2016 Postmortem

pnwmom

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12. It will be her money -- whatever's left over from what she collects.

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 02:30 PM

Nov 2016

It won't hurt her if they don't get approved for a recount. They'll get to keep it for their "election integrity" work, which is how they position their whole party.

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In PA, Jill Stein waited till the last minute, likely won't have enough volunteers [View all] pnwmom Nov 2016 OP

That is disappointing and it shows madaboutharry Nov 2016 #1

Or maybe it's what she wanted to happen, pnwmom Nov 2016 #2

There is going to zero unneeded money - Wisconsin keeps upping the amount of money they want womanofthehills Nov 2016 #35

They gave an estimate before SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #41

Now they want way more money for the people working the audit womanofthehills Nov 2016 #44

I Googled but can't find the new number SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #45

Greg Palist just said this today on Randi Rhodes show womanofthehills Nov 2016 #49

I just found something SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #66

OMG - she is working day and night on 3 states at the same time womanofthehills Nov 2016 #38

I know that, what I meant madaboutharry Nov 2016 #43

She was probably very busy over the holiday weekend - sounds like an awful lot of stuff jmg257 Nov 2016 #3

Why didn't she put up info about needing the volunteers on her donation page? pnwmom Nov 2016 #4

Not sure. Can we assume she was aware of it and the deadlines involved? jmg257 Nov 2016 #5

Of course she was aware of it. Would she have collected millions of dollars pnwmom Nov 2016 #6

She could still get a huge response today womanofthehills Nov 2016 #7

Yeah, right. n/t pnwmom Nov 2016 #8

The campaign has gone to court to extend deadline - see what happens womanofthehills Nov 2016 #15

Actually, now she is gettting deadlines pushed back in some counties womanofthehills Nov 2016 #51

Great to hear this. Thank you. anamandujano Nov 2016 #61

Actually, she just needs the large Dem counties womanofthehills Nov 2016 #39

Oh, I don't know, let's hope not! Plenty of people were screaming "recount!" despite jmg257 Nov 2016 #9

It will be her money -- whatever's left over from what she collects. pnwmom Nov 2016 #12

Ha excellent point - so other then some possibly baoptics, what does she have to lose? Interesting. jmg257 Nov 2016 #14

This is a Fox news talking point - there are Federal laws about what she can use the money for womanofthehills Nov 2016 #16

The Greens say they are the party all about election integrity -- it's part of their mission. pnwmom Nov 2016 #20

Why do you keep posting lies from Fox news womanofthehills Nov 2016 #37

I didn't post anything from Fox or read anything except pnwmom Nov 2016 #48

Well what you are saying is exactly what Fox is saying womanofthehills Nov 2016 #53

So you are the one listening to Fox then. pnwmom Nov 2016 #55

Greg Palist was on Randi's show today and he said the FEC is VERY STRICT about this womanofthehills Nov 2016 #57

Greg Palast lost all credibility with me when he went around yelling pnwmom Nov 2016 #69

I disagree - I think he is an excellent investigative reporter womanofthehills Nov 2016 #72

Then why was he lying about the provisional votes not being counted in CA? pnwmom Nov 2016 #74

Or maybe not for election integrity SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #27

You keep posting it will be her money - which is a HUGE Republican talking point womanofthehills Nov 2016 #36

There will be no f**king left over money - she will need to raise more womanofthehills Nov 2016 #42

I read something about Trump challenging the recount, can't remember which state. anamandujano Nov 2016 #62

Ha Ha - one of the states says he wants to recount is California womanofthehills Nov 2016 #64

He has access to chit tons of money if he wants recounts. anamandujano Nov 2016 #67

If you added the initial filing fees they came to 2.1 million. pnwmom Nov 2016 #77

Early in this post, someone looked up Wisconsin fees & said it's now 3.5 million Wisconsin wants womanofthehills Nov 2016 #82

How do you know what she was aware of? Your posts on this topic are biased KittyWampus Nov 2016 #23

Agreed - all she is doing is posting Republican talking points all over DU womanofthehills Nov 2016 #40

Yes absolutely she was aware of it. texasmomof3 Nov 2016 #10

Thanks - that makes sense! Very interesting situation. jmg257 Nov 2016 #11

Well put. And welcome to DU! pnwmom Nov 2016 #13

Agreed - working on three states at once womanofthehills Nov 2016 #17

I don't have the money to put in meow2u3 Nov 2016 #18

Jill just tweeted they are filing affidavits just now in Allegheny County womanofthehills Nov 2016 #19

Philadelphia county is where they need them. Lots of Dems and pnwmom Nov 2016 #21

And how does one recount paperless hackable machines? LisaL Nov 2016 #22

Rechecks what it said... Bob41213 Nov 2016 #24

70 per cent machines, 30 percent absentee ballots and early voting womanofthehills Nov 2016 #46

The proposal is that they open up the machines and look inside them. pnwmom Nov 2016 #78

No. Philly produced the required margins. Look elsewhere. Barack_America Nov 2016 #75

Here's a map of the country showing counties that use paperless DRE machines, pnwmom Nov 2016 #80

Nope. Same machines county-wide. Barack_America Nov 2016 #81

Pennsylvania's aging voting machines could be 'nightmare scenario' (7 minutes and a screwdriver) womanofthehills Nov 2016 #83

Okay, that's what I'm talking about. The only machines the computer scientists approve of pnwmom Nov 2016 #84

PA counties where R votes exceeded R registrations DeminPennswoods Nov 2016 #25

There were court orders in PA about KGB/GOP fraud LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #26

Can you elaborate on that? drm604 Nov 2016 #29

Not what you think. GOP was forbidden to have poll watchers in Philly Amishman Nov 2016 #47

Yes, because of PA law. drm604 Nov 2016 #68

The deadline passed Nov 21st... I think Jill was fish for something good for 4139 Nov 2016 #28

Not true ELY08 Nov 2016 #31

Deadline for 'citizen recount' was the 21st; deadline to contest in court is today 4139 Nov 2016 #33

Thanks ELY08 Nov 2016 #34

Well Pn ELY08 Nov 2016 #30

I volunteered drm604 Nov 2016 #32

I wonder what will happen to the surplus funds she raised oberliner Nov 2016 #50

OMG! Give it a break! FEC has very STRICT REGULATIONS about this - womanofthehills Nov 2016 #54

If this was posted on twitter, you'd get a message saying "you already made this tweet." anamandujano Nov 2016 #63

So isn't this a situation where a site like DU could have helped her. andym Nov 2016 #52

You can donate at this site to help - womanofthehills Nov 2016 #59

Why didn't she use that page to ask for volunteers willing to sign affidavits pnwmom Nov 2016 #71

I filed affidavits this morning with two other voters from my precinct. apcalc Nov 2016 #56

OMG it's Gore deja vu. Why in the world did Hillary concede? she should have Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2016 #58

She did lose. Travis_0004 Nov 2016 #60

Conceding means nothing. anamandujano Nov 2016 #65

Because of the petitions drm604 Nov 2016 #70

Bucks County also delaying certification womanofthehills Nov 2016 #73

Damn right, the voting machines are a disgrace. apcalc Nov 2016 #76

The fact that the DNC is staying neutral on this makes me very angry. YOHABLO Nov 2016 #79