It's worth noting that there was news in two of the three states where Jill Stein and her group of crazies sought a recount of the presidential vote. In Wisconsin, the recount is 95% complete. In the general election count, Trump beat Hillary Clinton by 22,000 votes. With 95% recounted, Hillary has picked up 28 votes in total. That still leaves Trump ahead by 22,000 plus votes. The remaining votes being recounted are expected to be completed today. So after spending millions of dollars on a recount, Stein and her crazies changed nothing.
Meanwhile in Pennsylvania, a federal court ruled against Stein's claim of a constitutional right to have a recount now. The judge pointed out that there is no evidence of any problem with the vote count and that Stein had plenty of time to mount a requested recount under state law. The court also questioned if Stein even had standing to bring the claim in federal court and if the federal court had jurisdiction to hear the case. In other words, Stein lost on every possible basis (and any one of them would have been enough to defeat her claim.)
Hopefully, this marks the end of all the recount nonsense aside from the final report in Wisconsin that reaffirms the result.
Meanwhile in Pennsylvania, a federal court ruled against Stein's claim of a constitutional right to have a recount now. The judge pointed out that there is no evidence of any problem with the vote count and that Stein had plenty of time to mount a requested recount under state law. The court also questioned if Stein even had standing to bring the claim in federal court and if the federal court had jurisdiction to hear the case. In other words, Stein lost on every possible basis (and any one of them would have been enough to defeat her claim.)
Hopefully, this marks the end of all the recount nonsense aside from the final report in Wisconsin that reaffirms the result.
No comments:
Post a Comment