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While the Kloppenburg camp's request for recount was within guidelines, the chances of reversal are miniscule at best. Of twenty-three statewide recounts in the U.S. since 1980 five resulted in reversal of the election results. Further, all five reversals were in cases where the initial margin was less than 527 votes. That leaves one to wonder about the true motivation for the recount demand. Although Kloppenburg's stated reason is that "Wisconsin residents must have full confidence that these election results are legitimate and that this election was fair", it seems her real goal is to further undermine public perception of the election's legitimacy. What is the evidence to support that conclusion? How about the fact that her campaign's complaint included the following: 1. "asked the state elections board to appoint an independent investigator to look into potential misconduct surrounding the uncounted Waukesha County votes" 2. the allegation that Walker and Prosser met to discuss "ballots somewhere, somehow found out of the blue that weren't counted before." There are serious problems with both of these statements; and Kloppenburg's campaign knew that before submitting their complaint. First of all there is no need to investigate the "uncounted" Waukesha County votes. Why? Because they were all counted - on election night. The correct count was even reported by the local newspaper based upon the election night totals. The counts were omitted only from the unofficial totals provided to the Associated Press. So, there were no "uncounted" votes "found". There was merely a correction to the report provided to the media. Kloppenburg knew this to be true, yet chose to misrepresent what happened in order to create mistrust of the results. She is knowingly using the false allegation of "uncounted" votes to justify the expenditure of taxpayer funds for an unnecessary recount - apparently for the sole purpose of further enflaming the already hostile political environment in Wisconsin.