Jill Stein Says Her Campaign’s Goal is a Transparent Election Process

Green Party candidate Jill Stein explained herself in a series of tweets this morning, saying that her campaign was “not on the ballot in Nevada, Oklahoma or South Dakota, so it cannot file recount paperwork in those states,” but that her campaign’s goal was a transparent and verifiable election process in which “every vote counts.”

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She said that “Healing the country is exactly what I’m going for. We cannot heal if we don’t know where we’re broken.” Many would argue that we know exactly where we’re broken, but she is right, in that whatever our suspicions, what we lack is proof. It is the recount process that will provide that.

Stein offers an FAQ here for those with questions about the process and her reasons for embarking on the recount.

Hrafnkell Haraldsson

Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen’s Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.