With the presidential election recount set to start across the state later this week, it's “full steam ahead,” Rock County Clerk Lisa Tollefson said.

Recounting Rock County's more than 76,000 ballots, which Tollefson cautiously estimated would cost $82,000, will start at 9 a.m. Thursday.

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and independent candidate Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente separately filed recount requests and will pay for the recount Tuesday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

They will have to pay before it starts because of Donald Trump's margin of victory, Tollefson said.

The recount will require reprogramming the tallying machines to read just the presidential race on the ballots and making sure the total vote counts match what records show, Tollefson said. The machines are tested for accuracy and will be tested again.

It also will include checking for “irregularities” in the poll books and making sure absentee vote totals match the number of applications, she said.

“We have a lot to do,” Tollefson said. “If we work extra hours, I think we will (get it all done).” - GazzetteXtra, Janesville, WI