Posted on 11/30/2016, 6:49:09 PM by drewh
LANSING, Mich. — The Latest on presidential recount efforts in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (all times local):
1:45 p.m.
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein has requested a full hand recount of Michigan’s presidential vote.
Stein requested the recount on Wednesday. She had already requested recounts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Republican Donald Trump won all three states. He defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in Michigan by 10,704 votes out of nearly 4.8 million ballots cast. Stein alleges that irregularities and the potential for hacking into scanning devices call into question the results.
The Michigan recount could start as early as Friday.
Trump’s victory is highly unlikely to be reversed in any of the states. But Stein says the recount will ensure the integrity of the election.
Republicans say the recount will cost taxpayers far more than the $973,000 Stein must pay when filing her recount petition.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I sure hope Trump can somehow pull together enough people to watch all that’s going on. This is a full-out election theft in progress.
Bernie baby or bust!
“Afterwards several news agencies conducted recounts and came up with the same results.
Am I missing something here?”
Yes, the press recounts were AFTER the election was OVER.
The press (back then) did not have the agenda to STEAL the election by ANY means.
Recounting votes is NEVER about finding the “truth”, it’s about MANUFACTURING votes for your candidate by any and every way possible.
So could it be when Trump was talking about fraud, the dems and Stein took the bait and now they look foolish?
There will always be fraud but this Stein chick and Hillary take it to new levels to steal an election.
How could anyone go out in public like that and not be on something????
all of her supporters have to be on something!
Not an answer, and I get just a little sick of everyone assuming Trump is so stupid and clueless his team isn’t on any of this. Just quit.
It was a simple question: HAS the time period to submit such a request expired and does anyone know the law?
-PJ
I honestly pray that someone asks this b#tch the frequency.
Dear States
Drain the leftist agitator fiscal swamp. Triple the recount costs. These fools will pay what ever you ask.
MI is a bigger state and PA bigger yet again. If it costs almost $4 mill in WI it should cost $8 mill or more in MI and $12 mill or more in PA.
So come on drain the swamp.
Our whole state government is.
This runt (rhymes with) needs to hit the damn road.
I assume a person grabs a bundle of ballots and throws them into the appropiate file...Then they are counted...Suppose Trump has 1000 in a pile of ballots and Clinton has 800...What’s to keep a Democrat counter from recording that Trump had 800 and Clinton had 1000? Who’s going to check the checkers??? Sounds to me the machine count would be a safer bet...
A recount is not available on demand in Michigan if I’m not mistaken. Doesn’t the SOS have to agree to it on the basis of the appearance of fraud or malfunctions?
Take the money and get your damn teeth fixed.
courts?
Some one needs to call Dog and have him serve her with her warrant ...
Our high court is GOP-controlled. So no monkey business.
Any other candidate can file a written objection to the recount thereby forcing a hearing on the issue.
Wonder if Trump will file?? I’d like him to but I fear at that moment the media will explode the “what’s he afraid of??” narrative.
Each party is allowed an observer at each count.
I read that Trump’s attorneys plan to object to a hand count. Instead, they will support a machine count. That approach should blunt the criticism. There will still need to be a hearing to decide the issue.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.