Posted on 12/09/2016 9:39:35 AM PST by bobsunshine
Chester County on Thursday ordered a hand recount of 190,462 paper ballots cast in last month's election, as former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein continues her bid for a statewide recount.
The county's Board of Elections, which consists of the three county commissioners, ruled that the Department of Voter Services must recount the ballots in 143 of the 228 precincts for the presidential and U.S. Senate races.
Many counties have adopted electronic voting systems, but Chester relies almost exclusively on paper ballots. Of nearly 275,000 ballots cast there last month, all but about 850 were on paper.
The ruling there was the latest in Stein's increasingly improbable bid to overturn the results that gave President-elect Donald Trump the state's 20 electoral votes and helped him clinch the White House.
On Thursday, an Allegheny County judge denied a request for a forensic examination of machines there, and officials in Bucks and Montgomery Counties have dismissed petitions for recounts. Philadelphia election officials recounted votes in 75 of 1,686 voting divisions.
The petitions have been filed by voters but organized by Stein's campaign lawyers and supporters.....
The recount effort in Chester County began Thursday afternoon and will "continue until completion," according to county spokeswoman Rebecca Brain. Tuesday is the federal deadline for the state to certify votes.
Hillary Clinton won Chester County, the only county bordering Philadelphia with a Republican voter-registration edge.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Pa Chester County article , ping
Congrats to stupid cow Stein for helping to find more Trump votes in a PA red county.
Libs are unintentionally hilarious. More votes in Chester won’t boost Hillary’s margins in the state.
It appears they are trying to get to the 0.5% to trigger an automatic state-wide recount. Hillary has to pick up about 12,000 votes to make that occur.
Not in Chester.
Its GOP - solid red county.
Good luck in finding Hillary votes there.
They keep finding thousands of votes more than there should be, in counties HilLIARy won.
When is someone going to notice that in the media?
If not completed in time.. Does this deny Trump PA’s EVs? if so. That is their plan.
Otherwise they are just stupid for asking for the recount.
Thanks.
Deadline for “automatic recount if < .5 % “ has passed.
Stein won’t get a statewide recount.
She’s tilting at the legal windmills.
Not true. Went big for Clinton this time. Affluent, upper middle class elite wannabes couldn’t stomach Trump’s style.
This is just more harassment by Hillary and Soros...course Jill the Pill is to stupid to see she is being ‘used’...
??? Hillary won Chester
CLINTON, HILLARY
(DEM)
52.71%
Votes: 141,694
Runningmate: TIM KAINE
____________________________
TRUMP, DONALD J
(REP)
43.20%
Votes: 116,147
Runningmate: MICHAEL R PENCE
O recount in an entire state has picked up more than about 1500, and that was an anomaly. I doubt that they can pick up. 12,000 in a few counties.
If the original count has already been certified by the State SOS, it should not. But since 2008, nothing has been as it should, I can’t say. Your guess is as good as anyone else’s. We now have five sets of laws for everything. 1. We have one set for Hillary Clinton. 2. We have one set for the slaves and serfs.3. We have one set for the Democrats. 4. We have one set for the Republicans. 5. We have one set that the judges make up as they go from case to case.
You mean upper crust RINO types?
That said, since they use paper ballots, no Russian hacking here.
Still Trump did run it up enough to the point its a good showing there.
With all the opposition he faced from the GOP establishment.
“Not in Chester.
Its GOP - solid red county.
Good luck in finding Hillary votes there. “
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What about this?
Chester County PA
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 228). . . . . 228 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 354,459
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 274,862
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . 77.54%
STRAIGHT PARTY
Vote for not more than 1
DEMOCRATIC (DEM 66,802 49.27
REPUBLICAN (REP) 67,330 49.66
. . . . . . . . PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
Vote for not more than 1
HILLARY CLINTON (DEM) 141,694 51.90
DONALD J TRUMP (REP). 116,147 42.54
http://webapps.chesco.org/election/lib/election/results/cumf.htm
Not so. A thread yesterday had Hillary up:
On Dec. 2, unofficial county results in the presidential race showed Democrat Hillary Clinton leading all candidates with 141,694 votes, followed by Republican Donald J. Trump, now president-elect, who had 116,147. Stein lagged far behind in the race, with 2,253 ballots cast, or .83 percent.
GOP has a voter registration edge.
Apparently, a lot of RINOs crossed over to vote for Hillary.
They couldn’t stand Trump.
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