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If a candidate in Wisconsin is losing by less than 1 percent, they can ask for a recount — but Walker lost by 1.2 percent.
Business Insider reports that the threshold is due to a law Walker signed after President Trump was elected. Mr. Trump won Wisconsin by 23,000 votes, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who received just 1 percent of the vote, demanded and received a recount, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. In response, the state legislature passed a measure mandating that in the future, candidates could only request a recount if they were losing by less than 1 percent.
Scott Walker narrowly loses Wisconsin governor's race – and he can't ask for a recount because of a law he put in place
I love it. Political hubris coming back to bite in the ass. It's coming for the Trump movement soon, too.
Business Insider reports that the threshold is due to a law Walker signed after President Trump was elected. Mr. Trump won Wisconsin by 23,000 votes, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who received just 1 percent of the vote, demanded and received a recount, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. In response, the state legislature passed a measure mandating that in the future, candidates could only request a recount if they were losing by less than 1 percent.
Scott Walker narrowly loses Wisconsin governor's race – and he can't ask for a recount because of a law he put in place
I love it. Political hubris coming back to bite in the ass. It's coming for the Trump movement soon, too.