US election recount
US election recount: Hillary Clinton supports hand-counting Wisconsin ballots An attorney for Clinton said in a court filing that she argues, like Jill Stein, that hand recounts are superior to automatic recounts of ballots by optical scanners Hillary Clinton made her first move in the presidential election recount effort on Tuesday, declaring support for an attempt to force Wisconsin authorities to review the state’s 3m votes by hand. Clinton intervened in the case of a lawsuit brought by Jill Stein , the Green party candidate, which seeks to bar officials in Wisconsin from carrying out recounts with machines, according to the docket for the case at Dane County circuit court. An attorney for Clinton said in a court filing that the former secretary of state argues, like Stein, that hand recounts are superior to automatic recounts of ballots by optical scanners, which are used by about 90% of counties in the state. Clinton “respectfully s
