# 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:** 311
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6210 "2020-11-16T23:00:13Z")
No way in hell Trump or his campaign pays that fee. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6211 "2020-11-16T23:01:07Z")
Ahhh… terrorism. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6212 "2020-11-16T23:07:52Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The atmosphere has grown so contentious, Raffensperger said, that both he and his wife, Tricia, have received death threats in recent days, including a text to him that read, “You better not botch this recount. Your life depends on it.” I understand from the Orange Peril that there are “good people on both sides”. This must have come from one of the “good people” on his side. It’s nice to be living in a free and fair democracy. Thanks Donnie, you really have Made America Great Again. ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6213 "2020-11-16T23:13:35Z")
Agreed. I’m positive he’d be happy to pay Wisconsin next Tuesday but not today. ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6214 "2020-11-16T23:16:13Z")
If I was the Georgia Secretary of State I would respond to them that I need their requests in writing, signed and notarized before even considering their requests. See how many go for that. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6215 "2020-11-16T23:18:14Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > If he chooses to ask for a recount, his campaign must pay the projected cost of the process – $7.9 million – up front. If he pays that sort of dough, I hope they give him the results in a nice frame, maybe with some gold embossing. ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6216 "2020-11-16T23:31:20Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > If he pays that sort of dough, I hope they give him the results in a nice frame, maybe with some gold embossing. Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of sad trombones. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6217 "2020-11-16T23:39:21Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of sad trombones. If you flip it over, you can play it on a record player like those old cereal box promotions ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6218 "2020-11-16T23:44:58Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No way in hell Trump or his campaign pays that fee. I kind of hope he would, though. The only thing better than celebrating a Trump loss is celebrating it twice. ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6219 "2020-11-16T23:46:54Z")
FYI: > **[Trump's 2020 chances '100 percent dead' after 4 swing state lawsuits are dropped](https://theweek.com/speedreads/950235/trumps-2020-chances-100-percent-dead-after-4-swing-state-lawsuits-are-dropped)** ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6220 "2020-11-17T00:03:24Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I’m positive he’d be happy to pay Wisconsin next Tuesday but not today. He’ll pay in two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6221 "2020-11-17T00:10:50Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > If I was the Georgia Secretary of State I would respond to them that I need their requests in writing, signed and notarized before even considering their requests. > > See how many go for that. That’s a very good idea. With a detailed description of what they are requesting and what evidence they have for requesting it. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6222 "2020-11-17T00:12:56Z")
Apologize if this has been posted before: [[Album] "ALL the networks!" ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50598640087_cd4c283bfa_b.jpg ""ALL the networks!"") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/ochre_jelly/albums/72157716871455121) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6223 "2020-11-17T00:29:51Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > [@Folly](#): > > > > If he pays that sort of dough, I hope they give him the results in a nice frame, maybe with some gold embossing. > > Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of sad trombones. 👍 👍 👍 👍😆 This is why I hang out here! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6224 "2020-11-17T00:33:35Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > ccompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of sad trombones. It’s Wisconsin, so maybe it’ll be sad trombones from a genuine oom-pah band. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6225 "2020-11-17T00:39:06Z")
Gotta have a sad accordion too then. Preferably playing “Lady of Spain.” ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6226 "2020-11-17T00:51:12Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > If he chooses to ask for a recount, his campaign must pay the projected cost of the process – $7.9 million – up front. That’s terrible news for the petulant man child. He’s not a big “Pay Up Front” kind of guy. I know, I know. He’s not a real big “Pay At All” kind of guy. Fuck you, Don The Con. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6227 "2020-11-17T01:40:59Z")
This seems the place. > **[Trump lawyer complains of harassing call from attorney at opposing firm](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/16/trump-lawyer-harassing-call-opposing-attorney-436764)** > > The Trump campaign lawyer said she received the one-minute-long voicemail from an associate based in Kirkland & Ellis' D.C. office. Womp, womp. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6228 "2020-11-17T03:19:56Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Trump’s 2020 chances ‘100 percent dead’ after 4 swing state lawsuits are dropped I distrust a source unable to spell “bevy.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6229 "2020-11-17T03:34:40Z")
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