# 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:** 314
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6270 "2020-11-17T20:41:00Z")
David Rice Atchison may have been acting President for a day (between Polk and Taylor) - but no one ever counts him as the 12th President. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6271 "2020-11-17T20:47:36Z")
[And what about Alexander Haig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Haig#Reagan_assassination_attempt:_'I_am_in_control_here')? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6272 "2020-11-17T20:51:13Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Gotta have a sad accordion too then. Preferably playing “Lady of Spain.” Well thanks a bunch for that flashback. ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6273 "2020-11-17T21:44:25Z")
So in places where it gets good and hot, why wouldn’t you have a basement? Seems like it’d be just the thing. Gotta be a reason. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6274 "2020-11-17T21:48:49Z")
**Modnote** : Maybe start a thread on this in IMHO. But further discussion of Basements doesn’t belong here. This is not a warning, no worries. Just a guidance. Here is the [link to the new thread in fact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-places-where-it-gets-good-and-hot-why-wouldn-t-you-have-a-basement/925827): ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6275 "2020-11-17T21:54:31Z")
Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6276 "2020-11-17T22:08:02Z")
Done. đź‘Ś ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6277 "2020-11-18T00:19:14Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Wisconsin has finished their offical vote tally, and Biden’s margin of victory increased slightly (+181 votes) compared to the initial tally, giving him a margin of 20,608 votes. > > Trump’s campaign is now on the clock to request a recount by 5pm tomorrow. Thanks for these updates. It’s making me feel better to know that we won’t be having to wait until Dec. 7 (?) to know who officially won the vote. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6278 "2020-11-18T00:29:04Z")
[https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/chris-krebs-fired-by-trump/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/chris-krebs-fired-by-trump/index.html) So this just happened… ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6279 "2020-11-18T00:30:13Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Trump’s campaign is now on the clock to request a recount by 5pm tomorrow. I’m afraid I’ll be checking my watch and this thread and CNN/NBC/TPM all day… maybe I’ll just set an alarm for 4:45 pm and try not to check before that. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6280 "2020-11-18T00:30:25Z")
I believe for the first time in history, Michigan just failed to certify its results because the two Republicans want to fuel Trump’s loony theories. I believe it moves up one step from there and my very primitive understanding is that the vote, which is much bigger than the 2016 margin, will be certified. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6281 "2020-11-18T00:39:54Z")
> **[Trump fires top DHS official who refuted his claims that the election was rigged](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-fires-dhs-election-official/2020/11/17/97d3fa5c-251c-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html)** > > Christopher Krebs led election security efforts and debunked ballot fraud claims. ---
**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 18, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6282 "2020-11-18T00:52:41Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I believe for the first time in history, Michigan just failed to certify its results because the two Republicans want to fuel Trump’s loony theories It’s the board in Wayne County, where Detroit is located. The two Pubs refused to certify, so it now goes to the state board. The state board doesn’t meet until November 23. > **[Board in key Michigan county fails, then agrees, to certify vote totals by...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michigan-vote-canvassing-board/2020/11/17/12141222-287c-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html?wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_politics__alert-politics&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNTk3MzU1ZWFhZGU0ZTIxYTg0OGQ4NDY0IiwidGFnIjoid3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvbWljaGlnYW4tdm90ZS1jYW52YXNzaW5nLWJvYXJkLzIwMjAvMTEvMTcvMTIxNDEyMjItMjg3Yy0xMWViLThmYTItMDZlN2NiYjE0NWMwX3N0b3J5Lmh0bWw_d3Btaz0xJndwaXNyYz1hbF9wb2xpdGljc19fYWxlcnQtcG9saXRpY3MmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1hbGVydCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj13cF9uZXdzX2FsZXJ0X3JldmVyZSZsb2NhdGlvbj1hbGVydCJ9.hRucoxdmyXqDMSF7q7rE4UZO27JjgJMoF_VnUd5LlUg)** > > Despite President-elect Joe Biden’s lead of nearly 148,000 votes, President Trump’s false claims about widespread fraud continued to reverberate with his supporters. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6283 "2020-11-18T00:56:44Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > It’s the board in Wayne County, where Detroit is located. The two Pubs refused to certify, so it now goes to the state board. But…I think it is most likely going to be certified there, isn’t it? ---
**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 18, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6284 "2020-11-18T00:58:32Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I think it is most likely going to be certified there, isn’t it? According to the Post article, yes. Wayne County is heavily Democratic, so this is just posturing. ---
**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 18, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6285 "2020-11-18T00:59:53Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > …so this is just posturing Hell, **ALL** of it is just posturing. ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6286 "2020-11-18T01:01:00Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > **ALL** of it is just posturing Ya think? What a fucking shitshow. Thanks, GOP. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6287 "2020-11-18T01:12:00Z")
I’m about to go out on the ledge again after this Wayne County refusal to certify and the FEC toady. We sure the FEC toady can’t do something in Trump’s favor? ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6288 "2020-11-18T01:23:37Z")
> **[The Trump Campaign Can’t Find a Judge Who Will Ignore Facts — but It’s Trying](https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-campaign-cant-find-a-judge-who-will-ignore-facts-but-its-trying#1013579)** > > The Trump campaign’s legal strategy has come down to this: Even as judges dismiss lawsuits as baseless, it files nearly identical ones in new courts, hoping for more favorable judges. Failure has not slowed it down. > The reelection campaign of President Donald Trump, having failed to persuade the majority of American voters, is now making its case to the American courts. The campaign and its allies aren’t doing much better in the latter quest than they did in the former. Close to half of the two dozen or so cases brought since Election Day in key swing states have already been withdrawn or tossed by judges, with many of the rest seemingly destined for a similar fate. American politics may be notoriously divided, but inside the halls of justice, at least one example of unanimity seems to be prevailing: Whether the judges are liberal or conservative, working for state or federal courts, they’ve overwhelmingly demanded that the Trump and Republican plaintiffs deliver evidence to back their claims and they’ve been quick to reject what they consider baseless lawsuits. > > One pattern has emerged in the fusillade of lawsuits: a frenzied search for a sympathetic judge. In each of four states — Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada and Arizona — the Trump campaign and its allies have filed a succession of suits that make essentially the same claims before several different state and federal judges. > … Well, dang. What was the point of picking all those judges? ---
**Author:** ![erpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e56c9b/32.png) [@erpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erpa)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6289 "2020-11-18T01:30:47Z")
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