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Bofferbrauer2 on 21 November 2020
TruckOSaurus said:

A concept I have difficulty wrapping my head around is having to register to vote. Why the fuck isn't everyone automatically registered? I've never had to do that in Canada.

I think that goes for most of the civilized world. The US are the only country that springs to my mind where you have to register for voting and where that's not an automatic process.

Same thing for me with not having an unique federal or national ID card in the US.

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JWeinCom on 21 November 2020
Pennsylvania judges are not impressed with Trump's legal arguments.
"Plaintiffs ask this Court to disenfranchise almost seven million voters. This Court has been unable to find any case in which a plaintiff has sought such a drastic remedy in the contest of an election, in terms of the sheer volume of votes asked to be invalidated.
One might expect that when seeking such a startling outcome, a plaintiff would come formidably armed with compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant corruption, such that this Court would have no option but to regrettably grant the proposed injunctive relief despite the impact it would have on such a large group of citizens. That has not happened. Instead, this Court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations, unpled in the operative complaint and unsupported by evidence.
    In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. Our people, laws, and institutions demand more. At bottom, Plaintiffs have failed to meet their burden to state a claim upon which relief may be granted."
    At this point, I guess you believe Donald Trump or the 30+ judges, Trump's own appointees who were tasked with monitoring the election, the governors, attorney generals, and election officials of every state, many of whom were republican, and so on.
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/21/politics/federal-judge-dismisses-trump-pennsylvania-lawsuit/index.html 


    TallSilhouette on 21 November 2020
    Hiku said:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_get06-tgo

    https://external-preview.redd.it/KgVMWIYlBdteOhM8sGQgVTmBBaqct-1cqYt_BhtSxBQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=50fad50ce31f8c888fe5208d5d11814e69c9b14a

    That's a pretty embarrassing video, but I don't follow the reference.



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    TallSilhouette on 21 November 2020

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    Nighthawk117 on 21 November 2020

    Once more I'll say it again: The election is over. Biden won. Trump lost. GAME OVER !!!!! And this is coming from a lifelong Republican. Stop getting your panties into a bunch!!! It's fucking over!!! Trump is as done as a Thanksgiving turkey. You Demos can all relax now.



    JWeinCom on 21 November 2020
    Nighthawk117 said:

    Once more I'll say it again: The election is over. Biden won. Trump lost. GAME OVER !!!!! And this is coming from a lifelong Republican. Stop getting your panties into a bunch!!! It's fucking over!!! Trump is as done as a Thanksgiving turkey. You Demos can all relax now.

    Uhhhhh... ok man. People are free to discuss what they want here so long as it's pertaining to the election. You're under no obligation to participate, so if you're not interested then don't. Coming into a thread to aggressively tell people not to discuss what the thread is about is not ok.



    Paperboy_J on 21 November 2020
    PAOerfulone said:

    If you had asked me 4 years ago about removing the Electoral College, I would've said, "Ehhhh, I don't know about that."

    If you ask me now: "Yeah, get rid of it. It's got to go."

    Amen.  It's ridiculous to hold onto this nonsense system, just so republicans don't feel bad.  It's got to go.



    curl-6 on 21 November 2020

    As a non-American; any truth to claims the Supreme Court can overturn the election and reinstall Trump for a second term? It's all over Twitter but I can't tell if it's just bluster from extremists or if it can actually happen.

    Because that sounds awfully like a coup, having an election decided by a panel of 9 people when one candidate leads by several states and millions of votes.



    TallSilhouette on 21 November 2020
    curl-6 said:

    As a non-American; any truth to claims the Supreme Court can overturn the election and reinstall Trump for a second term? It's all over Twitter but I can't tell if it's just bluster from extremists or if it can actually happen.

    Because that sounds awfully like a coup, having an election decided by a panel of 9 people when one candidate leads by several states and millions of votes.

    Getting less likely each day. Trying to get the courts or electors to overturn the people's vote on any number of paper thin pretexts has been the Trump admin's post-election day strategy, but with no substance to their claims their cases are getting ruled against or just thrown out left and right. The most alarming moment so far was when Michigan officials were flown out to the White House to 'hear the president out' but even that thankfully doesn't seem like it's going to work and Trump's options shrink as more states set their vote counts in stone. Trump is absolutely attempting a coup any way he can get away with (while projecting otherwise), but thankfully it's looking like our safeguards are strong enough to stop him. Those safeguards are only as strong as the people enforcing them, though.