So why is she putting time and a lot of money into a recount? In a rally outside of Trump Tower yesterday, Stein said she was hoping this recount would ensure this election was accurate, secure and just — a cause that’s found support among some people in the wake of several high-profile hacking incidents during the campaign.
“Given that she states her goal is accuracy and verification, that sounds like the language for an audit,” Ned Foley, the director of Election Law at Moritz at Ohio State’s law school tells Business Insider. “She’s calling for a recount to perform the function of an audit.”
Voting experts are making the distinction between a recount and an audit, explaining that a recount is simply a re-tabulation of the votes cast. An audit, on the other hand, would verify that systems were functioning properly.