Federal judge wisely halts the Michigan recount, dismissing Stein's claims as spurious http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/12/07/federal-judge-halts-michigan-election-recount/95110008/ …
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Replying to @mtracey
By all means advocate for voting system reforms, but that ought to be done legislatively, not in the context of a baseless "recount."
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Replying to @mtracey
Key passage from Judge Goldsmith's ruling here. This is where the whole thing should have begun and ended.pic.twitter.com/ByDxA32jVh
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no mistakes here: # of ballots on roll books didnt match machine print-out in 50% of precincts http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/05/recount-unrecountable/95007392/ …
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Replying to @daria_rylkova
That's the kind of thing that would be assessed in a regular post-election "audit," not a spurious "recount" crusade.
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Replying to @mtracey
why are u falsely claiming that greens are just going to pocket the $, when that would be illegal?
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Replying to @daria_rylkova
They're not going to "pocket" the money but they are going to use the remainder for non-recount efforts.
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Replying to @daria_rylkova
It would be illegal to just "pocket" the money but it can be used for further campaign-related endeavors.
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Replying to @mtracey
no it cant be used for campaign endeavors & theres unlikely to be anything left: https://www.google.com/amp/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jill-steins-recount-fundraising-what-happens-to-leftover-money/ …
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Stein's initial solicitation specifically said it could be used for other endeavors.
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Replying to @mtracey
it said other endeavors that have to do with electoral reform. Even if anything was left, illegal for it to be used for campaign
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