The rules behind Presidential election recounts vary from state to state and are overseen federally

Green Party’s presidential candidate Jill Stein requested the Wisconsin’s election board to recount votes from the Nov. 8 presidential election. The effort has received support from the Hillary Clinton campaign and the board is expected to complete the recount by Dec. 13. “The recount was not filed in order to change the election outcome, which is…

President-elect Donald Trump went on a tweetstorm Sunday morning, quoting Hillary Clinton’s debate promise to accept the election results a day after her campaign agreed to support efforts to recount votes in Wisconsin, an effort his transition team labeled a “scam.” Razor-thin margins in key battleground states delivered the election for Trump, who stands at 290…