The Green
Party’s 2016 presidential candidate Jill Stein has raised over $3.2
million in less than 24 hours to fund vote recounts in swing states
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Stein is
nearing her overall goal of $4.5 million to cover the recount costs
in all three states, and so far the Wisconsin funding has been
completed in time to meet the recount filing deadline of November 25.
Funding for
Pennsylvania's recount is also well underway, where the deadline for
filing for a recount is Monday. The fundraising site says that after
meeting Pennsylvania’s cost goals, the team will turn its attention
to Michigan, which has a Wednesday deadline.
Stein, who
won about 1.2 million votes in the presidential election, launched an
online fundraising campaign Wednesday in an effort to “ensure
the integrity of our elections” and “demand recounts in
these three states where the data suggest a significant need to
verify machine-counted vote totals.”
Stein says
the $4.5 million in funds is required by state law to cover “filing
fees alone” and claims the total cost including attorney fees
is likely to reach $6-7 million.
Together,
the three states carry a total of 46 electoral votes, and Trump would
have to lose all three in the recount for them to impact the
presidential result. Stein’s fundraising success has prompted mixed
responses on social media, with some people suggesting the move
undemocratic in refusing to accept the results as they stand, or is
too late to be effective.
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