US Election 2020 - Lame duck days

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I see there were faithless electors in 2016. Assume the margin is too large for something like that to matter this time or even then. Is it an open ballot?
 

buka001

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Au contraire. I rather expect them to enforce the constitution as if it is a life and death matter for the future of the republic, because that's exactly what it is. And regardless of whether or not Biden or Trump won, I think the voting process in the US is in need of a revamp. Konfab is right, the USA should at least be able to get their elections done as competently as we do. A couple of states having their results voided would be exactly the right sort of kick in the pants to ensure that this becomes a serious priority. Smug comments on this thread aside, there's been no serious discounting of a constellation of dodgy behaviours by several election officials. And enough of this stupid whiny garbage about voter disenfranchisement regarding the implementation of voter-ID.
Ultimately this is just bad faith posturing. One does not bring about electoral reforms by alleging widespread fraud in the specific areas you lost, through multiple spurious and meritless court actions.

It is un-democratic, fascistic and authoritarian.

Setting up review boards to examine the process to see what can be improved and where is a far more organised and ultimately democratic approach.

You cannot claim to support electoral reform, but jump in every BS story alleging fraud without evidence.
 

buka001

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Your framing is what is dishonest. A perfectly meritorious case could be brought before the courts by a party without legal standing, why insert it at all if your interests in the merits was sincere?


I actually outlined what I regard the merits to be to some degree to Buka yesterday. You won't have to sift through too many posts if your interest in genuine. ;)

Again, a vacuous claim regarding the merits which doesn't actually mention the specifics of the merits, is worth zilch.
We said we would compare notes after.

It is now afterwards and the SC case went exactly the way I said it would.

I guess my "source" on US Constitutional Law knows a tad more than a UNISA course on South African constitutional law?
 

buka001

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I don't want to spoil the fun, and I regret sharing as much as I did today, so I'll just leave you to believe that.

Please don't look into anything further, or gain any understanding about any of the things that are happening. :popcorn:
You can cry on my shoulder anytime.
 

Sinbad

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Everyone is conspiring against trump! The courts, the governers, the Chinese, the ballot machines, the fbi...

According to Heathman, MD, a Houston psychiatrist, “paranoia, or having false beliefs, is a common trait of later stage dementia"

Pity he's dragging half a nation down with him.
 

CaptainOblivious

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Ultimately this is just bad faith posturing.
No, that's just the excuse you came up with to avoid having to address the issue. But that's okay, that sort of attitude will come in handy, later.

One does not bring about electoral reforms by alleging widespread fraud in the specific areas you lost, through multiple spurious and meritless court actions.
Indeed, one alleges fraud in specific areas where evidence supports such a conclusion and an explanation for the statistical anomalies that the result presents is conspicuously lacking.

It is un-democratic, fascistic and authoritarian.
Nonsense. You can say it a million times, but it will remain as much a figment of your imagination as ever.

Setting up review boards to examine the process to see what can be improved and where is a far more organised and ultimately democratic approach.
Except that the political process has stalled out regarding this very issue because one side treats meaningful reform as an attempt to engage in voter disenfranchisement, and I expect if we do a search on voter ID laws and your handle, we will indeed find that you have repeated those same talking points in the past.

You cannot claim to support electoral reform, but jump in every BS story alleging fraud without evidence.
If your puerile responses to the matter ever stooped to low as to actually respond to the allegations on the substance of their merits, maybe your retort would be worth something. But you're just another partisan hack repeating talking points you don't even fully understand. :ROFL:
 

greg0205

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Apparently, there are nuances to PA challenge as per reddit r/conservative. One is thrown out but Mike Kelly's still pending.


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