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Election Challenges and Lawsuits

Ikari

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Well I think we all see the trend going on, WI has been called for Biden, he's leading in just enough states that if everything goes as is currently projected, he'll get 270.

That means Trump is going to fire up his lawyer team he had on standby to start challenges/lawsuits. So I thought I'd make a thread where in we can post updates to the challenges and lawsuits moving forward for the 2020 Presidential Election Cycle.
 
lol...a lawsuit thread is apt. Good job.
 
Apparently they will request recount of WI.

Cost $3 million and won't happen for a couple of weeks.

Last time around the recount netted him a grand total of...

131 votes.
 
We have this one:

www.cnn.com

Trump campaign says it has filed a lawsuit in Michigan

Donald Trump and Joe Biden each need 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. Follow here for the latest updates on voting and election results.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

The Trump campaign has released a statement saying it has filed a lawsuit in Michigan asking the state to halt counting until it receives “meaningful access” to observe the opening of ballots and the counting process.

CNN teams in Michigan have not seen evidence that the suit has actually been filed but continue to check.

While the Trump campaign has said that lawsuit has been filed in the Michigan Court of Claims, docket clerk for the Court of Claims, Morgan Adams, told CNN that the court has not received the filing.
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So we know at this point he's going to demand a recount in WI and apparently is mobilizing for lawsuits in MI.
 
Jetboogieman said:
Apparently they will request recount of WI.

Cost $3 million and won't happen for a couple of weeks.

Last time around the recount netted him a grand total of...

131 votes.
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And he looks like a hypocrite because he tried to stop one that jill stein requested in 2016.
 
Ikari said:
Well I think we all see the trend going on, WI has been called for Biden, he's leading in just enough states that if everything goes as is currently projected, he'll get 270.

That means Trump is going to fire up his lawyer team he had on standby to start challenges/lawsuits. So I thought I'd make a thread where in we can post updates to the challenges and lawsuits moving forward for the 2020 Presidential Election Cycle.
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I've been carefully scrutinizing the data (in some detail) all morning, technically Biden has good reason to be confident.

Trump's lead in PA was 511,637 votes fours hours ago, now its fallen to 393,000, if - as we're told - most votes now being counted are in fact Biden votes, then there's huge scope for Trump's lead to vanish within a few more hours.

Couple this with the fact he has WI and very likely NV and it seems quite plausibly MI, Trump's dream of a second term really does look like its over.

Trump's and his bandits are not dumb and know this is a strong possibility so he'll do what he does best, lawsuits, lies, accusations and so on - the idiot must be stopped and he will be.

PS: It would be wonderful if a recount in WI ended up increasing Biden's lead!
 
Jetboogieman said:
Apparently they will request recount of WI.

Cost $3 million and won't happen for a couple of weeks.

Last time around the recount netted him a grand total of...

131 votes.
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The cost of a suit is not of concern when it's paid for by other people's money.

Regards, stay safe 'n well. Remember the big 3 anti-viral do's: masks, hand washing and physical distancing.
 
Dont see where there will be enough document-able legal issues for them to actually succeed in a challenge.
 
VanceMack said:
Dont see where there will be enough document-able legal issues for them to actually succeed in a challenge.
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Well I don't think we've had recounts that have actually overturned the result of an election, but there's so many close races here, who knows.
 
As the counts continue, it's interesting to see the odds among the political punters. One site notes them at 3 p.m. today, 11/4/2020 as 4:1 Biden. It will be interesting to follow the odds during the next week or so.

Regards, stay safe 'n well. Remember the big 3 anti-viral do's: masks, hand washing and physical distancing.
 
The interesting thing about the PA lawsuit is that it seems that Trump is going to the SCOTUS for this. The last time SCOTUS refused to rule on the counting votes after the election day, but now he has his new judge, so it seems that he might get his way.

The Republicans seem to fear counting votes.
 
Ikari said:
The interesting thing about the PA lawsuit is that it seems that Trump is going to the SCOTUS for this. The last time SCOTUS refused to rule on the counting votes after the election day, but now he has his new judge, so it seems that he might get his way.

The Republicans seem to fear counting votes.
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No. The issue is not counting votes after election day. It's ballots received after election day.
 
NWRatCon said:
Good call. Trump immediately announced a challenge as soon as Wisconsin was called. I admit, my hopes for reform of the Republican party have been dashed.
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A recount must be granted if the win is less than 1% - and Wisconsin does not certify an election until Dec 1st. So Democrats in state government and every Democratic election division have almost a month to create enough ballots to push it past 1% to block a recount. Figure that will happen.
 
Ikari said:
The interesting thing about the PA lawsuit is that it seems that Trump is going to the SCOTUS for this. The last time SCOTUS refused to rule on the counting votes after the election day, but now he has his new judge, so it seems that he might get his way.

The Republicans seem to fear counting votes.
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You have to keep in mind the distinction between reality and what Trump says.

He's not going to go straight to SCOTUS, because he can't. SCOTUS is an appellate court, and has no original jurisdiction to hear the President whine about votes against him being counted.
 
joko104 said:
A recount must be granted if the win is less than 1% - and Wisconsin does not certify an election until Dec 1st. So Democrats in state government and every Democratic election division have almost a month to create enough ballots to push it past 1% to block a recount. Figure that will happen.
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That is much less likely than you making up conspiracy theory nonsense.
 
joko104 said:
A recount must be granted if the win is less than 1% - and Wisconsin does not certify an election until Dec 1st. So Democrats in state government and every Democratic election division have almost a month to create enough ballots to push it past 1% to block a recount. Figure that will happen.
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Prediction: There will not be a recount in Wisconsin..
 
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