Posted on 11/25/2016 4:32:23 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The Wisconsin Elections Commission announced Friday that it would hold a statewide recount of the presidential vote. The move was in response to petitions from two candidates, the Green Party's Jill Stein and independent Rocky Roque De La Fuente.
Federal law requires that all recounts be finished 35 days after the election, which is Dec. 13. One or both of the candidates will be required to pay for the recount.
"We have assembled an internal team to direct the recount, we have been in close consultation with our county clerk partners, and have arranged for legal representation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice," said Wisconsin Elections Commission Director Mike Haas in a statement.
"We plan to hold a teleconference meeting for county clerks next week and anticipate the recount will begin late in the week after the Stein campaign has paid the recount fee, which we are still calculating."
Haas added that the process is very detail-oriented and he is concerned that some counties will be challenged to finish on time. In a recount, ballots must be examined to determine voter intent before being counted.
Stein has been leading the effort to force general election recounts in certain swing states. Her effort continues to gain steam — and money.
On Wednesday she announced she would demand recounts in three states: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. President-elect Donald Trump narrowly won Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and Michigan is still too close to call.
To cover the cost of the recounts, Stein launched a fundraising campaign, which has raised more than $5 million in less than three days.
Stein's fundraiser website explicitly says the campaign is not an effort to help Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, but to "ensure the integrity of our elections." Clinton has not commented on the efforts.
The deadline to file for a recount in Pennsylvania is Monday and Michigan's is Wednesday.
Before the announcement was made, Haas called a potential recount "uncharted territory," according to Laurel White with Wisconsin Public Radio. White reported:
"State law allows any candidate on the ballot to request a recount, but if the margin is more than 0.25 percent, the candidate must pay for its cost. "Haas said the recount would cost at least $500,000. "The commission is reviewing state law to determine when that money would be due.
" 'There's a little bit of ambiguity in the statutes,' Haas said. 'In one place, it states that the fee must be paid at the time the petition is filed; another statute indicates once the petition is filed, that's when our agency calculates an estimate.'
"Once a recount order is issued by the commission, clerks across the state have 13 days to complete it, Haas said."
Stein initially set a fundraising goal of $2.5 million. As donations started pouring in, that goal jumped to $4.5 million, as New York Magazine's Yashar Ali pointed out on Twitter.
By Friday, the goal had jumped again, to $7 million. The campaign says that will go to cover filing fees, attorney fees and other associated costs.
Donations are still rolling in, but as Stein's fundraising website states, money doesn't necessarily mean the recounts are assured: "We cannot guarantee a recount will happen in any of these states we are targeting. We can only pledge we will demand recounts in those states."
If the recounts don't happen, what will become of all that money? Stein's website says any "surplus will also go toward election integrity efforts and to promote voting system reform." It did not specify what those efforts would be.
As NPR's Camila Domonoske told the Newscast unit, "Some security and election experts have publicly called for paper ballots to be checked in Wisconsin, Florida and Michigan, to make sure that the computers that counted those ballots weren't hacked." But, she says, "There's no evidence that the electronic machines were hacked or the election was compromised."
If you’ve only been here since 09 then yes, you are a newbie. Stop with the name calling and people may start to take you a little more seriously.
It’s hard not to think and worry about what the nefarious demons consistently do. I have seen them recount and recount and recount until the numbers suddenly turn in their favor. last on of note was in Wash state. I think for Governor.
Michigan is not certified and done.
All of the counties have certified their totals, but they are not official until the board of canvassers approve the totals on the 28th.
Many keep blowing this recount debacle off, but it is going to cause a lot of problems. It’s not just a recount, they also want a forensic audit and hand count which then will be challenged in court. Getting the results certified for these two states in time is not going to be easily done.
I hope the RNC, and Trumps people are wide awake. So far just crickets.
There were 87,000 undervotes in the presidential race. Election commission page describing the process is that they examine ballots to determine voter intent. Like in Florida, they look to see who the rest of the ballot was for and they can give the vote to a presidential candidate. The recounters “divine” the voter’s intent for the missed vote.
Hillary can buy additional votes from Stein.
>>I have seen them recount and recount and recount until the numbers suddenly turn in their favor. last on of note was in Wash state. I think for Governo
I remember that clearly as well - but that was within a thousand votes. 20,000 is simply impossible, especially given how decentralized Wisconsin voting is - the district that finds the votes and their leadership is immediately suspect.
Do they use chads in Wisconsin or are they filled in circles?
I do not see anything on the Drugereport about this being a concern. If WI is flip they still need to pull PA and MI...
Not an expert but I do not see this happening.
Wonder if there are campaign laws broken in the fund raising for this...??
“They are going to steal this ... just you watch and see.”
i agree. the Clintons will stop at nothing to get Hilliary into the white house and continue their global scam. George Soros is up to his usual shenanigans. as you know the Clintons never spend their own money.
>I hope the RNC, and Trumps people are wide awake. So far just crickets.
I have a feeling that Monday morning Trump will gather everything he’s learned, file for discovery of Stein’s website payment records, and file a complaint to the SEC for illegal campaign funding. This will probably put the quickest end to it - threaten Soros and Jill with jail.
Donald, why did you show Hillary the Snake, Kindness?
“TEAM Trump and the WI GOP had better wake the hell up and not ignore this.”
i agree. the demoncrats have probably already manufactured enough votes to change the outcome. they will stop at nothing to get Trump’s election overturned.
Could be.
What I’m getting ticked off about by the minute though is where are the Republican Governors, Senators, and House members outrage at Hillary? Yes Hillary, she should be in the process of being shamed 24x7.
Roger Stone on Twitter: “Jill Stein “recount funded by Soros
https://mobile.twitter.com/RogerJStoneJr/status/802230392493404160
Please Notify Trump about it.
My theory is that Soros/Hillary want a recount, but do not want to be connected to it. Jill wants they debt she has paid off. My guess is on Dec. 5-6 after a week in WI, the vote will change 10 votes or so and Jill will give up. She’ll try to file for Philly, and be denied (Philly does not want anyone looking). MI will also deny as the election was certified. If any dem or Republican saw malfeasance during the count, you WOULD HAVE HEARD. The real issue needs to be SC justice, then national voter ID law, then OKed by SCOTUS. GAME OVER.
I know it’s been repeated numerous times here that Michigan has been certified. It has not. Not until the 28th.
The rest of your post does have merit. It could be the way this goes down.
I think they have the money, time, and hate for this country to drag this out as far as they can. Hope I’m very wrong.
Wisconsin Elections Commission Receives Two Presidential Election Recount Petitions.
The funny thing is if Stein and the Green Party hadn’t been in action....Hillary would have taken her 31,000 votes, and won.
VANITY: The Democrat cabal will SABOTAGE electoral computers on election night if Trump's winning..
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