# 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:** 418
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8359 "2021-01-06T08:31:00Z")
So great to see the good people of Georgia embracing the Democrat candidates for Senate. They’re making America great again! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8360 "2021-01-06T12:25:52Z")
Another Trump court loss (now at 62) [https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2020/12/show\_temp-2.pdf](https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2020/12/show_temp-2.pdf) > [@](#): > > The Court finds that the threatened injury to Defendants as state officials > and the public at large far outweigh any burden on Plaintiff. Plaintiff seeks an > extraordinary and unprecedented remedy: the decertification of the votes cast in the > presidential election, after millions of people lawfully cast their ballots. To > interfere with the result of an election that has already concluded and has been > audited and certified on multiple occasions would be unprecedented and harm the > public in countless ways > … > Granting injunctive relief here would breed confusion, undermine the public’s trust > in the election, and potentially disenfranchise of millions of Georgia voters. Brian ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8361 "2021-01-06T12:31:11Z")
Detroit files to punish lawyers in King v Whitmer case: [https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2020/11/ECF-78\_City-of-Detroits-Motion-for-Sanctions\_King-v.-Whitmer-Jan.-5-202137040773.1.pdf](https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2020/11/ECF-78_City-of-Detroits-Motion-for-Sanctions_King-v.-Whitmer-Jan.-5-202137040773.1.pdf) Brian ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8362 "2021-01-06T13:05:48Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Biden will not win Georgia. There aren’t that many mail ins. He’s way behind. With the double-Dem victory in the GA runoff, I’d like to pile onto this post once again. You were wrong! And I bet you’re glad! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8363 "2021-01-06T13:17:08Z")
And today, Trump will lose the 2020 election YET AGAIN. How many times has he lost? - The vote itself on and before Election Day. - When the networks called it four days later. - When the contested states certified their results later in November. - When the Electoral College voted on December 14. - And today. To quote Don Pardo from Al Yankovic’s “I Lost on Jeopardy!”: > That’s right Don–_you lost!_ And let me tell what you didn’t win: a twenty volume set of the Encyclopedia International, a case of Turtle Wax, and a year’s supply of Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco treat. > > But that’s not all! You also made yourself look like a jerk in front of millions of people, and you brought shame and disgrace on your family name for generations to come! > > You don’t get to come back tomorrow! You don’t even get a lousy copy of the home game! You’re a _complete loser!_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8364 "2021-01-06T13:23:11Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Detroit files to punish lawyers in King v Whitmer case: Sidney Powell and Lin Wood. Boy howdy, did they ever have it coming. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8365 "2021-01-06T13:41:16Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Sidney Powell and Lin Wood. Boy howdy, did they ever have it coming. They only had themselves to blame. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8366 "2021-01-06T13:44:29Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@RTFirefly](#): > > > > Sidney Powell and Lin Wood. Boy howdy, did they ever have it coming. > > They only had themselves to blame. - I’m sure they’ll find someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8367 "2021-01-06T14:01:18Z")
Oh man, there are some solid burns in that Detroit document. > [@](#): > > Perhaps the lack of civility is related to counsels’ failure to apply for admission to the Eastern District of Michigan’s bar. At least they would have been compelled to review and affirm their commitment to our court’s Civility Principles. > [@](#): > > As poorly presented as their pleadings were, as careless as they were in vetting their allegations and expert reports, and as detached as their claims are from the law and reality, the Plaintiffs and their counsel were provided 21 days to take corrective action. So, 21 days before filing this motion, the City gave Plaintiffs an opportunity to withdraw or amend their contemptuous pleadings. Rather than withdraw or amend their Complaint, they chose to stand firm with their objectively false claims, ridiculously incompetent expert reports and patently unsupportable arguments. > [@](#): > > While the First Amendment may protect the right of political fanatics to spew their lies and unhinged conspiracy theories, it does not grant anyone a license to abuse our courts for purposes which are antithetical to our democracy and to our judicial system. > [@](#): > > Revealing an almost incomprehensible ignorance of Michigan election law for supposed “experts,” Dr. Quinnell, together with Dr. Young, offer the finding that in two Michigan counties (Wayne and Oakland) demonstrate “excessive vote in favor of Biden often in excess of new Democrat registrations.” Apparently, none of the experts, none of the Plaintiffs and none of the Plaintiffs’ attorneys are aware that Michigan does not have party registration. It’s quite an entertaining read. In the crosshairs: > [@](#): > > Referring all Plaintiffs’ counsel to the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission (and also to the disciplinary authorities of their home jurisdictions, including: Sidney Powell to the Michigan Bar and to the Texas bar; L. Lin Wood to the Michigan Bar and to the Georgia bar; Greg Rohl to the Michigan bar; Emily Newman to the Michigan Bar and to the Virginia bar; Julia Haller to the Michigan Bar and to the Washington D.C. bar; Brandon Johnson to the Michigan Bar and to the Washington D.C. bar; Scott Hagerstrom to the Michigan bar; Howard Kleinhendler to the Michigan Bar and to the New York bar) That should keep them all busy for a while, not counting all the other recommended sanctions and actions should the Trump squad lose this case as well. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8368 "2021-01-06T14:07:14Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > With the double-Dem victory in the GA runoff, I’d like to pile onto this post once again. > > You were wrong! And I bet you’re glad! Delighted. You need every little victory you can against fascism. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8369 "2021-01-06T14:18:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “excessive vote in favor of Biden often in excess of new Democrat registrations.” Even in a court filing, they can’t type the “ic”, can they? Ignoring the issue of non-partisan registration, of course. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8370 "2021-01-06T14:54:57Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Oh man, there are some solid burns in that Detroit document. Those excerpts are priceless. I’ll have to look up and read the whole thing, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8371 "2021-01-06T15:23:29Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > That should keep them all busy for a while, not counting all the other recommended sanctions and actions should the Trump squad lose this case as well. The new Suicide Squad movie turned to be even worse than the lousy original… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8372 "2021-01-06T15:25:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > They only had themselves to blame. If you’d have been there, if you’d a seen it, I bet you would have done the same. 🎵 ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8373 "2021-01-06T16:37:39Z")
> **[“It feels like a brand new day": Schumer declares Democratic majority in Senate](https://www.axios.com/2021/01/06/schumer-democrats-control-senate-ossoff-warnock)** > > Democrat Jon Ossoff's race against former Sen. David Perdue is still too close to call. Is everyone waiting for the official results from AP to celebrate? I feel like I’m the only one feeling hopeful here. Or maybe I missed the party. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8374 "2021-01-06T16:48:39Z")
Not me! As early as three hours ago, I was thinking exactly what I thought by midday Thursday after the November elections, when Pennsylvania’s count showed Trump still ahead…but many thousands of to-be-tallied votes in Dem strongholds. Nate Silver called it, and I agreed. Then and now, I was reminded of the scene in “Titanic” when the Victor Garber character informs that it was a “mathematical certainty” the ship would founder. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8375 "2021-01-06T16:51:09Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Is everyone waiting for the official results from AP to celebrate? I feel like I’m the only one feeling hopeful here. Or maybe I missed the party. From the Georgia election thread: > [@Georgia senate runoff elections. Let’s debate and make predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-senate-runoff-elections-let-s-debate-and-make-predictions/925015/553): > > Old-line media sources probably want to at least see Ossoff’s lead surpass the automatic recount threshhold (0.5%). Right now, Ossoff has 50.1932% of the vote (2,211,603 out of 4,406,181). Once he surpasses 50.25%, the election will more likely be called. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8376 "2021-01-06T17:37:02Z")
Here’s a gem from the supporting brief. BTW, if anyone is still looking for a good factual debunking of all the “fraud” allegations, this is well worth reading. But this is from the section regarding recommendations for appropriate sanctions. “Here, an appropriate sanction amount is, at the least, the amount that plaintiff’s counsel have collected in their fundraising campaigns, either directly or through entities that they control, for their challenges to the 2020 election. They should not be allowed to profit from their misconduct.” Oh, please please please, this would be too delicious. Take ALL the “Stop the Steal” money from them! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8377 "2021-01-06T18:00:55Z")
Apparent Gohmert is appealing to teh Supreme Court to allow Pence to throw teh election to Trump > **[Gohmert V Pence SCOTUS Stay Appl Signed | PDF | Standing (Law) | Vice...](https://www.scribd.com/document/489959005/Gohmert-v-Pence-SCOTUS-Stay-Appl-Signed)** > > Gohmert v Pence SCOTUS Stay Appl Signed Brian ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8378 "2021-01-06T18:29:39Z")
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