# Donald Trump and the runup to the 2024 election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 3, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196 "2024-08-03T16:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 174
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/174 "2024-08-25T00:40:49Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > _New York Times:_ The legal apparatus within **the Harris campaign** will oversee multiple aspects of the election program, including voter protection, recounts and general election litigation, and it **is adding Marc Elias, one of the party’s top election lawyers** , to focus on potential recounts. (my emphases) Marc Elias. A name to remember. > [@Trump Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Enough Votes to Overturn Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pressured-georgia-official-to-find-enough-votes-to-overturn-election/929592/519): > > (my emphasis) The local-level rat-fuckery is not going unopposed. That’s the whole point of Democracy Docket and Marc Elias’s advance efforts. Most of the potential bad actors are already exposed ([Rolling Stone article](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-swing-state-officials-election-deniers-1235069692/), [Rachel Maddow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQfI3awx-wo), etc.) and the remedial filings, lawsuits, and countersuits to overcome the bad-faith officials are already drafted. There’s an idea floating out there that a some number of local officials somewhere can summarily “refuse to certify” and suddenly that whole state… Carve it in stone: Election subversion efforts will NOT win Donald Trump a second term. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196)._