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2020 Presidential Election part 2

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A handyman friend said he was swamped with requests from businesses to put up some plywood today. He found that very scary.
 
To poke at a couple things...

Security info request from Trump campaign perturbs Cumberland County officials ahead of election

The Trump campaign asked for extremely specific and comprehensive information to be disclosed to non-government e-mail accounts, in short. Cumberland County has been a long term Republican stronghold, unfortunately, and even so, looks like they're not complying with the scam-like demand.

Elsewhere...

Harris County Democratic Party's headquarters vandalized

[12:54 p.m.] The headquarters of the Harris County Democratic Party was vandalized on Monday, the party said in a news release.

"Election No, Revolution Yes," was spray-painted onto the party's office windows along with a sickle and hammer, a symbol first used during the communist Russian Revolution. The building's locks were also filled with super glue, according to the release, preventing officials from entering the office.

"This is what happens when Republicans are losing," said Lillie Schechter, Harris County Democratic Party Chair, in a statement. "They use scare tactics and intimidation to scare voters."

Identical messages were reported overnight in Pennsylvania. Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle's office and Republican congressional candidate Sean Parnell's house were both vandalized, according to Twitter posts and a report by CBS Pittsburgh. — Shawn Mulcahy
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alfaniner said:
A handyman friend said he was swamped with requests from businesses to put up some plywood today. He found that very scary.
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This is really concerning in the sense that I have never seen this anticipation during an election season. Any of the international posters have any similar experiences to share? I hope this is a once in a lifetime event, even if the end result is an overreaction to nothing happening.

edit to add: The coverage of businesses in New York in regards to this are quite funny in the sense that they don't have the balls to say the obvious.. that they are scared of the reaction to a Trump re-election causing the havoc. No one with a straight face can tell me these store fronts are boarding up in case Trump supports go wild if he loses. View that however you want, but that reality should be considered.
 
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The first votes have been counted.

In Dixville Notch, New Hampshire

Joe Biden - 5 votes
Donald Trump - 0 votes.
 
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crescent said:
Black Panthers did that once, with just a billy club (no guns) and the conservative outrage machine went into serious overdrive. But this is okay, because....:confused:
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I honestly feel like the foxnews coverage of that was possibly the most over the top news segment of this generation. And that is not an exaggeration. Two black guys standing outside a voting location in philly no less, became some kind of incident that proportionally wouldn't cause locals to bat an eye. In jersey, the idea that that would be considered some overwhelming intimidation to vote is so laughable I don't know how people are still talking about it. In philly, jesus, it just becomes so far into a joke it's wild.
 
Nearby Millsfield, NH

Trump - 16
Biden - 5


(The results from these two communities is very similar to their 2016 results.)

The third community that normally votes at midnight called off their midnight vote due to coronavirus concerns.
 
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Dear American voters.

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That is all.
 
rdwight said:
edit to add: The coverage of businesses in New York in regards to this are quite funny in the sense that they don't have the balls to say the obvious.. that they are scared of the reaction to a Trump re-election causing the havoc. No one with a straight face can tell me these store fronts are boarding up in case Trump supports go wild if he loses. View that however you want, but that reality should be considered.
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Do you really think businesses are boarding up because they think Trump is going to win and Biden supporters are going to riot? Surely the reverse is much more likely.
 
Meadmaker said:
Nearby Millsfield, NH

Trump - 16
Biden - 5


(The results from these two communities is very similar to their 2016 results.)

The third community that normally votes at midnight called off their midnight vote due to coronavirus concerns.
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Pooh, Debbie Downer! Go away!
 
Pixel42 said:
Do you really think businesses are boarding up because they think Trump is going to win and Biden supporters are going to riot? Surely the reverse is much more likely.
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What's most likely is that Trump will declare himself the winner election night, and his lawyers will try to shut down the count. He's practically promised to do that, and a lot of people won't be happy about it.
“We’re going to go in the night of – as soon as the election is over – we’re going in with our lawyers,” Trump told reporters in North Carolina before his third rally of the day.
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https://nypost.com/2020/11/01/trump-vows-election-night-legal-challenges-in-key-swing-states/
 
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Pixel42 said:
Do you really think businesses are boarding up because they think Trump is going to win and Biden supporters are going to riot? Surely the reverse is much more likely.
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Absolutely the opposite is the risk. If Trump isn't kicked out on his petard, we're all ******.
 
Three cases of Trump rally people getting stranded in less than a week... was this happening before and just not getting talked about yet? Or did something change recently?
 
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Phffft. Since when should we believe the Liar in Chief now?

Legal challenges, sure. But Trump insisting he has won when he hasn't? Nope, not buying it.
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He might not ultimately succeed. But those legal challenges could create doubt about the results, which is part of a plan to have Repub legislatures submit alternate slates of electors that would support Trump if Biden wins the votes. This is not something to take lightly.
Trump campaign officials and legal advisers are reportedly preparing to appoint their own state electors as a way to secure victory in a contested election, a move that would precipitate an unprecedented constitutional crisis.
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https://www.salon.com/2020/10/06/tr...-state-electors-no-matter-the-results-report/

The Trump campaign is weighing a postelection strategy that would bypass the results in key swing states by installing electors who would vote for the president in the Electoral College even if he loses, The Atlantic reported.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/tru...ctors-plan-loyalists-swing-states-2020-9?op=1

People who know him well, like Michael Cohen, say there is no chance that Trump will go away quietly.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Until there wasn't. :(

And the weasel decision is in:

127,000 drive-thru votes in Harris County will count, federal judge rules

But from the Twitter link above, the ******* remained committed to tossing the votes out if the election in TX was too close.


These guys are scumbags, every one of them.
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Firestone said:
Appealed to the Fifth Circuit.
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Appeal denied.

Nevertheless, out of precaution against further litigation, Harris county clerk Chris Hollins says they will open only 1 of the 10 drive-thru voting locations on Election day.

This evening, Judge Hanen issued his order upholding drive-thru voting during the Early Voting period. He also stated his view that the tents that house most of the drive-thru voting centers would not qualify as "buildings," which are required for Election Day polling places. 2/

My job is to protect the right to vote for all Harris County voters, and that includes those who are going to vote on Election Day. I cannot in good faith encourage voters to cast their votes in tents if that puts their votes at risk. 3/

In order to allow for drive-thru voting on Election Day while ensuring that all votes will be counted, the only drive-thru voting center on Election Day will be at Toyota Center. 4/

The Toyota Center DTV site fits the Judge's definition of a "building": it is "a structure with walls and a roof" and "a permanent structure." It is thus unquestionably a suitable location for Election Day voting. 5/

https://twitter.com/CGHollins/status/1323480526951485441
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