As Twitchy reported, some die-hard Hillary Clinton supporters were calling Nov. 23 the best day they’d had in a long time, what with Green Party candidate Jill Stein announcing that she would begin filing the paperwork for recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania the day after Thanksgiving.
However, the Washington Examiner reported Monday that the deadline to file for a voter-initiated recount in Pennsylvania had already passed by that time.
Pennsylvania State Department says Stein missed recount deadline https://t.co/nwzbFWH7CS pic.twitter.com/cXadJiIIWe
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) November 28, 2016
A Pennsylvania State Department spokesperson told the Philadelphia Inquirer the deadline passed on Nov. 21. That, however, didn’t stop Stein from setting up a crowdfunding effort to pay for the recounts, the fundraising goal of which she recently raised to $7 million.
don't bother Stein with the facts.
— E Aguirre (@gene24590) November 28, 2016
why doesn't she do a recount of the states that HRC won if she thinks the elections were not tabulated correctly
— George Pappon (@JapeneseBettle) November 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/CapVere/status/803344619480186880
? Dont worry I'm sure she will issue refunds to all the liberals who donated $$ for this worthwhile cause ???
— Mister Thirty-Seven (@o805000755) November 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/JMSMark5/status/803338125070180354
No, not just yet.
Jill Stein to file a lawsuit to force a Pennsylvania election recount https://t.co/L4SHDdqncT pic.twitter.com/BGQ7ztmJvC
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) November 28, 2016
You heard correctly. She might have missed the deadline for a voter-initiated recount, but there’s a Plan B.
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Update: Stein campaign files Pennsylvania recount suit. https://t.co/kdWZCEOxMu pic.twitter.com/5PW34PvIut
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) November 28, 2016
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that a lawyer for Stein’s campaign filed legal papers in Pennsylvania Monday that contend the Nov. 8 election was “illegal,” citing (already debunked) research by computer scientists suggesting electronic voting machines might have been hacked into.
The Inquirer itself had difficulty finding a path to victory for Stein:
Stein’s lawsuit would have to present evidence that election fraud was probable in Pennsylvania. Democratic Secretary of State Pedro Cortes says there’s no evidence of voting irregularities during the Nov. 8 election
“Absolutely not,” Cortes told reporters. “There is no evidence whatsoever that points to any type of irregularity in any way, shape or form.”
So, “fake news” strikes again.
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