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US judge rejects Green Party's Pennsylvania recount case
Strike two for the wacky Jill Stein
US judge rejects Green Party's Pennsylvania recount case
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A federal judge on Monday issued a stinging rejection of a Green Party-backed request to recount paper ballots in Pennsylvania's presidential election, won by Republican Donald Trump, and scan some counties' election systems for signs of hacking. 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.
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, Diamond wrote.
"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.
The decision was the Green Party's latest roadblock in Pennsylvania after hitting numerous walls in county and state courts. Green Party-backed lawyers argue that it was possible that computer hackers changed the election outcome and that Pennsylvania's heavy use of paperless machines makes it a prime target. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein also contended that Pennsylvania has erected unconstitutional barriers to voters seeking a recount.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Re: US judge rejects Green Party's Pennsylvania recount case
Why are you so worried about this?
The election is over
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
- tennyson
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Re: US judge rejects Green Party's Pennsylvania recount case
Goose wrote:
Why are you so worried about this?
The election is over
I don't get it either.
My understanding is that Stein had the monies to self-fund the recount (correct me if I am wrong). The only downside it appears is that nothing would have been found and the money would have been spent just to find nothing.
When there is SO MUCH uproar over a process that might help long term protect our election system, one gets suspicious over the reasons for blocking such an action.
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"