Yeah , I wasn ' t comfortable with it at all . <| sep |>' Audits are not full recounts of all the ballots . They are reviews of a random sample of the ballots cast , which provide assurance that voting machinery and procedures have functioned properly . Clinton backers have embraced proposals for audits , and several computer scientists and votingrights activists have argued that Clinton ' s campaign should call for full recounts in Michigan , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin . But Republicans also have reason to be interested in audits and recounts . While Trump ' s advantage in several Great Lakes states is narrow , for instance , Clinton ' s just barely ahead in states such as New Hampshire and Minnesota . With so many states so closely divided , Rivest and Stark argue that audits can ensure that the machinery of democracy worked . ' c a n n o t c l a i m a m a n d a t e w h e n h i l l a r y c l i n tonhasatwomillionvotelead