# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![urbanredneck2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5f8ce5/32.png) [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/121 "2020-11-03T20:28:53Z")
We voted this morning. No lines. Poll workers waiting for people to help. My son got a round of applause for being a first time voter. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/122 "2020-11-03T20:33:24Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I just hope that Colorado Proposition 114 passes. We need to reintroduce wolves into our state. I I thought I read the other day that Trump removed some protection from the wolves. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/123 "2020-11-03T20:40:01Z")
He did. They are no longer considered endangered so it is even more vital now that the sovereign State of Colorado protects them. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/124 "2020-11-03T20:41:16Z")
That’s a different way to get more fiber in your diet. ---
**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 3, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/125 "2020-11-03T20:43:31Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Donnie thanking his campaign staff (surprising that he would do that)- he did not have the look of a guy who thought he was going to win. I think he has been told that he is toast. Oh can I butter him? ---
**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 3, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/126 "2020-11-03T20:49:05Z")
right, I posted too quicky. But I just overheard Trump on the TV down the hall, he said that, in “Trump areas”, I didn’t catch the state, the lines of people voting streched for miles. Not sure if that was cumulative miles, or at all locations. ---
**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 3, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/127 "2020-11-03T20:52:07Z")
The FBI is investigating robocalls encouraging voters to stay home. Some of them have a somewhat cryptic message, “Hello. This is just a test call. Time to stay home. Stay safe and stay home.” Residents in Democratic-leaning Flint, MI have received a more overt one recommending they vote tomorrow to avoid long lines. > **[FBI investigating robocalls urging people to 'stay home' on Election Day](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber/fbi-investigating-robocalls-urging-people-to-stay-home-on-election-day-idUSKBN27J1R4)** > > The FBI and the New York attorney general were looking into a spate of mysterious robocalls urging people to stay home on Election Day as the nation remains on high alert to ensure voting is not compromised. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/128 "2020-11-03T20:54:59Z")
I got that “just a test” call yesterday. I looked it up and saw that Australia and Canada had similar calls in March and April. Here’s a Reddit thread from the Calgary sub, which I found after getting the call yesterday. [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/comments/hzgz8k/weird_phone_call/?ampcid=1*ab2mhp*cid*YW1wLVJHR3pKRTUtLWprczFNTWFIb3A1MHc). If the intention really is to trick people into staying home during the vote, maybe that was a trial run. > [@TroutMan](#): > > Hello. This is just a test call. Time to stay home. Stay safe and stay home ---
**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 3, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/129 "2020-11-03T20:58:15Z")
I remember when Urban Outfitters – at the behest of their very conservative CEO – began selling this shirt in the run-up to election day: [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2004/03/02/123439_1195250.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2004/03/02/123439_1195250.jpg) > **[IOP Isn't Buying Anti-Voting T-Shirt | News | The Harvard Crimson](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/3/2/iop-isnt-buying-anti-voting-t-shirt-leaders/)** > > Leaders of Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) sent a letter yesterday condemning the clothing store Urban Outfitters for selling a I’ve said for my entire adult life … these people aren’t generally stupid. They’re evil. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/130 "2020-11-03T21:03:51Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > > [@BobLibDem](#): > > > > Donnie thanking his campaign staff (surprising that he would do that)- he did not have the look of a guy who thought he was going to win. I think he has been told that he is toast. > > Oh can I butter him? I’d leave that honor to Hillary because she’s the expert in buttery males. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/131 "2020-11-03T21:17:01Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Oh can I butter him? Sure, long as I get to stick the fork in. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/132 "2020-11-03T21:30:11Z")
Oh, and right before lunch. Thanks, **Hari**. 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/133 "2020-11-03T21:34:14Z")
Before FB “censored” the post, my wife saw on one of my magat relatives’ page a re-post calling for the current occupant of the Oval Office to be “America’s Lord Protector”. ---
**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 3, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/134 "2020-11-03T21:39:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I just got home from work, and my gf is gone, as is her car. There’s a note that she’s giving rides … she only has four people to escort. So, this is how your girlfriend breaks the news that she’s joined a group of escorts? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/135 "2020-11-03T21:39:17Z")
Add kakistocracy to the mix and you get even 3 for 1! Best shit ever! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/136 "2020-11-03T21:43:38Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I just hope that Colorado Proposition 114 passes. We need to reintroduce wolves into our state. I fear the ignorance of the electorate will prevail and it will be voted down. I just wish we’d reintroduce wolves, hungry ones, to Washington DC. If enough of the right people get eaten we may even take our country back from the Trumplies. ---
**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 3, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/137 "2020-11-03T21:47:40Z")
It’s almost 5:00 p.m. here on the east coast. I’ve been anticipating the election for so long that I’m sitting here at work worrying that I’ve forgotten something. Yes, I voted. I dropped off my absentee ballot over a week ago. The online checker for my state confirms that it was received, but that’s all they tell me. They don’t tell me if it was accepted or not. In retrospect, I kind of wish I’d waited to vote in person, but was worried about waiting to vote, too, in case there were any Election Day shenanigans or protests, or if I got sick, or hit by a bus… So now I sit here wishing there was something I could do. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/138 "2020-11-03T21:47:56Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > The last couple of days I’ve been thinking that if Trump wins, we really should consider splitting the country into 3 to reflect/allow very different folk to form their own societies. > > 1 East coast from Maine down to Virginia, and across to Wisc/IL > 2 South - from the Carolinas down to Fla, and across through Tenn/KY, Texas and up to the Dakotahs > 3 W coast - Wash/Or/Ca. I may have missed it, but in case nobody pointed this out, you’ve left out the 8 states west of the Dakotas and east of WA/OR/CA: including Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. Also, what are you planning to do about Alaska and Hawaii? ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/139 "2020-11-03T21:52:22Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. That’s the Neutral Zone. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/140 "2020-11-03T22:03:53Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Also, what are you planning to do about Alaska and Hawaii? Sell them and use the profits to buy Greenland. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=8)