Stein changes strategy in Pennsylvania recount

If the sample shows a discrepancy of at least one per cent for De La Fuente or Clinton, a full recount will be launched in all 17 Nevada counties. Republican Donald Trump narrowly defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in all three states.

Jill Stein tweeted to her followers on Sunday a pledge to increase her recount efforts.

“She’s within striking distance of her goal of $7 million and has far exceeded the $3.5 million she raised during her presidential campaign”, Time reported.

Stein held a “recount rally” Monday morning outside Trump Tower in New York City where she spoke about the recount effort.

Stein’s attorneys also argued that the barriers to a recount, including last week’s Commonwealth Court requirement that the campaign put up a $1 million bond to continue its effort, violated the constitutional rights of voters. Trump and the Pennsylvania GOP had opposed the recount.

“We’re not proceeding here based on pure speculation”, Abady said. “There is no paper trail”.

Stein spoke to a mixed crowd of supporters and hecklers.

“I think the people out here today don’t believe in democracy”, said Jim MacDonald, a 67-year-old actuary from the borough of Queens.

Trump defeated Clinton by 10,704 votes, or two-tenths of a percentage point, in MI.

“He’s their president whether they like it or not”, MacDonald said. Philadelphia has moved ahead with recounts in 75 of the county’s 1,686 voting precincts but rejected a forensic audit. Donald Trump got 306 electoral votes; you need 270 to win the White House.

Meanwhile, the Wisconsin recount is underway, with state officials racing the clock in order to complete before December 19.

The Green Party also wants recounts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. A federal lawsuit was her next best option, she said.

U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith, acting on a suit by Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein, ordered the recount to begin by noon Monday, Politico reports.

Goldsmith’s order thus puts Michigan’s 16 Electoral College votes at risk if the state can not complete a hand recount of every ballot within the next eight days or if Goldsmith’s order is not overturned on appeal.

But whatever happens going forward clerks across the state have until next Tuesday to complete the recount. In his ruling, the judge wrote that “budgetary concerns are not sufficiently significant to risk the disenfranchisement of Michigan’s almost 5 million voters”.

Gordon had argued Stein had no chance of overturning the election results – Stein finished a distant fourth in MI to Republican president-elect Donald Trump – her concerns about votes not being counted properly were merely speculative, and the recount would result in excessive costs for MI taxpayers. “Michigan had a fair and legal election, and all votes were counted and certified by the Board of Canvassers”.