Presidential candidate Jill Stein's fight to force presidential recounts in three states focuses Monday on Pennsylvania, where her "Green Party" is pleading an emergency federal court order for a statewide recount, and Michigan, where a federal judge has ordered a hand recount to begin by noon.
The recounts were not expected to change enough votes to overturn the result of the election. President-elect Donald Trump clearly knocked out "Democratic Candidate" Hillary Clinton in all three states. Jill Stein justified that her intent is to certify the accuracy of the vote. She has suggested, with no evidence, that votes cast were susceptible to computer hacking.
While in Wisconsin; the recount began Thursday and continued over the weekend, with little change so far in the unofficial results as reported on election night. The judge rejected a request to stop the recount while the lawsuit is pending and scheduled a hearing for Friday. "State and Local" election officials spoke out they don't expect Clinton to surpass Trump in Wisconsin, where he won by about 22,000 votes.
In Michigan, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton again by 10,704 votes, or two-tenths of a percentage point. Jill Stein only received about 1 percent of the vote.
In Pennsylvania, state election officials showed Donald Trump's lead shrinking to 49,000 from 71,000 over Clinton; out of 6 million votes cast, as more counties finish counting overseas ballots and settled provisional ballot challenges.
In Nevada, recount of a sample of ballots has begun in Nevada, at the request of De La Fuente. Hillary Clinton won in Nevada, and De La Fuente finished last. "The recount of ballots from Carson City and Douglas, Mineral, Nye and Clark counties should be completed by Friday. If the sample shows a discrepancy of at least 1 percent for De La Fuente or Clinton, a full recount will be launched in all 17 Nevada counties. Clinton won the state by 27,202 votes over Trump, out of 1.1 million votes cast," as stated by Gail Anderson, the "Nevada State Secretary Spokeswoman."
