Election Day [Week][Month[s]] [Year] 2020 follow-along thread

[bobot]

@Dr.Colossus

It’ll be interesting to watch how Trump’s stranglehold on the party rips it into several factions…

I wish the Republican boycott of the runoff elections well. Power to the people.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Wisconsin officials: Trump observers obstructing recount

A steady stream of Republican complaints in Milwaukee was putting the recount far behind schedule, county clerk George Christenson said. He said many Trump observers were breaking rules by constantly interrupting vote counters with questions and comments.

“That’s unacceptable,” he said. He said some of the Trump observers “clearly don’t know what they are doing.”

Tim Posnanski, a county election commissioner, told his fellow commissioners there appeared to be two Trump representatives at some tables where tabulators were counting ballots, violating rules that call for one observer from each campaign per table. Posnanski said some Trump representatives seemed to be posing as independents.

At one recount table, a Trump observer objected to every ballot that tabulators pulled from a bag simply because they were folded, election officials told the panel.

Posnanski called it “prima facie evidence of bad faith by the Trump campaign.” He added later: “I want to know what is going on and why there continues to be obstruction.”

Joe Voiland, a lawyer speaking to commission members on behalf of the Trump campaign, denied his side was acting in bad faith.

“I want to get to the point of dialing everything down … and not yelling at each other,” Voiland said.

At least one Trump observer was escorted out of the building by sheriff’s deputies Saturday after pushing an election official who had lifted her coat from an observer chair. Another Trump observer was removed Friday for not wearing a face mask properly as required.

There’s more at the link.

[running_coach]

@Skywatcher

@Dr.Colossus

Such a weird cult of personality.

And some (most? all?) of the cultists refuse to acknowledge that they’re in a cult.

“No! You’re the cultist!”

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Cross-posting from the Coup thread:
Pennsylvania just got cleared up:

In blistering ruling, judge throws out Trump suit in Pa.

In his ruling, Brann said the Trump campaign presented “strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations … unsupported by evidence.”

“In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state,” the opinion said. “Our people, laws, and institutions demand more.”

[Railer13]

@Snowboarder_Bo

In his ruling, Brann said the Trump campaign presented “strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations … unsupported by evidence.”

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, tweeted shortly after Brann’s ruling, saying “Another one bites the dust.”

I like both of these guys.

[Deeg]

I would love for this to get some traction. Maybe throw Graham’s name in there, too. Somebody needs to sweat after trying to overturn the election.

[asahi]

Josh Shapiro is one of the best attorneys general I can recall in any state. And yes, I’m a fan of Fetterman even though I’m not quite as left as he is

[DrDeth]

I just came here to post that.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-21/trump-accused-in-suit-of-pressure-to-change-michigan-vote

[Snowboarder_Bo]

The message from Trump and the GOP is loud and clear: nothing and no one matters as such as Trump. NOTHING. And NO ONE.

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

@Snowboarder_Bo

The message from Trump and the GOP is loud and clear: nothing and no one matters as such as Trump.

I think we can all get behind that sentiment.

[Ann_Hedonia]

IANAL, but I read the entire opinion and it seems to me he not only struck down the complaint — he burned out the roots and salted the surrounding ground.

Read the opinion: Federal judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania

My favorite part is the very end

Defendants’ motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint are granted with prejudice. Leave to amend is denied. “Among the grounds that could justify a denial of leave to amend are undue delay, bad faith, dilatory motive,prejudice and futility”.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Oh yeah… he was straining not to go apeshit on them; it’s pretty clear in his language that he was this close to outright calling it all frivolous and a waste of the court’s time.

[Spice_Weasel]

That was a deeply satisfying read.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

I was gonna miss the edit window with this excerpt:

In other words, Plaintiffs ask this Court to disenfranchise almost seven million voters. This Court has been unable to find any case in which a plaintiff has sought such a drastic remedy in the contest of an election, in terms of the sheer volume of votes asked to be invalidated. One might expect that when seeking such a startling outcome, a plaintiff would come formidably armed with compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant corruption, such that this Court would have no option but to regrettably grant the proposed injunctive relief despite the impact it would have on such a large group of citizens.

That has not happened.

[Mike_Mabes]

Must have been a Democrat run judge

[kaylasdad99]

Now THIS is interesting.

Not five minutes ago I was standing at a flats-sorting machine to attend to a configuration issue. On the desk nearby I happened see an envelope with an absentee ballot that never got to its intended recipient in Irvine, CA. The postage was done on a postage meter, and was undated, so I don’t know if the voter had an opportunity to request a replacement (I hope she did).

The ballot had been sent by the Wayne County Board of Elections.

(in Wooster, Ohio)

[Mahaloth]

@Mike_Mabes

Must have been a Democrat run judge

Or as Trump once said, maybe it was a “Mexican” judge.

[Mike_Mabes]

Just read this on CNN - Judge Matthew Brann, a longtime and well-known Republican in Pennsylvania

[kaylasdad99]

@Mahaloth

@Heffalump_and_Roo

Trump TV? There’s speculation that Trump will start his own network. Howard Stern and others say it won’t last a year. Advertisers won’t support something so divisive.

Catheter adds, etc. Something will air on it.

Unilever could advertise one of their mayonnaise brands and start selling Best Foods AND Hellman’s side-by-side at the supermarket. MAGAts could buy one and everybody else could buy the other.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Didja get a picture? Why not?