Wisconsin, the state where President-elect Donald Trump made a narrow victory, received a request for vote recount to verify the results of the recently concluded US Presidential Elections.
This after Jill Stein, the Green party's presidential candidate, formally filed a motion for vote recount in Wisconsin on Friday afternoon.
"We do not have a smoking gun. On the other hand, we have a system that invites hacking, tampering and malfeasance," said Stein in an interview aired over CNN.
Minutes before the 5pm ET deadline, the commission on elections of Wisconsin confirmed that it received the request filed the campaign team of Stein.
In filing the request, Stein pointed out that the voting system in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan may have been hacked and the results may have been rigged.
"The commission is preparing to move forward with a statewide recount of votes for president of the United States, as requested by these candidates," said commission administrator Michael Haas as quoted by CBC News.
The Wisconsin law required Stein campaign to show basis for the recount and provide the cost for the recount, which was estimated to be around $1.1 million. As of Friday morning, her campaign had raised $4.8 million to cover the recount of the three states.
"These recounts are part of an election integrity movement to attempt to shine a light on just how untrustworthy the US election system is," said Stein in her website.
The election protest came as the lead of Democrat presidential contender Hillary Clinton in terms of popular votes widens to more than two million against Trump.
