Jill Stein calls for a recount in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, each of which have close margins of victory for Trump. As I write, an hour ago, the webpage for fundraising efforts was at $640,000 already, having announced today. In posting this now, it’s already over a million dollars, which is enough to do one of the recounts. The cost of all three is $2.5 milliion.
Jill Stein, the Green party’s presidential candidate, is prepared to request recounts of the election result in several key battleground states, her campaign said on Wednesday.
Stein launched an online fundraising page seeking donations toward a $2.5m fund she said was needed to request reviews of the results in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Stein said she was acting due to “compelling evidence of voting anomalies” and that data analysis had indicated “significant discrepancies in vote totals” that were released by state authorities.
“These concerns need to be investigated before the 2016 presidential election is certified,” she said in a statement. “We deserve elections we can trust.”
Stein’s move came amid growing calls for recounts or audits of the election results by groups of academics and activists concerned that foreign hackers may have interfered with election systems. The concerned groups have been urging Hillary Clinton, the defeated Democratic nominee, to join their cause.
Jon Swaine | Jill Stein Hopes to Request Election Recounts in Battleground States | The Guardian
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