LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has turned down an appeal by Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein to restart a vote recount in the state.
The state high court denied the appeal Friday by a vote of 3-2. Earlier, two judges who made Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s list of possible U.S. Supreme Court nominees had removed themselves form the case.
The denial comes two days after a federal judge ended the recount, which began Monday. The judge tied his decision to a state court ruling that found Stein had no legal standing to request the recount.
Trump narrowly defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in Michigan. Stein received only about 1 percent of the vote.
Stein’s recount case had only a remote chance to succeed before Michigan’s high court: Three of the five justices were nominated by Republicans.
