2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThis came into my FB feed via The Hill: Green Party drops recount case in Pennsylvania (Is it true?)
This came into my FB feed via The Hill:
The Green Party is dropping its court case requesting a statewide recount of the election results in Pennsylvania.
The Associated Press reported on Saturday that the party said it could not come up with a $1 million bond payment required by Monday, when a hearing was scheduled.
A court order filed Saturday called the matter "closed" after it said that petitioners had filed to withdraw the case. The Green Party had questioned whether voting machines had been hacked or results manipulated.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/308650-green-party-drops-pennsylvania-recount-case
I have not seen this on the Jill Stein election recount website, nor anywhere else. I'm trying to verify this and wonder if any of you know if there is any truth to this.
Farmgirl1961
(1,643 posts)Since the recount effort in three states got underway last week, the major media have afforded it virtually no coverage. Even as the Wisconsin recount enters its third day and numerous inconsistencies are being documented, the mainstream media has remained silent. After the Michigan elections board approved the recount go-ahead, nary a peep. Now the major media outlets are finally talking about the Pennsylvania recount effort, but only to report that its now over which is not the case.
What actually happened today is that in a desperate last ditch attempt at preventing the recount, the State of Pennsylvania suddenly invented a million dollar bond that third party candidate Jill Stein would have needed to immediately pay for.
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http://www.palmerreport.com/politics/no-pennsylvania-recount-effort-isnt-yes-mainstream-media-lying/359/
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)"...to fight for precinct by precinct recounts in Pennsylvania until the vote totals have been sufficiently corrected and revised to drop Donald Trumps lead in the state from the current 0.8% mark to the 0.5% mark, which in turn would trigger an automatic statewide recount under Pennsylvania state law."
Seriously?
This sounds like a herculean task and I just don't see it happening.
Farmgirl1961
(1,643 posts)I suppose better than totally giving up. How's that Philly recount going?
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)The massive 20,000+ vote jump that Hillary received yesterday came from mail-in ballots that were finally tallied and added to the totals, not recounts. That's it. AFAIK, there's nothing left to count.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)rzemanfl
(30,289 posts)That isn't the same as posting a million in cash. I thought they had the money anyway....
Farmgirl1961
(1,643 posts)rzemanfl
(30,289 posts)Orange Peril's lead below half a percent?
Farmgirl1961
(1,643 posts)But I think it came in from Palmer Report website.
rzemanfl
(30,289 posts)that you were talking about a second one, not the first. Sorry.
triron
(22,240 posts)just started.
Farmgirl1961
(1,643 posts)flamingdem
(39,936 posts)Is the live chat on her fb page?
triron
(22,240 posts)I found this : https://www.facebook.com/drjillstein
flamingdem
(39,936 posts)that is facebook, btw
Farmgirl1961
(1,643 posts)Did anyone else watch the entire "fireside chat"?
RealityChik
(382 posts)The court case for a statewide recount in PA may have been dropped because of last minute fee gouges, but the recount continues. The strategy has changed but the outcome remains the same. The effort is now to obtain voluntary recounts by as many of PA's 1000+ wards to reduce Trump's lead from 0.8% down to 0.5%, which would trip a mandatory statewide recount. Considering Trump's lead was originally 1.2%, it's plausible that a narrowing of the lead down to 0.5% is no longer an insurmountable goal.
For the most up-to-date news on all the recounts, forget MSM. Instead try The Palmer Report:
http://www.palmerreport.com/news/jill-stein-county-automatic-pennsylvania-recount/360/