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Judge refuses to end Wisconsin recount: report (PA Fed Hearing Today)
The Hill ^ | December 9, 2016 | MARK HENSCH

Posted on 12/09/2016 9:12:11 AM PST by bobsunshine

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a request from President-elect Donald Trump's supporters to halt a recount in Wisconsin, according to a new report.

Judge James Peterson's ruling in Madison will let the controversial review requested by Green Party nominee Jill Stein continue, reports The Wisconsin State Journal.

Stein initially requested the recount in Wisconsin to determine whether election machines there were hacked last month.

President-elect Donald Trump defeated Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton by more than 22,000 votes in the state on Election Day.

Two pro-Trump groups, the Great America PAC and the Stop Hillary PAC, filed a federal lawsuit Dec. 1, the day the recount began, seeking to halt the process. Wisconsin’s recount was more than 82 percent finished as of Wednesday and Clinton had gained 61 votes so far.

Stein is also seeking recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania, which, like Wisconsin, are typically blue states Trump narrowly won in the election.

The Green Party nominee received about 1 percent in all three states. She argues her efforts are to ensure the electoral process’s legitimacy, rather than to change the outcome.

AP added a federal judge in Pennsylvania on Friday will hold a hearing on whether a recount effort can formally begin there as well.

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


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; recount; stein; trump; wi; wisconsin
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

I thought that was the county and not the city? Correct me if I am wrong.


21 posted on 12/09/2016 9:33:28 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Pearls Before Swine; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; FredZarguna; PROCON; KC_Lion

December 19th, isn’t it?

December 13th is the day Anonymous will release their “Big News”.

Seinfeld: “Well then, I can’t tell you THE BIG NEWS!”

Elaine: “Ohhh, c’mon, c’mon, c’mong!!!”


22 posted on 12/09/2016 9:34:13 AM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: bobsunshine

Its almost over.

And stupid cow Stein has learned nothing from the futility of forcing a recount on WI.


23 posted on 12/09/2016 9:34:49 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: wiseprince; Democrat_media

nah, you probably won’t relax until January 21st, 2017. After the 13th the talk is going to be about faithless electors until the 19th. After that, assuming all goes well, the talk will be about “an accident”.

d_m seems to have caught media recount fever, and wants to spread it here.


24 posted on 12/09/2016 9:35:18 AM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: bobsunshine

That judge is blatantly disregarding the established precedent: Bush v. Gore.


25 posted on 12/09/2016 9:35:21 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: wiseprince

Same for me. 1/21/2017 before I’ll feel even slightly better.

After the moving truck has taken out the last of Obama’s stuff.


26 posted on 12/09/2016 9:35:56 AM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775

it will stop when the likes of Soros, stein, Clinton, et al are hung for the traitors and seditionists they are.
death to tyrants.


27 posted on 12/09/2016 9:39:13 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: bobsunshine

On November 7, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Peterson to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, to the seat vacated by Judge John C. Shabaz, who took senior status on January 20, 2009.[4] On February 6, 2014 his nomination was reported out of committee.[5] Cloture was filed on his nomination on May 6, 2014.[6] On Thursday May 8, 2014 the Senate voted on the motion to invoke cloture by a vote of 56-40.[7] The Senate voted 70-24 for final confirmation later the same day.[8] He received his judicial commission on May 12, 2014.


28 posted on 12/09/2016 9:40:41 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Where's Hillary?)
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To: Truth29

Milwaukee hasn’t reported. Look for a last minute report from heavily Democrat urban areas.
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There are over 50,000 provisional and absentee ballots in Milwaukee. The margin of victory for Trump in WI is about 22,000. This means the 50,000 or so ballots in the city have already been counted and what we are waiting for is a RE count total.

Whenever provisional and absentee ballots ANYWHERE are equal too or more than the margin of difference between the candidates those ballots, all of them are counted and the totals applied to candidates. This is why the state was called for Trump.


29 posted on 12/09/2016 9:45:27 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: bobsunshine
"There is a Hearing with the MI SC"

Date and time?

How did the Jillster's demonstration in front of the MISC go yesterday?

30 posted on 12/09/2016 9:46:33 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: bobsunshine

There is a Hearing with the MI SC in case we forgot. Never trust the libs - we’ll see
And we lost 2 Mi SC votes when they recused themselves. So It’s 2-2 with 1 very shakey swing vote. Meanwhile Milwaukee has not reported and they know many votes they need to “find”. This is misery


31 posted on 12/09/2016 9:47:10 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: stocksthatgoup

All traitors deserve to be tried and (if found guilty) hung until dead with their dead bodies left there for the birds to peck on. There are many traitors.


32 posted on 12/09/2016 9:49:03 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Truth29
The 'rats are probably eager to stop counting because they've been trying their darndest to NOT count or report the absentee votes in the city of Milwaukee.

They could have finished that 4 days ago! So why that delay?

It could be a good sign that they previously cheated there BIGLY, And the recount might expose them ...and send someone to prison.
33 posted on 12/09/2016 9:50:00 AM PST by Future Useless Eater (Congress: Add clarification that CO2 is a PLANT FOOD, not a pollutant covered by the Clean Air Act)
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To: billyboy15

Hillary isn’t going to get more than a few dozen votes out of Milwaukee.

They’ve come up empty in Dane. Relax.


34 posted on 12/09/2016 9:50:53 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: gibsonguy

For recursing themselves they should be stricken from the list. Weaklings they are.


35 posted on 12/09/2016 9:51:00 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Paladin2

recusing. Spell check has gotten worse in the last 20 years. AmiPro had a better strategery to get expression straightened out.


36 posted on 12/09/2016 9:53:41 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Paladin2

For recursing themselves they should be stricken from the list. Weaklings they are.

Very good point. The Dem Hacks Never recuse themselves. “The cause is to important”, These 2 should be removed from the list they don’t have the stones to stand up for what is right.


37 posted on 12/09/2016 9:57:42 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

The Judicial Hack Kagan is the quintessential example of late.


38 posted on 12/09/2016 10:02:05 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Democrat_media
Soros has spent $10 billion already to overthrow the USA the money for these recounts is just pocket change.

Pocket change? Not hardly. $10B is pushing half of his entire net worth! Did you mean $10M?

39 posted on 12/09/2016 10:02:10 AM PST by houeto
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To: SaveFerris

December 13: States certify (if they haven’t already) and send to the National Archives their list of electors.

December 19: The Electors cast their ballots.


40 posted on 12/09/2016 10:02:48 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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