Clinton has every right under Wisconsin law to be part of the process. I would like to hope it is good that she's coming onboard. Historically however, the main accomplishments of Gore and Kerry as Democrats has been to validate a totally dysfunctional and undemocratic nontransparent system.
JB: So, it could go either way? Could Clinton involvement block or negate Stein's efforts somehow? What if Stein is agitating for a more robust recount and Clinton's minions, for whatever reason, oppose that?
BF: Stein is paying for the recount. I haven't heard what resources Clinton is putting into the recount effort. Stein has already hired a highly-regarded law firm which will be pressing aggressively for an accurate and thorough recount.
Stein, the Green Party, and in particular, election integrity activists are what's driving the recount in the three states. If Clinton sends in "minions" hopefully they will spend their time working hard to get a thorough and accurate vote count.
JB: I sure hope so! What's the timeline we're looking at? There's not that big a window before the Electoral College certifies the next president.
BF: We believe that the Wisconsin recount will start on Thursday. There's a slight chance it could begin as early as Wednesday. We hope to work diligently to get it done as quickly as possible, but a lot of that is up to the state.
The last statewide recount in Wisconsin took a month, but this one must be done by December 13 -- the "safe harbor" day, the day that states are guaranteed that their electoral votes will be counted. But if more time is needed to be accurate, the Electoral College is not meeting until December 19.
We plan to go into Michigan and Pennsylvania this week as well, starting later than Wisconsin, at even a greater disadvantage.
Let's think back on the 2000 election in Florida. If the whole state would have been recounted, Al Gore would have become president. The recount can't be simply pushing a button and having the magic nontransparent numbers regurgitated from the black box machines. It may take some time -- accuracy is more important than speed.
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