“…democracies suffer from post-electoral violence due to the delay in the publishing of results”

Discovery and disinformation are ahead as RWNJs are looking for reasons to overturn the election, but are perhaps more about grifting. The reality remains that Trump tried to manipulate processing of ballots by installing a crony in USPS, among other things yet to be determined. Attempts to manipulate the system got complicated by large numbers of postal ballots in the face of a pandemic. Transparency and opacity have become contestable in ways unanticipated by many of the players. What a concept, more standardization needed in voting procedures for federal elections.

— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) November 9, 2020

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Scoop: President Trump plans to brandish obituaries of people who supposedly voted but are dead — plus hold campaign-style rallies — in an effort to prolong his fight against apparent insurmountable election results, four Trump advisers tell me https://t.co/HGfpZjSVXA

— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) November 8, 2020

President Trump plans to brandish obituaries of people who supposedly voted but are dead — plus hold campaign-style rallies — in an effort to prolong his fight against apparent insurmountable election results, four Trump advisers told me during a conference call this afternoon.

What we're hearing: Obits for those who cast ballots are part of the “specific pieces of evidence” aimed at bolstering the Trump team's so-far unsupported claims of widespread voter fraud and corruption that they say led to Joe Biden’s victory.

• Fueling the effort is the expected completion of vote counting this week, allowing Republicans to file for more recounts.

What's next: Team Trump is ready to announce specific recount teams in key states, and it plans to hold a series of Trump rallies focused on the litigation.

• In Georgia: Doug Collins, the outgoing congressman who lost to Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a special election to fill former Sen. Johnny Isakson's seat, will be leading the campaign's recount efforts. The team has also redeployed 92 staffers from Florida to Georgia, doubling its group on the ground.
• In Arizona: Kory Langhofer, former counsel for Trump's 2016 transition, will serve as lead attorney.
• In Pennsylvania: Porter Wright's Ron Hicks is heading up the legal effort.
• Nationwide: They're assembling additional surrogates and lawyers.

“We want to make sure we have an adequate supply of manpower on the ground for man-to-man combat,” one adviser said.

https://t.co/HGfpZjSVXA

— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) November 7, 2020

— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) November 8, 2020

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13/ This seems surgical:

On Wed., the USPS “processed 94.5 % of ballots on time [the expected rate is 97%],” but in the “9 postal districts spanning 5 states— AZ, NV, PA, NC & GA—that have yet 2 decide the presidential race, the on-time rate was 84.6 %.” https://t.co/MbKWDga965

— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) November 8, 2020

— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) November 9, 2020

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 20, 2020

— Michael MacKay (@mhmck) November 9, 2020

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