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More Bad News For Jill Stein As Pennsylvania Judge Blocks Recount Petitions
Zero Hedge ^ | 12/01/2016

Posted on 12/01/2016 8:48:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind

As most people are still trying to figure out exactly what Jill Stein is doing and why she's doing it, a judge in Montgomery County Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia, has decided he's seen enough.  After hearing arguments from attorneys representing Jill Stein’s campaign and the Montgomery County Board of Elections, Judge Bernard A. Moore dismissed the petitions of voters in 78 precincts to recount votes or forensically analyze voting machines due a lack of evidence and improperly filed petitions.  Per The Times Herald of Montgomery County:

“What we keep going back to is that our voting machines are not connected to the internet,” said board of elections Solicitor Nicole Forzato. “Montgomery County takes great, great pride in being concerned about its infrastructure for IT generally, and they have gone through a vigorous process to make sure our technology general, including voter services technology and the voting machines are safe and secure to use. ”

 

The judge did not give an explanation of his dismissal, but objections made by Forzato focused on two areas: first, that there was insufficient evidence to suggest that the machines had been tampered with in any way and second, that the petitions were not filed properly with the proper fees.

 

Stein campaign attorney Ilann Maazel argued that voting machines throughout Pennsylvania were vulnerable to hacking. He stated that the effort to request a recount or analysis of the machines was to make sure every vote was counted.

 

“We know that Donald Trump won the vote of machines in Pennsylvania. We want to know who won the vote of the people,” Maazel said.

 

Maazel also argued that the manner in which the petitions were filed, county-by-county and district-by-district, was a result of “byzantine” election statutes in the commonwealth.

 

“They’re requiring fees that don’t exist, they are proposing deadlines that don’t exist,” Maazel said. “The Republican Party is saying that over 27,000 people in 9,000 districts have to request a recount or there can’t be a recount anywhere. What kind of system is that? That is a disgrace.”

Of course, this result is not terribly shocking given that even Jill Stein admits there is "no evidence of fraud at the ballot box."

Dr. Jill Stein: At this point, there is no evidence of fraud at the ballot box https://t.co/kmTJr2r9XX https://t.co/WgtiXav4WX

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 29, 2016

 

As we noted yesterday, Jill Stein was also defeated in a Wisconsin court for failing to present any credible evidence of vote tampering.

While this should come as a shock to precisely no one other than some disaffected Hillary supporters who were hoping for a miracle, Jill Stein's request for a full "hand recount" in the state of Wisconsin has officially been denied by Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn.  According to the StarTribune, the request was denied after the judge found that Stein failed to show any mistakes or irregularities that would bring a machine recount into question.

 

A Wisconsin judge has refused to order local officials to conduct the state's presidential recount by hand.

 

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein requested the recount last week. She alleged — without evidence — that the state's voting equipment may have been hacked.

 

The state Elections Commission has ordered the recount to begin Thursday but rejected Stein's request that county clerks conduct the recount entirely by hand. Stein filed a lawsuit seeking an order for a statewide hand recount.

 

Stein's attorneys argued during a hearing Tuesday evening that the best way to determine if a cyberattack occurred is to check ballots by hand against electronic tabulations from Election Day. State lawyers countered there's no evidence to suggest any attack took place.

 

Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn refused to issue the order, saying Stein's team failed to show any mistakes or irregularities that would bring a machine recount into question.

It's time to let this one go, Jill.  It was a good effort.

JS



TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: election; jillstein; pennsylvania; recount; searchworks; stein
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1 posted on 12/01/2016 8:48:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

“As most people are still trying to figure out exactly what Jill Stein is doing and why she’s doing it,”

She’s trying to build up Hillary’s self-esteem.


2 posted on 12/01/2016 8:51:26 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Sea levels are rising- from liberal tears.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Go clean your litter box, Jill...it stinks.


3 posted on 12/01/2016 8:51:56 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast ("Now it's up to the American people to deliver justice")
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To: SeekAndFind

Blind panic, kinda like a Keystone Cops silent movie. Note to self - buy popcorn.


4 posted on 12/01/2016 8:52:11 AM PST by Yollopoliuhqui (Smarter - Faster)
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To: SeekAndFind
See Montco judge rejects presidential-vote recount request (in PA)
5 posted on 12/01/2016 8:53:06 AM PST by bobsunshine
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To: SeekAndFind

Crazy cat lady?


6 posted on 12/01/2016 8:54:27 AM PST by Lady Heron
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To: SeekAndFind

A lot of the county election directors here in PA (many of them Democrats) are taking Stein’s effort as a personal affront.

Her people are going to get a real chilly reception.


7 posted on 12/01/2016 8:55:56 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind

Stein was convinced that the Amish had hacked and tampered with the voting machines.


8 posted on 12/01/2016 9:01:09 AM PST by Preston Manning (When standing on the edge of a cliff, a "giant step forward" is NOT progress!)
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To: SeekAndFind
I think Jill Stein has had too much 'alone time' with her cat.

Also, I'm thinking SoroStein is looking to blame the rejection by States for Trump's win. CHILDISH AND A TOTAL STATE OF DENIAL OVER TRUMP'S VICTORY.

P.S. Sorostein's mantra is the total OPPOSITE of Trump's "UNDER BUDGET AND AHEAD OF SCHEDULE"

TRUMP WON.
GET OVER IT, SOROSTEIN!

9 posted on 12/01/2016 9:02:04 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America ((Some of you characterized my FReep name as 'paranoid' a few years back.. Care to apologize now?))
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To: SeekAndFind

No refunds.


10 posted on 12/01/2016 9:02:42 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Buckeye McFrog

That makes sense. Any ethical poll worker would feel insulted.

Jill’s making friends everywhere.


11 posted on 12/01/2016 9:02:45 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: SeekAndFind

Surprise, surprise.

A nutty little cat lady.


12 posted on 12/01/2016 9:05:50 AM PST by OKSooner (Geno's is a tourist trap.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Wow, what a childish pissy little b*tch you are. Get the frig over yourself. Tough sh*t, Trump is going to make America Great Again, and that is not regression as you "progressives" tend to believe. It is restoring everything that made America the envy of the World.

You are an inconsequential nobody who is trying to change the greatest experiment in history of human civilization for your own agenda. Go away.

13 posted on 12/01/2016 9:07:38 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is actually good news for her, means she gets to keep the money raised.

It’s not like she’d win a recount any way.


14 posted on 12/01/2016 9:07:40 AM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: Rennes Templar

If the democrats didn’t want this to happen it wouldn’t be happening. Everything done so far has been timed to run out the clock on final certification for electors to vote. Sudden last minute fund raising for the effort, very last day to dispute and ask for recount, last day to go to court, wire transfer at 4 in the afternoon 30 minutes before the WI offices closed. Asking for hand counts is a time-delay tactic.

Look for dem counties in Wisconsin to drag their feet on the recount. That’s why the judge said no hand recount is required, but she encouraged it as the gold standard... if the judge ruled for a hand recount requirement, an upper court may overturn and force a statewide machine recount, removing the leeway to do as the local counties see fit.... thus removing the dem leverage to run the clock which I expect they will do here (depending on the outcome of these other states).


15 posted on 12/01/2016 9:08:32 AM PST by RightInTheMain
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To: Truthsearcher

Bill Clinton is reportedly afraid that the recount will actually INCREASE Trump’s margin.


16 posted on 12/01/2016 9:10:39 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind

Is she going to pay the money back?


17 posted on 12/01/2016 9:15:56 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Evidence shmevidence. Everyone knows there was a conspiracy between Comey and Putin to get Donald Trump installed in the White House. Paul Krugman said so.


18 posted on 12/01/2016 9:18:12 AM PST by RAldrich
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s time to let this go Jill errrr Hillary.


19 posted on 12/01/2016 9:19:09 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Lady Heron

"Mr. Bigglesworth believes voting machines have been hacked."

20 posted on 12/01/2016 9:20:06 AM PST by Flick Lives (Les Deplorables Triumphant)
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