About Those Bullet Ballots

[MichMan]

164. But it isn't actually that close in any of the states and recounts cost millions of dollars.

For example, Trump is leading Harris in Michigan with a margin of 1.4%. That is approx. 80,000 votes. In Wisconsin the margin is 30,000 votes.

Remember the Franken/Coleman recount? The margin of victory in the Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate race in 2008 was 0.01%

After the 2016 election, Jill Stein initiated recounts in several states. On November 29, after Stein paid $3.5 million needed to initiate a recount, the Wisconsin Elections Commission ordered a recount in the state to begin on December 1. Wisconsin's recount was completed and its results certified early on December 12. Clinton increased her vote total in the state by 713 votes, while Trump increased his by 844, widening his lead by 131 votes over the original November 8 count and reaffirming his victory there.

I've seen post after post saying that there should be a recount "because" and "why not", yet people are expecting someone else to foot the bill. Easy to spend someone else's money on something that has zero hope of succeeding. Might as well throw it in a black hole.