Amid an ongoing recount 

of Michigan’s vote launched 
by 
Jill 
Stein, 
the 
former 

Green 
Party 
presidential 

nominee, 
University 
of 

Michigan professors and local 
Democrats are saying they 
think such efforts are highly 
unlikely to change the results 
of the election.

The 
race 
in 
Michigan 

was officially certified for 
President-elect Donald Trump 
Monday, 
with 
a 
winning 

margin of 10,704 votes.

Stein 
also 
filed 
in 

Wisconsin last week and is 
currently attempting to file 
in Pennsylvania, other states 
Trump won, for a recount.

Stein’s 
recount 
efforts 

are based on a suggestion 

by a group of researchers — 
including J. Alex Halderman, 
University 
of 
Michigan 

professor 
of 
electrical 

engineering 
and 
computer 

science — of potential vote 
manipulation in the three 
highly-contested states. She 
has stated she is aiming to 
ensure the integrity of the 
election.

The 
research 
team 
had 

initially attempted to persuade 
Democratic 
presidential 

nominee Hillary Clinton to 
ask for a recount. However, 
the Clinton campaign has not 
independently 
sought 
any 

recount. It is participating in 
the efforts initiated by Stein in 
Wisconsin. 

Political 
Science 
Prof. 

Michael 
Traugott 
said 

there is almost no chance of 
overturning the results in 
Michigan, adding that this 

likely affected the Clinton 
campaign’s hesitancy to call 
for a recount.

“I think the chances are 

zero,” Traugott said. “That 
is because administering an 
election is a fairly complicated 
administrative activity but a 
set of procedures have been 
put in place to minimize the 
chances of error.”

State Republican operatives 

have challenged the recounts, 
stating 
they 
don’t 
believe 

there were any problems with 
the vote count in Michigan.

LSA junior Collin Kelly, 

chair 
of 
the 
University’s 

chapter of College Democrats, 
wrote in an email interview 
that he does not believe a 
recount 
will 
be 
effective 

in changing the election’s 
results.

“While we accept the results 
of the election, we also 
understand that recounts are 
part of the election process,” 
Kelly 
wrote. 
“Increasing 

transparency and verifying 
results do not undermine 
the 
election 
or 
signify 

doubts about the outcome. 
Michigan was an extremely 
close election, and while 
we don’t expect the results 
to change, we are happy 
this recount will provide 
more transparency in the 
election.”

The University’s chapter 

of College Republicans didn’t 
respond immediately to a 
request for comment.

The outcome in all three 

states Stein is attempting 
to contest would have to be 
flipped to Clinton to change 
the election outcome.

Traugott said that in the 

unlikely 
scenario, 
Trump 

would have no legal grounds 
to contest the result further 
though Clinton has conceded. 

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