BREAKING: Your #recount stunt will not absolve you of your vainglorious contribution to electing #DonaldTrump president of the United States https://t.co/LSjcZXjtYQ
— (((Rory Lancman))) (@RoryLancman) November 25, 2016
Breaking news out of Wisconsin where it’s been confirmed that Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein has filed the necessary paperwork to ask for a recount of the state:
BREAKING: We've filed in Wisconsin! #Recount2016 will begin next week. Volunteer to help: https://t.co/Bvrs0iP3lv https://t.co/B7tS87ggpI
— Dr. Jill Stein? (@DrJillStein) November 25, 2016
Wisconsin will have to complete the recount by December 13:
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has received recount
petitions from both the Stein and De La Fuente campaigns https://t.co/ksJ7dP35zm— Wisconsin Elections (@WI_Elections) November 25, 2016
From the release:
The state is working under a federal deadline of December 13 to complete the recount. As a result, county boards of canvassers may need to work evenings and weekends to meet the deadlines. “The recount process is very detail-oriented, and this deadline will certainly challenge some counties to finish on time,” Haas said.
A recount is different than an audit and is more rigorous, Haas explained. More than 100 reporting units across the state were randomly selected for a separate audit of their voting equipment as required by state law, and that process has already begun. Electronic voting equipment audits determine whether all properly-marked ballots are accurately tabulated by the equipment. In a recount, all ballots (including those that were originally hand counted) are examined to determine voter intent before being retabulated. In addition, the county boards of canvassers will examine other documents, including poll lists, written absentee applications, rejected absentee ballots, and provisional ballots before counting the votes.
Related:
Nate Silver: If Jill Stein’s recount fundraiser ‘were a scam, it would probably look a lot like this’ https://t.co/TvgIkKMrOy
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 25, 2016
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