Jill Stein's 15 Minutes of Fame

BREAKING NEWS: Jill Stein and Hillary Clinton’s recount effort was ordered to stop in Michigan, and Pennsylvania’s recount will likely not proceed due to a Monday Federal deadline. According to the Court, their distracting and disruptive recount efforts are a fraud, and are wasting millions in taxpayer dollars.

The recount in Wisconsin is more than 70 percent complete, and Clinton has gained just 82 votes on Trump, who won the state by more than 22,000 votes. The Wisconsin Elections Commission reported Wednesday that 34 of 72 counties had completed their work and that the others are on track to finish by next week’s deadline. More than 2.1 million votes out of the nearly 3 million cast have been recounted.

Michigan’s recount was halted on Wednesday, after the Michigan Court of Appeals agreed that Stein is not an “aggrieved candidate” and therefore the count must stop. Stein received fewer than 1% of the vote, which made her statically irrelevant.

After the Court of Appeals decision, U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith set aside his original ruling that the recount could begin. He stated that even though Stein raised serious issues about the integrity of Michigan’s electoral system, she offered only “speculative claims” and nothing indicating “actual injury.”

In the meantime, the recount has been costing the state $12 million, despite any evidence of technical errors or fraud. “This is a victory for the taxpayers and voters of Michigan,” said Ronna Romney McDaniel, chairman of the state Republican Party.

Michigan’s Attorney General Tweeted:
In addition, the recount effort in Pennsylvania is likely to end after a scheduled hearing on Friday. For Clinton and Stein voters, this is the worst possible news:

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond scheduled a Friday hearing in Philadelphia, based on the request for a recount. The Republican Party and Trump warned that the case threatens Pennsylvania’s ability to certify its election before the Dec. 13 Federal deadline. Stein’s team has not produced any evidence of hacking, but calls Pennsylvania’s election system “a national disgrace.”

Also Tuesday, Pennsylvania election officials updated the state’s vote count to show that Trump’s lead over Clinton had shrunk to about 44,000 out of more than 6 million votes cast. That is still shy of Pennsylvania’s 0.5 percent trigger for an automatic statewide recount. The votes in the Electoral College simply weren’t close enough to justify this mass recount.

But Stein has continued to push the effort, largely because she can raise millions of dollars for the Green Party and herself. Stein, who once campaigned against Hillary Clinton, is now becoming a co-conspirator with Clinton, attempting to undermine President-elect Trump before he takes office.

There has been no announcement of any further “next steps.”

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