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Emergency hearing on Mich. recount ends: Decision pending (7pm Sunday)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/12/04/federal-judge-skeptical-moving-up-start-michigan-recount/94959722/DETROIT — A three-hour hearing in federal court in Detroit has ended on Green Party candidate Jill Stein's request for an immediate start to a presidential recount in Michigan, with a federal judge saying shortly after 4 p.m. ET he would soon issue his decision in writing.
Stein wants U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith to order the recount to start immediately, or Monday morning. She argues a waiting period set out in Michigan law that will result in the recount likely starting Wednesday morning is unconstitutional, because it endangers the voting rights of Michigan residents.
Under Michigan law, state officials must wait two business days after hearing objections to a recount petition before they can start counting. That is to allow for court review of how the Board of Canvassers ruled on the objection to the recount request. On Friday, the board deadlocked 2-2 on President-elect Donald Trump's objection to Stein's recount request, meaning Trump's objection was rejected. A two-business-day wait from Friday means the recount would start late Tuesday at the earliest, and more likely on Wednesday morning.