2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGreen Partys Stein To Pursue Pennsylvania Recount Petition In Federal Court
Green Party candidate Jill Stein late Saturday vowed to bring her fight for a recount of votes cast in Pennsylvania in the U.S. presidential election to federal court, after a state judge ordered her campaign to post a $1 million bond.
The Stein campaign will continue to fight for a statewide recount in Pennsylvania, Jonathan Abady, lead counsel to Steins recount efforts, said in a statement.
Saying it has become clear that the state court system is so ill-equipped to address this problem, the statement said we must seek federal court intervention.
The Stein campaign said it will file for emergency relief in the Pennsylvania effort in federal court on Monday, demanding a statewide recount on constitutional grounds.
The bond was set by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania a day after representatives of President-elect Donald Trump requested a $10 million bond, according to court papers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stein-to-pursue-pennsylvania-recount-petition-in-federal-court_us_58441a96e4b0c68e048167e2
triron
(22,240 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)their election by the State is bullshit. To be barred by bond by billionaire club is justice denied. NO JUSTICE NO PEACE!
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,165 posts)TheHak
(71 posts)In the observer section under pa recount. Thought it was interesting
IMPORTANT: I was canvassing by phone before the elections. One person I called reported something I thought was very suspicious that might be of help as you move forward: She was from Philadelphia but living in Brooklyn. She said that she received her absentee ballot AFTER the deadline for sending it in, but was told she should send it in anyway it would count. MORE IMPORTANTLY, the person she spoke with when she called for information said there was a HUGE problem with absentee ballots that were mailed late and received by the voter after the return date. I mentioned this when I went to a Democratic field office later in the day and said they should notify someone. You should definitely look at this if you have time. Philly has the population to easily offset the rest of the state if large numbers of absentee ballots arrived after the date for mailing and so weren't returned or perhaps not counted.
ucrdem
(15,703 posts)Thanks & welcome!
p.s. here's the link: http://www.jill2016.com/rodney_north_hampton_county