Presidential recount in Michigan expands to Detroit area

Presidential recount in Michigan expands to Detroit area | iNFOnews.ca
Jill Stein, the presidential Green Party candidate, speaks at a news conference in front of Trump Tower, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in New York. Stein is spearheading recount efforts in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

DETROIT – The presidential recount in Michigan expands Tuesday to its largest county, which includes Detroit, and five other counties, and the fate of a statewide recount push in Pennsylvania awaits action in federal court.

President-elect Donald Trump narrowly defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in both states and Wisconsin, which started its recount last week. The recounts requested by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein were not expected to change enough votes to overturn the result of the election.

Stein, who received about 1 per cent of the vote in all three states, says her intent is to verify the vote’s accuracy. She has suggested, with no evidence, that votes cast were susceptible to computer hacking.

A partial recount underway in Nevada was requested by independent presidential candidate Roque De La Fuente.

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