The Green Party and the Libertarian Party formally filed for recount in Ohio on November 19th [LINK] [LINK] having raised $150,000 to fund it in only four days of online funraising. Of course it looks like Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell will try to stall the initial vote certification process, so that no time remains for a full recount before the December 13th deadline.
You might remember that in 2000 the Supreme Court actually did rule that a Florida recount should be done. However they said the deadline should stand, which gave the state of Florida only two hours to perform the recount. That was of course was impossible, so Bush was elected by default. Blackwell apprears to be reading from the same book as the Supreme Court justices.
Cobb and Badnarik are wise to this tactic though, and they have now filed suit to force Blackwell to expedite the initial count statewide. [LINK]
Look for many more attempts by the Republicans to delay or stop the recount in the coming weeks.
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