The Tap covered election news, public policy, and other noteworthy events from February 2016 to February 2022. The excerpts below were compiled from issue #44 of The Tap, which was published on December 3, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.
- Marc Elias, general counsel for the Clinton campaign, announced that the campaign had been reviewing election results for evidence of tampering. "While that effort has not, in our view, resulted in evidence of manipulation of results, now that a recount is underway, we believe we have an obligation to the more than 64 million Americans who cast ballots for Hillary Clinton to participate in ongoing proceedings to ensure that an accurate vote count will be reported," he wrote. The Clinton campaign would participate in the recount efforts initiated by Green presidential nominee Jill Stein in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, Elias added.
- Trump called Stein's recount efforts "ridiculous" and "a scam." He said in a statement, "This recount is just a way for Jill Stein, who received less than one percent of the vote overall and wasn't even on the ballot in many states, to fill her coffers with money, most of which she will never even spend on this ridiculous recount."
- Stein began raising money for a recount effort last week. By November 28, she had raised $6.3 million, more than double the $3.5 million she raised throughout her 2016 presidential campaign. Stein told CNN that "this was a hacked election," adding in a statement, "These concerns need to be investigated before the 2016 presidential election is certified."
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