Wisconsin Recount Update (Dec. 2,2016): Trump Loses 2 Votes; Stein Gains Most

Heavy ^ | Updated 11:43 am EST, December 2, 2016 | Jessica McBride

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The first day of the Wisconsin recount is over, and, perhaps ironically (or not, depending on your perspective), it was Green Party candidate Jill Stein who gained the most votes in the updated returns.

However, on December 2, according to the Wisconsin State Journal, a group of Donald Trump supporters asked a federal judge to stop the recount, saying it violates equal protection clauses because the state doesn’t have uniform standards for recounts and could miss the December 13 federal deadline for completing election results because of it.

Stein’s vote tally increased by 17 votes (she went from 7 votes to 24 in the only reporting county), according to the Wisconsin Election Commission’s day 1 spreadsheet.

If some were hoping the recount would help Hillary Clinton and hurt Donald Trump, it didn’t on day 1 anyway. Hillary Clinton lost a grand total of one vote, and Donald Trump lost two. That means Trump lost a grand total of a net 1 vote on day 1 of the recount.

That’s not going to go very far toward flipping the state. Wisconsin has 71 more counties to go (including populous ones, like Milwaukee), and Trump leads by more than 22,000 votes. The recount is historic; it’s the first presidential recount requested by a candidate since 2000, says WTMJ-TV. Stein is also trying to force recounts in Pennsylvania and Michigan; in Michigan, Trump has the ability to object to a recount, and he did so on December 1, calling it a “farce.”

To be clear, the day 1 vote totals from Wisconsin don’t mean anything when it comes to predicting the recount’s outcome because of the recount’s snail’s pace; only one tiny Wisconsin county – Menominee – had completed its returns by the end of the day on December 1, the first day of the first 2016 presidential recount in the country. That was a county that went for Clinton. However, a smattering of other villages and towns had also completed their results, and no one was reporting much had changed. Examples:

Four towns now done in @browncountywi. Only change: @HillaryClinton gaining a vote in Holland #WIRecount @fox11news pic.twitter.com/Se44AKHkEz

— Andrew LaCombe (@andrewlacombe) December 1, 2016

#WIRecount "They matched exactly" says official from River Hills. 1st municipality to finish in MKE county. @fox6now pic.twitter.com/JDDOHloaDj

— Ben Handelman (@BenHandelman) December 1, 2016

AT 5: A live #WIrecount update from @browncountywi. Towns of Eaton and Glenmore recounts had no changes @fox11news pic.twitter.com/UCojbalZ5t

— Andrew LaCombe (@andrewlacombe) December 1, 2016

Here's the final results for the town of Middleton. Total # of ballots cast matched exactly, additions are from ballots marked "creatively" pic.twitter.com/SO6yFBQt6U

— Jessica Arp (@news3jessica) December 1, 2016

It’s perhaps just ironic that it was Stein who pulled in the most new votes, gaining a grand total of 17 votes from Menominee County, which is the home of the Menominee Nation Indian reservation. Stein shelled out $3.5 million in donor money for the Wisconsin recount. However, it didn’t cost her very much in Menominee County. The Menominee only charged $200 for their hand recount, according to the Election Commission. In contrast, Milwaukee County is costing Stein more than half a million dollars all by itself.

This is what the Wisconsin Election Commission wrote about the day 1 returns:

“Menominee County has concluded its Recount for President, and its numbers are included in the spreadsheet. The minutes of each county board of canvassers will include an explanation of any change of 10 or more votes in a reporting unit. This is the explanation provided by the Menominee County Clerk for the differences in numbers between the canvass and the recount:

Johnson/Weld — different by 12 due to human error. Didn’t get added to our tally sheet. Stein/Baraka — different by 17 due to human error. Wards 1,3,4,5 didn’t get added to tally sheet.”

The Excel spreadsheet itself compares the original vote totals to the recount totals. Here is what the spreadsheet said Menominee County reported. The rest of the spreadsheet was blank at the end of day 1 because, even though some other municipalities are done, no other counties as a whole are.

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Original Vote Totals – Menominee County

Wards 1, 3-5

Trump :259
Clinton: 821
Stein: 0
Johnson: 0

Ward 2

Trump: 10
Clinton: 182
Stein: 7

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Recount totals

Wards 1, 3-5

Trump 257
Clinton 820
Castle 3
Johnson 11
Stein 17

Ward 2

Trump 10
Clinton 182
Johnson 1
Stein 1

Read more about the Wisconsin recounts here:

Wisconsin Recount Results: Updates, Videos & Photos

Wisconsin recount results are trickling in and, on day one, Donald Trump gained a few votes against Hillary Clinton. See results, live videos, updates, photos.Click here to read more

[scooby321]

I hear the Dems are slow walking the recount

[faithhopecharity]

These stupid recounts need to be STOPPED NOW!

I also don’t like the trend, DJT down 2 votes!??????
WTF?

Jill gonna get into the White House if we let her continue this recounting farce!

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[rightwingintelligentsia]

Yeah, why do Republicans always seem to lose votes in a recount?

[Rusty0604]

Especially in Madison County. The democrats just don’t want to participate in the 2016 election at all I guess.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I also don’t like the trend, DJT down 2 votes!??????

Well, Jill Stein is gaining votes and Hillary lost 1 vote. Go Figure.

[faithhopecharity]

republicans seem to lose all the recounts because they don’t cheat like the D’s do during the recounts

[ez]

They are finding a lot of errors. Can’t we come up with a better way to hold elections?

[OttawaFreeper]

That is taking place I believe in just the one county (in Madison) where they are doing a full hand recount. If they drag out something like that while the rest of the area completes theirs on time, the legislature and the state Supreme Court would most likely be well within the right to shut that one down.

[Palio di Siena]

Why is Soros still alive?

[Professional]

Some of the counties are doing a hand recount, but others aren’t?

The Supreme Court ruled against a “different” standard in ALGORE vs GW back in 2000 right?

So, they’ve started a process that isn’t acceptable?

[pgkdan]

Yeah, why do Republicans always seem to lose votes in a recount?

For the same reason why a voting machine will flip a vote from Rep to Dem but NEVER from Dem to Rep.

[Secret Agent Man]

If they do trump will get the 10 votes. It wont change it.

Scotus 2000 florida precedent.

The recounts will stop, the votes will go to the winning candidate.

[OttawaFreeper]

Reading up in Wikipedia and elsewhere should give you and others here more info concerning what actually happened in the situations involving Franken, Gregoire, and Salmon elections where recounts led to changes in who won those elections (these are the only three cases up to now in modern U.S. politics for that to happen). The fraud and cheating is a great deal more easier to do and likely to take place before and during the original vote as opposed to the recount.

[faithhopecharity]

get used to it (soon): President Jill Stein, America’s first female President

(wasn’t that the objective for the 2016 election, anyway?)

/s

[Red Badger]

What a waste of time!

I hope they are paying by the hour for this!...............

[faithhopecharity]

yes...and no.never underestimate the power of evil, especially when it is backed by billions of Soros/IslamoNazi dineros

money talks, textbook political science principles walk

[fwdude]

Yeah, why do Republicans always seem to lose votes in a recount?

Because, they're not really recounts.

[seastay]

Why do people believe a recount to be more accurate than the orginal ? Who is to say which is more accurate ? What about a recount of the recount ? Or is it the count that yields the desired result by definition is the one most accurate ? The media and public are so blind to these basic questions.