Recounting votes, Mrs. Clinton finds it difficult to turn defeat into victory

A recount is a complex, expensive process that is unlikely to change the outcome of an election.

At the end of the US presidential election, Democratic candidate Hilarry Clinton won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote. Mr. Donald Trump won with 306 electoral votes, while Mrs. Clinton only won 232 electoral votes.

Mr. Donald Trump and Mrs. Hillary Clinton (Photo: AFP/Getty).

On November 25, former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein proposed and promoted fundraising to petition for recounts in three strategic states: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, to determine whether there was a possibility of election network intrusion that could have distorted the results.

So far, former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has raised nearly $6 million, approaching her goal of raising $7 million to cover the costs of counting votes in the three states.

On November 26, the Hillary Clinton Campaign Committee also announced that it would participate in the recount in Wisconsin. Attorney Marc Elias, legal counsel for the Committee, said that they had no evidence of cyber intrusion, but would participate “to ensure the process is conducted fairly for all parties.”

Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein (Photo: Reuters).

In all three states considered strategic (Wissconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan), President-elect Donald Trump won by a narrow margin: just 0.3% in Michigan, 1.2% in Pennsylvania, and 0.7% in Wisconsin. Recount advocates hope that if Mrs. Clinton wins the 46 electoral votes in those three states, she will be able to “come back”.

While Clinton supporters are holding out hope, the Obama administration has announced that the election was not hacked by any party.

A recount is a complex, expensive process that is unlikely to change the outcome of an election unless widespread fraud is proven. Experts have been skeptical.

Wisconsin was considered a sure win for the Democratic candidate, but Mr. Trump unexpectedly won and took all 10 electoral votes. The Wisconsin Elections Commission has received two requests for recounts from Ms. Jill Stein and businessman Rocky Roque De La Fuente. State officials are now preparing to conduct a full recount at the request of the two figures. Election officials will have to examine millions of paper ballots and 5% of electronic ballots.

The Guardian in New York quoted Wisconsin Elections Commission Director Michael Haas as saying that the commission was prepared for a recount, although they had seen no evidence of possible interference with the state's election system. "We have no reason to suspect that any voting equipment was tampered with," Haas said.

In Pennsylvania, there are no paper records to recount, as the election is conducted on electronic touch screens. But because these machines are not connected to the internet, officials say they cannot be hacked.

Mr. Trump was declared the winner in Michigan last Thursday with 10,704 votes, the director of the state's Election Commission affirmed that there was no evidence of hacking. "It's just speculation, and I don't think it's good for anyone," Chris Thomas, director of the Michigan Election Commission, said, The New York Times./.

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