Some sports have a protest or appeal system for people unhappy with their score. Serious competitors will have the appropriate amount of cash on their person. The protest fee will be required in advance and in cash. It would be too easy for the person appealing to cancel their cheque should their appeal fail. That's slightly old tech but you get the idea.
Trump told Wisconsin that he wanted a recount. Fine, they said. That'll be three million dollars. Like the sports protest fee, and for the same reason, the recount fee has to be paid up front.
And that, it seems, was the end of the Wisconsin recount.
Trump wanted recounts all over the place, but reality has intruded.
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