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.
Also-intentionally distracting from the thorough drubbing the Liberals got in the election!
It’s good to let the state GOP take the point position on this, and keep Trump involvement to a minimum. The libs want to be able to paint Trump as wanting to prevent an “honest” recount.
Are they still going from state to state on those buses and throwing stuff and attacking people?
Love it!
Now we know why Trump and Romney were having meetings...
Stein, as proxy for Clinton, has conspired to disenfranchise Michigan voters.
That will be the result of her recount strategy, disenfranchising 5,000,000.
She should be ostracized from the entire political community for this stunt.
She will forever be known as one of the biggest idiots in the political arena. She threw any potential future down the drain
Sounds like 1% Jill has hit the wall.
Yes, a daughter, I think. She had several interviews asking if her father was mad that she chose Trump early on.
Niece.
I think an ex-sister-in-law (divorce.)
Love the final paragraph in the petition:
“Many of these costs would be acceptable if Michigan law really did entitle Stein to a recount.But it does not. And there is no reason to rewrite Michigan election law to accommodate the conspiracy-minded requests of an ACKNOWLEDGED LOSER (bwhah-hah-hah-ha!!). The Board should therefore deny Stein’s recount petition.”
Direct coordination between Hillary and Jill, which is illegal.
Mitt’s niece through Scott Romney his brother
Oops - correction, she’s a niece.
You need to mobilize a huge mob screaming -DISENFRANCHISEMENT-& THEFT.
Do it for the 5,000,000 million voters whose voice will not count when they run out of time. Plus you get ripped off a few million in tax dollars. DoubleScrew.
Seriously, y’all need to mobilize. People ought to be going berserk.
GOOD FOR MR TRUMP!
Let’s hope this FARCE is stopped before it gets started!!!!
a recount for a 1% candidate...who admits she has no proof of any improprieties or vote counting fraud
is as STUPID AS A STALE COWCHIP!..
come on, Michigan...you can say NO to this bad joke!!!
I want Jillary to have all of her donations eaten up in legal fees.
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