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pangaia

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Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Dec 3, 2016, 08:34 PM

Dec 2016

Jill Stein has ended her statewide ballot recount effort in Pennsylvania. Lawrence M. Otter, a lawyer for the former Green Party presidential candidate, withdrew the lawsuit filed with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania early Saturday eve
ning.

"Petitioners are regular citizens of ordinary means," the filing states. "They cannot afford to post the $1,000,000 bond required by the Court."

Stein elaborated on Twitter, asking: "How odd is it that we must jump through bureaucratic hoops and raise millions of dollars so we can trust our election results?"

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/03/504285672/jill-stein-campaign-drops-her-recount-effort-in-pennsylvania

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Stein dropping bid to recount PA [View all] RandySF Dec 2016 OP

Here............ pangaia Dec 2016 #1

Claims she did not have enough $$$$$$$ krawhitham Dec 2016 #2

Recounts are onerous and very expensive, on purpose (my experience in election law) Land Shark Dec 2016 #10

Wisconsin alone was $4m. Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #12

Philadelphia is doing its own recount, We'll see what happens there. putitinD Dec 2016 #3

Philly is recounting 4% of their precincts. EL34x4 Dec 2016 #13

Do you know how many precincts/ votes that is? Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #17

Dammit MFM008 Dec 2016 #4

Not sure why bpositive Dec 2016 #5

PA is doing their own recount. Cha Dec 2016 #6

I would not worry about this. If Michigan or Wisconsin flip then more money would be raised Quixote1818 Dec 2016 #7

Wisconsin isn't going to flip. EL34x4 Dec 2016 #15

This was so predictable. She didn't ask for the required 30,000 volunteers pnwmom Dec 2016 #8

Dropped lawsuit but not the precinct recount -judge required $ 1mill bondto hear the lawsuit KatyBR Dec 2016 #9

Phila uses direct-recording voting machines. The only ballots that can be Demit Dec 2016 #11

She waited till one day before the deadlines to post that she needed them. pnwmom Dec 2016 #16

NOT TRUE - according to the Palmer Report here: flamingdem Dec 2016 #14

She is not!!! (here is the correct info) Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #18