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2020 Presidential Election

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JoeMorgue said:
So what's the general political consensus on how late you can drop your "October / 11th Hour Surprise" especially with so many votes being counted early?

I mean yeah I know it's Trump so the best you can do is go "Well in a sane world the trend is..." but I'm just curious on very general opinions.
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Nov 2nd.

Trump, or some Republican governors, delay the election with some pretext, SCOTUS rejects appeal by Dems in a 5-4 vote (Roberts joins the three liberals in dissenting).

And Barrett? She just gave this answer in the Senate:
Q: Does federal law, under any circumstances, allow a president to delay an election?

A: Barrett said she would have to consider, consult, research and is not a "legal pundit."

https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1316013773405077510
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Likely? No.
But something similar happened in season 5 of House of Cards, and this is a TV-presidency.
 
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JoeMorgue said:
Some talking head on the news summed it well for me. It will never get fixed until we start thinking of it as "Voting Season" and not "Voting Day."
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I don't even see why that is. Why are there such lines outside of a polling station? Clearly there are not enough of them.
 
JoeMorgue said:
Some talking head on the news summed it well for me. It will never get fixed until we start thinking of it as "Voting Season" and not "Voting Day."
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We have one voting day (a Sunday), polls open from 8am to 3pm, no early voting and no vote by mail.
Polling stations are generally in schools, a few minutes walk away, certainly in the cities.
Waiting time is a few minutes at most, turnout +/- 90%.
Voter registration is automatic (for Belgian citizens aged 18+).

This is in Belgium, known for its generally inept government.
 
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Sideroxylon said:
Waiting many hours to vote in the world’s greatest democracy.

Ludicrously long lines like these:
https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/1315691917817139206?s=21

America is broken. Wake up. Is it too late?
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Taking a “the glass is half-full” approach, I am at least grateful that so many people are willing to wait that long in a line to vote.

But yes, it’s ridiculous that in 2020, any American needs to wait in line to do anything, let alone fulfill one of their basic civic responsibilities.
 
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Trebuchet said:
It's intentional. And only happens in Dem-leaning areas.
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"What's the problem? The 7 people and 2 cows in this voting district in Montana has the same number of voting locations at the 90 bajillion people in this dense urban core. Perfectly fair."
 
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When President Trump was elected, America was in big trouble, our economy was stagnant and our military was depleted.
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The only way to prove the polls are fake, is to turn out and vote on Election Day like never before!!
 
Trebuchet said:
It's intentional. And only happens in Dem-leaning areas.
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JoeMorgue said:
"What's the problem? The 7 people and 2 cows in this voting district in Montana has the same number of voting locations at the 90 bajillion people in this dense urban core. Perfectly fair."
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It's completely ridiculous that it is even a thing.

ETA: I just hope that this is part of a massive turnout.
 
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This may be a severe shock to Democrats if Express's poll is a harbinger of how the election will really go. We know left wing bias in polling has become problematic. But this is a poll of Brits who tend to be further LEFT than Americans. That cannot be good news for Democrats.
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angrysoba said:
ETA: I just hope that this is part of a massive turnout.
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Well, more than 10 million people have already voted compared to a fraction of that at this point in 2016. However, it's hard to tell if that's just because of Covid and the greater availability of mail in voting and people are opting to vote earlier than normal, or there's also a general increase in voter turnout.
 
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Captain_Swoop said:
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Ozzy Osgood
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This may be a severe shock to Democrats if Express's poll is a harbinger of how the election will really go. We know left wing bias in polling has become problematic. But this is a poll of Brits who tend to be further LEFT than Americans. That cannot be good news for Democrats.
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Britain backs Trump: New poll shows overwhelming UK support for US President https://express.co.uk/news/world/13...-news-joe-biden-us-election-2020-express-poll
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Obviously not counting any unhatched chickens, but imagine being so desperate to prove your guy is ahead in the polls that you refer to a poll taken of the readers of a right wing tabloid in a foreign country.
 
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