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onenote

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2. Probably because it would be premature.
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:13 PM
Nov 2024

In Michigan, recounts can be requested after the post-election canvass is completed. My understanding is that it has been completed yet. Moreover, there is a threshold showing that needs to be met:

A candidate for an office canvassed by the board of state canvassers, including the offices of U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative, as well as all state legislative offices may petition the board of state canvassers for a recount of the votes. The petition must allege that the candidate is “aggrieved on account of fraud or mistake in the canvass of the votes by the inspectors of election or the returns...” and that the candidate is "able to allege a good-faith belief that but for fraud or mistake, the candidate would have had a reasonable chance of winning the election.” Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.879(1).

Similarly, in Wisconsin, a vote margin greater than 0.25% but less than 1% entitles a candidate to a recount that the candidate would pay for. The petitioner must file their verified petition with the proper clerk no earlier than the completion of the canvass and no later than 5 p.m. on the third business day after the last meeting day of the board of canvassers determining the election for the contest in question. Wis. Stat. Ann. § 9.01(1)(a)1; see also Wis. Stat. Ann. § 9.01(1)(a)1.

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