Six States Have Now Officially Certified Their Votes
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Monthly Archives: November 2020
“Relax. Biden will be sworn in Jan. 20.”
Ned Foley in WaPo:
What if renegade judges do something crazy, or what if the litigation just delays certification of the popular vote long enough to prevent appointment of pro-Biden electors based on the popular vote? We can hypothesize such… Continue reading
“Top Republican says an investigation of Wisconsin’s election is unlikely to take away Biden’s win in the state”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Wisconsin lawmakers plan to issue their first subpoenas in decades as part of an investigation into the Nov. 3 election, even as the top Republican in the Assembly acknowledges the probe is unlikely to change the outcome. … Continue reading
“Can Trump actually stage a coup and stay in office for a second term?”
From the Guardian:
There is a long-shot legal theory, floated by Republicans before the election, that Republican-friendly legislatures in places such as Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania could ignore the popular vote in their states and appoint their own electors.… Continue reading
“Trump lawyers suffer embarrassing rebukes from judges over voter fraud claims”
WaPo:
The Trump campaign also sought to temporarily stop counting some ballots in Detroit. It cited a GOP poll watcher who had said she had been told by an unidentified person that late mail ballots were being predated to… Continue reading
“Georgia launches statewide hand recount of presidential race”
AJC:
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday ordered a recount of all 5 million ballots cast in the presidential election to check initial results showing President-elect Joe Biden won by 14,000 votes.Raffensperger, a Republican, said the recount will… Continue reading
“The Most Expensive Election Ever”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for the Brennan Center.
My new one at The Atlantic: “Trump Needs Three Consecutive Hail Mary Passes; The president’s litigation strategy is unlikely to succeed, but it’s doing great harm in the meantime.”
I have written this piece for The Atlantic. It begins:
Despite the clear math showing that Joe Biden has won the election, President Donald Trump has refused to concede. He has directed his legal team to keep on fighting to… Continue reading
Before the Election, Republicans Complained to the Supreme Court About Ballot Deadlines in Pennsylvania and North Carolina Under the Same Theory, But Now They are Perfectly Fine with Counting Late Ballots in NC Where They are Leading
It is worth remembering that Republicans went to the United States Supreme Court on an emergency basis in both Pennsylvania and North Carolina raising the same theory: that the extension of the deadline for the receipt of absentee ballots was… Continue reading
“‘A grand scheme’: Trump’s election defiance consumes GOP”
Politico:
It will be nearly impossible for Republicans to alter the outcome or prevent Biden from taking office. Counting all the states where he currently leads in voting, Biden has 306 electoral votes. In Michigan, Biden’s lead at the moment… Continue reading
“Postal worker recanted allegations of ballot tampering, officials say”
WaPo:
A Pennsylvania postal worker whose claims have been cited by top Republicans as potential evidence of widespread voting irregularities admitted to U.S. Postal Service investigators that he fabricated the allegations, according to three officials briefed on the investigation and… Continue reading
“How we can be confident that Trump’s voter fraud claims are baloney”
Henry Olsen WaPo column.
“Shock and frustration inside Justice Dept. over Barr’s vote-investigation memo”
WaPo:
Current and former Justice Department officials said Tuesday they were stunned and frustrated by Attorney General William P. Barr’s move to loosen internal restrictions on how and when federal prosecutors investigate certain election-fraud cases before the results are… Continue reading
“As states press forward with vote counts, Trump advisers privately express pessimism about heading off Biden’s win”
WaPo:
Six states where President Trump has threatened to challenge his defeat continued their march toward declaring certified election results in the coming weeks, as his advisers privately acknowledged that President-elect Joe Biden’s official victory is less a question… Continue reading