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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