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Pennsylvania State Department says Stein missed recount deadline (Original Post) Mika Nov 2016 OP
She's had the date November 28 on the site for raising the funds since the site went up. shraby Nov 2016 #1
Thanks for posting this. eom Mika Nov 2016 #12
Thanks. The thread title almost had me reaching for the Valerian Root again. anamandujano Nov 2016 #15
Another article that says she didn't JonLP24 Nov 2016 #2
The Washington Examiner is a right wing paper, so we will see. Hopefully, UPI is correct still_one Nov 2016 #4
UPI has a link to the state's election information. The 28th is the last day to file a petition. tammywammy Nov 2016 #7
I like it. Thanks Tammy still_one Nov 2016 #8
I want to believe Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #3
I turned in a 62 page notarized recount petition today in Allegheny County. Mc Mike Nov 2016 #5
Thank you for doing this! spooky3 Nov 2016 #10
Thank you!!! Hekate Nov 2016 #11
Thank you, Mc MIke! femmocrat Nov 2016 #16
Will post in PA forum, femm. nt. Mc Mike Dec 2016 #23
Thank You. KittyWampus Nov 2016 #21
Well this isn't a "voter-initiated" recount, is it? eom tarheelsunc Nov 2016 #6
It kind of is... Bradical79 Nov 2016 #17
The news has been talking about the "false news" sites, maybe this is one because I went directly shraby Nov 2016 #9
Not "false", but intentionally misleading Bradical79 Nov 2016 #18
washington examiner is a right wing outfit... Javaman Nov 2016 #13
According to CNBC... pinboy3niner Nov 2016 #14
Right wing BS. It's Nov 28th and she filed today W T F Nov 2016 #19
why did she wait for last minute to file she filed in wi. just half an hour before the deadline djnicadress Nov 2016 #20
Before anyone yells "cheating"... brooklynite Nov 2016 #22

shraby

(21,946 posts)
1. She's had the date November 28 on the site for raising the funds since the site went up.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 09:49 PM
Nov 2016

Lotta difference there.

From this link:
http://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/CandidatesCommittees/RunningforOffice/Documents/Current%20Election%20Calender.pdf

NOVEMBER 28 Last day to file petitions to
contest the election of any candidate.

Found it toward the end of the pdf

Lotusflower70

(3,077 posts)
3. I want to believe
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 09:54 PM
Nov 2016

This whole campaign was just an incredibly insane mindfuck but unfortunately it's real. Ugh. Guess we'll see which date for the deadline is correct.

Mc Mike

(9,111 posts)
5. I turned in a 62 page notarized recount petition today in Allegheny County.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:03 PM
Nov 2016

The Stein campaign sent a recount volunteer e-mail with the petition attached as an Adobe PDF. The Allegheny County Manager of Balloting and Returns accepted it, timestamped it, and said I would be contacted about the recount. There was no statement from him that the deadline was passed. He didn't reject the petition.

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
17. It kind of is...
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:25 PM
Nov 2016

Following the link to the Philadelphia news that the Washington Examiner is getting its news from, it's a complicated process. Basically, it sounds like Pennsylvania has a higher standard of evidence needed to initiate a recount. Since fraud can't be proven at this point, she has to organize a voter initiated process.


So instead, Stein is promoting an “especially complicated” voter-initiated recount effort that involves three voters in every precinct or election district in Pennsylvania submitting a notarized affidavit to the clerk in their individual election districts.


http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Despite-successful-fundraising-effort-recount-of-Pennsylvania-remains-difficult.html?mobi=true

That's the specific process where the deadline was supposedly missed in (some?) precints. So basically, Jill has taken the next step of filing a lawsuit.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
9. The news has been talking about the "false news" sites, maybe this is one because I went directly
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:06 PM
Nov 2016

to the pdf for elections in Pennsylvania and I posted my results in another post on this thread.

Javaman

(62,493 posts)
13. washington examiner is a right wing outfit...
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:00 PM
Nov 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Examiner

here's the owner...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Anschutz#Political_and_religious_activism

Political and religious activism[edit]
Supported the Parents Television Council, a group that protests against television indecency.[49]
Financed and distributed films with Christian themes, such as Amazing Grace and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, for mass audiences through his two film production companies and ownership of much of the Regal, Edwards and United Artists theater chains.
Financed The Foundation for a Better Life.
In 2009 Anschutz purchased the conservative American opinion magazine The Weekly Standard from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.[50]
Philip Anschutz and fellow board members of the American Petroleum Institute in Washington are credited by Bush's energy secretary for the Oval Office decision in 2001 to stand with the 95-0 vote in the U.S. Senate four years earlier against bringing ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to the floor for consideration. The primary reason cited was the crippling economic effects of the treaty.[citation needed]
Financed the 2010 pro-charter school film, Waiting for Superman.[51]
Financed the 2012 pro-parent trigger film, Won't Back Down.[52]

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
14. According to CNBC...
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:08 PM
Nov 2016
NBC News reported that the deadline to request a precinct-by-precinct recount has already passed, but the lawsuit filed today requests a statewide recount.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/28/latest-on-jill-steins-recount-requests.html

brooklynite

(94,273 posts)
22. Before anyone yells "cheating"...
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 02:08 PM
Nov 2016

Secretary of State Pedro Cortés was nominated by Governor Tom Wolf on January 20, 2015 and confirmed by the Senate on June 2, 2015. Governor Wolf is a Democrat. Maybe he knows something about the actual rules.

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