Posted on 12/07/2016 7:21:51 AM PST by Ray76
The Attorney General and President-Elect Donald J. Trump have filed separate complaints for mandamus, each asking this Court to compel the Board of State Canvassers (the Board) to reject the November 30, 2016 petition of Green Party Presidential Candidate Dr. Jill Stein to recount the votes cast in the November 8, 2016 general election for the Office of President of the United States, and to cease any and all efforts to conduct the requested recount. Both the Attorney General and President-Elect Trump assert in part that Dr. Stein’s petition failed to meet the requirements of MCL 168.879(1)(b) because she is not an aggrieved candidate. We agree and issue a writ of mandamus.
(Excerpt) Read more at publicdocs.courts.mi.gov ...
Yes - the real question is: are the ballots that were submitted VALID ballots?!
simply re-counting the same ballots doesn’t give us a sense of ballot validity - only whether the canvassers are able to COUNT!
Mi recount ping
What is sad though is that these specious arguments will actually be considered by Goldsmith.
sigh...
What a despicable elitist.
She spits on every POC that actually suffered under (Democrat) JC laws.
sort of ...
Stein atty says federal law must protect right to a recount even without evidence fraud or error happened in the vote.
@RobertSnellnews 11:54 AM - 7 Dec 2016
How despicable.
This judge bought Stein’s argument last time around, that no election is valid unless recounted. Now he is faced with court opposition from his own camp (6th Circuit) and the MI state courts. It sure is taking him a long time. Why not just drop back to his previous brilliant opinion, and find a federal constitutional requirement to recount every election. Gets it out of his office.
because - appeal and overturn I reckon...doesn’t look good on His Permanent Record.
The judge could be even more honest about his feelings and simply rule that Hillary won the election based on polls, with the actual vote proving fraud.
It wouldn’t stand, of course, but it would be refreshingly honest of him...
Yep - and it certainly seems that what the AG says is true: Jill Stein recount is about a result, not fraud or mistake
https://twitter.com/RobertSnellnews/status/806543199716184064
“Hillary won the election based on polls”
That is essentially the argument one doofus made - contesting the FL results:
http://satprnews.com/2016/12/07/lawyer-files-lawsuit-contesting-florida-presidential-election/
Hehehe! That’s a good one
Wow - because fraud COULD happen, we must recount!
“Invokes Volkswagen emissions scandal”
https://twitter.com/RobertSnellnews/status/806547254567911424
And since those are his feelings, he might as well under mandamus order the “inferior” court ruling to be ignored and the recount continue. Because he clearly feels that federal law is superior in this case, states rights and election laws be damned. Say it and everyone can get on with the appeal.
I don’t know if everyone has heard the latest, but after Hillary came in 2nd for Time’s “Person of the Year”, she is working with Jill Stein to demand a recount of the votes.
Ha! The Russians might have hacked Time.
lunch break
This should have been done in 15 minutes, max. When the judge initially rule, the recount legally was authorized to begin, he just moved up the start. Now, the MI Court of Appeals has said no recount - so he has no reason to do anything other than lift his TRO.
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