Who pays for a recount?

[needledriver]

Think about it.

Most states don’t have an automatic recount provision in their electoral code, and even then automatic recounts only kick in under the thinnest of margins.

If *45 is going to contest elections by demanding recounts - his campaign is going to have to pay for it.

The same campaign that has blown through almost a billion dollars.

States don’t do recounts on credit - they need to get money up front. Not *45's style.

I wonder how loud the squealing will be.

[beachbumbob]

1. actually the tact would be no recount, just declare an outright winner, unfortunately there are

all sorts of hurdles to end run democracy. Trump/gop at this point don;t want any votes counted and the gloves MUST come off against them by placing every GOP candidate in the spotlight on where they stand with voting and democracy.

All our candidates must go on the offense against their GOP counterparts for next 5+ weeks.

[needledriver]

2. It also applies to the down ballot races.

If candidate Smith(D) has a 7% margin over candidate Doe (R), Doe is not going to get an automatic recount, and Doe is going to look stupid standing there just claiming "Mail fraud! They cheated! George Soros! Argle Bargle! I won! "

Not that fear of looking stupid is going to stop them from trying to steal an election.

[beachbumbob]

4. we will continue to hear all the hyperbole on this as this clearly driven by outsideforces to creat

doubt and chaos. This is straight out of the Kremlin playbook. The actual mechanism to "steal" an election is near impossible and would only happen with a complete breakdown of our system of laws which effectively ends democracy.

I am staying on the side of law that even conservative judges are unwilling to cross to end democracy. But the bullshit will contine for next 5+ weeks.

Need to tune it out, volunteer to be a poll worker and GOTV to smash GOP and trump.

[Claustrum]

3. Like Trump ever pays his own bills......

If he calls for a recount, he will never pays the bill and leaves the states hanging forever. I mean, he still hasn't paid a lot of his rally bills.

[MichMan]

5. When Jill Stein wanted one in a few states, people on DU donated to her

My guess would be that RW voters would donate to Trump