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[Jarqui]

42. NYT has surveyed the states

None of the states are reporting issues with fraud.

When the canvassing of the election in each state ends, that's when complaints get dealt with. If the complainant isn't happy, they can complain in court and appeal that, etc - unusual to reach the Supreme Court.

Then there is a recount and recanvass incorporating the election/legal decisions of the complaints. Now, some states legislatures are expressing a desire to audit the results.

The Electoral College votes Dec 14th.

What Trump seems to be doing is planning to carpet bomb the states and their courts with complaints to overwhelm them so that they cannot arrive as a decision before the Electoral College votes. Hannity revealed 11,000 incidents in 500 affidavits last night. After his show, they'll probably get lots more. Rudy is filing something in Michigan today. Other have been filing in other states.

Trump's game can not be to win a decision - because with no fraud, he can't substantially expect to. His game seems to be to create overwhelming circumstances to make rendering a decision impossible to do in the short time frame. Like many of his legal maneuvers as President, he doesn't have to win - just run out the clock. The trick is whether he can ask enough legal questions that have a shred of legitimacy to overwhelm them, appeal them to the highest courts to drag them out, etc. He's muddying the verdict of the voters - which then leaves it to the legislatures (mostly GOP) to either make the decision in legally murky circumstances (so they'll say) or not send Electors. If Biden doesn't get 270 votes in the Electoral College, Trump can win it in the House (one vote per state).

The key to defeat this is expeditiously shoot down these claims. And counter it in the media with exposure.
A big one the courts use is "could this change the outcome of the election?" so a single complaint over a single vote won't do it. It has to be a broader issue.
Legal smoke screen is coming. We need legal leaf blowers out in force.

I once asked my learned history professor "Since the US Constitution was written mostly by lawyers, how did the US legal system get so screwed up relative to other countries with British common law?"
He answered, "Son, that is a rhetorical question".