Jill Stein Calls for a Recount – Does Democrats Job
by Greg Palast
Jill Stein just called to say that I am the first one to be informed that the Green Party is formally petitioning for a recount in 3 states, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Trump’s margin is less than 11,600 in Michigan, 27,200 in Wisconsin and 68,000 in Pennsylvania.
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If just a few thousand votes are found in Wisconsin and Michigan, Hillary Clinton becomes president by 276 electoral votes verses 264 for Trump.
Stein told me “We’re filing in Wisconsin Friday because the votes were cast on proven hack-prone machines. This has been a hack-ridden election.” She said that it will be most difficult to recount the machines in Pennsylvania. When asked why the democrats are not bringing this action, Stein told this reporter that “Democrats do not act to protect the vote even when there is dramatic evidence” of tampering.
The Green Party told us that Stein will be represented by experienced voting rights attorney’s John Bonifaz, Boston, MA and Robert Fitrakis, Columbus, OH.
Stein said, “our voting system is on life support.” The presidential candidate also said, “The Green Party will continue to be the go to advocate for voting rights. That includes fighting vote suppression tactics such as the Interstate Crosscheck system.”
Interstate Crosscheck is the program which wrongly purged hundreds of thousand of minority voters in this election, according to the investigation this reporter fro Rolling Stone Magazine.
Stein received 50,700 votes in Michigan, five times Trump’s winning plurality, and 30,980 in Wisconsin, more than Trump’s margin. When asked the “Nader” question, “Isn’t it true that your votes in Wisconsin and Michigan, if they went to Clinton, would have blocked Trump?”, Stein answered, “Not at all. Our polls showed that 61% of our voters would have simply sat out the election, and one-third of the remaining voters would have voted Trump.” The candidate insisted, “We are the ‘un-spoilers.’”
Stein said she acted when Clinton turned silent because, “Only candidates may formally demand a re-count and we have standing.”
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HRC’s campaign is sending legal advisers to Wisconsin and maybe other two states. When news of a recount hit Wisconsin thousands of Drumpf votes were immediately tossed. Hmmn. Sounds like wingnut hanky panky, but Wisconsin is noted for that since Walker stole the governorship.
Now that Fidel is history, Drumpf will probably us US armed forces to force Cuba to build a Drumpf Havana and make the citizens of Cuba pay for it.