Michigan’s 2016 presidential election recount is OVER. For now

So far, much of the conversation has centered around how much the states will have to spend to do the recounts – costs for hiring staff and securing space to perform the recount – a number that can vary wildly from state to state, or even day to day.

Green Party officials were still trying to find court remedies to force a recount in Pennsylvania. Judge James Peterson will hear arguments in Madison. They’ve warned that the case threatens Pennsylvania’s ability to certify its election results before the December 13 federal deadline. But Stein, who attracted only about 1 percent of the vote herself, has said that they are necessary to ensure the integrity of voting systems.

Stein is also pressing ahead with recount efforts in MI and Wisconsin.

The recount efforts come as Clinton leads the popular vote by more than 2 million ballots.

Stein’s team hasn’t produced evidence of hacking but has called Pennsylvania’s election system “a national disgrace”.

Pennsylvania’s Chester County will begin a hand recount sought by Green Party-backed voters of more than 190,000 paper ballots cast on Election Day, it announced. Republican Donald Trump narrowly won.

Nevada’s recount was initiated independently of Stein’s efforts, while voters in Florida have filed a lawsuit for a recount in the state.

“We see that in Detroit, half of the votes were ineligible to recount because of antiquated state laws”, Cobb said.

Ingham County is the only one of Michigan’s 83 counties that was done with its recount of 115 precincts and six that couldn’t be counted because ballot containers were improperly sealed.

Judge Mark Goldsmith told lawyers Wednesday he would make a written decision.

Goldsmith sustained the MI court’s ruling, saying Stein had offered only “speculative fear” of voter fraud rather than any actual evidence.

(AP Photo/Paul Sancya). A challenge is reviewed on a ballot during a statewide presidential election recount in Waterford Township, Mich., Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. Attorney General Bill Schuette, a Republican, said the decision means the recount “must stop”. The board plans to meet Thursday. Goldsmith’s order started the recount this week.

A federal judge has ordered Michigan’s Board of Elections to stop the state’s electoral recount. But Stein’s attorney, Mark Brewer, insisted the recount isn’t over. Philadelphia election officials recounted votes in 75 of 1,686 voting divisions. The high court hasn’t said it will hear the appeal, but two MI justices who are on Trump’s short list of possible U.S. Supreme Court nominees have disqualified themselves in the event that the appeal is allowed, The Detroit News reported. This evening he ruled that the recount should now end.

State election officials had started Monday recounting the 4.8 million ballots cast for president in MI.

The commission said Thursday afternoon about 82 percent of ballots have been recounted across the state, with 47 of 72 counties finished.

Republican Party candidate Donald Trump increased by two to 14,886; Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton decreased by five to 7,521; Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson had no change at 934; U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Darrell Castle decreased by one to 110; Green Party candidate Stein increased by one to 291; and Natural Law Party candidate Emidio “Mimi” Soltysik increased by one to 13.