Wis. court recount will cost hundreds of thousands
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County clerks say the Wisconsin Supreme Court recount will cost them at least a half-a-million dollars.
The Associated Press asked clerks in all 72 counties for their anticipated costs. Twenty-two provided cost estimates ranging from $120 in Price County to $500,000 in Milwaukee County. The total cost for the 22 counties was about $570,000.
Final county tallies released earlier this month show challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg down by 7,316 votes to incumbent Justice David Prosser. Kloppenburg demanded a recount last week. The counties must perform it free of charge to Kloppenburg because the margin between the candidates is less than one-half of 1 percent of all votes cast.
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