Jill Stein is leaving open the option of initiating recounts in states other than the three targeted in her initial campaign.
Jill Stein is leaving open the option of initiating recounts in states other than the three targeted in her initial campaign.
On Sunday, the Green Party nominee tweeted, “Experts pointed us towards WI, PA, & MI as the largest chance of fraud, but we would support efforts elsewhere to uphold election integrity.”
Her post was a response to a message President-elect Donald Trump issued on Twitter the same day; it read, “Serious voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California - so why isn't the media reporting on this? Serious bias - big problem!”
Trump also expressed a belief that millions voted illegally and criticized Hillary Clinton and her team for supporting the recount effort, notes NBC News.
Stein has announced on her website that fundraising for recounts in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania have been completed, and Michigan is still underway.
The site goes on to explain that recount is necessary, not to overturn the election outcome in Clinton’s favor, but to get to the bottom of alleged “statistical anomalies.”
