cyberdad wrote:
Brictoria wrote:
Of course, if it is found that Mr Trump should have won but didn't, it may make 2024 more interesting that it would otherwise have been...
Do you really believe Trump's nonsense about voting fraud Bric?
The polling strategists already projected that this year there would be a record turnout and there would be a large postal vote because of COVID19. They also figured postal votes would favor Biden because democrats would be more likely to follow Joe's advice to do the right thing and stay away from polling booths and post their votes. Meanwhile the MAGAs were more represented in the booths.
The pundits knew that Biden’s Voters would be more Likely To Vote By Mail Than Trump’s. The proof was in the early results, Any wonder that Trump started his weird call that there was voter fraud. It was fake because he knew if he could call tight states as illegal it would favour his election chances.
The whole thing is not rocket science Bric, its opportunism and Trump is a desperate opportunist playing his last card before he's tossed out of the casino.
These would be the same "pundits" and "polling strategists" who had Mr Biden slated to easily win Texas and Florida?
Regarding the potential issues, I find certain statistical anomolies interesting, though whether there was fraud behind them, or a random "cluster", who can tell without further investigation.
Given there are reports (which can be verified) of deceased people having voted (as well as people reporting that on arriving to vote on the day they were informed a mail-in ballot had already been received under their name when they had not requested, nor received one.), there obviously were cases of fraud, but the scale is unknown, and trying to prevent this being questioned\investigated could lead an impartial observer into believing there was something to be found.
Similarly, the software used in several counties "mistakenly" crediting votes from one side towards the total for the other (always the same direction) would normally cause people to query the accuracy of the results in other counties which used that product.
There are also stories (with video) of vote counts dropping for one side during broadcast, but that is as likely to be due to a typo on the broadcaster's end (if manually entering the numbers as they come in, rather than taking them from an official feed of the count) as it is to be caused by someone altering official numbers.
Finally, given that there is a process in place which is designed for cases where a participant may (subjectively) perceive an issue that occurred, there is no harm in any perceived issues being brought to light, if only to show that the person who perceived the problem was mistaken. Trying to subvert this process in order to avoid scrutiny of the election process\results lessens the credibility of the result, as it leaves open the ability of the person "wronged" to continue their claim, rather than closing it, and can cause the appearance that the person or group trying to subvert this process may have something which they do not want to have revealed.
On a side note, I seem to recall recently requesting that you
cease addressing comments or communication towards me...