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Philadelphia judge won’t let Jill Stein forensically examine voting machines
BillyPenn News ^ | December 7, 2016 | Mark Dent

Posted on 12/07/2016 2:47:55 PM PST by bobsunshine

Updated at 2 pm

Jill Stein’s Pennsylvania recount attempt continues to sputter, with a Wednesday ruling from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas denying her request to have the city’s electronic voting machines examined.

The request to forensically study the machines was considered by her lawyers to be one of the best ways to determine the validity of the votes, and they had previously said they thought they had a chance in court. The city’s Election Board had already refused to let Stein’s computer experts examine the machines.

Judge Abbe F. Fletman wrote in her decision that Stein basically missed her chance to examine the machines. Stein and any other candidate legally had the opportunity to monitor tests of the machines administered by the Election Board the before, during and after the election, she wrote, and could have even made independent tests during the election process provided the testing didn’t interfere with the tabulation of votes. She noted Stein and her associates did not make clear whether they took advantage of these opportunities, and wrote that state law doesn’t allow for more independent testing as requested by Stein.

“This is especially true when, as in this case, there is absolutely no evidence of any voting irregularities,” Fletman wrote. “To the contrary, the elected and appointed officials charged with safeguarding our voting system uniformly maintain its integrity.”

This court action was slightly different from the recount that already took place in Philadelphia. Over the weekend, the city recounted electronic votes and paper ballots from 75 of Philadelphia’s 1600-plus voting districts. Hillary Clinton ended up with five more votes from paper ballots that were not detected by an optical scanning system, and City Commissioner Al Schmidt said the recount turned up no evidence of possible hacking or fraud.

(Excerpt) Read more at billypenn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; pa; pennsylvania; recount; stein; trump
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1 posted on 12/07/2016 2:47:55 PM PST by bobsunshine
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To: bobsunshine

Does she want to swab the machines for Clinton’s DNA?


2 posted on 12/07/2016 2:48:54 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: bobsunshine

Are they dead?............


3 posted on 12/07/2016 2:49:34 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: mass55th

please someone.... help Jill gather up the lost marbles.


4 posted on 12/07/2016 2:49:40 PM PST by ptsal
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To: bobsunshine

It’s to avoid embarrassment that this idiot will find out the machines are not connected to the internet so it’s not HACKED as she claims it to be.


5 posted on 12/07/2016 2:49:44 PM PST by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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To: bobsunshine

Maybe this judge realizes what a political whore this hag really is.


6 posted on 12/07/2016 2:50:03 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: bobsunshine

Examine them like Ducky does on NCIS?


7 posted on 12/07/2016 2:50:14 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (LOTS of /s)
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To: bobsunshine

Another court defeat for stupid cow Stein.

As the court noted, she had plenty of opportunities to have voting machines tested. She never bothered.

Its a little late to ask PA to do something for her she could have done much earlier.


8 posted on 12/07/2016 2:51:31 PM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: bobsunshine

What happened to the other court decision that was supposed to be made or was made today.


9 posted on 12/07/2016 2:52:00 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: bobsunshine

I’m starting to wonder if Stein is only pushing this to the point of absurdity to protect herself from potential lawsuits by people who donated money to her.


10 posted on 12/07/2016 2:52:11 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: bobsunshine

Judge: “Ms Stein, have you forgotten the first rule of the Philadelphia Vote Cheater’s Club?”


11 posted on 12/07/2016 2:52:14 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: mass55th

“Does she want to swab the machines for Clinton’s DNA?”

Don’t you mean “wipe”?


12 posted on 12/07/2016 2:52:19 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: bobsunshine

Examining the code is a recipe for creating more confusion. The cost of all of this should be billed to Hillary Clinton since she is calling the shots.


13 posted on 12/07/2016 2:52:37 PM PST by djpg
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To: bobsunshine

Okay, SoroStein is beyond ridiculous now.. TIME FOR THE COURTS TO MAKE THIS IRRITATING ‘HEMORRHOID OF A HUMAN BEING’ GO AWAY.


14 posted on 12/07/2016 2:52:40 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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To: bobsunshine

If at first you don’t succeed, appeal, appeal, appeal some more.

No wonder Jill said lawyers fees could be in the millions.


15 posted on 12/07/2016 2:53:04 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: max americana

I can’t imagine why the Philly democrats wouldn’t want their machines to be “forensically examined” ...


16 posted on 12/07/2016 2:53:13 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Red Badger
Are they dead?............   Yes, from the neck up.
17 posted on 12/07/2016 2:55:32 PM PST by tomkat (alt right)
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To: EagleUSA
Maybe this judge realizes what a political whore this hag really is.

She is just a tool for the Clinton campaign to deny 3 states their votes in the Electoral College -

More like punishment for PA, MI and WI - Trump messed up their plan because not enough voters came out for Crooked Hillary.

18 posted on 12/07/2016 2:55:43 PM PST by Dustoff45 (A change is a comin')
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To: bobsunshine

Are these the same “experts” that said WI was hacked but now the recount is over halfway there is no evidence of this?


19 posted on 12/07/2016 2:58:05 PM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: ptsal

Jill.. Yoo hoo, Jill. I've found those marbles you lost.


20 posted on 12/07/2016 2:58:54 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Donate monthly and end FReepathons.)
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