Monday, December 5, 2016

Michigan Recount Continues. Why No State Recounts In States Hillary Won?

Judge Orders Michigan 

Recount to Begin Monday

The lawsuit was one of three court actions filed Friday after State Board of Canvassers allowed recount to go forward in 2-2 deadlock vote.







Judge Orders Michigan Recount to Begin Monday




















Updated. DETROIT, MI — U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith ruled
 around midnight that the recount of Michigan's votes in the Nov. 8,
 2016, presidential election must begin by noon Monday. Goldsmith
held a rare hearing on Sunday on a lawsuit filed by Green Party candidate
 Jill Stein to speed up the recount of votes.
Two other court actions have been filed to stop the recount, which the
 State Board of Canvassers said on Friday could go forward. The board
 rejected a request from Secretary of State Ruth Johnson to recount the
 ballots using an optical scan, rather than hand-count the state's
nearly 4.8 million ballots.
Recount advocates have said an optical scan would repeat errors,
 if there were any, and that a hand-reocunt is the only way to ensure
the integrity of the election in Michigan and two other swing states —
 Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — where the Green Party candidate is
 seeking recounts.
On Friday, Stein challenged the two-business-day waiting period that
 would delay the recount until Wednesday morning. The lawsuit
 named the State Board of Canvassers and Michigan Director of
 Elections Chris Thomas as defendants.
Stein claimed she was “aggrieved on account of fraud or mistake” in
 the counting of the ballots, but did not offer specific evidence of how
she was harmed in the election, which the first count said President-
elect Donald Trump defeated Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton
 by 10,704 votes.
Mark Brewer, Stein’s attorney in Michigan, told The Detroit News the
 request for a recount doesn’t require Stein to prove wrongdoing or that
 she was harmed.
Stein’s Friday lawsuit was the third court action that day in the
contentious fight over recounts. Trump, who previously had claimed
 boldly claimed on Twitter that millions of people voted illegally in the
election, said in his own lawsuit that Stein is not an “aggrieved”
 party, and therefore lacked the standing to request the recount.
That was the same argument Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette
 raised Friday in a petition seeking a Michigan Supreme Court ruling
 to halt the recount. A hearing on Schuette's request is scheduled for
 Tuesday.
Depending on what happens in those lawsuits, the recount could begin
 Wednesday morning, or perhaps as early as Tuesday evening, the
Detroit Free Press reported.



The State Board of Canvassers deadlocked, 2-2, along party lines
 Friday on Trump’s objection to the lawsuit.
Stein requested the recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
 after a prominent group of election attorneys and computer scientists,
 including University of Michigan computer science professor J. Alex
 Halderman, claimed to have uncovered “persuasive evidence” that
the election results in the three battleground states could have been
hacked.
Stein told Fox News Sunday that 75,000 ballots, mostly concentrated
 in Detroit, showed no vote for president, which she said is “sky 
high compared to all other past elections.”
“That's 75,000 votes which may very well be machine error or human
 error. That is about seven times the margin of difference in Michigan.
 So these results could, in fact, change the outcome, but we don't know
 that until we actually examine the evidence. That means a hand
 recount of the ballots,” Stein said.

More Patch Coverage on Recounts


In Pennsylvania, the Stein campaign said late Saturday it had dropped
 its case in state courts 

Judge Orders Michigan

 Recount to Begin Monday

The lawsuit was one of three court actions filed Friday after State 

Board of Canvassers allowed recount to go forward in 2-2 deadlock

 vote.







Judge Orders Michigan Recount to Begin Monday
Updated. DETROIT, MI — U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith ruled around midnight that the recount of Michigan's votes in the Nov. 8, 2016, presidential election must begin by noon Monday. Goldsmith held a rare hearing on Sunday on a lawsuit filed by Green Party candidate Jill Stein to speed up the recount of votes.
Two other court actions have been filed to stop the recount, which the State Board of Canvassers said on Friday could go forward. The board rejected a request from Secretary of State Ruth Johnson to recount
the ballots using an optical scan, rather than hand-count
the state's nearly 4.8 million ballots.
Recount advocates have said an optical scan would repeat
 errors, if there were any, and that a hand-reocunt is the only
 way to ensure the integrity of the election in Michigan and
 two other swing states — Wisconsin and Pennsylvania —
 where the Green Party candidate is seeking recounts.
On Friday, Stein challenged the two-business-day waiting
 period that would delay the recount until Wednesday
 morning. The lawsuit named the State Board of Canvassers
and Michigan Director of Elections Chris Thomas as
 defendants.
Stein claimed she was “aggrieved on account of fraud or
 mistake” in the counting of the ballots, but did not offer
specific evidence of how she was harmed in the election,
which the first count said President-elect Donald Trump
 defeated Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton by 10,704
 votes.
Mark Brewer, Stein’s attorney in Michigan, told The Detroit
 News the request for a recount doesn’t require Stein to prove
 wrongdoing or that she was harmed.
Stein’s Friday lawsuit was the third court action that day in
 the contentious fight over recounts. Trump, who previously
 had claimed boldly claimed on Twitter that millions of people
 voted illegally in the election, said in his own lawsuit that
Stein is not an “aggrieved” party, and therefore lacked the
 standing to request the recount.
That was the same argument Michigan Attorney General
Bill Schuette raised Friday in a petition seeking a Michigan
Supreme Court ruling to halt the recount. A hearing on
 Schuette's request is scheduled for Tuesday.
Depending on what happens in those lawsuits, the recount
 could begin Wednesday morning, or perhaps as early as
Tuesday evening, the Detroit Free Press reported.



The State Board of Canvassers deadlocked, 2-2, along
party lines Friday on Trump’s objection to the lawsuit.
Stein requested the recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and
Pennsylvania after a prominent group of election attorneys
 and computer scientists, including University of Michigan
computer science professor J. Alex Halderman, claimed to
 have uncovered “persuasive evidence” that the election 
results in the three battleground states could have been hacked.
Stein told Fox News Sunday that 75,000 ballots, mostly
 concentrated in Detroit, showed no vote for president,
which she said is “sky high compared to all other past
 elections.”
“That's 75,000 votes which may very well be machine
 error or human error. That is about seven times the margin
 of difference in Michigan. So these results could, in fact,
 change the outcome, but we don't know that until we actually
examine the evidence. That means a hand recount of the
ballots,” Stein said.

More Patch Coverage on Recounts


In Pennsylvania, the Stein campaign said late Saturday it
 had dropped its case in state courts and will instead petition
 federal courts to order a statewide recount, Fox News reported.
“Make no mistake — the Stein campaign will continue to fight
 for a statewide recount in Pennsylvania,” recount campaign
 lawyer Jonathan Abady said in a statement. “We are
 committed to this fight to protect the civil and voting rights
 of all Americans.”
The recount is ongoing in Wisconsin after a judge rejected an
effort by Trump supporters to stop the state’s ongoing
presidential vote recount.
The parties are up against a steep deadline. The Electoral
 College is scheduled to meet Dec. 19.
and will
 instead petition federal courts to order a statewide recount, Fox News
 reported.
“Make no mistake — the Stein campaign will continue to fight for a
statewide recount in Pennsylvania,” recount campaign lawyer Jonathan
Abady said in a statement. “We are committed to this fight to protect
the civil and voting rights of all Americans.”
The recount is ongoing in Wisconsin after a judge rejected an effort by
 Trump supporters to stop the state’s ongoing presidential vote recount.
The parties are up against a steep deadline. The Electoral College is
 scheduled to meet Dec. 19.
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