Constitutional Lawyer: It's an "Outrage" That Judge Halted Michigan Presidential Election Recount

[flamingdem]

https://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/8/constitutional_lawyer_its_an_outrage_that

75,000 "blank" votes that will never be counted and ALL OF THEM FROM DEMOCRATIC AREAS! With only a 10k difference in the vote.

In Wisconsin they're using the same machines from election night, we needed a handcount. Some of the machines are only electronic and they have been proven to be vulnerable.

** VIDEO AT LINK

On Wednesday, a federal judge ordered Michigan’s Board of Elections to stop the state’s electoral recount. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith said he would abide by a court ruling that found that former Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein could not seek a recount. Goldsmith concluded, "A recount as an audit of the election has never been endorsed by any court." Stein has pledged to continue to push for a recount. Michigan is one of three battleground states where Stein had demanded a recount. The other two states are Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. President-elect Donald Trump narrowly defeated Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton in all three states. For more, we’re joined by John Bonifaz, attorney and political activist specializing in constitutional law and voting rights. He was one of a group of leading election lawyers and computer scientists calling for a recount in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. This judge is an Obama appointee.

[forthemiddle]

2. Just a clarification

In Wisconsin, 59 out of 72 counties actually are doing full hand recounts.

[Jose Garcia]

3. Has the recount shown significant differences in counties with machine recounts vs. hand recounts?

That would certainly be a tell that something is up.

[TwilightZone]

4. As I recall, write-in votes don't count in MI unless the candidate is pre-registered as a write-in

candidate. Some - or many - of those 75k from Dem areas could be write-ins for invalid candidates, like Bernie Sanders.