Before Jill Stein, who became the first woman in 1988 to receive more votes for President in a US general election than any other woman?
Lenora Branch Fulani
Title: Jill Stein
Passage: Jill Ellen Stein (born May 14, 1950) is an American physician, activist, and politician.  She was the Green Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections.  She was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 2002 and 2010.
Title: Lenora Fulani
Passage: Lenora Branch Fulani (born April 25, 1950) is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and political activist.  She may be best known for her presidential campaigns and development of youth programs serving minority communities in the New York City area.  In the United States presidential election, 1988 heading the New Alliance Party ticket, she became the first woman and the first African American to achieve ballot access in all fifty states.  She received more votes for President in a U.S. general election than any other woman in history until Jill Stein of the Green Party of the United States in 2012.  Fulani's political concerns include racial equality, gay rights and for the past decade, political reform, specifically to encourage third parties.
Title: 2016 United States presidential election recounts
Passage: Following Republican nominee Donald Trump's presumed electoral college victory in the United States presidential election of 2016, a group of computer scientists, cyber security experts, and election monitors raised concerns about the integrity of the election results.  They urged the campaign staff of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who had conceded the campaign on November 9, to petition for a recount in three key states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.  When the Clinton campaign declined to file for recounts, Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein agreed to spearhead the recount effort on November 23, on the grounds that unspecified "anomalies" may have affected the election's outcome.  The Clinton team subsequently pledged to support the recount efforts "in order to ensure the process proceeds in a manner that is fair to all sides."  President-elect Trump and his supporters filed legal motions in all three states to prevent the recounts.  Two other states were the subject of recount bids that were separate from Stein's efforts in the Rust Belt states: American Delta Party/Reform Party presidential candidate Rocky De La Fuente filed for a partial recount in Nevada on November 30, and three Florida citizens filed for a complete hand recount in their state on December 6.
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