# 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:** 284
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5670 "2020-11-12T21:38:54Z")
Not just for when they were president, but life-time. Personally, I think he’s just being super-cautious. How could working for the KGB before the dissolution of the USSR possibly trigger any personal liability? 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5671 "2020-11-12T21:45:05Z")
Given their logo this would also be appropriate… 🦇 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5672 "2020-11-12T21:45:44Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > Maybe you didn’t hear, Putin is planning on stepping down soon due to a disease (Parkinson’s I think). He is himself facing the prospect of litigation once presidential immunity fades away, and is trying to amend the laws of Russia to provide ex-presidents perpetual immunity. > > ~Max Do you have a reputable cite for Putin’s health status and his plans to resign? I’ve read the same in a link from some thread here a few days ago, but it was very dubious (I think it was yahoo news), and I haven’t heard again about it on any reputable news channel. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5673 "2020-11-12T21:47:20Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > Maybe you didn’t hear, Putin is planning on stepping down soon due to a disease (Parkinson’s I think). He is himself facing the prospect of litigation once presidential immunity fades away, and is trying to amend the laws of Russia to provide ex-presidents perpetual immunity. > > ~Max > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Do you have a reputable cite for Putin’s health status and his plans to resign? I’ve read the same in a link from some thread here a few days ago, but it was very spurious (I think it was yahoo news), and I haven’t heard again about it on any reputable news channel. Hmmm… I took @Max_S’s post as sarcasm. Maybe it wasn’t. ---
**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 12, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5674 "2020-11-12T21:47:36Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > but it was very spurious (I think it was yahoo news) Possible, but the story originated with [a British tabloid](https://www.thesun.co.uk/). ---
**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 12, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5675 "2020-11-12T21:47:51Z")
In the entire time Trump has been a known entity, no one has been able to do that. But I’d pay to see it happen. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5676 "2020-11-12T21:49:08Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hmmm… I took @Max_S’s post as sarcasm. Maybe it wasn’t. Oh well, in this case nevermind and sorry. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5677 "2020-11-12T21:50:40Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Possible, but the story originated with [a British tabloid](https://www.thesun.co.uk/). The Sun, eh? That might settle it. Again, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5678 "2020-11-12T21:54:37Z")
Putin also denied it - which doesn’t mean much but I think I’d actually trust Putin to tell the truth more than The Sun. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5679 "2020-11-12T21:58:22Z")
Big wedge of votes came in from AZ just now. Trump cut Biden’s lead by 146 to 11,390. But he used up 5,470 to do it which means the percentage he needed to take the state lept from 76.3% to 84.6%. There are now only 16,707 ballots left to count. ---
**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 12, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5680 "2020-11-12T22:00:10Z")
There was some tabloid thing about stepping down due to Parkinson’s recently, which everyone should take with a heap of salt. The ironic part is that Putin really is trying to push through lifetime immunity for ex-presidents of Russia. Ostensibly he really does face the prospect of litigation after he’s out of office. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5681 "2020-11-12T22:02:34Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > There was some tabloid thing about stepping down due to Parkinsons recently, which everyone should take with a heap of salt. The ironic part is that Putin really is trying to push through lifetime immunity for ex-presidents. Ostensibly he really does face the prospect of litigation after he’s out of office. For what it’s worth, I don’t see Russia getting out of being a kleptocracy soon even after a Putin resignation. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5682 "2020-11-12T22:02:40Z")
Here’s an article from the Guardian about the life-time immunity proposal: > **[Russian MPs consider lifetime immunity for former presidents](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/05/russian-mps-consider-lifetime-immunity-for-former-presidents-putin)** > > Second bill in a week prompts talk of whether Putin could be preparing for retirement ---
**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 12, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5683 "2020-11-12T22:04:17Z")
Hey, shouldn’t those NC ballots be in right about now? ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5684 "2020-11-12T22:05:26Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > A non-lawyer/judge might think this unusual, but lawyers make this kinda BS argument all the time. That’s interesting, and a little surprising. I don’t get the impression that judges put up with a lot of shit, but on the other hand I guess lawyers will push on whatever they can until they get some resistance. Otherwise, the lawyer is leaving something on the table if the judge _would_ have accepted something in a gray area. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5685 "2020-11-12T22:06:01Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Maybe those fellas he told to ‘stand by’ The Proud Goys. > **[Proud Boys Infighting Sees Leading Member Form Breakaway Neo-Nazi Group](https://www.newsweek.com/proud-boys-based-stickman-enrique-tarrio-goys-1546597)** > > Kyle "Based Stickman" Chapman announced Proud Goys while attacking chairman Enrique Tarrio on Telegram. ---
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5686 "2020-11-12T22:08:28Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Big wedge of votes came in from AZ just now. Trump cut Biden’s lead by 146 to 11,390. But he used up 5,470 to do it which means the percentage he needed to take the state lept from 76.3% to 84.6%. There are now only 16,707 ballots left to count. Unless they find previously unaccounted for truckload of 50k ballots somewhere, AZ looks locked up. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5687 "2020-11-12T22:09:35Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The Proud Goys. Ah, how cute, nazis struggling over the question who is even more racist. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5688 "2020-11-12T22:11:40Z")
To catch up, the GOP just needs to send a few Trump-Pense vans to unload a few thousand ballots. Easy-peasy! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5689 "2020-11-12T22:12:54Z")
But they have to write “Legit Republican Ballots” with a sharpie on the vans first. In all caps and with three exclamation marks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=283) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=285)