A hearing is scheduled for Friday after Pennsylvania election officials asked a federal judge to throw out a Green Party-backed lawsuit that seeks a recount of paper ballots cast in the Nov. 8 presidential election and an inspection to determine whether election software was hacked.
The state attorney general’s office attacked the recount effort by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein as an effort to undo the presidential election won by Republican Donald Trump.
Lawyers say Stein’s challenge is based on unfounded suspicions.
A federal judge in Michigan on Wednesday ended a recount there after three days. In Wisconsin, a recount began last week and was more than 82 percent complete on Thursday.
