Why Is Donald Trump So Afraid of a Recount in Michigan?

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BY DAWN PARKER, REPORTING FROM LANSING, MICHIGAN:

Of 4.8 million ballots cast in the state of Michigan on November 8, President-elect Donald Trump won by a mere 10,704 votes. Do the math, and that comes out to just over one-fifth of 1 percent.

In such circumstances, a recount seems reasonable. But a recount that was to have started Friday morning is now on hold after Trump’s campaign filed a formal objection to the process Thursday. The State Board of Canvassers will consider the request at a Friday morning meeting in Lansing.

But hundreds of workers throughout the state, are ready and waiting to start counting. In Lansing, the state capital, Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum sounded as eager as a race car driver revving her engine at the starting line. “I am in limbo and waiting for a green light,” she told WhoWhatWhy. She is planning to hire 50 to 70 people to hand-count 130,000 ballots in her county alone.