# What's Trump's October Surprise? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 17, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-trumps-october-surprise/915544 "2020-07-17T03:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 213
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-trumps-october-surprise/915544/213 "2020-10-02T00:29:50Z")
> [@Temporary\_Name](#): > > … I am most concerned about multiple panels of electors, but I believe the best defense is the offensive move of Biden winning decisively at the polls. > > … > Ideally, for Trump to steal the election, he will have to overturn Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Arizona, and Pennsylvania – … In re pro-Trump “preparations” for counteracting a Biden victory in Pennsylvania: > [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/911140/1060): > > The plan is increasingly clear. The Pennsylvania legislature is [attempting to establish a special “election integrity” committee with extraordinary powers](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/09/pa-republicans-want-to-create-and-control-an-election-integrity-panel-with-subpoena-power.html) in case of disputes over the validity of the count. Joe Biden wins the state by 400,000 votes. 150 flawed ballots are discovered in a suburban Philly precinct. The “election integrity” committee uses that as an excuse to invalidate the state results and asks the legislature to name the state’s presidential electors. And since the voters of PA… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-trumps-october-surprise/915544)._