Trump backers ask federal judge to halt Wisconsin recount
Source: The Capital Times
JESSIE OPOIEN | The Capital Times @jessieopie 4 hrs ago
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A lawsuit filed by the Great America PAC, Stop Hillary PAC and Ronald R. Johnson (not the Wisconsin senator) seeks a temporary restraining order to block the recount, arguing it could jeopardize the Equal Protection rights of Wisconsin voters in violation of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the 2000 Bush v. Gore case.
The recount, which started Thursday, must be completed by Dec. 13 in order to meet a federal deadline for certification of electoral votes.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs argue that timeline creates too much possibility for errors in the process and potentially jeopardizes the state's 10 electoral votes.
"This chaotic rushing creates an unacceptable risk of error that would both undermine the fundamental Due Process right to vote and cast an unjustified pall over the results of the election both within the State of Wisconsin and (depending on the outcome of similar pending recounts in other states) potentially throughout the nation," attorney Jay E. Heit wrote.
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Read more: http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/trump-backers-ask-federal-judge-to-halt-wisconsin-recount/article_2e476960-151e-57ea-a061-645510858c78.html
As the article points out--this is the second legal challenge! First one asked for a hand recount which was rejected.
Now this one went to a Federal court!! Stupid reason! Just let us do the recount!
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)They know that a recount has significant odds of reversing the results, so Herr Dump's goons are trying to shut it down
jalan48
(13,888 posts)And, WTF, it wasn't chaotic on election night?
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Do they mean the SCOTUS case that SCOTUS explicitly said should not be used as a precedence?
Pshaw!
mitty14u2
(1,015 posts)Republicans run Wisconsin, they have bought there way to power leaving a huge amount of Americans defenseless, it will be known to Trump voters after its to late!
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)I Alerted this as a duplicate. Only later did I realize this is about Wisconsin, not Michigan. Sorry.
riversedge
(70,310 posts)and forth.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)Isn't that what the SCOTUS said back in 2000? Wasn't this also found to be the case in Ohio as well?
https://casetext.com/case/ne-ohio-coal-for-the-homeless-v-husted-5
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Errors on election day and now there is ample time to correctly count the votes on the recount. Perhaps there is more fear of the recount results.
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)you can't have it both ways, the money has been paid, are you going to give the re-count moola back? Your state has already accepted the money, have you thought about that with the your pebble between your ears.
And besides your a fascist, and what are your hiding from?
just maybe your state actor Russia or the incompetence of your election machines may have been hacked, the Constitution gives people the RIGHT to challenge and ask for a recall of the votes, if that someone is on the ballot, well guess what Dr. Jill Stein was on the ballot, did you not read or see this?
JudyM
(29,280 posts)Not just riding along, but leading... because the 1% issue shouldn't be taking up the courts' time when time is so short.
0rganism
(23,971 posts)"in violation of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the 2000 Bush v. Gore case"
uh huh, yup, the alleged no-precedent case is once again applied as a precedent, how special
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)because if 4 did it then what about the rest?