Trump backers ask courts to halt or prevent 3 state recounts

[WestVirginiaRebel]

AP:

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's supporters moved Friday to prevent or halt election recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, involving the courts less than two weeks before the states would have to complete the tasks to meet a federal deadline to certify their election results.

 

The legal actions seeking to block or halt the recounts in three states Trump narrowly won could cause delays that would make them extremely difficult or impossible to complete on time. Even if the recounts happen, though, none would be expected to give Democrat Hillary Clinton enough votes to emerge as the winner.

 

The recounts were requested by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who says they're necessary to ensure that voting machines weren't hacked, even though there's no evidence that they were. Critics say Stein is simply trying to raise money and her political profile while building a donor database.

 

"Our goal is not to change the result of the election," Stein said in an opinion piece released Thursday. "It is to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the vote."

 

Wisconsin is the only state where a recount is underway. It began Thursday, and one of the state's 72 counties had already completed its task by Friday, with Clinton gaining a single a vote on Trump. Clinton lost to Trump in Wisconsin by about 22,000 votes, or less than 1 percentage point.

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Sore losers still losing.

[Valin]

Hillary’s Recount Nearly Dead in Michigan
John Hinderaker
December 7, 2016

The federal judge in Michigan who ordered a recount to begin in that state on Monday has now reversed his ruling and withdrawn that order. His reversal was based on an order from a Michigan appellate court to the effect that Jill Stein did not have standing to demand a recount:

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Unless Stein can persuade Michigan’s Supreme Court to overturn the appellate court’s ruling, the Michigan recount effort is dead.

 

Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, with the recount 70% completed, Hillary has gained a whopping 82 votes out of Donald Trump’s 22,000-vote margin.