Posted on 12/02/2016 5:54:46 PM PST by Freedom of Speech Wins
Some snapped pictures, others watched intently as an official recount of 75 Philadelphia voting divisions took place Friday afternoon at the city's massive voting machine warehouse in Nicetown.
The recount of 4 percent of the city's 1,686 voting divisions was the result of a recount campaign launched by Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein in various counties and states throughout the country.
Philadelphia City Commissioners, who make up the Board of Elections, agreed to recount ballots in 75 divisions in which there were at least three affidavits for each division from voters asking for a recount. They rejected the request for a forensic audit of the voting machine's software.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20161203_Philadelphia_starts_an_election_recount_of_4_percent_of.html
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Can we change the title to Philadelphia starts an election recount of 4% of divisions?
If everyone knows the purpose is to delay and not count votes, why actually count votes? Why not just kneel until the clock runs out?
Better thread already posted didn’t show in my search: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3500872/posts?page=51
Counting only a handful of precincts, or using different standards for different precincts, is a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
It doesn't matter what state law says. The Supreme Court ruled on this in Bush v. Gore (2000).
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