The Wisconsin Elections Commission has decided for a recount of votes from the November presidential elections over hacking concerns, a report by
CIO.com said.
Jill Stein, candidate of the Green Party, and another candidate, Rocky Roque De La Fuente, requested the recount.
The Elections Commission said the recount will commence late next week.
“The Commission is preparing to move forward with a statewide recount of votes for President of the United States, as requested by these candidates,” the report quoted administrator Michael Haas as saying.
The request was based on reported hacks of the Democratic National Committee of the Democratic Party, in the run-up leading to the election, and reports of voter registration database breaches in at least two states.
President-elect Donald Trump won the state’s 10 Electoral College votes by getting a margin of 200,000 votes more than Hillary Clinton’s 1.38 million votes in the state.
Independent observers have noted that “statistical anomalies” occurred in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, raising concerns among election integrity experts. However, they clarified that the campaign to have the votes re-counted in these three states is in no way intended to help Clinton, and is unlikely to change the election outcome.
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