Trump seeks to stop voting, but only counting remains
By: Mark Sherman - The Associated Press
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Trump seeks to stop voting, but only counting remains
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll take the presidential election to the Supreme Court, but it's unclear what he means in a country in which vote tabulations routinely continue beyond Election Day, and states largely set the rules for when the count has to end.
"We'll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court -- we want all voting to stop," Trump said early Wednesday.
But the voting is over. It's only counting that is taking place across the nation. No state will count absentee votes that are postmarked after Election Day.
Democratic challenger Joe Biden's campaign called Trump's statement "outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect."
"If the president makes good on his threat to go to court to try to prevent the proper tabulation of votes, we have legal teams standing by ready to deploy to resist that effort," Biden Campaign Manager Jen O'Malley Dillon said in a statement. "And they will prevail."
Election law expert Richard Hasen wrote in Slate on Sunday that "there has never been any basis to claim that a ballot arriving on time cannot be counted if officials cannot finish their count on election night."
Ohio State University election law professor Edward Foley wrote on Twitter Wednesday: "The valid votes will be counted. SCOTUS would be involved only if there were votes of questionable validity that would make a difference, which might not be the case. The rule of law will determine the official winner of the popular vote in each state. Let the rule of law work."
In any event, there's no way to go directly to the high court with a claim of fraud. Trump and his campaign could allege problems with the way votes are counted in individual states, but they would have to start their legal fight in a state or lower federal court.
There is a pending Republican appeal at the Supreme Court over whether Pennsylvania can count votes that arrive in the mail from Wednesday to Friday, an extension ordered by the state's top court over the objection of Republicans. That case does not involve ballots already cast and in the possession of election officials, even if they are yet to be counted.
The high court refused before the election to rule out those ballots, but conservative justices indicated they could revisit the issue after the election. The Supreme Court also refused to block an extension for the receipt and counting of absentee ballots in North Carolina beyond the three days set by state law.
Even a small number of contested votes could matter if either state determines the winner of the election and the gap between Trump and Biden is so small that a few thousand votes, or even a few hundred, could make the difference.
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It was predictable that Trump would take his loss to the SCOTUS.
Five years ago, I would have never believed that I could hate another human being, especially one with whom I had no personal dealings. I consider it a serious failing on my part.
That said, God and I haven't been on the same page in years, but I'm hoping he's on the same page right now, both regarding my attitude, and the election outcome.
Sister, America had one chance to regain our national honor by completely repudiating Donald Trump and his racist cult of trumpism. And we blew it.
Its likely Biden will be president, but Trump was not repudiated.
It MOST CERTAINLY IS NOT "a serious failing", cause , if you R NOT 'Hating' on Trump, in my oh so humble opine, there IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU ! This FCKN LOSER is deserved of all the HATE this country could give him. He is a festering puss producing pathetic-ism, prone to polluting peep wholes perceptional comprehension distortions, to such proportions, that my Uncle become Aunti - Abortions in our White Power House of Shame, withTrump and his Pathetic Pussy grabbin N back N front stabbin abilities, N Dis Ability, has caused men E and women too, to take a long Polaroid of how oui' have become a country seriously lacking tact, cause A tact is what we have B come, whence forth Ignorance B comes the ruler, and embraced have too many seemingly glad to meter, cause the metrics are our over Dewey, Decimal Systems derived from dereliction of duty free deprivation. And this duty is not measured in meters, as like in back alley's where Trump wood meet her, to be discreter, he is always stepping in/on matters, so Fecal, and positioned flagrantly fetal, as stepping on Bitches scratches his itches, as he pays off ten the snitches to sniff his Jeff capped britches leaving them in stitches as they net worth butterflies in the face of reason, cause the shit on the shoes of this liter that does use and lose his quart Supreme, F U NO what i mean, cause the LIES and ACCUSATIONS of a tabloid wanna B, Sensationalized, as he should BE DESPISED, with every women or man he does meat, out back in the dark junkie YARDS, where he must walk, as he can't skip, meeting Salley inn the alley, under wear dirty women stay, it's difficult to get out and a way, as meters are not often found this way close too town, cause in these junkie yards, limited parking n lots of know parking, asz on the grassy knowl, he wanted to park his junk in the trunk of pissed off prose, walkin and stalkin the yards, F only he could find , in therse vast yards of convicts he does deal, was won who did not click his healed, butt, since he cannot find amongst these yards, birds, he instead attempts to park the Lead Zeppelin , but, quite a De-feet , Trumpp the little handed, is handed, a meter minute maid Tweet, asz when you can't, U can't find, a place or a lewd Pasture to park your Led Zep on the grass, cuz in yards, know parking Meater Mades too order Trumppy A Golden Showering her with Gory, as no Meter maids to special order sum moored to B low the bordered buy lands, that used to be of and for the FREE, now
not for either U, they, i , ore ME ! sew Y can't more SEE, that to HATE TRUMPPY, is where we SHOULD BEE
Doin instead of a slow fast , as jaws be wastin time
on Orange Slime, who fore US, will never have, ISN"T IT ABOUT TYME @
Can I have an executive summary of that, please?
Trump sucks. That's the executive summary
She's listening, Sister. She told me you are one of her favorite people
I, too, found it hard to believe that Biden didn't get a landslide victory already.
I might have thought the virus caused brain damage, but then not everyone voted for Trump.
America has proven both sad and pathetic, cause how many still don't or can't get it, is truly absurd, and ignorance is the word.
Buzz, your title is incorrect. A misrepresentation really. He said, "We want all voting to stop. We don’t want them to find any ballots at 4 o’clock in the morning and add them to the list, okay?" In other words, he doesn't want people VOTING after election day, or fraudulent ballots delivered. Which is the law.
Uh....who votes after election day? It's against the law
Thanks, Vic, but I'm not permitted to change the title of the seed.
I have a feeling I had better lock this seed while I'm sleeping. I'll unlock it in about 9 or 10 hours from now.
Now unlocked for civil comments, although I can understand why in present circumstances civility will be difficulty for some members.