This afternoon, the Michigan Board of State Canvassers will, in all likelihood, certify the results of the November 8th election - bringing Campaign 2016 to an official close and opening the door to Recount 2016. Unprecedented Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania are about to become the center of the U.S. political universe as the Green Party and its presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, try to upset the order of things and make elections officials in those three states go back and check their work. A recount of presidential votes in Michigan has never happened before. This process will not be a simple thing. Unofficially, it appears Republican Donald Trump has a more than 10,700 vote lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Jill Stein came in fourth in Michigan, with some 51,000 votes. That’s 1.1 percent of the vote. And, interestingly enough, the Stein campaign says it’s not looking to change the result of the election, which seems highly unlikely anyway. But being a losing candidate
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