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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI don't think the late arriving ballots are going to matter
Biden will win Pennsylvania with just the ballots that were received on Election Day.
Edit - but of course trump is going to muddy the waters and make his people think that they are the late arrivals
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I don't think the late arriving ballots are going to matter (Original Post)
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Mike 03
(18,690 posts)1. I'm keeping my chin up for PA. A lot of people who are analyzing this race
have come to the same conclusion you have.
We have to keep fighting. The votes must be counted.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)2. If your suspicion is correct, and Joe wins with the ballots that arrived on or before ...
... election day, I would not be shocked if Trump changed his tune and insisted on all the late-arriving ballots being counted ... just in case he won a majority of them.
-Laelth
PatSeg
(53,361 posts)3. Yes, of course he will
He will try to adjust anything to his advantage.
gristy
(10,733 posts)4. Such a prediction presumes he wants to win legitimately
He would much prefer to raise holy hell and challenge through the courts all the while confusing people that ballots that arrived after election day were counted when in fact they were not.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)5. That might be his preferred strategy, yes. n/t
-Laelth
Javaman
(65,943 posts)6. they might matter regarding down ballot votes. nt