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HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:53 AM Nov 2020

My PA County won't start counting Mail In Ballots until November 4th

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/7-pennsylvania-counties-wait-until-after-election-day-to-count-mail-ballots/

Is Trump going to challenge this? I live in Monroe County where Democrats outnumber Republicans. Hillary won this County in 2016. There is a large Minority population in addition to many transplants from NY ad NJ.

I was notified by the County Board of Elections that my ballot was received on October 14th. Plenty of time. So now Trump is going to challenge it? I did read that after the PA Primary mail ballots were still being counted 3 days after the election. Won't happen again now? A lot of people didn't want to vote in person because of COVID? Nothing nefarious about that.

In hindsight I regret requesting a mail in ballot at the time I requested one for the Primary. Should have just gone to the polls.
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TEB

(12,936 posts)
1. They will try
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:57 AM
Nov 2020

We will fight them in court I’m in pa also my wife voted mail in I’m voting in morning

samnsara

(17,656 posts)
2. im in wash state..all 100% mail in..hubby ran for a hospital district office ( not even county wide)
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:59 AM
Nov 2020

...our town has way less than 100k pop and it took DAYS for him to know that he won. The new numbers were posted every evening at 5pm with the incumbent initially ahead. THREE days after the election with less than 30,000 votes cast ( not all were able to vote for this position) hubby was declared the winner and his opponent called him to congratulate him.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
3. shithole has 8,500 lawyers ready to go . .
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 08:02 AM
Nov 2020

But alas, Biden/Harris win states by a sizeable number, even shithole's lawyers will have a difficult time. Who is paying these lawyers? it's surely not him and taxpayers couldn't be paying for them.

 

Marius25

(3,213 posts)
9. There aren't 8500 lawyers in this country
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 09:00 AM
Nov 2020

willing to defend Trump. And the ones he has are guaranteed to be horrible since no good lawyer worth their salt will work with him.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
8. GOP has NO standing to challenge any vote counting with in the defined state guidleline period
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 08:49 AM
Nov 2020

which is typically 30 days, The court will simply dismiss. On the other hand democrats can sue to extend ballot collection beyond the defined period if they can offer proof of the USPS not functioning

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