GUARDIAN...trouble with MI recount

[jodymarie aimee]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/05/us-election-recount-michigan-donald-trump-hillary-clinton?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+morning+briefing+2016&utm_term=202998&subid=17536001&CMP=ema_a-morning-briefing_b-morning-briefing_c-US_d-1

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Appears Detroit

had about half of the votes counted.

[texasmomof3]

4. RE-counted....big difference.n/t

[progressoid]

2. Eighty-seven of Wayne Countys decade-old voting machines broke on election day

State law rejects a recount in places where the two figures don’t match up: a precinct is ineligible to be recounted if the “number of ballots to be recounted and the number of ballots issued on election day as shown on the poll list or the computer printout do not match and the difference is not explained to the satisfaction of the board of canvassers,” the law says.

What a CLUSTERFUCK.

[suffragette]

3. So, if there are obvious problems with the ballots and vote, they can't recount?

Clusterfuck, indeed.

[progressoid]

6. Yep.

Then they use the original number recorded after the election even if it's wrong.

[iluvtennis]

8. But why can't they do manual recount if the machines aren't work? How did MI...

...even certify their votes for Nov 8th. Machines were likely broken then as well. WTF is going on?

[suffragette]

10. I don't understand either. It defies sense.

[LovingA2andMI]

5. Addition Stories From Michigan

1. Thousands of Detroit's Ballots Might Remain Uncounted In Stein's Recount

2. Michigan's GOP Efforts To Stop Stein's Recount Exposes State Voter Suppression

[Bradical79]

7. I thought the recount was a waste of time

and a publicity stunt, but I've changed my mind. The GOP is reacting like they're guilty as hell, and it's shining a big spotlight on some fundamental voting issues in these states few were talking about. Even if the GOP ultimately squashes this, I think it's worth a fight.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

9. every issue needs to go to SCOTUS. N/T