Jill Stein and the Green Party have been able to fundraise more than twice as much money as they originally asked for in their pursuit of an election day audit of votes in “swing” states.
Her campaign team said it would formally file in Wisconsin before the 5 pm ET deadline to do so; the recount motion deadlines for the other two states are next week. Less than half an hour before the deadline, the Wisconsin elections commission confirmed it had received the recount petition.
There has been a lot of discussion concerning all of this. Everything from the merits of a recount to the merits of Jill Stein’s motivations in all of this. I like the idea of Donald Trump getting sweaty and annoyed, so i’m all for a recount. Considering that Hillary Clinton is on track to have at least two and half million more popular votes than the Donald, it makes sense to recount and analyze the results in the hopes of making our election process more democratic.