I also found this description of the recount statute to be interesting:
http://theuptake.org/2011/04/06/how-a-recount-works-in-wisconsin/
I don't think I appreciated how much care the statute takes to make
sure that ballots in a ballot box are randomly chosen and set aside
until the number of ballots matches the number of valid voter
signatures/absentee envelopes. Only then does the recount
(retabulation, actually) begin. The procedure for randomly choosing a
ballot isn't specified and that seems unfortunate as, for example,
opscan ballots don't naturally "shuffle" when they fall into a voting
bin (technically, the container needs to be relatively deep and 1.5
times the longest ballot dimension before we would expect a decent
amount of natural shuffling just by the paper drop).
best, Joe