LANSING — Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party nominee for president, is spearing efforts to hold vote recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

Republican Donald Trump narrowly won those states. Although some election lawyers and data experts say there’s reason to make sure the ballots were counted correctly, there’s little chance the recounts will change the overall result.

In an interview on WDET’s Detroit Today on Nov. 30, Stein said the recount, “is an answer to widespread distrust and cynicism that is pretty pervasive out there these days…Confidence is really at an all-time low.”

Stein acknowledged the recount will not change the election’s course, but wants to ensure its integrity. She has raised a total of $6.7 million to pay for the recounts.

An hour before the deadline on Wednesday, Stein’s campaign filed a request for a recount of nearly 4.8 million ballots cast for president in Michigan.

J. Alex Halderman, a cyber security expert and computer science professor at the University of Michigan, told reporters researchers have shown that Michigan’s optical scan machines can be hacked, although he said there is no evidence that they had been hacked in previous elections.

Mark Brewer, Stein’s attorney in Michigan, submitted a check for $973,250 at the Michigan Secretary of State’s office. However, that amount will no longer be sufficient.

Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced Wednesday that the recount will cost upwards of $5 million, $4 million of which will be passed on to taxpayers.

Estimates are likely to continue to increase as clerks and local governments start compiling the associated costs.

Critics of the recount say it is a waste of taxpayer dollars.

“Jill Stein’s taxpayer funded temper tantrum will waste millions and will not change anything regarding the presidential election,” said Michigan Republican Party Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel.

She added Stein should immediately withdraw the request.

President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign seems to agree. The campaign officially submitted an objection to the requested recount on Thursday. It argues Stein is not entitled to a recount “aggrieved” by any fraud or mistake, the ballots cannot be counted before the electoral college votes are counted and that the petition was not properly signed or sworn by Stein.