# 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:** 336
**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 21, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6712 "2020-11-21T17:51:52Z")
They could go the extra mile and put up a big Biden/Harris sign. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6713 "2020-11-21T17:57:52Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Anyone who is actively supporting ways to invalidate voting is advocating replacing democracy with a government in which I have no representation. Excellent points, QFT. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6714 "2020-11-21T18:17:45Z")
I need to find the cite, but that’s an old photo. I believe it to be from one of the Clinton inaugurations. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6715 "2020-11-21T18:17:52Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > I don’t personally think Trump is an authoritarian. That’s not his style; I don’t think he has it in him. Say _what_??! Where is your evidence that it’s not his “style”? > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Geez Louise, may have to amend the thread title to _month_ . Should have done that already, IMO. It’s been over two weeks already. > [@Railer13](#): > > So he certified the results, but now leaves the door open for yet another recount? That seems to be the way Georgia’s election laws work: if the certified vote is close within a certain percentage, the candidate can call for a machine recount. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6716 "2020-11-21T18:23:32Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Geez Louise, may have to amend the thread title to _month_ . 🙄 It’s Zeno’s Administration - the closer we get to the end, the longer it gets. ---
**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 21, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6717 "2020-11-21T18:23:39Z")
They should build it right outside the residence windows so trump can look at it before he falls asleep. I wonder if that requires release from the GSA though? ---
**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 21, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6718 "2020-11-21T18:26:04Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > I need to find the cite, but that’s an old photo. I believe it to be from one of the Clinton inaugurations. Hey, my apologies if I posted something entirely false. I saw it and for some reason, did not even question it. Let me know. ---
**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 21, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6719 "2020-11-21T18:33:24Z")
@Mahaloth I think you’re good: > **[Inaugural planning and construction well underway on Capitol Hill](https://rollcall.com/2020/11/05/biden-or-trump-inaugural-planning-and-construction-well-under-way-on-capitol-hill/)** > > The January 2021 presidential inauguration planning is underway, regardless of whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump wins the presidency. ---
**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 21, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6720 "2020-11-21T18:39:53Z")
Ah, so that gets built no matter what. Interesting. Im surprised trump hasn’t tried to order his name emblazoned on it in gold letters. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6721 "2020-11-21T18:46:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > > > I need to find the cite, but that’s an old photo. I believe it to be from one of the Clinton inaugurations. > > Hey, my apologies if I posted something entirely false. I saw it and for some reason, did not even question it. Let me know. Don’t sweat it. We all get caught out by the garbage that gets passed around from time to time. And there is underlying truth, that there is preparation and construction underway apparently. That’s just not a photo of it. ---
**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 21, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6722 "2020-11-21T19:10:55Z")
Has there been any sign of Republican voters suffering from buyers remorse? And have there been any polls in Georgia ahead of the rerun? I’d have thought if there was a GOP backlash that would concentrate quite a few minds. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6723 "2020-11-21T20:00:45Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > I just realized I’ve made a terrible mistake. Please forgive me for disrupting actual discussion of the election. Why don’t you start a new thread? ---
**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 21, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6725 "2020-11-21T21:30:22Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > # **Bo’s Crazy 2020 Election Theory** # **Bo’s Crazy 2020 Election Theory, Part 2** One of the reasons that Putin is done with Trump is because he isn’t looking to have the United States change owners, he’s seeking to break us up. Any actual fighting opens up an opportunity to provide support: information, expertise, logistics, armaments, training, etc. Russia and China and maybe parts of Europe will rush to help one side or the other, for trade and political gain. Thru supporting different factions, all stand to gain a foothold, perhaps a _partnership_, in American politics and the economy such that they will stand to control some large part of America’s current natural resources, intellectual properties, human resources, etc. Most of America is very fertile and sparsely populated land that can feed a lot of mouths for a very long time; that alone would be a huge incentive to a lot of powerful nations/factions. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6726 "2020-11-21T21:32:06Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > PA Lt. Gov. Fetterman is still my hero of this election: > > [Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman Asks For $1 Million Election Fraud Reward Payable In Sheetz Gift Cards From Texas Lt. Governor - CBS Pittsburgh](https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/11/12/john-fetterman-election-fraud-reward-request-texas-lt-governor/) > > Especially for the end of his tweet to Patrick: “p.s. - the Cowboys blow”. That’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6727 "2020-11-21T21:33:52Z")
[Detroit voters sue Donald Trump over unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-22/detroit-voters-sue-donald-trump-unsubstantiated-fraud-claims/12908186) > On Friday (local time), a group of black voters and a voting rights organisation filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing Mr Trump and his campaign of breaching the 1965 Voting Rights Act by falsely claiming voter fraud, and trying to overturn the results in Michigan and other states by pressing officials not to count or certify votes or to install pro-Trump electors. Seems fair. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6728 "2020-11-21T21:39:43Z")
If anything I could see slightly more success in any counter-suits than all these braindead GOP election lawsuits. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6729 "2020-11-21T22:10:54Z")
[Trump Supporters in Georgia Threaten to Destroy GOP, Boycott Runoff Elections](https://www.newsweek.com/georgia-trump-supporters-destroy-gop-boycott-senate-runoffs-1549245) It’ll be interesting to watch how Trump’s stranglehold on the party rips it into several factions… I think they hit their high tide of voter turn out this election…I can’t foresee any new demagogue coming along any time soon, at least. Trump stirs a particular flavor of fervor that isn’t easy to tap into. Such a weird cult of personality. ---
**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 21, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6730 "2020-11-21T22:36:33Z")
> [@Dr.Colossus](#): > > Such a weird cult of personality. And some (most? all?) of the cultists refuse to acknowledge that they’re in a cult. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6731 "2020-11-21T22:41:06Z")
The Pubbies are suing in PA to rule that a law they passed permitting universal mail-in voting is unconstitutional. > **[Republicans launch Pennsylvania lawsuit that argues GOP-backed bill allowing...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-launch-pennsylvania-lawsuit-argues-201911619.html)** > > A group of Republicans, including Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) are launching a lawsuit -- in the hopes of blocking the certification of Pennsylvania's election results -- that claims a state law passed in 2019 allowing for universal mail-in voting is... ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6732 "2020-11-21T22:47:23Z")
> [@Dr.Colossus](#): > > Trump Supporters in Georgia Threaten to Destroy GOP, Boycott Runoff Elections Oh, goody. Please do. From that link: > a number of Republicans on the “free-speech” social media website Parler have demanded a boycott of the Senate runoff elections, citing a conspiracy theory about “rigged” voting machines. Screenshots shared by reporter Marcus Baram showed that people on the app accused Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger of being “RINOs”—an acronym for “Republican in Name Only”—and trying to lead to victories for Democratic candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. The “logic”, it burns. They’re accusing Kemp and Raffensperger of trying to get Warnock and Ossoff elected, so in opposition to that they’re urging people to take action that if it happens is likely to . . . get Warnock and Ossoff elected. That is so utterly nonsensical that I find myself wondering if that’s not actually any form of Republicans posting it. – but, yeah. That’s the problem with encouraging movements that are based on excluding the Others. At any moment, people in such movements are likely to suddenly find that they themselves have been defined as Other. There is no safety there, folks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=335) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=337)