# Greens switching to federal court for PA recount.

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**Created:** [December 4, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greens-switching-to-federal-court-for-pa-recount/773825 "2016-12-04T16:28:42Z")\
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> **[Green Party will switch to federal court for Penn. recount bid](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/green-party-jill-stein-drops-pennsylvania-recount-bid/)**
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> Hours after dropping the state court case, the Green Party said late Saturday night it will seek an emergency federal court order for the recount

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> HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Green Party-backed campaign changed its strategy to force a statewide recount of Pennsylvania’s Nov. 8 presidential election, won by Republican Donald Trump, and said late Saturday night that it will seek help in the federal courts, rather than the state courts.
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> The announcement that it would seek an emergency federal court order on Monday for a recount came hours after it dropped a case in the state courts.

It’s unclear to me what arguments they plan to use.