Posted on 12/01/2016 1:04:44 PM PST by Darren McCarty
Trump Campaign Files Objection to Multi-Million Dollar Taxpayer-Funded 1% Recount
LANSING, Mich., Dec. 1, 2016 – Michigan Republican Chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel blasted the Stein campaign, citing the objection filed with the Board of Canvassers challenging the ridiculous petition for recount which will cost taxpayers millions of dollars but not change the outcome of the election to anything different than Donald Trump winning Michigan and Jill Stein coming in fourth place by a margin of more than 2.2 million votes.
“Jill Stein’s 1% temper tantrum cannot go unchecked,” said Michigan Republican Party Chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel. “Stein is not an aggrieved candidate, she cannot possibly win, and she is putting the participation of every single Michigan voter in jeopardy, for no reason, at an exorbitant cost to the Michigan taxpayers.”
The objection, filed by attorneys representing the Michigan Republican Party and the Trump campaign, noted that Michigan law requires a candidate to be “aggrieved” to be able to file for a recount, and cites Stein cannot claim to be an aggrieved candidate as she came 4th place with only 1.07% of the vote. The objection argues that because Stein hasn’t cited an injury to redress, and she cannot possibly win, Stein is not an aggrieved candidate.
The objection also cites Michigan statute, case law, and precedence including a transcript from a November 2006 Board of Canvassers meeting where the Director of Elections, Chris Thomas, rejected on behalf of the Board of Canvassers a recount petition submitted by Green Party Candidate Lynn Meadows. Thomas reported the Board rejected the petition because, the candidate did not challenge the vote in “enough precincts to actually affect the outcome of the election.” Board of State Canvassers Hearing Transcript, November 27, 2006, pp. 1-2.
Meadows ran for Michigan Secretary of State against incumbent Terri Lynn Land in the November 2006 election. Meadows received 70,218 votes (1.89%) to Land’s 2,089,864 (56.15%) which would have required Meadows to receive an additional 2,019,646 votes in a recount. Stein’s margin to recover is larger. Stein only received 51,463 (1.07%) to Trump’s 2,279,543 (47.5%), requiring Stein to gain 2,228,080 in a recount effort.
The objection cites rulings on the aggrieved issue from other jurisdictions as well.
The objection also claims that Stein waited until “minutes before the deadline, making a recount impossible under state and federal guidelines” despite being able to file much earlier. The objection states Stein is calling for the longer hand recount to ensure a recount would not be finished by the required federal and state deadline of December 13.
The objection also states that Stein’s recount petition was not validly notarized, and therefore, is invalid. Stein’s petition was notarized in Massachusetts and left out critical requirements. Per Michigan law, the flaw in the notarization should cause the recount petition to be rejected.
The Board of Canvassers will address the complaint tomorrow at their scheduled meeting.
Michiganders looking to get involved should visit migop.org/recount.
See law or not, I still think she is obnoxious, outrageous, and arrogant!
I take your word. If it wasn’t for this recount, I’d never know whose was.
Ronna Romney McDaniel is Mitt’s niece. Story was that Mitt and her got into it because Ronna endorsed Trump after the primary - which was her job.
That's Ronna Romney McDaniel's mom. She was also named Ronna Romney.
I think the RNC’s lack of an offensive strategy is a dangerous risk to take. They should have called their bluff and filed for a recount of states Hitlery won with a narrow margin. If the grand fix is in then he’s going to be left twisting in the winbd.
In the law there is a concept known as the nuisance lawsuit.
Many states have a loser pays exception that if the judge determines the suit was brought not to accrue a benefit for the plaintiff but to harass the defendant, the plaintiff can be penalized in forcing plaintiff to pay defendant’s legal cost of defense as well as their own. This is a case of a nuisance recount where the Green Party should be required to pay all legal costs when they lose.
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