US election 2020 thread

[ruffneck23]

 

[JTG]

Didn't realise Keir Starmer was moonlighting for the GOP

 

[ignatious]

Perhaps Ben read the small print and decided to bail.

 

[Weller]

Just leaving this here because I never tire of watching it whenever it resurfaces. I wonder if he still has that mug.

Lol at that hope he finds some comfort in that Saint and Greavsie "Its a funny old game" mug with some hot sweet tea in his retirement room

 

[ska invita]

Lol at that hope he finds some comfort in that Saint and Greavsie "Its a funny old game" mug with some hot sweet tea in his retirement room

Its a game of one half

 

[gosub]

The man is under the influence of something

Col Kurtz

 

[gosub]

The gap's so large now it's kind of hard to see Trump making it up unless he wins some extraordinarily wide margin of the outstanding votes and/or there's some weird discrepancy uncovered by the recount

Today is the deadline for Georgia military ballots. Will they make a difference in the election?

As of today, there were about 9,000 ballots that Georgia election officials had sent to military absentee voters around the country and around the world, and to U.S. citizens overseas -- that have yet to be returned.

www.militarytimes.com

 

[brogdale]

The count delays...they’re deliberate, right?
To take the sting out of the nutjobs...to let the loss sink in and all that?
That’s why it’s taking days and days?

 

[Weller]

 

[littlebabyjesus]

The count delays...they’re deliberate, right?
To take the sting out of the nutjobs...to let the loss sink in and all that?
That’s why it’s taking days and days?

No. They're normal. But they've been made worse this year because of the volume of postal votes due to covid.

It doesn't take the sting out of the nutjobs! Results take the sting out of the nutjobs.

It's just lucky it doesn't come down to N. Carolina, which had never planned to finish its count before 12 November.

Most states haven't finished counting. Many of them are well behind the likes of Georgia. It's just already obvious who's won.

ETA: The only deliberate delays have been those caused by the nutjobs, such as the ones holding up Pennsylvania right now.

 

[JTG]

Yeah, it's like this every time. Actual final results often aren't tabulated and certified for weeks afterwards (New York took until August 2017 to finally certify their 2016 results but they're notoriously shit at running elections). This time we have huge mail in ballots and perhaps an unusual number of close states so it's magnified.

California's not gonna have a final tally for ages yet but everyone knows who has won

 

[JTG]

Imagine being a hotshot lawyer and doing all your hotshot lawyer exams just so you can present this complete crap in court

 

[ska invita]

Imagine being a hotshot lawyer and doing all your hotshot lawyer exams just so you can present this complete crap in court

Getting paid a shit ton no doubt. Definitely not on a no win no fee basis!!

 

[brogdale]

No. They're normal. But they've been made worse this year because of the volume of postal votes due to covid.

It doesn't take the sting out of the nutjobs! Results take the sting out of the nutjobs.

It's just lucky it doesn't come down to N. Carolina, which had never planned to finish its count before 12 November.

Most states haven't finished counting. Many of them are well behind the likes of Georgia. It's just already obvious who's won.

ETA: The only deliberate delays have been those caused by the nutjobs, such as the ones holding up Pennsylvania right now.

Interesting contrast with UK, then? Even after a large increase in postal votes for our December GE, there was no noticeable difference in the speed of overnight counting & declarations. Maybe just more efficient or more straightforward ballots?

 

[belboid]

Another 24 votes on bidens lead in Arizona. Yee fucking ha

 

[Ax^]

so when do we think this will be resolved Monday or With Trump getting dragged out of the white house by the secret service in Januray

 

[Plumdaff]

In some states Republicans prevented even the preparation of ballots (basic checks and sorting) for counting until the day of the election, part of the reason we're seeing such lengthy delays. There's not as yet those kind of shenanigans here.

 

[spring-peeper]

 

[Yossarian]

Meanwhile, in Nevada...

 

[Edward Kelly]

I am genuinely hoping for a nervous breakdown at this point.

I'm hoping for a disabling Stroke. Preferably live on TV (... he shits himself and everyone runs away screaming)

 

[belboid]

so when do we think this will be resolved Monday or With Trump getting dragged out of the white house by the secret service in Januray

It will be resolved tonight.

he says for the third night running

 

[JTG]

Interesting contrast with UK, then? Even after a large increase in postal votes for our December GE, there was no noticeable difference in the speed of overnight counting & declarations. Maybe just more efficient or more straightforward ballots?

Well in the GE we had one vote to make and in the US there would have been several races and a bunch of propositions to make decisions on for a start. Nobody was putting in legal challenges every five minutes during our counts. State laws designed to be obstructive and deprioritise the mail ballot - Florida started counting mail ballots two weeks ago and reported almost all of them straight away on Tuesday night but PA could only start processing on election day morning.

 

[Ax^]

nah he won't conceded

not just yet he ego will not let him


him tweeting Biden not to proclaim a false victory being one of the funniest things i've seen in the last few days

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Imagine being a hotshot lawyer and doing all your hotshot lawyer exams just so you can present this complete crap in court

They have gone to court with basically something someone down the pub told them about something their mate at work told them.

Does that beat going to court to demand the count stops when it's already finished? (Think that gem was Wisconsin.)

 

[eoin_k]

In some states Republicans prevented even the preparation of ballots (basic checks and sorting) for counting until the day of the election, part of the reason we're seeing such lengthy delays. There's not as yet those kind of shenanigans here.

No, just good old fashioned gerrymandering.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Business Insider has called has called PA, and thus the presidency, for Biden

<edit: oh, they did that 9 hours ago >

 

[ignatious]

More brilliance from Trump’s lawyers.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

No, just good old fashioned gerrymandering.

There is gerrymandering here of course, but the US wins the prize for heroic gerrymandering (and indeed is the source of the word). In the US, the elected officials themselves get to redraw the maps.

 

[ignatious]

Another 24 votes on bidens lead in Arizona. Yee fucking ha

It’s a bit of a shame the Yuma count arrived at 4.10.

 

[steveseagull]