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Update, 4:16 p.m.: The Michigan Republican Party filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals to try and stop the recount in Michigan, which is now underway, the Detroit Free Press reports.
The recount will continue unless a court order halts it.
Original article, Monday morning:
The crazy post-election drama continues to play out in Michigan.
Early Monday, just after midnight, U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith in Detroit ruled that the recount in Michigan of the presidential election should begin later in the day at noon, Chad Livengood of The Detroit News reports.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein had asked the court to let election officials bypass a two-business-day waiting period that would have delayed start of the recount until Wednesday morning. The judge sided with her.
Goldsmith, who was appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama in 2010, wrote in an order that the recount "shall commence and must continue until further order of this court."
The News writes:
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette filed an motion to intervene late Sunday, arguing Stein didn’t have a constitutional right to a recount and that she should post a bond for the entire cost, in case it is later ruled the recount wasn’t required. State officials have said the recount could cost up to $5 million
Donald Trump's lawyers have asked the Michigan Court of Appeals to stop the recount.
