# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618 "2020-11-03T05:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 142
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2825 "2020-11-06T00:19:01Z")
It’s weird how you only hear the word “shenanigans” used in the month of November. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2826 "2020-11-06T00:19:46Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > Fox News is saying they need to see the evidence to evaluate claims of voter fraud, in particular the list of 3,000 people that Mr. Trump alleges fraudulently voted in Nevada. They’re throwing a lot of skepticism, noting that Trump is pretty much on his own here. I was reading earlier that one of the lawyers was saying that since so many people left Clark County when the lockdown started, their votes should be removed. If it’s still their legal residence and they went to stay with a parent or other family member, I can’t see a reason that their votes should not be counted. And now Van Jones is making me teary. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2827 "2020-11-06T00:20:03Z")
“Why Detroit? Why Philadelphia? It’s race…, and it’s disgusting.” (CNN) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2828 "2020-11-06T00:20:57Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Per AP/Google, Biden is slowly closing the gap in PA. Within 74K now, was 76K a few minutes ago. ~65K! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2829 "2020-11-06T00:21:13Z")
I don’t know what the law or evidence is on that so I have no opinion. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2830 "2020-11-06T00:21:16Z")
Explain this point about not allowing observers in PA, please. I have been an observer in a few local elections in UK. The actual counting is done by council employees. Representatives of the political parties are allowed to watch to ensure the votes are counted correctly. Doesn’t this happen in PA? Trump is talking as though the ballot is counted in secret with no observers. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2831 "2020-11-06T00:21:21Z")
> **[2020 Election Results Live](https://apps.npr.org/elections20-interactive/#/states/GA/P)** > > View interactive maps and live results for the 2020 U.S. election. (seems up to date) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2832 "2020-11-06T00:21:57Z")
You vote wherever you claim legal residence. Not (necessarily) where you spend most of your time. (see: college students) ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2833 "2020-11-06T00:22:09Z")
Australian journos are claiming that a number of US media outlets pulled out of the media conference, leaving just CNN (and maybe one other) to cover the event. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2834 "2020-11-06T00:22:16Z")
Because I’m a big fucking turtle-eating jackal. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2835 "2020-11-06T00:22:25Z")
> [@susan](#): > > (seems up to date) NPR seems to source from the AP. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2836 "2020-11-06T00:22:38Z")
Right, most media outlets cut Mr. Trump’s speech short. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2837 "2020-11-06T00:22:44Z")
It does, and a Fox News reporter recently said on live TV (“The Five”) that Republican poll watchers _are, were, and have been_ permitted required access for oversight. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2838 "2020-11-06T00:22:54Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole1](#): > > Jake Tapper just made a point that I was thinking earlier today, that every county in every state is conspiring to unseat him. Even the ones run by Republicans. Yes. People everywhere are conspiring to unseat him. Of course, they all voted for him, so he’s actually the winner. But they’re conspiring to unseat him, too. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2839 "2020-11-06T00:22:59Z")
LOL ha-ha. EPIC! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2840 "2020-11-06T00:23:11Z")
Yes, they started a couple days ago that’s the only source they’d be using to report ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2841 "2020-11-06T00:24:29Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Representatives of the political parties are allowed to watch to ensure the votes are counted correctly. > > Doesn’t this happen in PA? Trump is talking as though the ballot is counted in secret with no observers. I’ll let an American answer the substance of your question, but it seemed to me that Trump was complaining that “no observers” to Trump means “nobody loyal to me, such as my MAGAt base, very fine people, all of them, were allowed to observe.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2842 "2020-11-06T00:25:52Z")
I think they were in the room but not close enough to the poll workers. Earlier this morning the poll workers had to take a short break and rearrange the tables so the observers were closer to the action, to comply with a court order. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2843 "2020-11-06T00:26:06Z")
I’m glad the media have started calling Trump on his bullshit, don’t get me wrong. But I can’t help but wonder how different the past four years might have been if they had started doing it during the 2016 campaign. Also, than you to all of you commenting on the press conference so I don’t feel compelled to watch it. It would just end with me throwing heavy objects through the TV. If anyone sees a written transcript of the press conference, please post here. I simply cannot tolerate the sight or sound of that…thing. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2844 "2020-11-06T00:26:32Z")
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