JB: I get that accuracy is the goal. But you're also operating under an incredibly tight timeframe. You have less time than there was for the last Wisconsin statewide recount. Couldn't states just drag their feet and then the recount could simply not get done in time? Gov. Walker of Wisconsin is certainly capable of that.
BF: In this era of social media, any attempt by the state to delay or obstruct a recount in Wisconsin will do nothing but delegitimize the state of Wisconsin, the recount and by default, the Trump presidency. Trump should welcome a thorough and well done recount.
JB: He should. That's true. Is there any way that enough votes or voting irregularities can be identified in Wisconsin and the other two states to flip those elections and therefore the Electoral College count? And if not, is this process still worth it?
BF: The point of the recount is to get an accurate count. The election is marred by the suspect numbers in the primary against Sanders, with the Wikileaks hacks that revealed the unfair tactics used by the Democratic National Committee, and now by exit polls suggesting statistically unlikely numbers in key battleground states.
We need to treat these states the same way our US State Department does when these type of exit poll number happen in foreign countries, and demand a recount.
There are at least three major counties in Wisconsin, and 80 or so smaller municipalities with highly inflated vote totals. So there are key places that need to be examined carefully. Also, people need to look into these companies, like Command Central, the Dominion voting machine provider in Wisconsin. Their actions were called into question in the last recount.
The results of the recounts are not likely to flip the election, but they might, and we should welcome that as a triumph for democracy if the recount establishes a winner through a thorough and accurate count.
JB: Did we mention the vast numbers (over one million, according to Greg Palast) of voters who were removed from the voting rolls across the country? How much did that factor in? Also, if voting irregularities are identified in these three states, why would we ever think that the problem is limited to just those three? We've been continually putting our faith in a completely nontransparent system that allows no citizen oversight. That's a pretty big system design flaw, no?
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