Milwaukee County reported last night their recount is complete – however the count of absentee and provisional ballots is not – however with all the other recounting done, the various piles are sorted out. This was day 9 of the recount – they have been averaging about 10% a day
ballots cast: Trump Hillary 2,939,293 1,404,440 1,381,823 Recounted so far (89%) 2,635,670 1,290,293 1,206,907
* note that most of the uncounted are in Milwaukee so don’t go crazy like Alex Jones and note that Trump is 83,000 ballots ahead.
City of Milwaukee 243,694 45,167 188,653 (Election Day) 182,325 37,462 136,574 (recounted) 61,369 7,705 52,079 (Absentee / provisional)
Note that if every single trump ballot in Milwaukee was torn up, he still wins
Not surprisingly most of the incomplete recounts are in Madison, aka Berkeley East
So reflecting the adjustments of the fully completed recounts
Jill Stein +63 Gary Johnson +66 Hillary Clinton +609 (Net +49) Donald J Trump +560
Most of these number changes were votes rejected by the machines, but examined by humans for voter intent (the electronic equivalent of hanging chads)
The hearing to end the recount in Pennsylvania started at 1 PM. Partial recounts were completed to determine if error rates were significant. They were not. Since Tuesday is the deadline, a full recount of the entire state is impossible.
Chester County (suburban Philadelphia) is doing a hand recount. Many parts of Pennsylvania still use voting machines that neither use a paper input document nor produce a printed audit trail, so are impossible to recount.
The judge in Pennsylvania will issue his ruling on Monday. Given that the deadline for certifying the election is Tuesday, an order to recount the entire state by hand seems unlikely. A machine recount in Wisconsin took 10 days. With the error rate so low and the margin so big, it would be absolutely irresponsible to order a recount now. Jill Stein had the opportunity before and after the elections to challenge the security of the voting machines. A month later makes no sense on any level.
The irony is not lost on Alex Jones that he was the primary force back in 2000 making up stuff about the hackability of voting machines.
Judge in PA told Stein to go pound sand
Wisconsin should sue Jill Stein personally (Not her Campaign Organization) for the bill for the recount.
Today is the US Senate runoff in Louisiana. Last I looked, the Republican was 20 points ahead
Kennedy, the Republican won 63-36%
So the US Senate starts 52-48
Day 10 of the Wisconsin recount is complete – 96%
Dane County (home of Madison) finished their recount Saturday night
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/dane-county-completes-presidential-election-recount-with-no-major-discrepancies/article_1d4c73a5-295e-591d-b945-344150125463.html
Hillary got +172, of which 64 were already in the above numbers.
Donald J Trump is going to be in Wisconsin on Tuesday
Day 11 is complete – 97.5% counted
What happens if Milwaukee fails to finish counting their ballots by 5 PM after 11 days of counting?
One reasonably authoritative person at Hotair says that the state commission has the option to end the recount and declare that the original count stands
The “safe harbor” provision that kicks in tomorrow is about as confusing as lawyerese can get
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/5#
It sounds like if Stein wants to keep the fight going, it is over tomorrow, no matter what. The Wisconsin Election Commission has the last word.
The decision by the judge in Pennsylvania is so scathing that any lawyer wanting to keep this going will have his ass handed to him/her. Day 12 is not posted online yet – presumably the final result will be posted online by noon tomorrow
There is a press conference scheduled at 3 PM (Central) to announce the certified results (4 PM ET)
http://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/event/80/boc_certification_general_election_pres_12_12_2016_14210.pdf
News reports say the final tally has Hillary gaining 25 votes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-walker-says-wisconsin-recount-proves-legitimacy/2016/12/12/402c1222-c098-11e6-a52b-a0a126eaf9f7_story.html?utm_term=.f03a18b37800
And the final result – Trump had a net gain of +162
Break open the cheddar cheese wheels!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-walker-says-wisconsin-recount-proves-legitimacy/2016/12/12/402c1222-c098-11e6-a52b-a0a126eaf9f7_story.html?utm_term=.ebc43d121400
Hillary lost again and Jill Stein is laughing all the way to the bank and going on an all-expense paid cruise throughout all the world. She will be mailing thank you postcards to all her supporters.
The reason for the last day swing toward Trump
In Ward 34 in Milwaukee, the vote was reported as 795 for Hillary, and 8 for Trump
The actual vote was Hillary got 795 and Trump,got 254
An honest mistake – really!
NY Times headline “Pennsylvania and Wisconsin End Election Recount Efforts”
No, Wisconconsin completed its recount and Trump gained votes. NY Times are such weasels
Stein has opened Pandora’s box in Detroit… next stop, Fort Marcy Park.
Too many votes in 37% of Detroit’s precincts
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/12/records-many-votes-detroits-precincts/95363314/
I read that – it has to be easily knowable how many people checked in and how many votes were recorded by the machines. The story is vague on details.
If it was one vote, I’m not worried – if it was a lot, then someone needs to be replaced. Unbalanced counts are exactly what the canvas process is supposed to catch. Those ballots should have automatically been recounted when the totals were wrong. Somebody knew Election Day and someone decided they would not get caught. Of course, to track down the problems and fix it, you have to be prepared to fight the expected civil rights federal lawsuit.
>”Stein has opened Pandora’s box in Detroit… next stop, Fort Marcy Park.” <
L_O_L ! So true, she better watch, she took the cash and ran,
Did you all hear Chris plant today? He said he wanted to know what Hilliary was doing, and he continued,,,
Sitting on the couch in a velour jump suit, with a big jar of Peanut Butter,,, and Huma,,,
He's killer, I laughed,
parrott