Day 9 of Wisconsin’s recount efforts---pushed by Green Party candidate Jill Stein---show that Democrat Hillary Clinton gained 49 votes over Republican President-elect Donald Trump.
The Wisconsin Election Commission says that 60 out of the state’s 72 counties have finished their respective recounts, with 1,322 overall votes changed since it started. Approximately 88.5 percent of the state’s votes have been counted.
According to the agency, Trump netted 560 extra votes, while Clinton gained 609 votes. Trump won the state by 22,000 votes over Clinton.
Stein has argued that her recount initiative, which cost about $3.5 million, is to ensure the integrity of the election system. She claimed that Wisconsin’s system---long with Pennsylvania’s and Michigan’s systems---may have been compromised by hackers or irregularities, without providing evidence.
Stein, who got about 1 percent of the overall vote, received 63 votes, and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson got an extra 66 votes. It essentially means that Stein is paying about $55,555 per extra vote. She raised more than $6.5 million via an online fundraiser to pay for the recount.
