A U.S. District Court in Michigan will hear Stein v Thomas, e.d., 2:16cv-14233, at 11 a.m. on Sunday, December 4. This is the case filed by Jill Stein over whether the recount should proceed immediately. It would have been proceeding, but because a challenge to the recount had been filed in state court, it had been delayed.
Jill Stein and her allies have dropped a request for a Pennsylvania recount, after a court demanded a deposit of $1,000,000. See this story.
Brian Sears, who constantly monitors the presidential vote totals, has these totals as of Saturday, December 3: Hillary Clinton 65,212,798; Donald Trump 62,669,970; Gary Johnson 4,460,332; Jill Stein 1,439,770; untallied write-ins 731,724; Evan McMullin 616,444; Darrell Castle 197,513; Gloria La Riva 72,381; Rocky De La Fuente 33,100; Richard Duncan 24,304; Bernie Sanders’ write-ins 22,896; Dan Vacek 13,537; Alyson Kennedy 12,450.
This post only includes candidates with at least 10,000 votes so far. Hillary Clinton’s margin over Donald Trump is now 2,542,828. To see these results in each state, and the results for all candidates (even the ones not included above) see waunakeegan web page here. Scroll down a little bit.
On the evening of December 2, Jill Stein sued the Michigan Secretary of State to force the presidential recount to begin immediately. Stein v Thomas, 2:16cv-14233. Here is the Complaint.
According to this story, Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach, a Democrat, will introduce a bill next year for Pennsylvania to join the compact for a national popular vote for president. Pennsylvania’s legislature has a Republican majority in both houses.
