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Block the Vote

Election lawyers Gary Gordon, right, and John Pirich, left, who appeared on behalf of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, address the Michigan Board of State
Canvassers regarding a request of a statewide presidential election recount by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 at the Lansing Center in Lansing,
Mich.
(Julia Nagy/Lansing State Journal via AP)
Trump, Backers Ask Courts to Halt 3 State Recounts

Associated Press than two weeks before the rowly won could cause enough votes to emerge even though there’s no evi-
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — states would have to com- delays that would make as the winner. dence that they were. Crit-
President-elect Donald plete the tasks to meet a them extremely difficult or The recounts were re- ics say Stein is simply trying
Trump and his support- federal deadline to certify impossible to complete on quested by Green Party to raise money and her po-
ers went to court Friday to their election results. time. Even if the recounts candidate Jill Stein, who litical profile while building
prevent or halt election re- The legal actions seeking to happen, though, none says they’re necessary to a donor database.
counts in Michigan, Penn- block or halt the recounts would be expected to give ensure that voting ma-
sylvania and Wisconsin, less in three states Trump nar- Democrat Hillary Clinton chines weren’t hacked, Continued on Page 3