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Hillary Clinton’s election campaign said on Saturday it would join
in a recount of votes in the state of Wisconsin although it has not seen any
irregularities so far in the White House contest won by Donald Trump.
Marc Erik Elias, an election lawyer for the Democratic
candidate, said in a post on Medium.com that the campaign would also
participate in recounts in the also closely contested states of Michigan and
Pennsylvania if they are arranged.
Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, won Michigan,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin by just over 100,000 votes. The razor-thin victories
in those states pushed him above the 270 votes needed for victory in the
Electoral College.
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Green Party candidate Jill Stein has requested a recount in
Wisconsin and has announced her intention to also seek recounts in Michigan and
Pennsylvania.
“Because we had not uncovered any actionable evidence
of hacking or outside attempts to alter the voting technology, we had not
planned to exercise this option ourselves,” said Elias, the Clinton lawyer.
“But now that a recount has been initiated in
Wisconsin, we intend to participate in order to ensure the process proceeds in
a manner that is fair to all sides,” he added.
“If Jill Stein follows through as she has promised and
pursues recounts in Pennsylvania and Michigan, we will take the same approach
in those states as well,” Elias said.
Although experts say there is virtually no chance of
overturning the final result, the recounts could reignite debate over the
legitimacy of Trump’s election, already fueled by Clinton’s lead in the popular
vote, which now stands at more than two million.
She lost by a margin of around 20,000 votes in Wisconsin,
70,000 votes in Pennsylvania and 10,000 votes in Michigan.
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