Trump Files Objection To Michigan Recount As Republicans Appear To Be Getting Nervous

Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:37 pm

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Donald Trump is pulling out all of the stops and filing objections to the recount in Michigan.

The Michigan Secretary of State has announced that representatives of Donald J. Trump have filed an objection to the Michigan recount:

The Michigan Bureau of Elections today received an objection from representatives of Donald J. Trump regarding the presidential election recount that was filed yesterday by Green Party nominee Jill Stein.

Under Michigan law, the recount is halted when the Board of State Canvassers resolves the objection. The board, which by law must resolve the complaint within five days, is scheduled to consider resolution of the objection tomorrow, Dec. 2. If the objection is not adopted by the board, the recount can commence after the second business day following the board’s decision. If the board adopts the objection, the recount would be ended.

A copy of the objection is available online.

Because the objection was received, the recount activity that was scheduled to begin on Friday in Ingham and Oakland counties, and over the weekend in other counties has been postponed.

The Trump camp listed three objections. First, that Jill Stein wasn’t aggrieved by the election results. Second, the recount can’t happen because it would prevent Michigan’s electoral college votes from being counted, and third, the Trump team claims that Stein’s application wasn’t properly signed and sworn.

All three of these objections are pretty weak, and they suggest that Trump is trying to get the recount in Michigan stopped on a technicality. Trump leads in Michigan by a little more than 10,000 votes. It is possible that he could lose the state on a recount.

Trump’s objection is also an indication that the recount is making Republicans nervous.

The odds of the election result being reversed by recounts in three states are slim, but if even one state flips to Clinton in the recount, it will further damage the perception of Trump’s election win. Trump is already going to lose the popular vote by at least 2.5 million votes. If he lost Michigan and a second state, he would be viewed as a president who skated into office by the skin of his teeth on the basis of the electoral college with no mandate to govern at all.

The integrity of the electoral process is at stake, which is why the recount must move forward, and Trump’s bid to stop the recount will only serve to fuel voter doubts about the result of 2016’s presidential election.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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