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Judge rejects Stein's request for hand recount (Judge explains)
JS Online ^ | 11-29-16 | Jason Stein

Posted on 11/30/2016 9:20:52 AM PST by bigbob

Green Party candidate Jill Stein paid $3.5 million Tuesday to clear the way for Wisconsin's presidential vote recount but had a judge reject her lawsuit to require all Wisconsin counties to do the recount by hand.

Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn said the effort to force the hand recount — which was backed by Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign — did not meet the state’s legal standard for prohibiting the use of machines in the recount, saying that the two campaigns did not show a hand recount, though more thorough, was necessary or show there was a clear and convincing evidence of fraud or other problems.

Bailey-Rihn said there were good reasons to do a hand recount but no legal basis for her to mandate it.

"I follow the law. That's who I am despite my personal opinions," said Bailey-Rihn, who was elected to the bench last spring. "It's (the counties’) decision. It's their discretion. I may disagree with it … but I must follow the law."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: baileyrihn; recount; stein; wirecount
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To: Kenny

It’s not about “finding” votes, it’s about delaying the certification so the electors can not cast their votes.


21 posted on 11/30/2016 9:40:49 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: bigbob

No more liberal cocktail parties for Valerie Bailey-Rihn!


22 posted on 11/30/2016 9:42:29 AM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: Red Badger
Actually, this is Dane County, so she may have lost her next election. You wouldn't believe the string of "home cookin'" decisions in opposition to the Walker Administration that came out of Dane County courts, only to be overturned on appeal. Most judges there play to the local electorate, regardless of the law.
23 posted on 11/30/2016 9:42:59 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: 2CAVTrooper
It’s not about “finding” votes, it’s about delaying the certification so the electors can not cast their votes.

Agreed. This is all about disenfranchising the good people of Wisconsin for daring to vote Republican.

24 posted on 11/30/2016 9:46:00 AM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: 2CAVTrooper

Well I think that is the entire motivation here, funded by Soros, using Stein as the stalking horse for the new version of “Moveon” or “Correct the Record” type group. He’s been very successful in channeling left-wing hate and anger into these advocacy groups - remember Moveon came about after the Bill Clinton impeachment.

Now they have a mailing list of dopes who are so angry and desperate they will throw money at the longest of hail mary’s. They also have Soros’ money and organizations which set the template. This will become the Disloyal Opposition, Jill Stein. prop.


25 posted on 11/30/2016 9:48:14 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: 2CAVTrooper
It’s not about “finding” votes, it’s about delaying the certification so the electors can not cast their votes.

Exactly -

'Cant' believe how many people don't get this! - PA is likely the one that may give them this end run victory -

If they can throw the final decision over to the - Congress? - they have a better shot - lot's of paid off and/or blackmailed folk there

26 posted on 11/30/2016 9:49:27 AM PST by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does)
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To: maine-iac7
" Green Party Members Taking Crash Course In Observing Wisconsin Recount"

About 150 people attended a training session in Muskego on how to observe the recount of Wisconsin's presidential election vote. There will be another training session Wednesday evening in Madison.

What are R's doing here?

27 posted on 11/30/2016 9:53:15 AM PST by Swanks
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To: maine-iac7

There is no question that the WI recount will be completed well in advance of the deadline. It would have been more difficult if the court had mandated a hand count, but the machine count will start tomorrow (Dec. 1) and should be finished in a matter of days. The cost that Stein had to pay was the sum total of every county clerk’s input which includes overtime, etc and they were told they could hire “an infinite number of tabulators” if needed in order to complete the task well in advance of the deadline.

MI and PA may be a different story. But WI will not delay the Electoral College.


28 posted on 11/30/2016 9:53:57 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: bigbob
IMO the Dems always knew they would lose (not the election, the recount). So why did they do it?

To delegitimize. To polarize. to energize.

Delegitimize - they can't win this election, but they can claim Trump didn't either. There are some sports stats that occurred during strike years, that will forever have an asterisk beside them - not legitimate. Like Bush in 2000 - "selected, not elected"

Polarize - keep the people divided, hateful, distrustful of one another.

Energize - the struggle goes on. As long as there's no resolution to the election fiasco, protests like blocking of highways, "occupy" sit-ins, etc. will continue.

The objective is to deny Trump's ability to govern, and claw back some power in '18. Expect this issue to be #1 in the next election, and probably the one after (2020)

29 posted on 11/30/2016 9:54:21 AM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: bigbob

also - if you do the math, once WI is recounted and the vote is certified as it will be for Trump, that’s it. Even if you could hallucinate flipping PA AND MI over to Hillary, with WI Trump would have 270 EVs.

Fini.


30 posted on 11/30/2016 9:57:04 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: ZOOKER

Agreed, it’s all agitprop. And a launchpad for Dr. Jill Stein as the new savior of the disenfranchised angry butthurt left, George Soros, treasurer.


31 posted on 11/30/2016 9:58:23 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: DaveA37

“Stranger, report this word, we pray, to the Spartans, that lying
Here in this spot we remain, faithfully keeping their laws.”


32 posted on 11/30/2016 9:59:29 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: bigbob

How do you hand count a machine? “That’s one machine— That’s two machines?”


33 posted on 11/30/2016 9:59:57 AM PST by WENDLE (Sanctuary cities are OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE!! That is a FELONY!! Ask Nixon!!)
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To: ZOOKER

“The objective is to deny Trump’s ability to govern”

Well, Trump is not a cucked bed-wetter rino like GW Bush and team Satan knows this. Team Satan also knows that Trump will dismantle their criminal enterprise. The Party is over. Prosecutions and jail time.

So how will all these distractions & hysterics actually affect Trump’s ability to govern?

Once you answered that then you can look at why they’re doing these recounts.


34 posted on 11/30/2016 10:03:37 AM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America. Treat them accordingly.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

There used to much more commonly be an old-fashioned kind of liberal, who actually had skin in the game. The new illiberal “liberals” want to skin you while keeping their own.


35 posted on 11/30/2016 10:04:40 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

Well they are TRYING to do it.

But team Satan just met team God. Game, set, match.


36 posted on 11/30/2016 10:05:20 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: WENDLE

If you’re using UW grad students, even that might be asking a lot...


37 posted on 11/30/2016 10:06:28 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: bigbob

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3499868/posts?page=30#30

Thanks for the info !!

Jill’s party has basically disowned her; nobody likes $oro$ LoserWomen (plural, since illary & $oro$ are behind this)


38 posted on 11/30/2016 10:15:03 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Red Badger

“She just won her next election................. “

Or a seat on some circuit court.


39 posted on 11/30/2016 10:36:13 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Election 2016 - Best election ever.)
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To: Swanks

Great question! Do any WI Freepers know whatTrump/Pence, RNC, WI GOP are doing re monitors/observers for the recount?


40 posted on 11/30/2016 11:22:44 AM PST by East Tennessee Redhead
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