard.
I wish we could see the results broken down more finely, by precinct for example, to see if there are any statistical anomalies among them.
First, let me say that while I am an engineer, I have no more intimate knowledge of the optical scanners commonly used in Wisconsin than any other voter - I have stuffed my ballot into them, and that is all. That said, assuming Racine uses optical scanners, it is conceivable that one or more of them was programmed only to tally the race for Governor, and not for Senator. Hence, it might be possible to cast an uncounted vote for Waangard. A recount would, I hope, be done with carefully calibrated and programmed optical machines, first fed a test stack to verify their operation.