Category Archives: recounts

Today’s Recount News

November 30, 2016, 8:19 amrecountsDan Tokaji

CBS: “Clinton Team Sees Recount Effort as Waste of Resources” CBS: “Jill Stein’s Michigan Recount Efforts” Detroit News: “GOP Warns Recount Puts Michigan’s Electors at Risk” The Hill: “What Stein is Getting from Recount” Milwaukee Journal … Continue reading

Diane Rehm on Recounts and Fraud

November 29, 2016, 2:26 pmrecountsDan Tokaji

Featuring Ned Foley, Kim Alexander, Caleb Burns and Michael Shear.

Recount Roundup

November 29, 2016, 8:22 amrecountsDan Tokaji

ABC: “Everything You Need to Know About the Election Recount Efforts” CNN: “Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein defended her recount efforts Monday, even though she admits there is no evidence of fraud at the ballot box.” Detroit … Continue reading

“GOP Challenger Wants Recount in Minnesota US House Election”

November 29, 2016, 8:01 amrecountsDan Tokaji

AP reports that Stewart Mills will seek a recount of votes cast in the northern Minnesota district he lost to U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan by 2,009 votes out of 356,971 cast.

“As Push for Recount Advances, Clinton Supporters Hope and Trump Vents”

November 28, 2016, 6:53 pmrecountsDan Tokaji

NYT. Both to no avail, I would add.

“Why I Support An Election Audit, Even Though It’s Unlikely To Change The Outcome”

November 28, 2016, 6:48 pmrecountsDan Tokaji

Silver at 538: “An audit very probably won’t detect a conspiracy, but it will reveal information about our voting systems… [O]ver the next four years, we’re all going to have to get used to an environment in which nuggets… Continue reading

Stein Campaign’s Lawyer Tells Michigan Board to Expect Recount Petition

November 28, 2016, 12:08 pmrecountsDan Tokaji

Mark Brewer has told the Board of State Canvassers that the recount petition will be filed on Wednesday according to the AP.

“Jill Stein Presidential Recount Effort Prompts Money Gusher”

November 28, 2016, 12:02 pmcampaign finance, recountsDan Tokaji

AP: “…Stein’s recount drive had already netted $6.3 million by Monday, according to her campaign website. That’s close to the $7 million she posted as a goal and millions more than the roughly $3.5 million she raised during her… Continue reading

“Wisconsin Rejects Doing Recount by Hand; Stein to Sue”

November 28, 2016, 11:31 amrecountsDan Tokaji

Journal Sentinel reports.

Reaction to Trump Vote Fraud Tweets

November 28, 2016, 8:23 amfraudulent fraud squad, recountsDan Tokaji

CNN, LAT, NYT, WaPo. Lots more out there on this baseless claim if you care to look for it.

Why the Recount Won’t Matter

November 28, 2016, 8:03 amrecountsDan Tokaji

Josh Douglas at CNN.

“Recounts Rarely Reverse Election Results”

November 28, 2016, 4:18 amrecountsDan Tokaji

538, relying on data from FairVote: “Recounts … typically don’t change the margin by an amount that would be large enough to affect the result of this year’s presidential election. The mean swing between the top two candidates… Continue reading