REUTERS/Jim Young Although the election was almost a month ago, three states are recounting all of their ballots thanks to a request from Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. Stein raised enough money to file recounts in Wisconsin (which officially began December 1), Michigan (which began December 5), and Pennsylvania (which is still pending in the courts). While Stein has raised over $7 million, her team estimates the recount costs for all three states will be $9 million. The high price tag is mostly due to the cost of recounting votes by hand, which Stein has been pushing for, citing beliefs that the election was "hack-riddled," though no evidence of hacking has surfaced yet. Counting ballots by hand is a ton of work — here's how the process is unfolding in Wisconsin, how it works, and what might happen.Across Wisconsin, election officials are racing to recount the state's 2,975,313 votes in 12 days. Andy Manis/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump won Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes by capturing just 22,177 more votes than his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.