# 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:** 315
**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 18, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6290 "2020-11-18T01:32:37Z")
If it was possible, Trump would have better lawyers than Giuliani on the case. Breathe deep, breathe easy. ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6291 "2020-11-18T01:39:46Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > We sure the FEC toady can’t do something in Trump’s favor? The FEC handles campaign finance laws. His opinions on the legitimacy of the election have as much impact as Giuliani’s rants. ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6292 "2020-11-18T01:43:59Z")
Okay, good. I was just calming down over the last couple of days. I hate all this waiting while all the blowhards including trump try to make the country worse. ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6293 "2020-11-18T01:46:52Z")
More info on Wayne County from the Detroit Free Press > **[GOP members reverse course, vote to certify Wayne County election results](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/11/17/wayne-county-election-certification/6309668002/)** > > The two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers reversed course, voting for certifying the county's election results. I’m stuck on a damn iPad, struggling with finding details on the next step, which appears to be the states Board of Canvassers. Anyone know what that might look like? Damn, this iPad sucks… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6294 "2020-11-18T01:57:50Z")
The fucking state board has the same makeup as the county board: 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans. If the state board Republicans are following the same marching orders as the county Republicans, this is fucked, Democracy is fucked. The one piece of crap county board Republican said she would consider certifying the state “without Detroit.” ETA: And make no mistake, when Republicans in metro Detroit spit out the word “Detroit,” there’s no hiding the racist overtones. ---
**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, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6295 "2020-11-18T02:00:15Z")
And a bit more news: > **[Second Georgia County Finds Thousands More Votes, Majority Are For Trump |...](https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-second-georgia-county-finds-thousands-more-votes-majority-are-for-trump)** The headline is just a bit misleading: > Daily Beast reporter Sam Brodey wrote on Twitter: “GA elections spox @GabrielSterling says the ongoing election audit confirmed 2,755 previously uncounted votes in Fayette County 1,577 for Trump 1,128 for Biden Biden’s statewide advantage in GA now down to 12,929.” ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6296 "2020-11-18T02:02:34Z")
I believe Gretchen Whitmer said on TV tonight that she and the SoS (also a Democrat) have the power to dismiss canvass board members, so if that’s true then there’s no way this dumb attempt to overturn the MI election can succeed. ---
**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, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6297 "2020-11-18T02:16:06Z")
The unofficial (yet-to-be-certified) vote in Wayne County showed Biden with about 68% of the votes. This refusal to certify is complete and utter bullshit. [https://www.waynecounty.com/elected/clerk/election-results.aspx](https://www.waynecounty.com/elected/clerk/election-results.aspx) ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6298 "2020-11-18T02:27:26Z")
And they have revoted, Wayne county has been certified unanimously. There was a huge backlash and the 2 no voters have reversed. ---
**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, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6299 "2020-11-18T02:31:54Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > There was a huge backlash and the 2 no voters have reversed Well, they certainly got their 15 minutes of fame. Or infamy. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6300 "2020-11-18T02:32:46Z")
Soros got to them! in 3 … 2 … 1 … ---
**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, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6301 "2020-11-18T02:37:40Z")
Uuuuhhhhh, cite please?! Damn this iPad! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6302 "2020-11-18T02:41:30Z")
> **[GOP members reverse course, vote to certify Wayne County election results](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/11/17/wayne-county-election-certification/6309668002/)** > > The two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers reversed course, voting for certifying the county's election results. The headline in that preview doesn’t reflect the updated story. Click to read the updates. ---
**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, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6303 "2020-11-18T02:42:52Z")
Thank you for the assist. I saw it on msnbc and was refreshing for a news source. > **[In reversal, GOP officials in key Michigan county certify ballot count after...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-challenges/2020/11/17/ea741372-28f6-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html)** > > The agreement to move the vote certification process forward came as the Trump campaign has faced a string of failures in its effort to overturn the result of the election through the courts. ---
**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, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6304 "2020-11-18T02:43:11Z")
I can imagine Trump-loons celebrating their minor victory in Michigan only to be devastated when Hilary Clinton got in there and made them change their votes! She probably threatened to kill their families. 😆 ---
**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, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6305 "2020-11-18T02:50:51Z")
This guy might have changed the minds of the folks in Michigan. > ---
**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, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6306 "2020-11-18T02:54:16Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > This guy might have changed the minds of the folks in Michigan. :votes quietly changed: ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6307 "2020-11-18T02:54:47Z")
Love this comment BREAKING: Heavily-Republican Floyd county screwed up. Looks like Trump will lose Georgia now by slightly under 14,000 votes, instead of slightly over 14,000 votes. Graduates of Trump University are now celebrating Trump’s win. ---
**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 18, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6308 "2020-11-18T02:54:52Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > This guy might have changed the minds of the folks in Michigan. - > > [https://twitter.com/emmitt1990/status/1328884274020421633](https://twitter.com/emmitt1990/status/1328884274020421633) They heard a disembodied voice coming from the sky. 😆 ---
**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 18, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6309 "2020-11-18T02:55:50Z")
Lol, you don’t know the half of it. Kaleigh McMendacity tweeted earlier: > The decision to certify _came during the Hannity show_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=314) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=316)