Posted on 11/25/2016 3:38:17 PM PST by randita
Wisconsin will begin a historic presidential recount next week and the state could risk losing its ability to have its 10 electoral votes counted if it doesn't meet key deadlines next month.
Hitting a Dec. 13 deadline could be particularly tricky if Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein is able to force the recount to be conducted by hand, Wisconsin's top election official said.
Stein and independent presidential candidate Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente separately filed recount requests late Friday, the last day they were able to do so. Stein received about 30,000 votes and De La Fuente about 1,500 out of 3 million cast.
One or both of them will have to pay for the recount because they lost by more than 0.25%. The cost could top $1 million.
Stein is also planning to ask for recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania, which have deadlines next week. She has raised $5 million for the recounts in recent days — more than she raised during her campaign leading up to the Nov. 8 election.
Wisconsin's recount will likely begin late next week, once the state has tallied a cost estimate and received payment from Stein's campaign, said Michael Haas, administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Recounts will be done by county boards of canvassers, which will likely have to work nights and weekends, Haas said.
The push for a recount came as liberals raised fears about hacked voting machines. Election officials and experts say they are unaware of any problems with Wisconsin's vote tally.
Republican Donald Trump edged out Democrat Hillary Clinton by some 27,000 votes in Wisconsin, becoming the first GOP presidential candidate to win the state since 1984.
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I hope the people in charge of deciding whether or not to allow this charade to proceed are smart enough to realize that there is a very large part of the population who are ready to start oiling the torches...if after all this time they try to hand the election to Hillary, there will be blood.
If Hillary were to prevail in all three recounts, would she win? That’s why Stein is doing this, isn’t it? I really don’t know the mechanics of how it would work given the time constraints. The election commissions in all three states are mostly Democrats.
Where is Walker and the Attorney General of WI on this?
The 2000 election has already done that. This is the result. Election winners will be determined by the courts.
PS: Watch for the stock market to begin tanking.
So Jill Stein is just another attention whore who will do the dirty work for the scum of the earth to stay relevant, and to line her pockets.
27,000 votes are A LOT of votes to just “find.”
Not gonna happen.
i love it
More bad publicity for the REGRESSIVE Left
Even more bad news when its found out the real voter fraud was done on a widespread basis by the democratic party
Even more more bad news for the Regressive when more emails come out on Wikileaks about how voter fraud was run from the White House.
Still not tired of winning.
The full investigative power of the DOJ must be brought against Soros. There is also plenty of reasons for congress to drag him to Capitol Hill to testify about his shenanigans. Put the pressure on him and force him to spend time and money defending himself.
Trump should demand hand count of NH, NV, MN and NW, and demand investigation of illegal voting in NY and CA. Give them two weeks to recounts, if they cannot finish by the deadline, all EVs from these states are not counted in.
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Walker and the AG are out of the loop. This is in the hands of the Elections Supervisor. According to him, if Stein pays in advance, she gets the recount.
The House of Representatives has to certify the results.
Well they need be made aware of this
LOL
Yep.
Do you think a judge will approve a hand recount? Article says it requires a judge approval
I was one of the people rolling their eyes when I first heard about this, however, I’m beginning to get a little nervous. They just have to make sure they don’t complete the recount before the Dec. 13th deadline in order to get Wisconsin’s Electoral votes thrown out. I assume that’s the plan for Michigan and Pennsylvania as well. There’s no way Jill Stein raised over $5 million on her own for this effort in a matter of a few days. She’s obviously acting as a front for George Soros and the Clinton campaign.
They’re trying to steal the election right under our noses.
I agree. Trump , Walker, Americans need to be made aware of this. But they think the election is over and are having Thanksgiving dimmer with their families.
This is Trump's site . He has a HUGE button there for “send us your ideas” . It goes to his email.
I've been sending him emails but I'm only 1 guy.
How can one big loser candidate rob the voters of WI of their
electoral votes for Trump? Or put them in jeopardy.
This does not make sense.
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