Posted on 12/06/2016 7:23:17 AM PST by bigbob
On Day Five of the Wisconsin presidential election recount, as reported by Fox 6 News, a milestone has been reached. Over a million votes have now been recounted, and the recount effort is finished in six of the 72 Wisconsin counties. Donald Trump now has 20 fewer votes than he had at the close of the polls on November 8; Hillary Clinton also has exactly 20 fewer votes than she had at the close of the polls, so Trump’s margin of victory is literally unchanged. Gary Johnson (who came in third in the actual election) has gained 13 votes over what he had on November 8; and Jill Stein, who came in fourth and who petitioned for this recount, has gained a grand total of 27 votes.
That's all there is to show for it.
Over the last six years, Wisconsin has been the venue for considerable political drama. There was first the breathtaking Republican victory of 2010: Prior to the November election, Democrats were in control of the statehouse and both houses of the state legislature, and in fact held every state-wide office save one (attorney general); five of Wisconsin’s eight representatives in Congress were Democrats. After the election, the statehouse and both houses of the legislature were in Republican control; all state-wide officeholders save three (secretary of state, one U.S. senator, and the supervisor of the Department of Public Instruction) were Republicans, and five of the eight congressmen were now Republicans.
This was followed by the tumultuous riots in the state capital, Madison, in the wake of the historic Act Ten legislation which limited the power of public-sector unions in various ways and permitted balancing of the state budget (a constitutional requirement); then a closely fought election to the state Supreme Court in 2011 (which led to a state-wide recount of the results, until it was finally certified that conservative Justice David Prosser had won); then the Walker recall election that fall.
In the wake of the Supreme Court recount, the state legislature in 2015 enacted certain changes to the recount law, such that, (1) in a local election in which 4,000 or fewer votes were cast, only an election in which the margin of victory was 10 votes or fewer would qualify for a recount at public expense; and (2) in an election involving more than 4,000 votes, the margin of victory which would permit a recount was lowered from .50% to .25% of the total votes.
Now, in the wake of this latest fiasco, in which the contender who came in in fourth place has petitioned for a recount, the administration is considering additional changes to the law.
“It’s certainly something to look at,” Governor Scott Walker told reporters Friday morning after lighting the state Capitol Christmas tree. “I think a lot of people, no matter where they sit on the political spectrum, kind of scratch their head as to why someone would ask for a recount when they came in fourth. To me, it seems like a recount is most valuable if you think it was close and you want to challenge it to make sure that all the votes that were legitimate and legal were cast.”
Subsequent conversations with various state legislators have revealed some of the parameters being considered for amendment, in the wake of the 2016 election.
That’s one heck of a headline.
Should be:
The Wisconsin Recount Follies Continue
I’ve asked for it to be changed, sorry for the error.
It’s bait and switch!
I have no interest in the WI recount whatsoever, only came here for the headline.
So what WAS the headline prior to the correction?
Probably six tiny counties, hence the insignificant change in the totals. Wait until the fraudsters in Madison & Milwaukee (and Racine, Kenosha, Beloit, etc. if necessary) get through. You don't suppose those areas will wait until last to report, eh?
They Democrats still might not come up with enough fraud to start Civil War II overturn the legitimate election results in Wisconsin, Michigan & Pennsylvania, but how naïve is it to think they won't try?
All those large urban counties use paper ballots that were scanned on election night with optical readers. Now some of them are re-scanning and other counties are re-counting manually. The results will be the same except for a small number that were “creatively marked” making it impossible for the machine to read but where the intent of the voter is clear. Those undervotes will now be added, so the end total could be higher than the end total on election night.
You can examine the actual data yourself but for example in Racine county yesterday the hand count reduced Trumps total by 26 but 18 new Trump ballots were added, for a net loss of 8. Other days have been similar but different. Trump was up 1 in Rock (Beloit) and up 4 in Waukesha County.
See, it’s all going to be fine.
Wait until the fraudsters in Madison & Milwaukee (and Racine, Kenosha, Beloit, etc. if necessary) get through.
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It seems in the wards counted in those counties, Hillary is actually losing votes. Seems a lot of fraud was happening earlier.
http://elections.wi.gov/elections-voting/recount/2016-presidential has results up to yesterday.
Will they finish by Dec 19 ?
They have to finish by December 13th.
City of Milwaukee wards seem to have had large overvotes, perhaps a bit of ballot stuffing
have you seen this yet ?
In the Wisconsin Day 5 Recount Update 32,423 votes for Hillary Clinton were erased resulting in a 28,830 vote net increase for Donald Trump.
http://alexanderhiggins.com/hillary-clinton-loses-32423-votes-day-5-wisconsin-recount/
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