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scipan

(2,350 posts)
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 01:01 AM Sep 2020

What to do if there is a coup

1. Don’t expect results election night.

Election season 2020 is shaping up to be very unusual. Many mail-in ballots may not be counted until days or weeks after Election Day. Since Democrats are expected to use them more frequently than Republicans, voter tallies are expected to swing towards Democrats post-election night (they call it a “blue shift”). As a result, a wave of confusion may unfold starting election night.

The strange Electoral College creates multiple intervention points. After election night (Nov. 3), trumped up claims of fraudulent ballots may cause a wayward attorney general or other government officials to try halting counts or excluding ballots.

As election results start coming in the message needs to come through loud and clear: Count all the votes and honor the result.

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What to do if there is a coup (Original Post) scipan Sep 2020 OP
It will take courage and integrity on the part of Frasier Balzov Sep 2020 #1

Frasier Balzov

(2,646 posts)
1. It will take courage and integrity on the part of
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 02:14 AM
Sep 2020

Republican controlled legislatures in swing states.

They are empowered by the U.S. Constitution to appoint Trump electors despite contrary results of the popular vote in their states.

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