[pols, curr ev] Actions: Fund a Recount! Call and Petition for an Audit!
[Time pressure: high.]
1)
Holy crap, guys, Hillary Clinton doesn't need to demand a recount.
Jill Stein can demand a recount. Remember her? The other, other, other candidate? Who also has standing to take issue with the results?
She is.
The Stein/Baraka Green Party Campaign is demanding a recount in MI, PA, & WI! BUT they need help. The filing fees - yes, there are filing fees in each state for a candidate file an official request for a recount, and the fees for those three states total about $2.2 million - have already been raised by donations flooding in, but they're not home free yet. They say: The costs associated with recounts are a function of state law. Attorney's fees are likely to be another $2-3 million, then there are the costs of the statewide recount observers in all three states. The total cost is likely to be $6-7 million.
Donate here. That page also has more information, and I found it fascinating. Also more on this effort at this WSJ blog post, which was also informative. (h/t londo)
Yes, I'm astonished as the next person that the Greens are coming into play and making themselves useful. I have never had a good thing to say before about Jill Stein, but my hat is off to her and her team. I can't believe I just gave the Greens money.
2)
There's a movement calling for an audit, which is different than a recount. Summary: audits sample a random subset of ballots, recount recounts all the ballots.
Call the US Department of Justice:
• The Attorney General, Loretta E. Lynch: 202-353-1555
• Civil Rights Voting Section: 202-307-2767 or 1-800-253-3931 (option 5).
Explain you're concerned that various irregularities suggest the voting process may have been tampered with, and that you would like to see audits conducted to verify the results.
They also have a web form; calling works better if you can.
If you live in one of the states under scrutiny you might want to also call your state Attorney General: FL, MI, NC, PA, WI.
Note that the states have a Dec 13 deadline to finalize their results, so this is something to do sooner rather than later.
Additionally there's also a petition for an audit that you might want to sign, too. (h/t conuly)
1)
Holy crap, guys, Hillary Clinton doesn't need to demand a recount.
Jill Stein can demand a recount. Remember her? The other, other, other candidate? Who also has standing to take issue with the results?
She is.
The Stein/Baraka Green Party Campaign is demanding a recount in MI, PA, & WI! BUT they need help. The filing fees - yes, there are filing fees in each state for a candidate file an official request for a recount, and the fees for those three states total about $2.2 million - have already been raised by donations flooding in, but they're not home free yet. They say: The costs associated with recounts are a function of state law. Attorney's fees are likely to be another $2-3 million, then there are the costs of the statewide recount observers in all three states. The total cost is likely to be $6-7 million.
Donate here. That page also has more information, and I found it fascinating. Also more on this effort at this WSJ blog post, which was also informative. (h/t londo)
Yes, I'm astonished as the next person that the Greens are coming into play and making themselves useful. I have never had a good thing to say before about Jill Stein, but my hat is off to her and her team. I can't believe I just gave the Greens money.
2)
There's a movement calling for an audit, which is different than a recount. Summary: audits sample a random subset of ballots, recount recounts all the ballots.
Call the US Department of Justice:
• The Attorney General, Loretta E. Lynch: 202-353-1555
• Civil Rights Voting Section: 202-307-2767 or 1-800-253-3931 (option 5).
Explain you're concerned that various irregularities suggest the voting process may have been tampered with, and that you would like to see audits conducted to verify the results.
They also have a web form; calling works better if you can.
If you live in one of the states under scrutiny you might want to also call your state Attorney General: FL, MI, NC, PA, WI.
Note that the states have a Dec 13 deadline to finalize their results, so this is something to do sooner rather than later.
Additionally there's also a petition for an audit that you might want to sign, too. (h/t conuly)