The Latest: Green Party lawyer tells MI it wants a recount

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Source: Washington Post

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):

2:45 p.m.

A lawyer for Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s campaign has notified the Michigan elections board that it will seek a recount of the presidential election results.

Mark Brewer told the Board of State Canvassers that the recount petition will be filed on Wednesday. The board on Monday certified Republican Donald Trump’s 10,704-vote win over Democrat Hillary Clinton out of nearly 4.8 million ballots cast.

Brewer, a former Michigan Democratic Party chairman, says about 84,000 Michigan voters cast ballots but not in the presidential race — a higher number than in the past. He says tabulator machines are known to not count every vote and are vulnerable to hacking.

The state’s recount policy is to count every ballot by hand.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-latest-texas-elector-to-resign-rather-than-vote-trump/2016/11/28/ba40af4a-b58b-11e6-939c-91749443c5e5_story.html

[cstanleytech]

1. So let's say by some miracle it turns out that Trump did not really win the states

in question is it enough then for Hillary to win?

[LisaL]

2. She needs three states to flip: MI, WI and PA.

That's a very tall order.

[gfwzig]

3. She will need to win all three, unless north carolina recounts, and florida over the recount limit

[Sunlei]

4. Those are the blank ballots I would like looked at in all the states with tabulator machines

about 84,000 Michigan voters cast ballots but not in the presidential race — a higher number than in the past. He says tabulator machines are known to not count every vote and are vulnerable to hacking.

Though it is possible some Sanders supporters left the presidential part blank. Many of those areas were very strong for Sanders.

[Renew Deal]

5. We were expecting people to leave the presidential line blank

Particularly republicans. So I'm not sure that there's going to be much there.