Posted on 12/05/2016 7:03:53 AM PST by bobsunshine
An Obama appointed federal judge ordered a massive hand recount of 4.8 million ballots in Michigan....
The Detroit News reported: U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith issued a ruling just after midnight Monday in favor of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who sought to let election officials bypass a two-business-day waiting period that would have delayed start of the recount until Wednesday morning.
Goldsmiths order said the recount shall commence and must continue until further order of this court.
Defendants shall instruct all governmental units participating in the recount to assemble necessary staff to work sufficient hours to assure that the recount is completed in time to comply with the safe harbor provision, of federal election law, Goldsmith wrote.
The deadline to finalize the vote total for the Electoral College is Dec. 13 and federal election law requires a period of safe harbor for presidential electors before the presidency is finalized on Dec. 19.
The manual recount process was scheduled to begin Wednesday as specified by state law, and in a rare Sunday hearing in federal court, Goldsmith had questioned the harm posed by waiting.
Steins lawyer Mark Brewer argued the case was aimed at ensuring the integrity of Michigans voting system and that the required waiting period violated Steins rights to due process and equal protection. He pushed for the recount of 4.8 million ballots to start immediately, which he said would be Monday morning.
There are questions raised throughout the country about the integrity of the election system, Brewer told the judge in front of a courtroom filled with about two dozen people, including state Republican Party Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel. Its not just rhetoric.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
“4th or 5th thread on this story so far.”
Good grief. Get a life.
“There needs to be large numbers of impeachments.”
Or other remedies...
From GOP MI - just now - Bill Schuette:
“I am pleased the Michigan Court of Appeals has chosen to take up the issue of the frivolous recount being demanded by Jill Stein. Her insistence on a recount despite only getting 1% of the vote has created chaos for our county clerks and will cost Michigan taxpayers millions of dollars. I am asking the Court of Appeals to rule on the side of Michigan voters and end this frivolous recount.
“Good grief. Get a life.”
Back at ya :)
I don't think they were Trumps handpicked lawyers, I do believe they were from the PA republican party.
It’s out of the Michigan court’s hands now. Stein managed to turn it into a federal case. The recount will go forward unless the 6th circuit decides to hear an appeal.
I wonder if there is some way for conservatives to figure out how many illegal aliens voted at the same time the recount is going on.
I guess I wouldn’t call an act of criminal behavior activism. Activism is doing something for the right reasons.
Partisan Democrat black-robed clown Mark Goldsmith...
Trump IS the next president. Anything to the contrary, and the consequences, is on the heads of the elite.
who pays for the recount?
Jill paid just under a million. Michigan taxpayers will pick up the remaining 4-5 million
Seems like the tax payers need to scream out loudly.
What Stein and this judge are doing is wrong on so many levels.
Exactly. How does a Federal judge have jurisdiction over a state matter as the first venue? It should have to go through the state court system first - then if there is a Federal question it gets appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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