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Bill tightening recounts in Wisconsin passes Senate (UPDATE)

By: Associated Press//November 7, 2017//

Bill tightening recounts in Wisconsin passes Senate (UPDATE)

By: Associated Press//November 7, 2017//

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election recounts would be more restricted in Wisconsin than now under a bill that has cleared the Legislature.

The measure comes in response to the Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s requesting a recount 2016 even though she finished fourth in Wisconsin.

Under the Republican bill, only candidates who trail the winner by 1 percentage point or less in statewide elections could seek a recount. Democrat Hillary Clinton lost to Republican Donald Trump by less than that margin in Wisconsin, but Stein — not Clinton — requested the recount.

Democrats have argued that if a candidate wants to pay for a recount, there’s no reason to stop him.

The Senate passed the bill 20-13 Tuesday. The Assembly passed it in June. It goes next to Gov. Scott Walker, who supports the measure.

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