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2016 Postmortem

Farmgirl1961

(1,644 posts) Tue Dec 6, 2016, 05:29 PM Dec 2016

I'm curious about something. If there is a 0.3% spread in Michigan, why not an automatic recount? [View all]

Current MI Vote Total as of November 28 (Donald Trump leads by 10,704 votes)
Donald J. Trump (R) 2,279,543 (47.6%)

Hillary Clinton (D) 2,268,839 (47.3%)

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I'm curious about something. If there is a 0.3% spread in Michigan, why not an automatic recount? [View all] Farmgirl1961 Dec 2016 OP

Because in michigan the law says it has to be less than 2000 votes. drray23 Dec 2016 #1

Someone answered that for me MichMary Dec 2016 #2

Law set recount for 2000 votes or less margin 4139 Dec 2016 #3

Thank you and sorry I didn't see your earlier post...Too f'ing bad. Farmgirl1961 Dec 2016 #4