Clinton to participate in Wisconsin recount

Wisconsin officials are moving forward with the first presidential recount in state history following Stein’s formal request.

“The people have spoken and the election is over”, Trump said. He added, “We must accept this result and then look to the future”. “This recount is just a way for Jill Stein”. She has said she wants to guarantee the integrity of the United States voting system since computer hacking had marked the November 8 election. For example, candidates can not file a direct request for a recount in the state and instead must appeal the election in court.

“While candidates can not file a direct request for a recount, they may appeal the order or decision of any county board regarding the computation or canvassing of the returns of any primary or election, or regarding any recount or recanvass thereof”.

His reaction to the Clinton campaign joining the recount opened with an implied charge of hypocrisy. Wisconsin’s election commission agreed Friday to recount that state’s vote, which shows Trump winning by about 27,000 votes.

“Obama’s call left a sour taste in the mouths of some Clinton allies who believe she should have waited longer, and there’s now a fight playing out between the Obama and Clinton camps over whether to support an effort to force the Rust Belt states to recount their votes”.

Trump released a statement earlier in the day Saturday focusing on the Green Party in calling the recall effort a “scam”. The funds raised so far will cover costs in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, she said.

“I will do a recount in any state where the deadline has not passed”. Trump won them by a combined margin of 107,000 votes.

Stein, who won just 1.1 percent of Michigan’s vote, can’t formally request a recount in MI until after the Board of State Canvassers certifies results from the state’s 83 counties on Monday afternoon.

Her website says almost $6m (£4.8m; €5.6m) has already been raised toward a $7m target.

Elias emphasized the Clinton campaign, after quietly investigating the possibility of any outside interference in the vote tallies in the three states, found no evidence of hacking or any other kind of tampering with the election results.

There is no evidence that the results were hacked or that electronic voting machines were compromised. That’s an important point for progressives to keep in mind right now ― there’s been no empirical demonstration that anything is amiss with the voting results in these three states.

According to the Inquisitr, Clinton supporters are convinced there was an interference during the elections after cyber security experts accused Russian Federation of hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee, which were then published by WikiLeaks.

During one presidential debate in October, Mr. Trump was asked if he would concede a lost race to Clinton.

The campaign said it wants to ensure it’s legally represented in the process. Elias said in his statement that Clinton campaign would follow suit in participating in those subsequent recounts if Stein’s efforts came to fruition.