The 2020 General Election Thread II

[KG1]

Not sure if this point has been brought up but would the questionable election procedural changes have been constitutional if the legislators had initiated them? In other words this whole dispute is over a procedural thing. Seems to me if the State legislatures had an issue with the changes they would have addressed them at the time.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Not sure if this point has been brought up but would the questionable election procedural changes have been constitutional if the legislators had initiated them? In other words this whole dispute is over a procedural thing. Seems to me if the State legislatures had an issue with the changes they would have addressed them at the time.

Exactly.

 

[jamil]

I would say election day is election day and no exceptions except for those who request absentee ballots for good cause...like it was for several decades. If they want to open up earlier and close later, fine.

The only reason to allow any other form or voting is to get more people to vote who don't care that much about voting....and I don't care if those people don't vote.

But you’re disenfranchising people who don’t care!!!

 

[Kutnupe14]

Someone brought up an excellent point concerning the Texas suit. Why isn’t Texas’s Solicitor General attached to the case? Shouldn’t he be the go to guy for these instances?

 

[Kutnupe14]

SCOTUS rejects suit. We done yet?

 

[KG1]

SCOTUS rejects suit. We done yet?

If that's the case then I will admit it's time to move on but I still think the issues with the voting machines and such still need to be vetted for future elections.

 

[indyartisan]

“ I want to change my vote to a Clintonesque Crony Corporate Kleptocracy with a side order of Mandarin Oligarchs and a small freedom,
to go please.”

 

[Kutnupe14]

If that's the case then I will admit it's time to move on but I still think the issues with the voting machines and such still need to be vetted for future elections.

I have no issue investigating the election for as long as it takes to give voters confidence in the system. A Special Counsel probably should be appointed.

 

[Ingomike]

SCOTUS rejects suit. We done yet?

Nope, suits are still coming...

 

[KG1]

I have no issue investigating the election for as long as it takes to give voters confidence in the system. A Special Counsel probably should be appointed.

I'm fine with that. Taking steps to bolster voter confidence in the system should be a priority for both parties.

 

[foszoe]

Supreme Court Rejects Texas Challenge to Biden’s Election https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-campaign-loses-wisconsin-election-lawsuit-11607713668

 

[buckwacker]

I have no issue investigating the election for as long as it takes to give voters confidence in the system. A Special Counsel probably should be appointed.

What happens if said special counsel find incontrovertible evidence of fraud sufficient to have swung the election?

 

[Kutnupe14]

Nope, suits are still coming...

Ingomike, you’re a good dude. You are generally respectful, always been nice to me, and seem to be an overall good dude. I gotta ask, why are you so unwilling to see the writing on the wall? I can understand thinking the election went the wrong way, or even that there were shenanigans involved. What I can’t understand is why you still think there is a possibility of Trump holding office. I’d it time to retire from the battlefield, and gear up for the next one?

 

[nightgaunt]

"The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot."

 

[buckwacker]

Ingomike, you’re a good dude. You are generally respectful, always been nice to me, and seem to be an overall good dude. I gotta ask, why are you so unwilling to see the writing on the wall? I can understand thinking the election went the wrong way, or even that there were shenanigans involved. What I can’t understand is why you still think there is a possibility of Trump holding office. I’d it time to retire from the battlefield, and gear up for the next one?

Hmmmm....one would have thought the same thing after 2016, wouldnt one?

 

[BugI02]

Not sure if this point has been brought up but would the questionable election procedural changes have been constitutional if the legislators had initiated them? In other words this whole dispute is over a procedural thing. Seems to me if the State legislatures had an issue with the changes they would have addressed them at the time.

I believe the final changes in PA, extending the time within which mail votes would be accepted to 9 days after the election date and blanket declaring votes without legible postmarks valid, was Oct 28 - six days before the election. Not much time to work with especially during covid. Don't know if their legislature was even in session

 

[Tombs]

Soap box failed
Ballot box failed
Jury box failed

SCOTUS isn't making a good call here, refusing to hear the argument of half of the country. May God help us, where we're going next.

Ingomike, you’re a good dude. You are generally respectful, always been nice to me, and seem to be an overall good dude. I gotta ask, why are you so unwilling to see the writing on the wall? I can understand thinking the election went the wrong way, or even that there were shenanigans involved. What I can’t understand is why you still think there is a possibility of Trump holding office. I’d it time to retire from the battlefield, and gear up for the next one?

We haven't gone to the battlefield yet.

 

[BugI02]

Ingomike, you’re a good dude. You are generally respectful, always been nice to me, and seem to be an overall good dude. I gotta ask, why are you so unwilling to see the writing on the wall? I can understand thinking the election went the wrong way, or even that there were shenanigans involved. What I can’t understand is why you still think there is a possibility of Trump holding office. I’d it time to retire from the battlefield, and gear up for the next one?

The 'just lie back and enjoy it' canard?

 

[foszoe]

BBC News - US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55283024

 

[Kutnupe14]

Soap box failed
Ballot box failed
Jury box failed

SCOTUS isn't making a good call here, refusing to hear the argument of half of the country. May God help us, where we're going next.



We haven't gone to the battlefield yet.

It’s not the job of the SCOTUS to coddle the masses. It looks at the Constitution, and decides if it has jurisdiction. If it don’t, it don’t.