Iowa taxpayers in the 1st Congressional District are on the hook for $18,000 so far for a Democrat-requested ballot recount, despite local officials’ confidence in the “insurmountable” lead of incumbent Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks.

According to the New York Post, Miller-Meeks was ahead by 801 votes when the recount began last week. Data from the Iowa Secretary of State’s office shows that as of Tuesday afternoon, Miller-Meeks’ lead against Democrat Christina Bohannan has dropped to 796 votes.

“It was ridiculous,” Lee County Auditor Denise Fraise told the Post. “Actually, it was pretty disrespectful, I think, to the taxpayers and to the auditors’ offices. I know that it’s not going to be a different outcome. That’s just very silly.”

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