Jill Stein, the Green party’s candidate in the US presidential election, formally filed a motion for a recount in Wisconsin on Friday as her funding effort for counting the votes again in three states passed $5m. Read moreThe fundraising site explained that Stein’s campaign “could not guarantee” any of these states would have a recount. These funds will be used to file recount requests and for attorney’s fees, according to Stein’s campaign manager, David Cobb. Yet in the past two days, Stein’s recount campaign has raised more money than she did in the entirety of the presidential campaign. As of 10am ET on Friday, the recount campaign had raised $4.8m.

Source: The Guardian November 25, 2016 17:04 UTC