Recount petitions received by Wisconsin Elections Commission

Recount petitions for the presidental election were received today by the Wisconsin Elections Commission, both from the Jill Stein campaign and from the De La Fuente campaign.  They were filed with a few hours to spare. The petitions and supporting documents are now up on the Elections Commission web site, which has been under a lot of strain this afternoon due to interest in the petitions. 

http://elections.wi.gov/node/4436

Personally I believe it's really unlikely that the recount will turn up anything beyond the normal distribution of slight clerical errors -- but the recount in Wisconsin is on.  The commission will have a press conference on Monday with details. The recount must be completed by December 13 by federal law, so this will be a very difficult thing to get done and will require quite a lot of extra work by county boards of canvassers. The recount needs to be completed in time for the Electoral College to cast votes.