" Just twelve hours after a midnight ruling from a federal judge who announced that a statewide recount in Michigan must immediately proceed, the recounting of the votes in the state is officially underway. This is the second 2016 recount which has been successfully triggered by third party candidate Jill Stein. She appeared in front of Trump Tower today, subverting the media's seeming desire to only want to cover his antics instead of the crucial recount effort, and she revealed a number of key details about the Michigan recount while standing on his doorstep".according to official tallies as many as 87,810 voters in Michigan had ballots which cast a vote for some downticket race but not for president. This number was far higher than in past elections, and stood out as being particularly odd when one considers that 2016 was the rare year in which Michigan had neither a Governor not a Senate race on the ballot -- begging the question of why so many people would show up and vote for obscure races, but leave the presidential ballot blank."
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Florida voters sue for recount
Jeff Burlew, Tallahassee Democrat7:48 p.m. EST December 5, 2016
TALLAHASSEE -- Three central Florida voters are mounting an unlikely bid to overturn the presidential election result in the Sunshine State.
In a lawsuit filed Monday in Leon Circuit Court, they assert that Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump, actually won Florida. The plaintiffs, who live in Osceola and Volusia counties, say the state's official election results were off because of hacking, malfunctioning voting machines and other problems.
They're asking for a hand recount of every paper ballot in Florida, at the expense of defendants including Trump, Gov. Rick Scott and the 29 Republican presidential electors from Florida.
But even lawyers for the plaintiffs acknowledge time isn't on their side. Clint Curtis, an Orlando attorney representing the plaintiffs, said the defendants may not respond by the time the Electoral College meets on Dec. 19.
"They can ignore it entirely," he said.
He said he has received a "deluge" of reports from voters across the state of problems on election day, including people being turned away at the polls and told they'd already voted. Florida Division of Elections officials reported only a few "minor issues" on election day.
Curtis said he hopes Trump, who has blasted recount efforts elsewhere, will get behind one in Florida. Officially, Trump got more than 4.6 million votes in Florida, beating Clinton by more than 112,000 votes.
"He's mentioned he wants to fix the rigged system," he said. "This will give the opportunity to do that. If it were a normal politician, I'd say our chances are very slim. But it's not a normal politician -- it's Donald Trump."
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