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