POL November 3: The 2020 U.S. ELECTION DAY MAIN THREAD

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Pennsylvania Appeals Court Tosses Trump Lawsuit, Setting Stage For Supreme Court Showdown

Fri, 11/27/2020 - 12:44

A federal appeals court has tossed an attempt by the Trump campaign to revive a lawsuit seeking to undo Pennsylvania's certification of Joe Biden's irregularity-plagued victory in the state.



The Friday decision potentially sets the stage for a US Supreme Court showdown, in which the 6-3 (arguably) conservative majority could overturn the results of the election.

That said, according to Bloomberg - citing 'experts' - it's unlikely that the high court will take up a case if the evidence is lacking, and which won't affect the outcome of the election - given that Biden would still win the White House without Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes.

"Voters, not lawyers, choose the president," reads the opinion from the appeals court, adding "Ballots, not briefs, decide elections. The ballots here are governed by Pennsylvania election law. No federal law requires poll watchers or specifies where they must live or how close they may stand when votes are counted. Nor does federal law govern whether to count ballots with minor state-law defects or let voters cure those defects."



The Trump campaign sought to have a federal court invalidate Pennsylvania's certification, and then get the state's General Assembly to select Trump electors to the Electoral College - which campaign attorney Marc Scaringi wrrote to the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit (via CNBC).

"The Pennsylvania General Assembly has the power to appoint the Commonwealth’s presidential electors," wrote Scaringi, adding "A decision by the District Court that President Trump won the legal votes may have significant impact on the General Assembly."
 

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Trump Now Says Biden Will Have To 'Prove' His 80 Million Votes Weren't Fraudulent Before Giving Up White House

Fri, 11/27/2020 - 11:01

Update (1101ET): In a sharp reversal of earlier comments to reporters, President Trump on Friday said that he'll only leave the White House if Biden can prove the election wasn't fraudulent.

"Biden can only enter the White House as President if he can prove that his ridiculous “80,000,000 votes” were not fraudulently or illegally obtained," tweeted Trump, adding "When you see what happened in Detroit, Atlanta, Philadelphia & Milwaukee, massive voter fraud, he’s got a big unsolvable problem!"
Biden can only enter the White House as President if he can prove that his ridiculous “80,000,000 votes” were not fraudulently or illegally obtained. When you see what happened in Detroit, Atlanta, Philadelphia & Milwaukee, massive voter fraud, he’s got a big unsolvable problem!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2020
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President Trump took questions from reporters on Thursday evening for the first time since Election Day. And after confirming a few days ago via Twitter that he would tell the GSA to formally begin the transition process, the president confirmed to a group of MSM journalists that he would formally surrender power to Biden should Trump's rival win the Electoral College vote.


During the scrum, Trump took about 25 minutes to rehash a series of allegations his legal team has so far made while saying flatly that Biden couldn't have done as well as he did without "fraud".

Reporters of course leapt at the opportunity to ask all kinds of salacious questions: Trump was asked if he’d physically leave the White House if the Electoral College affirms Biden’s victory - Trump replied "certainly I will, and you know that.”

After a round of antagonistic questions, Trump started lashing out at various states for dropping the ball and ruining his chances at a second term, while reiterating that this was "a rigged election...at the highest level".

Trump slammed Georgia’s Republican secretary of state - who penned an op-ed slamming Trump and his supporters - as an “enemy of the people.” He added that he would soon stage a rally in Georgia, where voters return to the polls in early January for a pair of runoff Senate races that will determine control of the Upper Chamber.

Finally, Trump repeatedly returned to questioning Joe Biden’s raw vote total, insisting the Democrat couldn’t have done so well as compared to previous Democratic candidates, although population growth historically drives growth in voting numbers while 2020 led to a particularly charged political atmosphere.
“This is not a candidate that can get 80 million votes,” he said of Biden. “The only way he got 80 million votes is through a massive fraud.”
Trump declined to say if he’d attend Biden’s inauguration, as is the custom for an outgoing president. “I’ll be honest, I know the answer, but I just don’t want to say it yet,” he said, before adding that it's "not right" that Biden has already started picking his cabinet.

Both Trump and Biden stayed close to home for the Thanksgiving holiday. The inauguration for Biden (assuming he does win the EC) would take place on Jan. 20.
 

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Federal appeals court dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit over Pennsylvania voting procedures
'The campaign’s claims have no merit,' the court said
By Vandana Rambaran | Fox News

Will Trump campaigning in Georgia help Republicans win Senate runoffs?

National Journal Politics editor Josh Kraushaar weighs in on Trump’s impact on the Georgia Senate runoffs.

A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit by the Trump campaign over Pennsylvania's voting procedures on Friday, paving the way for the issue to escalate all the way up to the Supreme Court.

Despite Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani arguing to a lower court that widespread voter fraud occurred in a state where President-elect Joe Biden won by over 80,000 votes, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said “the campaign’s claims have no merit.”

The Trump campaign has the option of asking the U.S. Supreme Court for emergency injunctive relief, which would go to Justice Samuel Alito, who would then likely ask his eight colleagues to weigh in.

"The activist judicial machinery in Pennsylvania continues to cover up the allegations of massive fraud. We are very thankful to have had the opportunity to present proof and the facts to the PA state legislature. On to SCOTUS!," Jenna Ellis, Trump's attorney and campaign adviser, said in a statement on Twitter after the court ruling.

Friday's ruling upheld U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann's take on the Trump campaign’s error-filled complaint, which Brann said, “like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together."

The three judges on the panel were all appointed by Republican presidents.
“Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here,” Judge Stephanos Bibas, a former law school professor, wrote in his ruling.

The decision is the latest blow to Trump's efforts to prove the election outcome in several battleground states where he lost were "rigged."

Giuliani held a public hearing alongside Trump on Wednesday and alleged that Republicans were denied the opportunity to observe the canvassing process, with Trump claiming they have "hundreds and hundreds of affidavits" of witnesses' personal stories to back their argument up.

However, the so-called proof has not been presented during numerous court hearings, with judges repeatedly ruling against the Trump campaign.

In addition to Pennsylvania, Giuliani claimed that similar schemes also took place in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia.
 

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‘Certainly I Will’: Trump Says He’ll Vacate White House If Biden Wins Electoral College Vote

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 24: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Vice President Mike Pence (L) prepare to speak to the press in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump made brief remarks about the stock market hitting 30,000. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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November 26, 20209:01 PM ET

President Donald Trump said during a Thursday press conference that he would leave the White House if the Electoral College formally declares President-elect Joe Biden the victor.

“Certainly I will. And you know that,” Trump said after a reporter asked whether he’d leave the White House if Biden was declared the winner, according to The Hill.

However, Trump added that a Biden win would be “a mistake.” He continued to insist that voter fraud was rampant, though there hasn’t been evidence to prove it, the Hill reported.
President Trump, when asked if he would leave the White House, said: “Certainly I will, and you know that.”
A question that had been hanging over this presidency and this nation since President-elect Biden won.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) November 26, 2020
“This election was a fraud,” he said without offering specific evidence, according to CNBC. The president also indicated that the election is “going to be a very hard thing to concede,” the Hill reported.

Trump tweeted Thursday that Pennsylvania’s voting tallies were “a total FRAUD.” The commonwealth formally certified its election results in favor of Biden on Tuesday, according to CNN.
A total FRAUD. Statehouse Republicans, proud, strong and honest, will never let this travesty stand! https://t.co/N28yIoRsm5
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2020
Biden leads Trump 306 electoral college votes to 232 in a New York Times election map, and numerous news outlets have called the election in the Democrat’s favor.
 

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Certa Bonum Certamen
Here's a link to the suit



ETA: A link to the .pdf of the actual complaint that can be downloaded is there. The other portions are accessible only if one has a PACER account

ETA2: Direct link to the complaint

 
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Federal appeals court dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit over Pennsylvania voting procedures
'The campaign’s claims have no merit,' the court said
By Vandana Rambaran | Fox News

Will Trump campaigning in Georgia help Republicans win Senate runoffs?

National Journal Politics editor Josh Kraushaar weighs in on Trump’s impact on the Georgia Senate runoffs.

A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit by the Trump campaign over Pennsylvania's voting procedures on Friday, paving the way for the issue to escalate all the way up to the Supreme Court.

Despite Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani arguing to a lower court that widespread voter fraud occurred in a state where President-elect Joe Biden won by over 80,000 votes, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said “the campaign’s claims have no merit.”

The Trump campaign has the option of asking the U.S. Supreme Court for emergency injunctive relief, which would go to Justice Samuel Alito, who would then likely ask his eight colleagues to weigh in.

"The activist judicial machinery in Pennsylvania continues to cover up the allegations of massive fraud. We are very thankful to have had the opportunity to present proof and the facts to the PA state legislature. On to SCOTUS!," Jenna Ellis, Trump's attorney and campaign adviser, said in a statement on Twitter after the court ruling.

Friday's ruling upheld U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann's take on the Trump campaign’s error-filled complaint, which Brann said, “like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together."

The three judges on the panel were all appointed by Republican presidents.
“Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here,” Judge Stephanos Bibas, a former law school professor, wrote in his ruling.

The decision is the latest blow to Trump's efforts to prove the election outcome in several battleground states where he lost were "rigged."

Giuliani held a public hearing alongside Trump on Wednesday and alleged that Republicans were denied the opportunity to observe the canvassing process, with Trump claiming they have "hundreds and hundreds of affidavits" of witnesses' personal stories to back their argument up.

However, the so-called proof has not been presented during numerous court hearings, with judges repeatedly ruling against the Trump campaign.

In addition to Pennsylvania, Giuliani claimed that similar schemes also took place in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia.
This commie court does not want to hear facts. They only want to hear "We Surrender". The president's resolve is strong and that is our strength and the Left's final undoing. They know it and they are starting to tremble.
 

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Let's Go Brandon!
President Donald Trump said during a Thursday press conference that he would leave the White House if the Electoral College formally declares President-elect Joe Biden the victor.

“Certainly I will. And you know that,” Trump said after a reporter asked whether he’d leave the White House if Biden was declared the winner, according to The Hill.

Trump also remarked: "I will also vacate the White House if a two-headed unicorn walks in the front door and tells me I'm desperately needed on Mars to save it from the Sand People. Seriously, people, get a grip."
 

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FRIDAY’S FUN FRAUD FACT: Mysterious Spike in Incomplete NV Voter Registrations – 13,372 with Invalid Birthdates and Casinos and Temporary RV Parks as a Home Address

By Jim Hoft
Published November 27, 2020 at 3:41pm
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Here is this hour’s Democrat Fun Fraud Fact–

The Washington Examiner‘s Paul Bedard posted these intriguing numbers from Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District.

There was a strange spike in incomplete voter registrations this year that included invalid birthdates and casinos and temporary RV lots as a home address.
‘Historically strange’ spike in incomplete Nevada voter files, casinos as ‘home.’ Bad files were 68 in 2020, but 13,372 in 2020. No sex, no age, casinos, temporary RV parks as ‘home.’'Historically strange' spike in incomplete Nevada voter files, casinos as ‘home’ pic.twitter.com/5RYCMMg8DW
— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) November 27, 2020
An analysis of Nevada votes has uncovered an unprecedented jump in problem voter registrations, likely providing the Trump campaign with another avenue to challenge Joe Biden’s victory in the critical state.

In an affidavit filed in another Republican election challenge, a “data scientist” found a huge surge of incomplete voter registrations and those giving casinos and temporary RV parks as “their home or mailing addresses” in the Third Congressional District that covers the southern third of the state and much of Clark County.

The expert, Dorothy Morgan, said that in her initial study of the records of those who voted, there was an “historically strange” jump in voter registrations missing the sex and age of the voter, making confirmation by poll workers impossible.
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Data expert Dorothy Morgan found this “historically strange” spike in incomplete voter registrations in Democratic Clark County, NV. The Las Vegas Strip, not part of the Las Vegas City limits, is part of Clark County.

In her affidavit, which has been forwarded to Trump’s team, Morgan said that her findings were just scratching surface.
“Based on the results I have found in the limited time I have had to analyze this dataset, I expect to find additional oddities in the election data as I conduct further analysis,” she wrote.
 

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It’s Happening: Pennsylvania State Legislature Files Resolution — DISPUTES STATEWIDE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS

By Jim Hoft
Published November 27, 2020 at 5:53pm

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It is clear the Pennsylvania 2020 election was wrought with fraud and criminal conduct.

President Trump led by nearly 700,000 votes on election night.

Democrats dumped hundreds of thousands of votes to steal the state from the Trump Campaign.

On Wednesday the Pennsylvania state legislature held a hearing on the 2020 election issues and irregularities.

One witness described the huge “spikes” in Pennsylvania during the hearing and the crowd gasped.
.@RudyGiuliani: Of the 600K votes added during curious “spikes” in PA, how many went to Biden?
Witness: “I think our figures were about 570-some-odd-thousand.”
“And how much for Trump?
Witness: “I think it was a little over 3,200.”
*crowd erupts in gasps, laughter* pic.twitter.com/jV3BOI3qY2
— The First (@TheFirstonTV) November 25, 2020
On Friday the Pennsylvania State legislature filed a resolution to dispute the statewide 2020 election results.

Via Conservative Treehouse:

With mounting evidence of election fraud now visible, members of the Pennsylvania legislature have drafted a joint resolution [SEE HERE] to overturn election results, reverse the previous state certification, and the sponsors promise they will take it to the Supreme Court if necessary.
The Resolution
Declaring the results of statewide electoral contests in the 2020 General Election to be in dispute.
WHEREAS, Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution empowers state legislatures, including the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to prescribe the “Times, Places, and Manner” of conducting elections; and

WHEREAS, Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution empowers state legislatures, including the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to direct the manner of appointing electors for President and Vice President of the United States; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has exercised its authority to establish election administration procedures for the Commonwealth, known as the Pennsylvania Election Code; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code requires all mail-in ballots to be received by eight o’clock P.M. on the day of the election; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code requires election officials at polling places to authenticate the signatures of in-person voters; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code requires that county boards of elections shall not meet to conduct a pre-canvass of all absentee and mail-in ballots until seven o’clock A.M. on Election Day, during which time defects on mail-in ballots would be identified; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code prohibits the counting of defective absentee or mail-in ballots; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code authorizes “watchers,” selected by candidates and political parties, to observe the process of canvassing absentee and mail-in ballots; and

WHEREAS, the Commonwealth conducted an election on November 3, 2020 for federal offices, including selecting electors for President and Vice President of the United States; and

WHEREAS, officials in the Executive and Judicial Branches of the Commonwealth infringed upon the General Assembly’s authority under the United States Constitution by unlawfully changing the rules governing the November 3, 2020 election in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, on September 17, 2020, less than seven weeks before the November 3, 2020 election, the partisan majority on the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania unlawfully and unilaterally extended the deadline for mail-in ballots to be received, mandated that ballots mailed without a postmark would be presumed to be received timely, and could be accepted without a verified voter signature; and

WHEREAS, on October 23, 2020, less than two weeks before the November 3, 2020 election and upon a petition from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ruled that mail-in ballots need not authenticate signatures for mail-in ballots, thereby treating in-person and mail-in voters dissimilarly and eliminating a critical safeguard against potential election crime; and

WHEREAS, on November 2, 2020, the night before the November 3, 2020 election and prior to the prescribed time for pre-canvassing mail-in ballots, the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth encouraged certain counties to notify party and candidate representatives of mail-in voters whose ballots contained defects; and

WHEREAS, heavily Democrat counties permitted mail-in voters to cure ballot defects while heavily Republican counties followed the law and invalidated defective ballots; and

WHEREAS, in certain counties in the Commonwealth, watchers were not allowed to meaningfully observe the pre-canvassing and canvassing activities relating to absentee and mail-in ballots; and

WHEREAS, in other parts of the Commonwealth, watchers observed irregularities concerning the pre-canvassing and canvassing of absentee and mail-in ballots; and

WHEREAS, postal employees in Pennsylvania have reported anomalies relating to mail-in ballots, including multiple ballots delivered to a single address with unfamiliar addressees, ballots mailed to vacant homes, empty lots, and addresses that did not exist; and

WHEREAS, witnesses testifying before the Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee on November 25, 2020 have provided additional compelling information regarding the questionable nature of the administration of the 2020 General Election; and

WHEREAS, there remains ongoing litigation concerning the administration of the November 3, 2020 election in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, in 2016, Pennsylvania’s general election results were certified on December 12, 2016, and on November 24, 2020, the Secretary of the Commonwealth unilaterally and prematurely certified results of the November 3, 2020 election regarding presidential electors despite ongoing litigation; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has the duty to ensure that no citizen of this Commonwealth is disenfranchised, to insist that all elections are conducted according to the law, and to satisfy the general public that every legal vote is counted accurately;
THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED that the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives—
1. Recognizes substantial irregularities and improprieties associated with mail-in balloting, pre-canvassing, and canvassing during the November 3, 2020 election; and
2. Disapproves of the infringement on the General Assembly’s authority pursuant to the United States Constitution to regulate elections; and
3. Disapproves of and disagrees with the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s premature certification of the results of the November 3, 2020 election regarding presidential electors; and
4. Declares that the selection of presidential electors and other statewide electoral contest results in this Commonwealth is in dispute; and
5. Urges the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Governor to withdraw or vacate the certification of presidential electors and to delay certification of results in other statewide electoral contests voted on at the 2020 General Election; and
6. Urges the United States Congress to declare the selection of presidential electors in this Commonwealth to be in dispute. (link)
 

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Attention Trump Campaign: Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Won Groundbreaking Case in October — Gives Campaign Right to Examine Voting Machine Source Code

By Jim Hoft
Published November 27, 2020 at 4:23pm

Let’s hope this makes it to the Trump Campaign.

On October 30, 2020 2016 Green Party Candidate Jill Stein FINALLY won her groundbreaking case that gave her campaign the right to examine voting machine source code in Wisconsin.


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It took Jill Stein four years to win this court case.

After witnessing the historic level of fraud in this year’s election it makes us all question the numbers in past elections.

In 2016 Libertarian voters kept Donald Trump from adding New Hampshire, Minnesota and Maine to his electoral haul. Were those actual Libertarian votes in 2016 or were they switched from Trump to Gary Johnson to prevent him from winning those states?

Dr. Jill Stein celebrated this win with a string of tweets on October 30th.

The Trump campaign should take notice.

Confiscating the voting machines in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada may be crucial to exposing the fraud in this year’s election.

WI courts ruled that the largest US manufacturer of voting machines, ES&S, has no right to suppress the findings of our upcoming inspection of voting machine source code. The inspection will bring much needed transparency & accountability to the software that counts our votes.
— Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) October 30, 2020
More…
We’re in discussions with @jhalderm to plan our examination of voting machine source code in WI. This is a unique opportunity for independent scrutiny, & will give the public & officials a more complete picture of election security risks & ultimately help make voting more secure.
— Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) October 30, 2020
More…
The 2016 WI #recount, while not the full hand recount of all counties needed to truly verify the result, brought unprecedented transparency to WI’s vote-counting process, & led to decertification of voting machines observed miscounting ballots during the recount in Racine County.
— Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) October 30, 2020
BIG WIN FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY: the Stein 2016 #Recount campaign has won our court fight in Wisconsin, overcoming the final obstacle to a groundbreaking examination of voting machine source code by defeating voting machine vendors’ attempts to gag us from telling the public what we find.
Here is the announcement from Jill Stein’s Facebook page.
Statement from the Stein Recount Campaign
October 30, 2020
Contact: Stein2016Recount@gmail.com
Stein Recount announces major legal win in Wisconsin, will proceed with groundbreaking examination of critical voting machine software
Former Green Party Presidential nominee Jill Stein announced today a major victory for election integrity in litigation arising from the Stein 2016 presidential recount. She celebrated the final defeat in Wisconsin’s courts of voting machine vendor’s attempts to impose a gag rule on the Stein 2016 recount, which clears the way for Stein’s designated expert J. Alex Halderman to finally inspect the code that runs many voting machines used in Wisconsin and across the U.S., and disclose conclusions about the software’s reliability and accuracy to the public.
“This is a major win for voters everywhere,” Stein noted.
“The courts have affirmed that the largest manufacturer of voting machines in the US, Election Systems & Software, has no right to suppress the findings of our upcoming inspection of key election software. That inspection will bring much needed transparency and accountability to the software that counts our votes. This win affirms that corporations cannot shield the voting software we rely on from public scrutiny.”
“With election integrity finally getting some much-needed attention, this is a huge victory for the public’s right to elections we can trust, that are accurate, secure, and just,” said Stein.
While celebrating the legal win, Stein bemoaned the voting machine vendors’ efforts to tie the case up in court for almost four years, preventing the Stein recount campaign from examining the voting machines before the 2020 election. “It’s outrageous that voting machine vendors that profit from government contracts have been able to use those profits to buy political influence and prevent scrutiny of their machines through legal machinations,” said Stein.
Wisconsin law allows campaigns that file for recounts the right to inspect voting machine “source code” – the software that controls the actual counting and tallying of the votes in systems used across the country. Stein is currently involved in discussions to plan the examination with the expert designated to conduct it, Dr. J. Alex Halderman, professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan and a leading expert in cybersecurity and election technology. “This is a unique opportunity for independent scrutiny,” said Halderman. “The examination will give the public and officials a more complete picture of election security risks and ultimately help make voting more secure.”
This victory in Wisconsin is the latest in a series of wins for election integrity by the Stein 2016 recount and subsequent litigation. In 2018, Stein settled her recount lawsuit with the state of Pennsylvania for a guarantee that the state would replace all paperless voting machines with systems using voter-verifiable paper ballots by 2020, and in 2022 would introduce post-election risk-limiting audits to verify the vote before results are certified. Stein took Pennsylvania back to court to demand decertification of the flawed ES&S Expressvote XL ballot-marking devices, and while the court ultimately ruled against decertification, the lawsuit played a role in dissuading several counties from purchasing the machines. Stein’s recount litigation in Pennsylvania struck a critical blow against the use of paperless Direct Recording Electronic voting machines, and brought up-to-date election integrity practices to a state that had been among the worst in the nation.
 

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Sidney Powell: “We’ve got pictures of the check stubs paid to people to ballot harvest.” (Audio)
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Sidney Powell has released what she called ‘the Kraken’ – two lawsuits alleging ‘massive voter fraud’ in the presidential election.

She published a 104-page document detailing allegations about Georgia and a 75-page document looking at Michigan on Wednesday night, calling for the election results to be decertified, Trump to be declared the winner and voting machines to be impounded.

In the documents – released online at midnight on the eve of Thanksgiving – she alleged the election had been ‘rigged’ to favor Joe Biden, and that foreign powers were involved.

Powell tweeted: ‘The #Kraken was just released on #Georgia’, along with a link to her website.

She added: ‘Exhibits to follow. Also #ReleaseTheKraken in #Michigan’.
Today during a telephone interview she made another huge claim that her team got pictures of the check stubs paid to people to ballot harvest.”

Audio below:
KRAKEN.
“We’ve got pictures of the check stubs paid to people to ballot harvest.”
Uh oh. It looks like @SidneyPowell1 got the *RECEIPTS.* pic.twitter.com/cUCAqmRJDI
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) November 27, 2020
In her bombshell statements on Thanksgiving Powell claimed that China and Iran used these voting systems to influence the US election and that 96,000 votes cast for Biden in Georgia were illegally counted.( page 10
Additionally, incontrovertible evidence Board of Elections records demonstrates that at least 96,600 absentee ballots were requested and counted but were never recorded as being returned to county election boards by the voter. Thus, at a minimum, 96,600 votes must be disregarded. (See Attached hereto, Exh. 9, R. Ramsland Aff.)

HERE IS A COPY OF THE FILING.

In her bombshell claims, she also noted that officials in one Georgia county forced everyone to evacuate because of a water leak, only for counters to stay unsupervised to tamper with the votes.

Powell also claimed that 20,311 absentee or early voters in Georgia that voted while registered have actually moved out of state and may have voted twice.
 

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The end times are here.

It’s Happening: Pennsylvania State Legislature Files Resolution — DISPUTES STATEWIDE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS

By Jim Hoft
Published November 27, 2020 at 5:53pm

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It is clear the Pennsylvania 2020 election was wrought with fraud and criminal conduct.

President Trump led by nearly 700,000 votes on election night.

Democrats dumped hundreds of thousands of votes to steal the state from the Trump Campaign.

On Wednesday the Pennsylvania state legislature held a hearing on the 2020 election issues and irregularities.

One witness described the huge “spikes” in Pennsylvania during the hearing and the crowd gasped.

On Friday the Pennsylvania State legislature filed a resolution to dispute the statewide 2020 election results.

Via Conservative Treehouse:

With mounting evidence of election fraud now visible, members of the Pennsylvania legislature have drafted a joint resolution [SEE HERE] to overturn election results, reverse the previous state certification, and the sponsors promise they will take it to the Supreme Court if necessary.
This is HUGE!! :eleph: :eleph: :eleph:
 

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MICHIGAN: State Will Hold Gettysburg-Style Election Fraud Hearing On December 1

As the clock ticks down to crunch time in the battle for the Electoral College, another state legislature is raising an eyebrow to possible ballot tampering and vote fraud

by FRANK SALVATO
November 27, 2020

Stop the Steal, Donald Trump

In a move that mirrors state senate hearings that took place this week in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, a Senate committee in Michigan will hear evidence from Trump campaign attorneys that charge vote fraud and ballot tampering in that state’s most populace county.

Michigan’s Senate Oversight Committee will meet on December 1, 2020, with the intention of hearing testimony regarding absentee ballot counting at Detroit’s TCF Center. That Election Day location was the site of an over-abundance of complaints about fraud in the vote handling and tabulation processes.

A spokeswoman for State Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R), told reporters the event had been previously planned and was “not at all related” to the Trump campaign’s efforts in Michigan.
A Michigan Senate spokeswoman said the hearing now scheduled to discuss absentee ballot counting at TCF Center in Detroit was previously planned and "is not at all related to Trump." State Senate committee to hold election hearing as Trump campaign touts 'review'
— Dave Boucher (@Dave_Boucher1) November 25, 2020
The State of Michigan has formally entered the vote certification process which would – at this point – hand that state’s 16 Electoral College votes to Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden.

On Saturday, Michigan Republican Party Chairwoman Laura Cox and Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel petitioned election officials in Michigan to carry out a full and transparent election audit before certification.

In their letter to state election officials, Cox and McDaniel noted “numerical anomalies and credible reports of procedural irregularities” charges made by GOP Senate candidate John James.

President Trump’s campaign legal team issued a statement Tuesday indicating that state legislatures in the states of Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Michigan are engaging in open and transparent public hearings on the 2020 General Election in an effort to restore confidence in election integrity.
 

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‘Pattern Of Lawlessness’: Legal Inquiry Into Michigan’s Mass Mail-In Ballot Request Scheme Launched
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THE AMISTAD PROJECT OF THE THOMAS MORE SOCIETY FILED LITIGATION IN MICHIGAN TO “SECURE ALL EVIDENCE OF IRREGULARITIES IN THE 2020 ELECTION AND DECLARE THE ELECTION RESULTS INVALID.”
The petition, inquiring with the Michigan Supreme Court to turnover election-related documents was announced November 27th.

“In numerous instances, state and local officials brazenly violated election laws in order to advance a partisan political agenda,” noted Phill Kline, Director of The Amistad Project.

The litigation centers on the state’s conduct with mail-in ballots.

According to the group’s press release:

Specifically, the suit notes that Benson circumvented the explicit intent of the Michigan Legislature, which established an absentee ballot process designed to minimize the risk of fraud. Benson violated numerous provisions of this process by sending unsolicited absentee ballot applications to every household in the state without verifying whether the intended recipients were still residing at the same location, whether they were eligible to vote in 2020, or even whether they were still alive.

Benson compounded the affront by establishing a process for online absentee ballot applications, again without statutory authority. This precludes the possibility of obtaining an actual signature from the voter, as required by law. The secretary of state’s unlawful actions flooded the state with absentee ballots, which are inherently less secure than in-person voting.


Michigan is set to have a public hearing on the election on December 1st.
 

marsh

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DATA: Michigan Analysis Suggests Absentee Votes ‘Manipulated By Computer’, Flags Hundreds Of Thousands Of Ballots
NEW ANALYSIS OF MICHIGAN VOTER DATA REVEALS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS FLAGGED AS POTENTIALLY FRAUDULENT, LEADING STATISTICIANS TO POSIT “STRONG EVIDENCE” EXISTS THAT RESULTS WERE “MANIPULATED BY A COMPUTER ALGORITHM.”

The “non-partisan effort by unpaid citizens and volunteer experts” and PhDs comes to the conclusion that an “audited recount” ought to be carried out in Michigan counties that returned voting results that were statistically unlikely, if not impossible.

MAIL-IN MADNESS.

The report also raises concerns about Michigan election official’s conduct regarding mail-in balloting. Of the 3,507,129 ballots requested, the report flags hundreds of thousands of ballots with qualities, such as “duplicate ballot IDs,” “missing ballot address,” or “year of birth before 1921.”
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BALLOTS FLAGGED IN REPORT.

The report explains in detail the various red flags, such as “288,783 [ballots] that have the application sent and ballot received on the same day.”

The data also includes the voter’s year of birth. One is 170 years old, likely an error but their application was not rejected. In total, more than 1400 of these absentee voters are over 100 years old. These could well be nursing home patients. There are 217,271 applications without a recorded date (i.e. never received back). More interesting is the 288,783 that have the application sent and ballot received on the same day.

COMPUTER INTERFERENCE.

The fifth section of the report, “Irrational MI Absentee Ballots Findings” also posits there is “very strong evidence that the absentee voting counts in Michigan have been manipulated by a computer algorithm.”

“On the surface, it would seem that the tabulating equipment in each precinct has been programmed to shift a percentage of absentee votes from Trump to Biden,” the report continues.

The allegations are premised on the fact that the absentee voting trends of Michigan counties deviate from the nationwide norm and that “the percentage of Democratic absentee voters exceeds the percentage of Republican absentee voters in every precinct.”

The picture below shows “normal (non-manipulated) absentee voting results should be,” representing “the actual percentage of absentee ballots received by each 2020 presidential candidate in a swing state county, by precinct (Red = R and Blue = D).”
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NATIONWIDE ABSENTEE BALLOT TRENDS.

And the plot below reveals a statistically unlikely trend in Monroe County.
“Specifically, save for outliers, the percentage of Democratic absentee voters exceeds the percentage of Republican absentee voters in every precinct. Even more remarkable – and unbelievable – these two independent variables appear to track one another,” the report notes.

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MICHIGAN ABSENTEE BALLOT TRENDS.

A similar pattern emerges in Oakland County.

WAYNE & OAKLAND.

Two counties raised red flags to the statisticians concerning the spread of votes for Biden vs. President Trump. Wayne and Oakland Counties “stand out as problematic,” as the report concludes “40,000 and 46,000 estimated excessive votes, respectively” for Biden.

Concerning Wayne County:

What’s curious is that above the 2016 totals, a new vote ratio appears in contrast to the history of the area – showing new votes going 70% Democrat vs 30% Republican – a 15- point mismatch to the same area just in the last Presidential Election.

In 2016, Wayne county split 55 percent for Hillary Clinton and 45 percent for President Trump.

The other outlier county, Oakland, saw a similar “mismatch” between its 2016 and 2020 results:

In Oakland, all votes added by both candidates above the 2016 take show a new vote ratio of 72% Democrat to 28% Republican – an 18-point mismatch to the same area just since the last Presidential Election.

READ THE FULL REPORT:
Michigan Vote Analysis by Natalie Winters on Scribd
 

joannita

Veteran Member
I don’t understand any spelling errors. Any”word” program on computer's corrects spelling as you go. These people aren’t amateurs, so all the misspellings a very curious.
A lot of the errors are word after word after word run together. I too find it VERY curious; like someone sabotaged them.
 

frazbo

Veteran Member
A lot of the errors are word after word after word run together. I too find it VERY curious; like someone sabotaged them.

Well, she's smart. In more ways than one. She has spell checker...she had people going through the documents for content, I'm thinking if they found a spelling error or running sentences, they'd have caught that too. They know what a judge will and will not accept in a law suit. I know they would have, I've done it. By having those errors, she knows the judge will toss it back at her.

She's not wasting time here. The faster she gets the judge to "dismiss"...for whatever reasons HE feels are not appropriate, the faster she gets it "upstairs"...a/k/a Supreme Court. If it had been perfect, she would have been involved in that case for who knows how long. Time is something Trump and his lawyers are watching very carefully...and using very wisely.

I think that's basically what is being done in these cases that she has out there. Time is of the essence. Move them through as fast as she can to get to the top. But I could also be guessing here... ;)
 

Blacknarwhal

Let's Go Brandon!
Days like today I wish I was on speaking terms with my brother, who is a Deputy AG. I would LOVE to pick his brains.

You appear to have some time in the Arena we are watching. Thanks for your insights.

Maybe it's a good time to bury the hatchet? I certainly don't know the specifics, but there's little like a holiday to reunite family.
 

marsh

On TB every waking moment
See/listen at the 35:50 mark on Steve Bannon's War Room Ref
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXj4rV-i1XU
1:00:45 tot
This is PA state Senator Mastriano talking about hat the PA legislature is trying to do:
1) the Resolutions to "take back" US Constitutional Article II jurisdiction from the Governor to directly appoint electors is running into some "watering down" efforts by 2 legislators.
2) the old legislature ceases to be on Monday and they have to figure out a way to swear in and seat the newly elected members immediately.
 

thompson

Certa Bonum Certamen
How does she know it was for "Ballot Harvesting," though? Is there a space on the memo line? Someone wrote "Thanks for the help cheating an election!" on the check?
They have sworn affidavits from a number of people who came forward. It's very possible one of those affiants provided proof. :shr:
 

marsh

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“The Democrats Are Lying. I Don’t Know About the Judges” – Rudy Giuliani Discusses Today’s Response from Third Circuit Court of Appeals (Video)
By Joe Hoft
Published November 27, 2020 at 9:54pm

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Rudy Giuliani spoke with OAN this evening after receiving word from the Pennsylvania Circuit Court that the President’s case has been denied.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday granted an expedited review for Team Trump’s appeal in Pennsylvania after an Obama judge dismissed their lawsuit seeking to block the state from certifying its election results.

Trump’s campaign on Friday lost its appeal in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
A three-panel judge (all appointed by Republican presidents) said that the Trump campaign’s “claims have no merit.”

The Trump campaign’s senior legal advisor Jenna Ellis released a statement in response to the Third Circuit’s opinion.

“The activist judicial machinery in Pennsylvania continues to cover up the allegations of massive fraud,” Ellis said.

“On to SCOTUS!” she said referring to the US Supreme Court.
.@RudyGiuliani and me on Third Circuit’s opinion:
The activist judicial machinery in Pennsylvania continues to cover up the allegations of massive fraud.
We are very thankful to have had the opportunity to present proof and the facts to the PA state legislature.
On to SCOTUS!
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) November 27, 2020
President Trump was ahead of Joe Biden in Pennsylvania on election night by 700,000 votes.

Crooked and corrupt elections officials in Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh stopped counting votes on election night after the polls closed because Biden was getting absolutely crushed by President Trump.

Suddenly massive ballot dumps only for Joe Biden appeared and huge spikes of Biden votes were seen added to the election results.

Then Republicans were not permitted to observe the review and count of the hundreds of thousands of ballots that came in after the election was over.
Tonight Rudy was a guest on OAN and he shared the following:
The Democrats are lying. I don’t know about the judges, why they shy away from the fact that the allegations are quite specific. The complaint is 30 pages long. I invite you to read it. It has the names of the people making the allegations. It tells you what they saw. It tells you that they were seeing ballots that were being forged. They saw ballots that were being counted four or five times. These are about as specific as allegations can get. So I don’t know if it’s and excuse to stay away from a hard case or who knows. The reality is they’re not going to get away with it because if we can’t do it in court, we’ll do it in the state legislature. We’re having a great deal of progress there…
… It’s a tragedy what’s going on in the American media. These facts should be known to the American people.
View: https://youtu.be/kzO6rPe1uSA
7:12 min

All we need is some honest judges.
 

marsh

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BREAKING HUGE: Pennsylvania Judge Rules 2020 PA Election Likely Unconstitutional – Trump Case “Likelihood to Succeed” – Gives State Legislators Power to Choose Electors!

By Jim Hoft
Published November 27, 2020 at 11:04pm

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This is HUGE!

Pennsylvania Judge Patricia A. McCullough ruled that the Pennsylvania preliminary ELECTION CERTIFICATION injunction was PROPERLY ISSUED and should be upheld.

McCullough added this, “Additionally, petitioners appear to have established a likelihood to succeed.”
Pennsylvania trial court rules the 2020 election was likely unconstitutional in Pennsylvania, and that gives state legislators power to choose electors. https://t.co/pWt9g81ld1
— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) November 28, 2020
BREAKING REPORT: Judge Patricia A. McCullough rules that PA preliminary ELECTION CERTIFICATION injunction was PROPERLY ISSUED and should be upheld..
“Additionally, Petitioners appear to have established a
likelihood to succeed.”
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) November 28, 2020
More via Rose Tennent:
PA Legal Update
Judge McCullough issues HUGELY favorable opinion
Of Note:
– Commonwealth barred from taking ANY further steps to certify results
– Issues raised found to be of “statewide and National concern”
-“likelihood to succeed on the merits”
— Rose Unplugged (@rose_unplugged) November 28, 2020
Here is a copy of Friday night’s ruling.
Memorandum Opinion Filed in Pennsylvania by Judge McCullough – Election Likely Unconstitutional by Jim Hoft on Scribd
 

marsh

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#StopTheSteal: Patriots Needed in Arizona for Public Hearing With President Trump’s Legal Team — Rudy and Jenna Ellis in AZ Monday

By Cassandra Fairbanks
Published November 27, 2020 at 10:55pm

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#StopTheSteal organizers and activists are calling for all patriots to head to Arizona for a series of rallies over the weekend and a public hearing with President Donald Trump’s campaign lawyers on Monday.

Arizona legislators and lawyers for President Trump will be holding a meeting at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix on Monday at 9 a.m.

Rep. Paul Gosar, Kelli Ward, #StopTheSteal leaders, and Trump lawyers Jenna Ellis and Rudy Giuliani are expected to attend.


The Arizona Secretary of State is expected to certify the results for Joe Biden on Monday, despite major anomalies and allegations of fraud throughout the state, but particularly in Maricopa County.

“After a review of the statistical anomalies, and there are to numbers to count [sic], affidavits of improper actions and community outrage that has grown out of what appears to voters to be an attempt to throw the election through a number of fraudulent efforts, we decided as Members of the Legislature, and not as members of any specific committee, that we should move forward with a public hearing,” Republican Rep. Mark Finchem wrote in a press release about the meeting.

Activists, influencers, and Republican strategists are calling for Trump supporters to gather during the meeting, as well as both Saturday and Sunday at noon at the Arizona State Capitol.
We are hunting RINOs in Arizona on Monday. Please join my friends: @ali @MichaelCoudrey @JennaEllisEsq @kelliwardaz @DrPaulGosar @charliekirk11
Support the President! #StopTheSteal pic.twitter.com/A22wYZGYy6
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) November 28, 2020
Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander told Gateway Pundit that “we are looking for GOP leaders to show up.

“We cannot wait for the slow State Senate. If Republicans want to avoid a primary, they’ll show up to meet their voters Monday morning and stand with President Trump. If not, we’ll know who is slow walking the election integrity issue. In a republic, they work for us,” Alexander added.
I’m only support peaceful protests. Keep Arizona peaceful. Optics check. But we are about to get rowdy. We have 1000+ comes in. Be ready to WORK all day Monday. #StopTheSteaI
— Ali #StopTheSteal (@ali) November 28, 2020
Republican entrepreneur, influencer, and activist Michael Coudrey, who will also be in attendance, told the Gateway Pundit that “#StopTheSteal campaign has one primary objective. To ensure honest, transparent and legitimate elections.”

“We will organize in Arizona to raise public awareness about elections fraud, lack of transparency and significant issues with mail-in ballots,” Coudrey added.

“Additionally, we intend to hold AZ State lawmakers accountable and ensure they are pursuing the overwhelming evidence of elections irregularities.”
 

marsh

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BALD-FACED LIES: Dominion Says Assertions of Vote Switching Are “Completely False” — But We Have Two Videos of Dominion Executive Eric Coomer Showing How to Switch Votes
By Jim Hoft
Published November 27, 2020 at 10:42pm

Dominion Voting Systems is in a panic as more and more Americans learn of their role in stealing the 2020 election from President Donald Trump.
The Dominion webpage now includes a full page rebuttal to defend the company’s name.

One statement that stands out is their bogus claim that “deletion/switching assertions are completely false.”

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Of course, this is a bald-faced lie.

There is video of 19,958 votes switched on election night from President Trump to Joe Biden in Pennsylvania.

On live TV exactly 19,958 votes taken from Trump and switched to Biden in Pennsylvania. Watch the PA totals change pic.twitter.com/TnBs7ZjUyW
— robert mandry (@MandryRobert) November 10, 2020
And we previously reported on two different videos of Dominion’s anti-Trump executive Eric Coomer showing election officials how to switch votes.
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Dr. Eric Coomer who is responsible for the strategy and Security at Dominion Voting Systems

In 2016 Coomer told the Illinois States Board of Elections that it was possible to bypass election systems software.
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Here is more from the 2016 article at the Post and Email:
Dr. Coomer’s statement brings to light a very serious issue all voters should understand. Voting systems must be re-certified each time they make changes to the hardware or software. Recertification is an expensive and time consuming process. What Dr. Coomer told the Board is that Dominion Voting does not go back for recertification of software when threats to their code are discovered. Rather, they rely on post-election audits and providing advice to election jurisdictions about security. I have reviewed all of the recertification documents produced by Dominion, and I do not recall any software adjustments for security purposes.
This is the reality of the security of your vote. Software systems that count and record the vote across Illinois and throughout the USA are not updated to address security problems, and even if they were, the software can be completely bypassed by going to the data tables that drive the systems.
Here is the video…

View: https://youtu.be/BbCmq0jPUxY
8:24 min

And then there’s this…

And in 2017 Eric Coomer explained how to alter votes in the Dominion Voting Systems in a Chicago demonstration.


A video turned up from 2017 where Dr. Eric Coomer from Dominion Voting explained to Chicago elections officials how to alter votes in the Dominion voting machines.

This then is the SECOND VIDEO of top Dominion executive explaining to elections officials how to alter votes with the Dominion machines!
This was a separate demonstration in the Chicago area (notice he is wearing a dark jacket and is without the wrist protector.)
2017 DR. ERIC COOMER EXPLAINS HOW TO ALTER VOTES IN THE DOMINION VOTING SYSTEM
THIS SEEMS ABSOLUTELY RIPE FOR FRAUD
“Don’t worry about the election, Trump’s not gonna win. I made f**king sure of that!” – Dr. Eric Coomer VP of US Engineering for US Dominion Voting Company pic.twitter.com/dEuPIzGOlC
— PoliticalArtsFarm (@hppyjesusfreak) November 23, 2020
Here is the video on Rumble:

Video on website

Dominion cannot be trusted.
This should be very clear at this point.
 
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