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Wisconsin recount: observers uncover discrepancies with Milwaukee absentee ballots
by Bill Palmer
Three full days into the Wisconsin statewide recount of the 2016 presidential election race, reports continue to pour in from the designated election observers who have been watching over the shoulders of the officials doing the recounts. There has been significant controversy over the fact that Milwaukee County, the largest in the state, has refused to do a hand recount and is instead merely doing a machine recount. And observers have already uncovered discrepancies with the Milwaukee ballots.
The designated recount observers representing the Jill Stein campaign have been logging their findings on her official campaign website. In various counties it's resulted in evidence that the confusingly worded ballot caused voters to fill it out wrong in a manner which the vote counting machines initially missed. Observers have also flagged five vote counting machines whose security seals have been tampered with. But the report coming from a Milwaukee observer may be the most eyebrow raising.
The designated Jill Stein observer in Milwaukee County observer posted the following on Friday: "Discrepancies noted in absentee ballots which were resolved promptly by Milwaukee County Election Commission. Plan on return to same location on Monday morning at 8:30 am." The good news, in terms of election integrity, is that these votes now have a chance to be correctly counted. The bad news in that regard is that his was only caught because the election observer was there monitoring – and far more such ballots may be being overlooked by officials,
The brief report filed by the observer is evidence that vote counting problems and discrepancies in Milwaukee County do exist, and would seem to help bolster the case for the county performing a hand recount in order to get the most accurate results. Bizarrely, according to the Wisconsin official election website, Milwaukee County is charging Jill Stein more than half a million dollars for a simple machine recount, which is far more than any other Wisconsin county is charging for a far more labor intensive hand recount.
This came into my FB feed via The Hill: Green Party drops recount case in Pennsylvania (Is it true?)
This came into my FB feed via The Hill:
The Green Party is dropping its court case requesting a statewide recount of the election results in Pennsylvania.
The Associated Press reported on Saturday that the party said it could not come up with a $1 million bond payment required by Monday, when a hearing was scheduled.
A court order filed Saturday called the matter "closed" after it said that petitioners had filed to withdraw the case. The Green Party had questioned whether voting machines had been hacked or results manipulated.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/308650-green-party-drops-pennsylvania-recount-case
I have not seen this on the Jill Stein election recount website, nor anywhere else. I'm trying to verify this and wonder if any of you know if there is any truth to this.
Recent email from Jill Stein -- Initial reports in from WI
Volunteer observers in Wisconsin have started sending in their initial reports. All counties must complete their recounts by 8 p.m. on December 12; the Elections Commission staff must prepare the official recount canvass certification by 3 p.m. on December 13. Read their initial reports here and donate to #Recount2016 to support the continued effort.
http://www.jill2016.com/wireports?utm_campaign=recount_120216&utm_medium=email&utm_source=jillstein
This from my FB feed on a nonprofit group planning to sue FL. Has anyone else seen this? Thoughts?
Hillary supporters please SHARE
A nonprofit group is planning to sue the state of Florida to force a recount – and that group is now raising funds to cover the cost of that lawsuit.
They needs $50,000 to proceed with the lawsuit.
Please donate here the link
https://protectourelections.nationbuilder.com/florida_recount
Share.
Daily Kos: EIGHTY. THOUSAND. PEOPLE.
Jebus Crabst on a stick.
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Decision Desk HQ ✔ @DecisionDeskHQ
Pennsylvania statewide with the Philadelphia tally now complete:
Trump 2,961,875
Clinton 2,915,440
8:54 AM - 1 Dec 2016
236 236 Retweets 257 257 likes
Until now, the Pennsylvania vote gap was hovering around the 70,000 mark depending on your source. If this tweet is accurate, it just dropped to 46,435.
According to the Cook Report spreadsheet (which hasn’t been updated with this yet...it was posted less than 20 minutes ago), here’s where things stand:
WI: Hillary down 22,177
MI: Hillary down 10,704
PA: Hillary down 46,435
Total: 79,316
80,000 people.
EIGHTY. THOUSAND. PEOPLE.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/1/1606028/-Hillary-s-gap-in-PA-just-dropped-by-23K-She-s-now-down-by-just-80K-across-WI-MI-PA#comment_64637651
This from Daily Kos: Let's Ruin Trump's Cincinnati Victory Rally
About an hour ago, the story broke that Donald Trump would hold his first “Thank You Rally” in Cincinnati on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the US Bank Arena:
www.politico.com/…
Word on how to get official tickets here:
Tickets for Trump Rally in Cincinnati
Trump’s campaign is distributing the tickets. Doors open at 4 p.m.
The arena seats about 17,000 people.
I’m not advocating personally for going inside the rally — that would be literally putting your own life in your hands. I want to stand outside, with as many as we can muster, to stand in silent witness.
This is a golden opportunity if we’re agile enough to take it.
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http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/29/1605239/-Let-s-Ruin-Trump-s-Cincinnati-Victory-Rally
FB message from Hamilton Electors
FB message from Hamilton Electors
20 DAYS LEFT!
We have lots of momentum this week, and some big news coming.
HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP TODAY:
We need at least 50 volunteers to create a #SupportTheElectors video today. Please reply to confirm if you are willing to start this initiative TODAY.
Here are the instructions:
1. View the video posted last night on Hamilton Electors page as inspiration:
2. Film yourself telling the Electors why you, personally, believe they need to protect our country by NOT selecting Trump when they vote on 12/19. To close your video, hold up a $10 bill and directly tell the Electors "I support you, Electors, in honoring the intentions of Hamilton"
3. Post YOUR video on FB to your page and Hamilton Electors, tagging #hamiltonelectors and #SupportTheElectors
4. Challenge at least 5 friends to film their #SupportTheElectors by tagging them too
5. Continue to share your videos and our videos to encourage everyone you know to support the electors.
CAN YOU HELP US?
Robert Reich FB post
Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead climbed overnight to 2,332,814. That’s nearly five times Al Gore’s margin over George W. Bush in 2000. At 1.7 percentage points, her margin is the largest for a losing presidential candidate since 1876.
How did Donald Trump react? The President-elect of the United States – the man who in a few weeks who will lead the free world – bashed CNN for throwing cold water on Trump's claim of “massive voter fraud” in states that Hillary Clinton won.
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This is sheer insanity! She won the popular vote by more than any other presidential candidate since 1876. Yet she's not going be our next president. I swear -- we need to revolt on this matter.
Facebook update from Jill Stein
Friends, I have an important message to you. We need your help to stand up to the powerful forces trying to block our recounts campaign for citizen democracy. We received word yesterday that the final estimate for the filing fee for the recount in Wisconsin is $3.5 million—an outrageous cost increase from the initial estimate of $1.1 million that was given to us by WI state elections officials based on the last statewide recount. But thanks to over 130,000 small-dollar donors like you, we have enough money in hand to pay this fee and move forward with the recount!
I’ll be coming live to you on Facebook later today to discuss this new development and where we need to go from here. Despite the outrageous obstacles being thrown in our way, we are determined to keep standing up for democracy and for a voting system that we can trust. Please tune in then.
We stand by our commitment to verify that the vote in Wisconsin was accurate and secure and this exorbitant cost will not deter us. While this excessive fee places an undue burden on our efforts, we are committed to paying this cost in order to ensure that the voting in Wisconsin was accurate. It is another sign of a democracy in crisis that ordinary citizens must pay so steep a price in order to assure the validity of our votes. The grassroots demand for a recount in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania will not be stopped, and we look forward to working with the Elections Commissions in Wisconsin and the other states to see this through. We will be alerting recount advocates that we must now raise an additional $2.4 million dollars to cover this new extraordinary burden in Wisconsin. In doing so, we are committed to ensuring that a secure vote should not come at such an unconscionable cost. As citizens in a democracy, it should be our right.
jill2016.com/recount
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As at this point this may be our only hope for any semblance of transparency, I suggest we all spread the good word and through a few more dollars her way.
I'm curious about something. Does anyone recall the President of Mexico saying they'd reclaim land
under the Mexican American Treaty (perhaps of 1790), if Trump was elected President? Perhaps this was just an idle threat and joke...but I'm kind of curious to know where that's at.
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