2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumConfused...should people be calling the Justice Department or NOT?
There seems to be conflicting info on that.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)told the Washington Post yesterday, it's a waste of time (not his words; I'll find the link and post the story).
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)FBaggins
(26,748 posts)Recounts are a state-level decision.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)However, the DOJ isn't going to pay any attention, really. They might tally the number of calls, but that isn't how they decide what to investigate. I doubt they have anything to do with elections in the various states on an immediate basis, really. Any investigation they undertook would not even begin until after the inauguration. They might investigate violations of federal election laws, but such investigations take months at a minimum.
Still, if it makes a person feel better, why not call? It can't hurt anything.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)I see it as a complete waste of time that I think would be better spent on a strategy for not being slaughtered in the 2018 Senate elections, but it's become obvious to me that it makes people feel like they're doing something to help, so whatever.
What's concerning is the number of people who believe that it's their/our right to demand recounts, and if they aren't forthcoming, well, that's an obvious sign that the election was stolen.
It doesn't, IMO, do us any good to pretend that this election was stolen instead of doing the hard work to figure out where/why we fell short. Again, JMO.