Federal judge rejects Pennsylvania recount

Posted by | December 12, 2016 14:16 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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A federal judge rejected the Green Party’s attempt to recount Pennsylvania’s paper ballots.

In his 31-page decision, U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond said there were at least six grounds that required him to reject the Green Party’s lawsuit, which had been opposed by Trump, the Pennsylvania Republican Party and the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office. The Green Party has been successful in at least getting statewide recounts started in Wisconsin and Michigan, but it has failed to get a statewide recount begun or ordered in Pennsylvania.

Suspicion of a hacked Pennsylvania election “borders on the irrational” while granting the Green Party’s recount bid could “ensure that that no Pennsylvania vote counts” given Tuesday’s federal deadline to certify the vote for the Electoral College, wrote Diamond, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, a Republican.

“Most importantly, there is no credible evidence that any ‘hack’ occurred, and compelling evidence that Pennsylvania’s voting system was not in any way compromised,” Diamond wrote. He also said the lawsuit suffered from a lack of standing, potentially the lack of federal jurisdiction and an “unexplained, highly prejudicial” wait before filing last week’s lawsuit, four weeks after the Nov. 8 election.

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2 responses to Federal judge rejects Pennsylvania recount

  1. trees December 12th, 2016 at 17:23

    But..but..but..the Russians…

  2. Matthew Hively December 13th, 2016 at 00:51

    But how will they get evidence that the machines were tampered with or hacked if they cannot examine the machines?
    Seems like a catch 22 situation.
    It seems like a fair compromise would be to order a recount (or in this case an examination) in a representative sample of districts. If no foul play was detected in say 10% of districts within the state, then you could conclude it was fine…. if foul play was found, then order examination in the rest of the districts.
    Just make a decision that no matter the outcome the election results won’t be changed, and then that removes the issue. It’ll be about assuring the election is untainted next go around.

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