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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 02:27 AM Nov 2020

Drops key claim in Pennsylvania

... Ahead of a Tuesday hearing in the case, Trump’s campaign dropped the allegation that hundreds of thousands of mail-in and absentee ballots — 682,479, to be precise — were illegally processed without its representatives watching ...

The remaining claim in the lawsuit centres on disqualifying ballots cast by voters who were given an opportunity to fix mail-in ballots that were going to be disqualified for a technicality ...

Cliff Levine, a lawyer representing the Democratic National Committee, which is seeking to intervene, said it isn't clear how many voters were given the chance to fix their ballot ...

“The numbers aren't even close to the margin between the two candidates, not even close,” Levine said ...

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/trump-campaign-drops-key-claim-in-pennsylvania-ballot-challenge-20201116-p56f1u.html

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Drops key claim in Pennsylvania (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2020 OP
Forces spin legal wheels in Michigan struggle4progress Nov 2020 #1
TY struggle & DNC Lawyer Cliff Levine!! Cha Nov 2020 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2020 #3
It's not even that there was an extended cure time BGBD Nov 2020 #4

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
1. Forces spin legal wheels in Michigan
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 02:32 AM
Nov 2020

LANSING — Lawsuits filed in the wrong courts.

Naming the wrong defendants.

Alleging facts with no connection to the defendants being sued ...

... Washtenaw certified its results in a 4-0 vote Thursday, Ingham was expected to do so Monday, and Wayne is on track to certify Tuesday, officials said. In all, at least 49 of Michigan's counties have certified their results, according to the Secretary of State's Office ...

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/15/donald-trump-losing-michigan-lawsuits/6269524002/

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BGBD

(3,282 posts)
4. It's not even that there was an extended cure time
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 04:07 AM
Nov 2020

it was that the SoS extended that extension by a couple of days. The only ballots that this could impact would be those cured during the extension of the extended time. So, we're probably talking about a few hundred or MAYBE one or two thousand ballots statewide. If it's actually on the upper end of that range I'd be surprised.

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