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2016 Postmortem

RealityChik

(382 posts)

17. The case for statewide recount dropped, but the recount continues...

Reply to Farmgirl1961 (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:57 AM

Dec 2016

The court case for a statewide recount in PA may have been dropped because of last minute fee gouges, but the recount continues. The strategy has changed but the outcome remains the same. The effort is now to obtain voluntary recounts by as many of PA's 1000+ wards to reduce Trump's lead from 0.8% down to 0.5%, which would trip a mandatory statewide recount. Considering Trump's lead was originally 1.2%, it's plausible that a narrowing of the lead down to 0.5% is no longer an insurmountable goal.

For the most up-to-date news on all the recounts, forget MSM. Instead try The Palmer Report:

http://www.palmerreport.com/news/jill-stein-county-automatic-pennsylvania-recount/360/

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This came into my FB feed via The Hill: Green Party drops recount case in Pennsylvania (Is it true?) [View all] Farmgirl1961 Dec 2016 OP

Followed by this from Palmer Report Farmgirl1961 Dec 2016 #1

"In fact her next step is..." EL34x4 Dec 2016 #5

Agreed...what else is she supposed to do? Farmgirl1961 Dec 2016 #6

Philly is only recounting 4% of their precincts. EL34x4 Dec 2016 #7

Apparently.... femmocrat Dec 2016 #2

What bothers me is the $1 million dollar bond. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #3

So, again another FB post both confirming that the strategy has changed. Farmgirl1961 Dec 2016 #4

What is your source for this strategy insight? Why will the precincts being recounted reduce the rzemanfl Dec 2016 #8

Sorry -- I didn't write it, just copied it from a FB feed Farmgirl1961 Dec 2016 #9

One too many Facebook references. Didn't register with me rzemanfl Dec 2016 #10

You might check out her "fireside" chat triron Dec 2016 #11

It's not showing as live on my FB feed yet... Farmgirl1961 Dec 2016 #12

I'm on the page but there's no video? flamingdem Dec 2016 #13

don't do facebook triron Dec 2016 #14

I had to scroll down flamingdem Dec 2016 #15

I watched it for about 5 minutes Farmgirl1961 Dec 2016 #16

The case for statewide recount dropped, but the recount continues... RealityChik Dec 2016 #17