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This is my first stab at one of these so grading on a curve would be (greatly) appreciated.
Beginning with something I posted elsewhere early Thursday AM after seeing the link to the JS recount donation page:
OK, so it's not like I'm...
by RBeam6
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on Fri Nov 25, 2016 at 03:33 AM PST
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Everyone rec this diary so we really take this seriously so a lot of people’s lives can be saved from inhumane consequences they do not deserve.
We need to be skeptical that given the voter suppression corruption, GOP controlled legislatures, and...
by sreeizzle2012
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on Thu Nov 24, 2016 at 02:54 PM PST
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Update 10:57 PDT
See link below that connects to an explanation by Alex Halderman Professor of Computer Science, University of Michigan, about how voting machines can be hacked even if they aren’t on the internet.
medium.com/...
This is a...
by Mystic54
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on Thu Nov 24, 2016 at 02:43 PM PST
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Looks like history could now repeat itself in more ways then one, as there could potentially be a recount in three battleground states(MI, WI and PA). While Clinton herself has not expressed any interest in challenging the results, Green Party...
by darkrage6
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on Thu Nov 24, 2016 at 01:06 PM PST
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I’m inspired by how fast the Green Party recount fund is growing. Launched yesterday, as of midnight PST last night --raised $2.5M. Today as of 2:18 pm PST—raised totals over $4.1M and growing. Fundraising Site Here.
According to the site:
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by dedes
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on Thu Nov 24, 2016 at 11:03 AM PST
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Sounds like Jill has knowledgable people advising her on what needs to happen.
Brad has a good read on it and Jill’s site will probably have updates.
bradblog.com/…
jillstein.nationbuilder.com/…
by drummer55
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on Thu Nov 24, 2016 at 09:30 AM PST
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RECOUNT!
By Don C. Reed
With only days remaining in which Hillary Clinton can call for a recount, I want to enlist my name in support of that effort.
I believe Hillary won, and not just by the popular vote, by which she is crushing him: a two...
by diverdonreed
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on Thu Nov 24, 2016 at 07:01 AM PST
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MAJOR UPDATE- This is a big deal, there is enough money now to get it started! Thank you for caring enough to reach in your pocket for democracy. Let’s keep it going and maybe we can add Florida too. Hillary may have a 4 mil vote advantage in the next...
by Mystic54
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 08:15 PM PST
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www.jill2016.com/recount... THIS IS REAL!!!
If we want a recount - this is the way to make that happen. If you can - donate. If you can't donate, SHARE this, and ask others to donate. Do what you can, whatever you can ASAP!
SHARE SHARE SHARE
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by TheViewFromHere
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 07:38 PM PST
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I wrote to the Recount folks at Jill Stein’s website to ask exactly how the money they raise will be used. Mostly to pay filing fees for recounts in the three states. Here is the full response:
Thank you for writing in.
In 2004, the...
by jmbar2
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 04:52 PM PST
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If you haven’t seen the news, Jill Stein is looking for donations towards a recount in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Forgetting personal opinions of 3rd party candidates, I’ll ride any pony that may potentially get me away from the stench of...
by Seashells
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 03:18 PM PST
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Reading the headlines on the Daily Kos has been pretty fucking depressing as of late. There was some gleam of light the other day when he heard that computer scientists smelled a rat and that Hillary should order recounts in all the swing states,...
by electinintegrity
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 01:17 PM PST
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The little table above demonstrates how few votes across four key states changed the outcome of the election.
Sign the petition to demand an audit of the election now that mainstream media is reporting irregularities in reported vote totals that...
by wonkydonkey
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 12:50 PM PST
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FiveThirtyEight looked at the claims and could not find any correlation between voting method and the outcomes in eight states and could only find a thin possible link between voting method and results in two states — Wisconsin and Texas.
We found...
by Siberian
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 12:12 PM PST
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It keeps getting more weird.
Green Party candidate Jill Stein has set up a fundraising page to finance her bid for a recount in key states. “Stein said she was acting due to “compelling evidence of voting anomalies” and that data analysis had...
by FreeBeer
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 11:07 AM PST
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Upfront disclaimer: Although my degree is in Economics and, in the past, I’ve had heavy involvement in statistical analysis and the like, my chops are very rusty as I haven’t truly picked up economic and statistical analysis in 25 years.
Having said...
by RenaRF
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 11:35 AM PST
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We all remember 2000 — Al Gore won the popular vote by 500,000, but Gore and Bush’s counts went back and forth in Florida; Katherine Harris and Jeb Bush guaranteed Florida for W. With the count at a point where Bush was ahead, it was frozen by an...
by Breck
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 09:05 AM PST
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Coming at this as a near total ignoramus about election law and practice, could electors conceivably request an audit before casting their electoral votes? As far as electors voting against Trump outright, I have a hard time believing enough Republican...
by ultramarina
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on Tue Nov 22, 2016 at 11:20 PM PST
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Update to earlier post. More news sources running stories about leading computer science experts calling for recounts due to possible hacking and interference with election results in the key states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Claims...
by Mystic54
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on Tue Nov 22, 2016 at 09:46 PM PST
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It’s a long shot but given the strangeness of the outcome of this election, one where the popular vote winner, Clinton, may get close to 3 million more votes than the Electoral College winner. It would give her the 3rd largest total of votes in...
by Mystic54
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on Tue Nov 22, 2016 at 05:35 PM PST
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