By Karoun DemirjianVideo will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playAn election recount will take place soon in Wisconsin, after former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein filed a petition Friday with the state's Elections Commission, the first of three states where she has promised to contest the election result. Trump secured a total of 1,404,000 votes in Wisconsin, according to the commission; Clinton had 1,381,823. Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, the Reform Party nominee who got 1,514 Wisconsin votes, also filed a recount petition, according to the state's Elections Commission. In that recount over a state Supreme Court seat, the commission had to recount 1.5 million votes - about half the 2.975 million ballot votes that were cast during the 2016 presidential election. If the candidates disagree with the results of the Wisconsin recount, they will have five business days to contest the outcome in court.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 26, 2016 02:03 UTC