The United States President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the Wisconsin state was reaffirmed on Monday following a recount of the 2016 presidential election votes. The data in the state showed that the Republican nominee Trump had claimed a victory over the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by clinching more than 22,000 votes.
Reports state that due to the recount, Trump picked up a net of 162 votes which was certified by the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday. The vote recount was requested and paid for by the Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and the recount began on December 1. Stein collected the funds for recount through crowdfunding and also attempted to get statewide recounts in Pennsylvania and Michigan, however the courts in the states stopped her. The federal deadline to certify the vote is Tuesday, December 13.
Not much changed after the recount of the almost 3 million ballots in the state and the final results reportedly changed by fewer than 1,800 votes, the Washington Post reported. There were reports that the votes in the three battleground states may have been hacked to influence a Trump win, this was also one of the reasons given by Stein for the recount, however, no such issues were uncovered during the recount.
"These recounts are part of an election integrity movement to attempt to shine a light on just how untrustworthy the US election system is. After a divisive and painful presidential race, reported hacks into voter and party databases and individual email accounts are causing many Americans to wonder if our election results are reliable," Stein's fund-raising website had said.
"These concerns need to be investigated before the 2016 presidential election is certified. We deserve elections we can trust," the website had added.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said that the presidential recount vote in his state makes "very clear the vote was legitimate."
