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In a move that could at least eliminate speculation that the election process was tampered with, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on Wednesday filed for a recount in Michigan.
"The people of Michigan and all Americans deserve a voting system we can trust,” Stein said, according to The Hill newspaper in Washington. She expects the process to start Friday.
"After a presidential election tarnished by the use of outdated and unreliable machines and accusations of irregularities, people of all political persuasions are asking if our election results are reliable."
Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by 10,704 votes in Michigan, capturing the 16 electoral votes. Stein has already asked for a recount in Wisconsin and plans to do so in Pennsylvania.
If the recount were to reverse the election in those three states, Clinton would gain enough electoral votes to win the presidency -- a remote, virtually impossible prospect, academic and government experts say.
Trump calls the recount effort a scam. At the same time, he claims without evidence that millions of people voted illegally and cost him the popular vote.