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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38112752Wisconsin prepares for vote recount
Officials in Wisconsin are preparing to conduct a full recount of the votes from the US election in the state, which was narrowly won by Donald Trump.
A formal request for the recount was filed by the Green Party's Jill Stein.
Dr Stein, the Green Party's candidate, has also pledged to file for recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Lawyers for Hillary Clinton's campaign say they will participate in the Wisconsin recount, though it is thought highly unlikely the result will change.
The result would need to be overturned in all three states to change the outcome of the election.
The Clinton campaign's general counsel, Marc Elias, said there was no evidence to conclude the election was sabotaged, but "we have an obligation to the more than 64 million Americans who cast ballots for Hillary Clinton to participate in ongoing proceedings to ensure that an accurate vote count will be reported".
Dr Stein reportedly wants to make sure computer hackers did not skew the poll in favour of Mr Trump.
$7m fundraising target
In statement, the Wisconsin Elections Commission said it had received two recount petitions from the Jill Stein campaign and from Rocky Roque De La Fuente, a businessman who ran unsuccessfully to be the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.
"The Commission is preparing to move forward with a statewide recount of votes for President of the United States, as requested by these candidates," said Wisconsin election commission administrator Michael Haas.
He said the recount would begin in the week after Dr Stein's campaign has paid the fee, which the commission was still calculating.
Dr Stein's campaign needs to raise millions of dollars to cover the fees for the vote recount in all three states.
Dr Stein's website says nearly $5.3m (£4.2m) has already been raised toward a $7m target. It says this is enough to fund the recounts in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Mr Trump's camp has made no public comments on the recounts issue.
Mr Trump won 290 electoral votes in the November election, while Mrs Clinton had 232 votes.
Michigan is yet to declare final results.
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Skill set
Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:Interesting video to watch here
shogun wrote:Wait, 2 million more votes she got?
I was still going with the 400,000 figure from a couple weeks back. Just wow
shogun wrote:Yeah, I remember hearing she got the popular vote, but thought it was by 400,000.
Al Gore also got the popular vote against George W Bush. Voice of the people? The people have spoken? Lmao. Seems like one side is getting screwed by the electoral college system
baigan wrote:shogun wrote:Yeah, I remember hearing she got the popular vote, but thought it was by 400,000.
Al Gore also got the popular vote against George W Bush. Voice of the people? The people have spoken? Lmao. Seems like one side is getting screwed by the electoral college system
Lol yep
So much for 'every vote counts'
shogun wrote:Yeah, I remember hearing she got the popular vote, but thought it was by 400,000.
Al Gore also got the popular vote against George W Bush. Voice of the people? The people have spoken? Lmao. Seems like one side is getting screwed by the electoral college system
The_Honourable wrote:Rachel Maddow and MSNBC was always pro-democrat so I am not surprised by her rant.
The elections didn't go your way, now you complaining about the electoral college and everything under the sun?
Better than that.
Daran wrote:baigan wrote:shogun wrote:Yeah, I remember hearing she got the popular vote, but thought it was by 400,000.
Al Gore also got the popular vote against George W Bush. Voice of the people? The people have spoken? Lmao. Seems like one side is getting screwed by the electoral college system
Lol yep
So much for 'every vote counts'
Not exactly. Campaigns would be significantly different if the president was elected on popular vote.
You can't come now and complain, the democrats would have still probably have lost.
Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:The_Honourable wrote:Rachel Maddow and MSNBC was always pro-democrat so I am not surprised by her rant.
The elections didn't go your way, now you complaining about the electoral college and everything under the sun?
Better than that.
Posted it for the history lesson.
Don't think she was complaining about the electoral college system as much as she was showing the circumstances under which the last time a popular vote difference was this this large and how long ago and different things were.
RBphoto wrote:Trump's business model and brand would be impossible to put in a blind trust
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