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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:46 PM Nov 2020

"Stop counting before I have to admit I lost!"

Trump files suit in Michigan to stop ballot counting
Beth LeBlanc
The Detroit News
... Trump’s reelection campaign has filed suit in Michigan’s Court of Claims seeking a halt of ballot counting in Michigan ... Attorney General Dana Nessel's office said earlier Wednesday that it had not been served a copy of the suit.

Protesters chant ‘Stop the count!’ at Detroit tally site
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"Stop counting before I have to admit I lost!" (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2020 OP
It's a little late now. catbyte Nov 2020 #1
STOP THE TEST--er-COUNTING PLEASE!!!! Stallion Nov 2020 #2
Assholes wanting a dictatorship and probably could not pass a citizenship exam. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2020 #3
Michigan to Trump: "Fuck you, asshole!" Kid Berwyn Nov 2020 #4
Campaign files lawsuit to stop vote count struggle4progress Nov 2020 #5
Campaign will sue to stop PA ballot count struggle4progress Nov 2020 #6

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
5. Campaign files lawsuit to stop vote count
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:51 PM
Nov 2020

Dave Boucher
Detroit Free Press

... The lawsuit alleges that a poll challenger from Roscommon County — a small, rural county in northern Michigan — was excluded from viewing the counting of the absentee ballot counting board. Unofficial voting totals show Trump won the county, earning 9,670 votes to Biden's 5,166.

The lawsuit does not specifically say where the man was when he was denied access to viewing the absentee ballot count. But the lawsuit does reference Oakland County, an area with many absentee ballots where Biden defeated Trump by a substantial margin ...

“Secretary Benson is violating the Michigan Constitution and Michigan election law by allowing absent voter ballots to be processed and counted without allowing challengers to observe the video of the ballot boxes into which these ballots are placed,” the lawsuit states.

The law cited by the Trump campaign in its lawsuit was recently passed by the Michigan Legislature. It makes no reference to allowing poll challengers to view video, merely that video surveillance is required for drop boxes installed after Oct. 1. Most drop boxes in the state were either installed before that time or do have video surveillance ...

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/04/trump-michigan-lawsuit-counting-votes-biden/6163893002/

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
6. Campaign will sue to stop PA ballot count
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:56 PM
Nov 2020

MICK STINELLI
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

... “Pennsylvania is going to count every vote and make sure that everyone has their voice heard,” Wolf wrote in a statement. “Pennsylvania is going to fight every single attempt to disenfranchise voters and continue to administer a free and fair election. Our election officials at the state and local level should be free to do their jobs without intimidation or attacks” ...

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2020/11/04/election-results-2020-Pennsylvania-ballot-counting-Trump-campaign-lawsuit-stop/stories/202011040116

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