DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Former Republican National Committee communications director Ryan Mahoney says he voted for Biden. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.axios.com/biden-rnc-communications-director-voted-1e427e77-d37e-4e7f-b9b3-6f2586263c32.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a bid by Texas Republicans to block Election Day drive-through voting in Harris County. https://www.gpb.org/news/2020/11/03/court-denies-gop-request-block-drive-through-voting-in-harris-county-texas However, 9 of the 10 are closed today because they are not permanent buildings - it does thankfully mean that 127,000 votes already cast will stand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 18 hours ago, NotThePars said: Swampy was clearly a distinct poster from Banana. Swampy was also far cleverer than Banana. He was an oddball that was driven insane by something. The Nick Land of P&B. Swampy was an absolute top poster before he went nuts. No kings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Interesting that Asian American voting patterns are similar to Hispanic in that their family country of origin is said to play a big role in how they vote, ie Cuban and Venezuelan emigres are more likely to vote Trump than Mexicans. Not surprising to those who remember the "Boat People" that Vietnamese strongly favour the Republican Party. The National Committee of Asian American Republicans endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Friday, four days before Election Day - they backed Trump in 2016.https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/asian-american-republicans-endorse-biden-trump-swing-state-chances-2020-11%3famp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a bid by Texas Republicans to block Election Day drive-through voting in Harris County. https://www.gpb.org/news/2020/11/03/court-denies-gop-request-block-drive-through-voting-in-harris-county-texas However, 9 of the 10 are closed today because they are not permanent buildings - it does thankfully mean that 127,000 votes already cast will stand. That isn't over yet, or at least not if Biden wins by fewer that 127,000 votes. "He [the Judge] also ordered that records of votes cast in the drive-through facilities be maintained in case his decision is reversed on appeal." Edited November 3, 2020 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 That isn't over yet, or at least not if Biden wins by fewer that 127,000 votes. "He [the Judge] also ordered that records of votes cast in the drive-through facilities be maintained in case his decision is reversed on appeal."Just keeping by the book - legal experts think most of these appeals will be thrown out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Won't it be a (Republican) Supreme Court that has the final say if it goes far enough? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar_Army Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Got a few American friends from both sides of the fence. All of them are genuinely fearful of trouble regardless which side wins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Sugar_Army said: Got a few American friends from both sides of the fence. All of them are genuinely fearful of trouble regardless which side wins. Get rid of the friends from the Trump "side of the fence". Edited November 3, 2020 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Won't it be a (Republican) Supreme Court that has the final say if it goes far enough? There are various stages it would need to go through before getting there.The presumption that Trump's woman is there for him I think is erroneous - she is there for the much wider Conservative agenda like abortion rights. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I wasn't talking so much about that as the Texas Supreme Court, don't states take care of their own voting legislature? I seem to remember Jeb Bush being heavily involved in ensuring his brother's victory in Florida but I may have got mixed up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 41 minutes ago, willis said: Early indications are that Reps are set for a very comfortable win in Florida. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I wasn't talking so much about that as the Texas Supreme Court, don't states take care of their own voting legislature? I seem to remember Jeb Bush being heavily involved in ensuring his brother's victory in Florida but I may have got mixed up.At the US Supreme Court level even Trump's appointees have taken a dim view on courts overturning legislators decisions regards the running of elections. The challenges being made nearly all relate to decisions by state legislators on postal voting deadlines - challenges made by Republicans - they are likely to get short thrift. Even Conservative state appeals court judges are disinclined to be seen to interfere - the law can be interpreted but not broken is the message. This article explains why even Conservatives like Cavanagh might not back Trump. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/21540145/supreme-court-brett-kavanaugh-disputed-election-wisconsin-pennsylvania-north-carolina This paragraph sums it up well: "Kavanaugh’s primary message to federal judges is that they should stay out of the 2020 election. Let state legislatures decide how elections will be conducted in each state, for better or for worse. And don’t intervene even if those decisions are likely to disenfranchise voters." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Testing some gifs for tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Thank you. Hope it doesn't end up going that far and that Biden wins comfortably. Given what normally happens to the side I want to win elections though I can't help but be concerned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: There are various stages it would need to go through before getting there. The presumption that Trump's woman is there for him I think is erroneous - she is there for the much wider Conservative agenda like abortion rights. I don't see Trump as a conservative like ACB- she strikes me as a more hardline, traditional Republican, where Trump is just a conman with no values who'll say whatever his vociferous base wants to hear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: At the US Supreme Court level even Trump's appointees have taken a dim view on courts overturning legislators decisions regards the running of elections. The challenges being made nearly all relate to decisions by state legislators on postal voting deadlines - challenges made by Republicans - they are likely to get short thrift. Even Conservative appeals court judges are disinclined to be seen to interfere. Yeah. It’s actually not the counting or not counting that’s been ruled on, either. It’s the interference of the state. And of course, there’s the fact of the matter that Republicans don’t want black people to vote and will do as much as possible to disenfranchise, and failing that intimidate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: At the US Supreme Court level even Trump's appointees have taken a dim view on courts overturning legislators decisions regards the running of elections. The challenges being made nearly all relate to decisions by state legislators on postal voting deadlines - challenges made by Republicans - they are likely to get short thrift. Even Conservative state appeals court judges are disinclined to be seen to interfere - the law can be interpreted but not broken is the message. This article explains why even Conservatives like Cavanagh might not back Trump. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/21540145/supreme-court-brett-kavanaugh-disputed-election-wisconsin-pennsylvania-north-carolina Apparently the Dems have a serious chance of winning the Texas State legislature which would flip all the gerrymandering for 2024. It's easy to forget about all the down ballot stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Last time out, one of the US news organisations had a live predictor that was about 90% in favour of Trump right from the polls closing - anyone remember which one that was, and if they're doing a similar thing tonight? So very glad I'm not working tomorrow. No doubt it'll be a huge anticlimax, but this could be the best political entertainment since 1997. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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