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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 Steins 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.
Theyre requiring fees that dont exist, they are proposing deadlines that dont exist, Maazel said. The Republican Party is saying that over 27,000 people in 9,000 districts have to request a recount or there cant 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."
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.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: election; jillstein; pennsylvania; recount; searchworks; stein
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To: RightInTheMain
48 of the counties will be going a full hand recount while
“Fourteen counties, like Dodge, Ozaukee, Racine and Waukesha will use optical scanners. Ten counties will be conducting the recount by hand and by machine, including Walworth County.”
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:20:28 AM PST
by
funfan
To: A Navy Vet
“...made America the envy of the World. ...”
And that, right there... that one word in the sentence ... is the root of the Left’s psychosis:
Envy.
The mere thought that someone else is BETTER at something, anything, drives them batsh*t crazy. So it has to be squashed.
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:21:27 AM PST
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Truthsearcher
“Its not like shed win a recount any way.”
Trump
Clinton
Gary Johnson
ALL had overwhelming votes against her-
She is a stooge of soros- putting out the FALSE
notion that the election was Stolen—
This “stolen” mantra will be around for the next 4 years
and Trump will be called an illegitimate president-
as was George Bush stole from Al bore
Jill gets some walking around cash for her trouble
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:23:37 AM PST
by
mj1234
To: SeekAndFind
Pa Recount is a joke.... They could have aske for one without the courts but missed the deadline. Now that the courts are involved, and absolutely no evidence of any malfeasance it is not likely to go anywhere. Let alone Grandma Jill even having any standing for a suit because even if there was fraud see has a hard time claiming she was materially harmed by it.
She’s going to pocket millions from morons... It’s a nice scam... Maybe I’ll run next time and pull this little stunt to milk money from angry folks from the losing side.
To: Buckeye McFrog
I figured Wi & MI election officials feel the same way.
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:24:22 AM PST
by
stylin19a
(obama = Fredo smart)
To: Buckeye McFrog
That is probably also the case in both Wisconsin and Michigan as well.
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:24:36 AM PST
by
OttawaFreeper
("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
To: SeekAndFind
So poor Jill gets to keep all that money! I feel so bad for her now that she’s “failed”.
Since the cash is not exactly campaign cash, I wonder what the rules are. Can she use it to run for governor in some liberal state? Run for Senate? Buy a 200 foot yacht and sail around the world collecting Global Warming evidence?
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:25:15 AM PST
by
DBrow
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:27:25 AM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: DBrow
Mayor of NYC has been mentioned as a possible run for her.
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:30:54 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: PIF
Doesn’t she live in MA?
.
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:31:49 AM PST
by
Mears
To: SeekAndFind
This person is an MD. I can’t imagine what has befallen her that she would have such a psychotic break with reality. I mean...people lose elections all the time. Both she and hilery have proven by their behavior after the relatively mild trauma of “losing” that both of them are TOTALLY unfit to hold public office or be responsible for the lives of millions of people.
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:33:51 AM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: SeekAndFind
Jill Stein, no there there. You’re 15 minutes are up
To: Flick Lives
___
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:36:16 AM PST
by
Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
((Some of you characterized my FReep name as 'paranoid' a few years back.. Care to apologize now?))
To: SeekAndFind
The reason for all this is to get dems perpetually upset over Trump and delegitimatize his election.
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:39:05 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
To: Mears
Hillary from Arkansas became a US Senator ...
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:44:08 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: SeekAndFind
“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.”
The gawldang vote of the gawldang people is made up of those who took the trouble to go down to the gawldang polling place and vote on the gawldang machines, whose gawldang votes are tabulated and recorded on the gawldang aforesaid gawldang machines, numbnuts. So shut yer gawldang piehole and get out of my gawldang court. I got a docket as long as Davy Crocket’s scrotum here. Hippies!
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:45:36 AM PST
by
Eleutheria5
(“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
“A lot of the county election directors here in PA (many of them Democrats) are taking Steins effort as a personal affront”
They are ticked off because they know they did everything they could to help Hillary, but it wasn’t enough. They are insulted that Jill Stein thinks they didn’t stuff the ballots enough.
To: PIF
She was a carpetbagger that established residency just so she could run-———Bobby Kennedy and Barney Frank were carpetbaggers too-——the Dems seem to be good at that.
.
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:53:26 AM PST
by
Mears
To: SeekAndFind
I assume the Appeals Court process will be next. They just need to find an actual honest (using the Dem version AKA: corrupt) judge and then on to a divided Supreme Court. The 4-4 vote leaves the corrupt decision in place and the recount begins.
Could happen. I could be wrong. That happens often.
Maybe some smart FRLawyer can provide some guidance.
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:53:55 AM PST
by
InterceptPoint
(Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
A lot of the county election directors here in PA (many of them Democrats) are taking Steins effort as a personal affront.What's it going to do to Hillary since she has also signed on to this farce?
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posted on
12/01/2016 9:54:12 AM PST
by
ExSoldier
("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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