Judge Orders Michigan Recount to Begin at Noon Monday

[brassmonkey]

Michigan must begin its presidential recount at noon Monday, a federal judge ruled in a late-night order that could make it more likely the state will complete the count ahead of a Dec. 13 deadline.

In his ruling Sunday night, Judge Mark Goldsmith rejected an effort by state officials to delay the hand-counting of about 4.8 million ballots.

Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein argued that a law is unconstitutional that requires a break of at least two business days after the Board of Canvassers' final action on a recount request. Goldsmith found that Stein had "shown the likelihood of irreparable harm" if the count was delayed even by two days and rejected the state's arguments about the cost to taxpayers.

Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton by 10,704 votes, or two-tenths of a percentage point, in Michigan. Stein received about 1 percent of the vote.

Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette, the Trump campaign and super PACs have filed separate lawsuits asking state courts to prevent the recount, arguing that Stein, as the fourth-place finisher, is not "aggrieved" because she has no chance of winning in a recount.

The Green Party also wants recounts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Stein has argued, without evidence, that irregularities in the votes in all three states suggest that there could have been tampering with the vote, perhaps through a well-coordinated, highly complex cyberattack.

Elections officials in the three states, all narrowly won by Trump, have expressed confidence in their results. Even if all three recounts happen, none were expected to give Clinton enough votes to emerge as the winner.

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[brassmonkey]

should be starting now

[imabro]

Giving losers hope even if it won't make a difference

[xXXtesy10]

[SekobA]

so same yes

[Bladewire]

Remembering a recount in Michigan that did change the outcome of an election | Michigan Radio

On Election Night it seemed clear the Republican candidate had won an upset narrow victory in Michigan. But some people wouldn?t accept it. They fought to get a recount.

The Republicans opposed it. But when a recount was finally ordered, irregularities and mistakes began to turn up. Figures had been transposed. Soon, the lead changed.

When two thirds of the state had been recounted, the Republican gave up. The Democrat at the top of the ticket had carried the state, and that changed history.

[Barry-xlovecam]

This will cost the taxpayers $1 a vote

I pay more that that to watch chickens fuck

Worth every penny ...

[Joshua G]

gotta love federalism, when it tells a state how to run its own election.

does jill stein have standing in a race she cant win? why?

bow to the federal judge!

[Bladewire]

^^ triggered & afraid ^^

[JFK]

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

This will cost the taxpayers $1 a vote

I pay more that that to watch chickens fuck

Worth every penny ...

How much More ? Cluck cluck cluck

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by JFK

How much More ? Cluck cluck cluck

i don't think he meant to type that

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by imabro

Giving losers hope even if it won't make a difference

Or, exposing fraud in the voting process.

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Remembering a recount in Michigan that did change the outcome of an election | Michigan Radio
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Originally Posted by Joshua G

gotta love federalism, when it tells a state how to run its own election.

No one is telling the state how to run its own election, you boring old fuck.

[Bladewire]

broken machines could throw Michigan recount into chaos

Preliminary investigation by election officials in Wayne County found that 610 of the area?s 1,680 precincts could not reconcile the number of votes cast according to the machines with the number of ballots issued according to the electoral rolls. Detroit contains 662 of Wayne?s precincts; in 392 of those, the number of votes didn?t match up.

Broken polling machines may have put vote counts in question in more than half of Detroit?s precincts and nearly one-third of surrounding Wayne County, possibly throwing the Michigan recount into chaos.

If the discrepancies can?t be solved by recounting every paper ballot in question by hand, a recount in those precincts simply won?t happen.

Donald Trump?s slim margin over Hillary Clinton means any chance that the state might flip on a recount likely hinges on Wayne County, where she won by a landslide. Clinton lost by 10,704 votes in Michigan; Wayne?s population of 1,759,335 makes it the likeliest candidate to contain errors bigger than that margin.

[Barry-xlovecam]

Great troll ...
but in the end ...
The Michigan Election Recount Has Been Canceled

another day another battle

"It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win." --John Paul Jones

That quote is for Hillary the Deplorable Democrat candidate who couldn't

A federal judge has halted it, sealing Donald Trump?s narrow victory.

A federal judge who ordered Michigan to begin its recount effectively ended it on Wednesday, tying his decision to a state court ruling that found Green Party candidate Jill Stein had no legal standing to request another look at ballots.

The ruling seals Republican Donald Trump?s narrow victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton for Michigan?s 16 electoral votes.

U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith agreed with Republicans who argued that the three-day recount must end a day after the state appeals court dealt a blow to the effort. The court said Stein, who finished fourth in Michigan on Nov. 8, didn?t have a chance of winning even after a recount and therefore isn?t an ?aggrieved? candidate.

[nico-t]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

should be starting now

nobody gives a shit.

except for the sore losers who demanded this recount just so they can lose again