Confused...should people be calling the Justice Department or NOT?

[Ken Burch]

There seems to be conflicting info on that.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

1. Per what the DOJ spokesman

told the Washington Post yesterday, it's a waste of time (not his words; I'll find the link and post the story).

[SickOfTheOnePct]

2. Here it is

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/11/22/the-department-of-justice-is-not-going-to-conduct-a-vote-audit-based-on-your-phoned-in-outrage/?utm_term=.abae0c77f639

[FBaggins]

3. The DOJ doesn't have much that they can do

Recounts are a state-level decision.

[MineralMan]

4. If it makes them feel better, why not?

However, the DOJ isn't going to pay any attention, really. They might tally the number of calls, but that isn't how they decide what to investigate. I doubt they have anything to do with elections in the various states on an immediate basis, really. Any investigation they undertook would not even begin until after the inauguration. They might investigate violations of federal election laws, but such investigations take months at a minimum.

Still, if it makes a person feel better, why not call? It can't hurt anything.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

5. Yeah, absolutely

I see it as a complete waste of time that I think would be better spent on a strategy for not being slaughtered in the 2018 Senate elections, but it's become obvious to me that it makes people feel like they're doing something to help, so whatever.

What's concerning is the number of people who believe that it's their/our right to demand recounts, and if they aren't forthcoming, well, that's an obvious sign that the election was stolen.

It doesn't, IMO, do us any good to pretend that this election was stolen instead of doing the hard work to figure out where/why we fell short. Again, JMO.