URGENT (petition): Michigan GOP sues to stop the presidential recount

{NAME} -- BREAKING: Republican Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette just filed a court action asking the State Supreme Court to preemptively shut down any attempt at a presidential election recount. This kind of partisan interference in what should be a neutral and routine verification of the election results is absolutely unacceptable -- and it is dangerous to our democracy. The margin of victory in Michigan was only 10,000 votes. With a race this close, a recount is necessary in order to give voters confidence in the stated result. We need to let Schuette know RIGHT NOW that we will not let his attempt to derail this perfectly legal recount stand. [Tell Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette to stop playing games with our democratic process and allow a full and fair presidential recount in Michigan now.] Public trust in the integrity of our elections is critical to maintaining a healthy democracy, and recounts in narrowly-decided races are an important part of preserving that trust. Yet yesterday morning, partisan Republicans in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan filed lawsuits to try to stop recounts that would look into these states' extremely close election results, claiming that the process is too costly and constitutes "a wild goose chase." It's outrageous that the GOP is being so partisan and flippant about a process designed to give voters confidence in our democratic system. And it raises the question: Why are Republicans fighting so hard to prevent this recount, even though it has always seemed unlikely that it would change the final result? What do they have to hide? [Voters in Michigan and across the country, regardless of party, have a right to verify that the stated result of this election is accurate, period, full stop. Sign DFA's petition telling Attorney General Bill Schuette to stop interfering with the democratic process and let the recount in Michigan proceed.] Thanks for standing up to these partisan games designed to subvert our democracy. We deserve fair, unbiased recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania now. - Karli Karli Wallace Thompson, Campaign Manager Democracy for America [DONATE] Paid for by Democracy for America, [] and not authorized by any candidate. Contributions to Democracy for America are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. This message was sent to {EMAIL}. Click here to [unsubscribe] from further communications.