If this were about results:
In the NH primary, Clinton, the winner, received 112,251 votes, or 39.1% of the votes

Kucinich received 3,919 votes, or 1.4% of the total number of votes cast.
If Kucinich can claim another 34.7 percent of the total votes after a recount, he wouldn't have to pay.

McCain received 37.1% of the votes while Hunter got 0.5%
Hunter needs to find another 33.6% of the total. This is more then the second place candidate Romney got.

I don't know how many votes that comes out to. Math is NOT my strong suit.

BUT

The the RSA states, "...if the difference between the vote cast for the applying candidate and a candidate declared elected shall be greater than 3 percent of the total votes cast..." - this is BEFORE the recount. The purpose of the RCA, I believe is to ensure the towns don't get stuck paying for recounts done for frivolous reasons. Somebody has to pay for people to sit there and do this, and if it's only because a candidate is trying to make a statement and NOT because he thinks an error screwed him out of a win, let the guy making the 'statement' do it.