U.S Election 2020

Another case thrown out because it's based on hearsay: https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/m...ampaign-claims

LANSING – Late this afternoon Timothy Kenny, chief judge of Michigan’s Third Circuit Court, denied a petition seeking preliminary injunctive relief that would have required Detroit and Wayne County to retain all ballots and poll books and would prevent the Wayne County Board of Canvassers from certifying election results.

In his decision in Stoddard, et.al. v City Election Commission of the City of Detroit, et.al., Judge Kenny said “Plaintiffs’ allegation is mere speculation and are unable to meet their burden for the relief sought.”

This is happening a lot.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Damien

Another case thrown out because it's based on hearsay: https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/m...ampaign-claims

This is happening a lot.

I think the KPI for the Tump camp is not the win rate but the amount of money the bank balance of the election debts fund.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I think the KPI for the Tump camp is not the win rate but the amount of money the bank balance of the election debts fund.

Good point. 50% for a sure fire loser's campaign and 50% to pay off campaign debt. Cynical if nothing else.

They've changed it. It no longer goes to the campaign's debts but a separate organisation.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-fund...191827269.html

After Election Day, the Trump campaign launched an aggressive fundraising effort that includes relentless texts and emails to supporters soliciting donations for an "Official Election Defense Fund." But the fine print of the Trump campaign's donations page reveals that "60% of each contribution first to Save America, up to $5,000/$5,000," the president's newly established PAC.

The fine print initially stated that the same percentage of funds was going toward paying down the campaign's debt, but the detailed fine print says that after up to $5,000 of the first 60% of the contribution goes to Save America, the rest of that 60%, up to $2,800/$5,000, goes to the Trump campaign's "recount account."

So it's a 60/40 split with the large tranche going to the PAC rather than the legal fund.

The super PAC will be able to pay for future rallies, adverts and an eventual run in 2024 I suspect.

Question! If the Democrats cheated on the election how come they didn’t cheat in the Senate elections and give themselves a working majority in the Senate?

[peanut]

Originally Posted by Maggy

Question! If the Democrats cheated on the election how come they didn’t cheat in the Senate elections and give themselves a working majority in the Senate?

Because that'll just make it a bit too obvious. (joke).

Seriously though, it's hard to take Trump seriously when he said he won't accept it if he lost before any of the results came in. Now he's starting to look even more pathetic than he already is.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by Maggy

Question! If the Democrats cheated on the election how come they didn’t cheat in the Senate elections and give themselves a working majority in the Senate?

exactly and remember he said same in 2016 when he thought he was gonna lose

Originally Posted by Dave42

exactly and remember he said same in 2016 when he thought he was gonna lose

And in the 2016 Republican Primaries...

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dona...ry?id=42738506

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Maggy

Question! If the Democrats cheated on the election how come they didn’t cheat in the Senate elections and give themselves a working majority in the Senate?

I said the same of here three days ago, they didn't even go to the trouble of cheating Moscow Mitch out of his seat. For people with such a long history of cheating they're not very good at it

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

I said the same of here three days ago, they didn't even go to the trouble of cheating Moscow Mitch out of his seat. For people with such a long history of cheating they're not very good at it

You would at least take lower profile Senate seats. Being in control of the Senate puts you in control of various committees and allows you to have investigations so if you're going to rig anything make sure you take control of the body that could expose it.

Lindsey Graham, a.k.a 'weasel boy', will be pushing for investigations forever now. At least until a bigger boy comes along he can suck up too.

The Democrats behave a lot worse, holding hoax investigations.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Damien

You would at least take lower profile Senate seats. Being in control of the Senate puts you in control of various committees and allows you to have investigations so if you're going to rig anything make sure you take control of the body that could expose it.

Exactly. The accusations of vote-rigging are just self-projection as this article from 2019 shows.

A Republican operative in North Carolina has been charged in connection with a voter-turnout effort that investigators said was intended to manipulate the results of a now-overturned general election for Congress last year.

In an indictment announced on Tuesday, the operative, L. McCrae Dowless Jr., was accused of obstruction of justice and illegal possession of an absentee ballot, among other charges. Seven other people were also indicted in connection with the election fraud inquiry, but prosecutors said the charges against one person were inadvertent and would be dismissed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/u...ndictment.html

Fund-raising email from the Trump campaign

[Stephen]

Jeez, that stinks of desperation.

[Carth]

I have an infallible fall back plan for most people in positions of influence & power

I ask myself "would I buy a second hand car from this person?"