I listened to this report. Apparently by "recount" what Jill Stein was actually trying to get in some areas was just a "count" (the machines could not count about 75,000 ballots). She raised all the money to pay for it, but was refused. http://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/13/greg_palast_by_rejecting_recount_is I think in a democracy if citizens work together funds to count ballets by hand (as Jill Stein has done), they should have a right to do so.