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| Pennsylvania vote recount blocked by judge | Pennsylvania vote recount blocked by judge |
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| A US federal judge has blocked an attempt by a Green candidate to force a recount in Pennsylvania of votes cast in last month's presidential election. | A US federal judge has blocked an attempt by a Green candidate to force a recount in Pennsylvania of votes cast in last month's presidential election. |
| Jill Stein has sought a recount there, as well as in Michigan and Wisconsin. Donald Trump narrowly beat Hillary Clinton in all three states. | Jill Stein has sought a recount there, as well as in Michigan and Wisconsin. Donald Trump narrowly beat Hillary Clinton in all three states. |
| Last week a judge halted a recount in Michigan after three days. | Last week a judge halted a recount in Michigan after three days. |
| Wisconsin's is expected to finish on Monday. At issue are fears that voting machines are vulnerable to hacking. | |
| In Pennsylvania, Mr Trump beat Mrs Clinton by about 44,000 votes out of six million cast - less than 1%. | |
| Announcing his ruling on Monday, US District Judge Paul Diamond said: "There is no credible evidence that any 'hack' occurred, and compelling evidence that Pennsylvania's voting system was not in any way compromised." | |
| Could US election recounts change result? | Could US election recounts change result? |
| Correspondents say that none of the recounts were likely to change the final result. | |
| Mrs Clinton has kept silent on the matter, but her campaign has said it will co-operate with Ms Stein's recount efforts. | |
| Unlike Wisconsin and Michigan, most of Pennsylvania's voting machines leave no paper trail. This would have made a recount there a cumbersome process. | |
| Requests would have had to be filed for each individual precinct. |