Jill Stein still has other options: She is set to present her arguments for a recount in Pennsylvania before a federal judge on Friday. | AP Photo Court denies Jill Stein request to examine voting machines

Jill Stein hit yet another roadblock in her efforts to hold a recount in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, with a Philadelphia court denying the Green Party presidential candidate's request for a full forensic analysis of electronic voting machines and their software.

The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas' decision follows a Philadelphia Board of Elections ruling that Stein's team could not conduct an examination of the machines.


The court's move is a major setback for Stein in Pennsylvania, as her lawyers have sought to prove that the results of the 2016 presidential election in the state could have been tainted in some way.

"The court's decision will deny voters the chance to know the truth about this election," Stein lawyer Ilann Maazel said in a statement. "The only way we'll know if this was a secure and accurate election is if we're able to do a full forensic analysis of these machines, which experts testify are easily hacked, have been hacked by college students in a lab setting, and are banned in California and other states. The federal courts will now have a chance to do right by the people of Pennsylvania and order such an analysis."

Stein still has other options: She is set to present her arguments for a recount in Pennsylvania before a federal judge on Friday.

Recounts pushed by Stein have begun in Wisconsin and Michigan, two other states now-President-elect Donald Trump narrowly won.

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