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In reply to the discussion: Remember the millions Jill Stein raised to pay for RECOUNTS? Here's where it REALLY went. [View all]diva77
(7,643 posts)24. Here is a history of how the recount came about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_recounts
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Following Republican nominee Donald Trump's presumed electoral college victory in the United States presidential election of 2016, a group of computer scientists, cyber security experts, and election monitors raised concerns about the integrity of the election results. They urged the campaign staff of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who had conceded the campaign on November 9,[1] to petition for a recount in three key states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.[2] When the Clinton campaign declined to file for recounts, Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein agreed to spearhead the recount effort on November 23, on the grounds that unspecified "anomalies" may have affected the election's outcome. The Clinton team subsequently pledged to support the recount efforts "in order to ensure the process proceeds in a manner that is fair to all sides."[3][4][5] President-elect Trump and his supporters filed legal motions in all three states to prevent the recounts.[6] Two other states were the subject of recount bids that were separate from Stein's efforts in the Rust Belt states: American Delta Party/Reform Party presidential candidate Rocky De La Fuente filed for a partial recount in Nevada on November 30,[7] and three Florida citizens filed for a complete hand recount in their state on December 6.[8]
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Following Republican nominee Donald Trump's presumed electoral college victory in the United States presidential election of 2016, a group of computer scientists, cyber security experts, and election monitors raised concerns about the integrity of the election results. They urged the campaign staff of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who had conceded the campaign on November 9,[1] to petition for a recount in three key states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.[2] When the Clinton campaign declined to file for recounts, Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein agreed to spearhead the recount effort on November 23, on the grounds that unspecified "anomalies" may have affected the election's outcome. The Clinton team subsequently pledged to support the recount efforts "in order to ensure the process proceeds in a manner that is fair to all sides."[3][4][5] President-elect Trump and his supporters filed legal motions in all three states to prevent the recounts.[6] Two other states were the subject of recount bids that were separate from Stein's efforts in the Rust Belt states: American Delta Party/Reform Party presidential candidate Rocky De La Fuente filed for a partial recount in Nevada on November 30,[7] and three Florida citizens filed for a complete hand recount in their state on December 6.[8]
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Remember the millions Jill Stein raised to pay for RECOUNTS? Here's where it REALLY went. [View all]
pnwmom
Dec 2018
OP
The Green Party is a fraud, and it speaks volumes about folks like Susan Sarandon and Cornel West
still_one
Dec 2018
#39
Why can't she be charged &/or sued for fraud? ANYONE else I've ever heard of who pulled
The_REAL_Ecumenist
Dec 2018
#18
The scam is that the RETHUGS rigged the election and did everything to obstruct recounts
diva77
Dec 2018
#34
Stein helped the Russians in my opinion...she is a traitor and I despise her...hope she
Demsrule86
Dec 2018
#55
and it's too bad that Clinton conceded. There is evidence of rampant election fraud
diva77
Dec 2018
#49
She couldn't have changed the results and she knew it. Michigan had a Rethug governor
pnwmom
Dec 2018
#63
And if she ran again she would get millions of votes. The reason why is why we may not survive
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2018
#51
There was never going to be any proof...as for initiating recounts. She scammed people and took
Demsrule86
Dec 2018
#56
No, that isn't the real question, or any question. Hillary understood the recount process
pnwmom
Dec 2018
#59