Press release via email:
Every dollar spent from the $7.3 million raised has been used to pay for costs associated with the recounts, which currently total $7,435,471. Current estimates of the cost breakdown is as follows:
SPENDING CATEGORY COST PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
State filing fees: $4,488,939 60%
Wisconsin: $3,499,689
Michigan: $973,250
Pennsylvania: $16,000*
Legal expenses for recount: $1,630,200 22%
Legal expenses for ongoing litigation: $150,000 2%
Payments to recount observers & volunteer costs: $86,214 1%
Staff payroll: $212,500 3%
Consultants: $364,000 5%
(E.g. election experts, communications support)
Administrative expenses: $353,618 5%
(E.g. office and travel costs and donation processing fees)
Compliance costs: $150,000 2%
*Note: the Stein campaign’s initial fundraising target for PA was $500,000, which covered requisite filing fees and associated notary costs. The actual number, however, was lowered due to Pennsylvania’s bottom-up process, which required 27,000 voters in 9,000-plus precincts to submit official, notarized petitions to county boards, in time for shifting, divergent and secret deadlines known, in order to start a statewide recount.