After both Trump and Stein, among others, filed lawsuits last Friday in Michigan, it seems that U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith has cleared the path for a recount this morning with an order for election officials to begin counting ballots today at noon.<\/p>\n
According to The Hill, Goldsmith’s ruling found that Michigan’s law that requires a two-business-day wating period for a recount likely violates voting rights and said the “plaintiffs here have shown a credible threat that the recount, if delayed, would not be completed by the ‘safe harbor’ day.”<\/p>\n
In his ruling, Goldsmith said a state law that requires a two-business-day waiting period to begin a recount is likely in violation of voting rights, according to the Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n
In his ruling, he said the “plaintiffs here have shown a credible threat that the recount, if delayed, would not be completed by the ‘safe harbor’ day,” according to Politico.<\/p>\n
“The fundamental right invoked by Plaintiffs \u2014 the right to vote, and to have that vote conducted fairly and counted accurately \u2014 is the bedrock of our Nation,” he wrote. “Without elections that are conducted fairly \u2013 and perceived to be fairly conducted \u2013 public confidence in our political institutions will swiftly erode.”<\/p>\n
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette also filed a lawsuit last week to block Stein’s crusade saying “it is inexcusable for Stein to put Michigan voters at risk of paying millions and potentially losing their voice in the Electoral College in the process.”<\/p>\n
Now that the recount has officially been cleared, Schuette is calling on the courts to at least have Jill Stein cover the “millions of dollars” it will cost to conduct the process.<\/p>\n
by Tyler Durden<\/p>\n
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