Trump promises court fight over Pennsylvania absentee votes

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign are signaling they will pursue an aggressive legal strategy to try to prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election.

The matter could find its way to the Supreme Court, especially if those ballots could tip the outcome in the battleground state.

The three-day extension was ordered by Pennsylvania’s top court. The Supreme Court refused to block it, but several conservative justices have indicated they could revisit the issue after the election.

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, a Democrat, already has told local elections officials to keep the late-arriving ballots separate, but also to count them. She acknowledged that a post-election court fight could change that.



President Donald Trump arrives to board Air Force One for a day of campaign rallies, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)


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[dchill]

1. He's gonna lose either way.

[kiri]

20. Trump will win in the courts

Do you really think that Kavanaugh, Barret, Alito, Thomas will vote against Trump?

And the 220 judges Trump and McConnell push thru?

[dchill]

21. They would have to have a chance and a reason to vote at all.

[onetexan]

25. Yup, PA AG is Dem &he's already said the lawsuits are baseless

[PSPS]

2. Funny how "your favorite president" fears counting votes.

[grumpyduck]

3. What a fucking piece of shit.

[yankeepants]

11. I like this. Concise. Succinct. Accurate.

[Crowman2009]

23. That's how New Yorkers have described him for decades.

[SergeStorms]

24. And no one would listen to we New Yorkers...

the people who knew what a scumbag piece of shit he is from the get-go. If only people would have listened we could have spared the country this four year nightmare.

[doc03]

4. A lot of our military votes absentee, he is going to deny counting their votes? nt

[iluvtennis]

19. As a veteran I would feel cheated if still on active duty. We all voted absentee. nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. The correct way to do the OP is as follows

"Traitor promises court fight"

He is a traitor, everyone who supports him is a TRAITOR

[Hassler]

6. If he does, Dems need to keep repeating, over and over Trump doesn't want

To count overseas military votes (many that won't arrive until after tomorrow).

[BlueIdaho]

7. Lawyers cost money

If he loses and wants a court fight - lawyers are going to demand cash up front.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. The people will not accept this

I don't know what will happen, but there is no way this will go down, with or without sugar

[PSPS]

9. More bluster. He gets the hook tomorrow but he wants to retain the spotlight as long as possible.

[RockRaven]

10. And if he finds out that the early counts have him down by 5 points, all of a sudden he'll be

screaming about counting every vote.

[DeminPennswoods]

15. Exactly what O'Donnell said on Friday

nt

[angstlessk]

12. How can they delay their decision till AFTER the election?

When there is NO hope of the voters being able to correct the variance?

The three-day extension was ordered by Pennsylvania’s top court. The Supreme Court refused to block it, but several conservative justices have indicated they could revisit the issue after the election.

[thenelm1]

16. This. Negating votes made in good faith based on the election laws as currently on the books...

in these districts and leaving the voters with no way to correct their votes smacks of rank partisan corruption. And any court that would allow that to happen with no remedy to the harmed/denied voters would make that court's decisions as corrupt as those seeking to eliminate the votes of those citizens/voters. The pubbies don't get to have the rules changed in the middle of the process just because they think they might lose - at least they shouldn't be able to if the process is fair and above board. And dump's whining doesn't count as a legitimate reason. Not sure I have faith, given the slant of the courts nowadays, that that would be the ultimate result. This is my fear, as I'm sure it is with many others hereabouts.

[Freedomofspeech]

13. Our AG. Josh Shapiro told him to bring it on. He's ready

for them !

[PopsMouth]

14. In 2016, Trump insisted that every ballot be counted

No matter how long it took. Gee, What changed?

[smb]

17. Trump Promises Court Fight To Throw Out Ballots From Our Overseas "Suckers And Losers" Troops nt

[ellie]

18. Look at that

fucking slob.

[relayerbob]

22. Pennsylvania won't matter in the end

And once again, Trump's "smartness" will prove to be a worthless disaster