The Government Accountability Board outlined rules Monday for the state-wide recount of votes from the April 5 Supreme Court election.
The recount is set to begin Wednesday and needs to be finished by May 9.
A number of counties and municipalities that used Optech Eagle vote scanners—including the entire city of Milwaukee and parts of Dane and Waukesha counties—will have to recount ballots by hand due to a lack of memory cartridges.
""Some counties will have a difficult time finishing in that amount of time,"" said Michael Haas, special counsel for the GAB. ""We are asking that you make your best attempt to meet this statutory deadline.
Haas said county clerks will need to send an e-mail to the GAB each day listing reporting units completed and the tally of votes. Those tallies will be updated on the board's website daily to keep the public informed.
Each county must have at least one county board member who is from the opposite party of the county clerk involved in the recount process. Tabulators do not need to be from both political parties, but they should not be selected based on political affiliation.
If only one party is represented, it should be noted for issues of transparency, according to Shane Falk, staff counsel for the GAB.
Representatives from both parties are expected to be in each county to oversee the recount.
