BREAKING: Wisconsin Recount Is Officially Happening... Please Pray On Friday, Jill Stein filed a petition for a recount in Wisconsin, barely making a 5 PM EST deadline to so. The Commission has received the Stein and De La Fuente recount petitions, the states election commission announced on Twitter at 4:36 PM. The Wisconsin Elections Commission received two recount petitions from the Jill Stein for President Campaign and from Rocky Roque De La Fuente. The Commission is preparing to move forward with a statewide recount of votes for President of the United States, as requested by these candidates, Administrator Michael Haas announced. That state is now working under a federal deadline of December 13 to complete the recount. As a result, county boards may be working nights and weekends to meet the deadlines. The recount process is very detail-oriented, and this deadline will certainly challenge some counties to finish on time, Haas added, explaining that a recount is different than an audit and much more rigorous. More than 100 reporting units across the state were selected for a separate audit of their voting equipment as required by state law. That process is already in progress. Electronic voting equipment audits determine whether all properly marked ballots are accurately counted. In a recount, all ballots are examined to determine voter intent before being recounted. In addition, the county boards of canvassers will likely need to examine other documents, including poll lists, written absentee applications, provisions ballots and reject absentee ballots. 