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mk  ·  1508 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Post election discussion thread.

This made me LOL:

Trump is desperate to stop PA from counting but also desperate that AZ continues.





am_Unition  ·  1508 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Stop counting votes in one state, but keep counting in another.

As if we needed any examples of ideological inconsistencies in Trump-supporting logic.

wasoxygen  ·  1507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Gore had the right to request a hand recount in each of Florida’s 67 counties—the request had to be made county by county—but he asked for a recount in just four: Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Volusia. All of them were populous and heavily Democratic.

The Bush-Gore Recount Is an Omen for 2020

b_b  ·  1507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The thing about 2000 that we often forget though I'd that as messy as it was, the result was basically correct. The supreme court did is all a disservice with Bush v Gore (which I read the other day has only been cited at good case law on a single Court decision since, and only by Thomas in a separate opinion), because it's been written since that Bush actually did win now votes in FL. The recount wouldn't have changed the result. 2000 could have been remembered as messy but a good lesson is patience while votes are being counted rather than a partisan power grab by the GOP had it not been for that horrible decision.