That is the news from the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which is due to certify the recults at 3. It earlier said that the counting was complete, with only 4 counties yet to submit their official canvass.
Speaking of (unofficial) results, as of Saturday night, 90.8% of the reporting units, representing 91.3% of the votes originally cast for the 7 candidates on the ballot, were recounted. Besides the partial results from the city of Milwaukee, there had been 10 reporting units not recorded in the daily spreadsheets. There had been a total net vote change of +1480, or +0.055%. As Ed Morrissey noted earlier today, that is purer than Ivory soap.
Individually, Hillary Clinton gained 691 votes, Donald Trump gained 628 votes, and Jill Stein gained…wait for it…wait for it…68 votes. I hope the nearly $4 million Stein spent on validating Trump’s win was worth it for her.
Meanwhile, the recount efforts in both Michigan and Pennsylvania, and thus the fever dreams of the Left, were shut down by various judges.
Re: Was It Really Necessary?
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Insofar as the GOP needs to appreciate that the DNC will use any and every loophole at their disposal to try and thwart the will of the electorate, then yes. It was a necessary wake-up call that should move the legislature to tighten up the recount criteria.
We were fortunate in that the margin was insurmountable. I can’t dismiss the idea that, if the race had been tighter, Franken-esque trunk-loads of ‘discovered’ ballots might have found their way into the recount. If the WI-GOP hadn’t taken that eventuality into consideration before, they may now.
If the process of finalizing our election results emerges more resistant to surreptitious chicanery as a result of all this, then yeah, it was entirely worth it.
I’ma circulate a “Thank You” card for Jill Stein I hope everybody will sign. Do not, I repeat, do NOT drop any cash in the envelope…
-jjg