dailysignal--2020-11-16--We Hear You: Making Sense of the Election Results

Editor ’ s note : We ’ re back with some of your letters , this time focused on the presidential election .
Send your emails to [ email protected ] —Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal : After the exciting Election Day—and predicted impasse—several good friends reached out and said they ’ re worried about America .
Me too .
I ’ m worried because the two major parties have ceased being coalitions that merely use different methods to achieve the same goals .
As fevered hatred of our nontraditional , tradition-conserving president shows , America is in the unenviable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ methods ( violently , on the left ) to achieve radically different goals .
I told my friends that it looks like we ’ re in a fight .
Whether we like it or not and regardless of comfort level , continual confrontation waits in the wings .
As a norm .
For the foreseeable future .
I ’ m not into tough-guy speeches .
Consensus building is preferred , but none seems likely with consensus-breaking extremists dominating the left side of the discussion .
They want control , not consensus with those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conserve American traditions and national symbols have to roll up our sleeves beside our fighting president .
Those who can support silently with prayer and private well-wishing are encouraged to do so .
Our debaters are needed to infuse national discourse with rebuttals to a howling echo chamber .
Finally , defenders who frequent patriotic events or wear Trump caps or other America-loving paraphernalia do so with full knowledge they may get into altercations just to protect themselves and companions .
Hope that cooler heads prevail dimly remains .
Sadly , cooler heads @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are afraid of retaliation too.—Nadra ( “ Cap Black ” ) Enzi , New Orleans Dear Daily Signal : This declaration of Joe Biden as the clear winner of the presidential election by The Wall Street Journal and others seems more than premature { “ Media Outlets Project Biden Victory as Trump Says Election ‘ Far From Over ’ “ ) .
Many military votes , likely skewed toward President Trump , have not been counted .
Recounts of ballots requested by Trump in close states have not yet occurred .
Why is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to declare a Biden victory now ?
—Kay Carson , Florida Dear Daily Signal : I live in an apartment community that is one of many in Maricopa County , Arizona .
Our mailboxes are locked metal cubes for which each apartment owner has a key .
My concern is that with six-month leases an option , many pieces of old mail arrive in the box .
I have received mail for three individuals who presumably once lived in my unit and neglected to update the Postal Service , or overran their forwarding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ junk and place a “ moved ” mark on the others .
But many residents leave mail in an open shelf area , on which I have seen Arizona voter booklets that were specifically addressed to a resident .
This is an avenue for potential fraud if a person discovers the name of a registered voter and attempts to use it .
I did not examine the voter materials in any depth , but I will say that my specific community has an aggressive anti-Trump population .
Some have gone so far as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vandalize a Trump decal on my car and cut out my Arizona paper license permit with an X-Acto knife like the one that defaced my decal .
I have been the target of insults and profanity .
I ’ m a 64-year-old woman who thought I was relocating from Virginia to a luxury community in a state friendly to elders .
Not a chance of that .
So there is the second issue : intimidation of elders or others by small mobs .
In this case , the group has members who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is not only a theft of my peace of mind , but of my constitutional rights .
The town of Glendale , where a lovely , honest farmer named Ruiz turned in a bag of ballots hidden beneath cement and stone in October , is about 4 miles away .
So I know my imagination is not in overdrive here .
I am a plain and ordinary conservative American citizen who sees civil manners degraded by persons who are predominantly young , impulsive , hedonistic , and rude .
I could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know , but the lament is dangerous when gangs are equipped with lasers that read the inside of a home or business , and hackers are part of the street crowds .
Thank you for allowing me to write .
May God bring us all through this time of critical balance with our health and nation intact.—Roxanne Gadol Fritz , Phoenix Dear Daily Signal : I ’ m interested in the National Popular Vote Compact and whether decisions by states such as Colorado would stand a constitutional test at the Supreme Court ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Electoral Votes to Winner of Popular Vote “ ) .
For this election , it might not have had an impact ( TBD ) , but it seems odd that states that decide for one candidate at the state level would abdicate voting in the Electoral College , per their citizens ’ preference , in favor of a national popular vote .
I ’ ve read the articles on The Daily Signal and wonder if you can provide additional insights.—Martin Lammers , Indianapolis Dear Daily Signal : You are doing a great job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facts .
However , you should be aware that Illinois Gov .
Jay Pritzker is upset that his “ fair tax ” amendment to the state Constitution didn ’ t pass , although there are still votes yet to be counted .
So how can they declare a presidential winner in Illinois when all of the votes haven ’ t been counted yet ?
If you could clarify this for me , I would greatly appreciate it.—Patti Myers , Illinois Dear Daily Signal : I have a 26-year-old grandson in Seattle who continues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different and good .
He gets that from an iPhone net site .
He believes America ’ s past is bad , but doesn ’ t look for the good .
Very sad , and typical now .
I am getting new information every day from The Daily Signal .
I love the truth .
Please continue to tell the truth , and nothing but the truth.—Merle Zahler Dear Daily Signal : I ’ ve been wondering how the votes are “ counted , ” but I know for a fact that my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or my friends ’ votes either , and we voted early on Election Day .
The president needs to investigate this corrupt state that I live in .
New Jersey is such a Democratic state , but I know there are a lot of us Republicans here that don ’ t get counted .
So I don ’ t understand how they can say that Joe Biden won New Jersey too , if votes haven ’ t even been counted .
Please look into this.—Cherice Anthony , N.J. Dear Daily Signal : It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of President Trump ’ s lack of popularity among what appears to be ample numbers of Republicans , their allegiance is not to “ We the people ” or what is best .
Instead , their allegiance is to the remaining insiders in D.C. and what they consider to be national politics .
This demonstrates a clear failing of leadership .
I ’ ve long concluded that the radical left movement , although underground for 60 years , was ready for release and the Obama administration was the catalyst .
I see no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the protected political class .
It seems to me that the left has no problem with eating anyone in their path.—Phil Fetzer Dear Daily Signal : OK , what happened ?
Very simple .
Months before the election , Democrats filed hundreds of lawsuits across the country with friendly judges to do away with voter fraud protections ; they succeeded in many .
Courts made rulings making it more difficult to assure a fair election and taking away the authority of state legislators who instilled voter protections .
Now comes the election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do people who no longer live in the state .
Ballot dates are changed to make them legal , poll watchers are denied access , and we hear of massive numbers of Biden ballots without one Trump ballot , the odds against which are mind-boggling .
The Democrats want all votes to count , while we want only legal votes to count .
That is the difference in this election .
So now the integrity of the republic is in the hands of the Supreme Court , which we pray is guided by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Electoral College will tell us who our next president is , not the media , while the left accuses the Supreme Court of stealing the election and being in collusion with the president and the rioters hit the streets in protest .
Get ready for all that ; it is the price we will pay for a fair and just election .
We all need to send messages to the Supreme Court that we want our election process protected ; we need the court to do its duty.—Frank D. Lovell , Citrus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Listen : This election was stolen .
You don ’ t have to consider the stories you hear as conspiracy theories .
They are more true than ever .
Joe Biden is illicitly elected .
He can not be considered president-elect .
If we don ’ t stop these thieves from getting away with it , this legalized armed robbery will forever be the norm .
The whole nation looked like a huge Sicily in these elections.—Lorenzo Cardinali Dear Daily Signal : If you truly wish to preserve the veracity of what occurred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deeper research into the inside fraud perpetuated on our country by its own citizens .
You will also focus on the Constitution .
The election results have been skewed in all states .
Our votes are easily hacked by insiders , and it ’ s apparent right before our eyes .
Do not promote a projected winner whose win has been fabricated electronically on insecure websites .
Shame on us.—The Rev .
Cynthia Mason , Dayton , Ohio Dear Daily Signal : Regarding the election returns in Detroit , Logan Churchwell of Public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on “ The Daily Signal Podcast ” that things appeared to go smoothly on Election Day ( “ What You Need to Know About Arizona ’ s Election Day ‘ Sharpiegate ’ ” ) .
Churchwell did not address the many issues that occurred at TCF Center in Detroit and the improper treatment of Republican poll challengers .
I was a poll worker in Oakland County , Michigan .
Is Churchwell unaware of this situation ?
Surely , his organization needs to investigate.—Rebecca Behrends , Michigan Dear Daily Signal : How can you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the evidence of election fraud has been destroyed ( “ Pennsylvania Lawsuit Alleges 21,000 Dead People Still on Voter Rolls “ ) ?
A reasonable person could deduce by visual observation that something took place , but that in itself is not sufficient to reverse a fraudulent vote count .
Will Republicans do as they have always done and simply shrug their shoulders and move on ?
Nothing to see here ; keep moving , keep moving.—Bob R. Dear Daily Signal : I am a lifelong conservative Republican woman and a believer in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to express that I am ashamed of President Trump ’ s behavior .
As a believer , I can ’ t support a man who belittles people .
Sorry for the judgmental comment , but I was ashamed that I voted for him .
We all , yes , are sinners , but I expected godly , loving behavior from President Trump .
The president and his family were attacked and ridiculed every day by other people , but he needed to turn the other cheek .
I do pray for Joe Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I pray to heal our land .
This beautiful land and His people are being thrashed with hatred and violence .
It ’ s time to love one another as the Lord loves us .
That ’ s how I think , believe , and feel .
Lord , heal our land.—Judith Clinton Dear Daily Signal : I just read the written version of Rachel del Guidice ’ s podcast interview with Tom Ranieri , a lawyer who went to Pittsburgh to watch ballot canvassing in real time ( “ A Pro Bono @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Saw in Pennsylvania ” ) .
The amount of fraud he saw is the result of liberals ’ version of remaking the rules to suit their end goals .
I am a poll worker in New York ( not for early voting , but Election Day itself ) .
Only certain people get to work the early voting days , and they are usually the same people .
There ’ s definitely a problem with election laws on the books being changed last minute to achieve a designated result .
This is what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The state of Florida has made major changes to the election process to ensure that registered voters can vote and stop people who are attempting fraudulent voting .
We need all 50 states to do this .
I intend to follow New York state as they are setting the stage for same-day registration and voting for the 2022 elections .
As I understand it , this does require ID , but New York doesn ’ t allow poll workers to request ID from voters ( a fraud potential ) .
Thanks for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , New York Dear Daily Signal : Thank you for Rachel del Guidice ’ s podcast interview with Tom Ranieri .
I now understand better what went on during the election.—Hubert C. Crowell , Marietta , Georgia Dear Daily Signal : Jail the crooked election boards and send them out of this country .
God bless America !
We love our President Donald Trump and appreciate the example he sets for us .
We love his precious wife and family .
Love you all and others who make America great again .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our guns.—Margie Cribb Dear Daily Signal : Unfortunately , I think “ China Joe ” Biden will steal this election .
When he does , all kinds of bad and evil things will happen to the country ( “ Hunter Biden Emails , Texts Raise Questions That Need Answers “ ) .
Most Americans have never lived under communism and so are unaware of how to prepare to survive .
I am an American of African ancestry , a conservative , and a patriot .
I spent 25 years in the military defending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most likely will be ruled by the very ideology I fought against for many years .
I hope we can start a series of commentaries by people who have lived under communism , explaining to the rest of us how to prepare and survive under the coming China-Biden communist government.—Master Sgt .
Jimmie L. Hollis ( USAF , retired ) , Millville , N.J. Dear Daily Signal : Democrats stole the election .
Our president needs to stop corruption .
No more corruption.—Martha Duero Dear Daily Signal : Responding to Fred Lucas ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A Look at 7 Claims ” : How does a candidate who can pack multiple rallies daily find himself in a dead heat with a guy who hid in his basement with minimal crowd attendance ?
The answer is in the legal populations of the states in question ( X ) versus total votes/ballots being counted ( X+Y ) .
Get the totals of Y and your answer is identified.—Ron Dale How Are We Doing ?
Dear Daily Signal : I ’ m a registered voter since 1968 , and I truly appreciate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , in light of the trend for many of us of dropping Facebook and/or Twitter , please make your articles shareable to Parler , Rumble , etc .
We ’ re also turning from Fox News to Newsmax .
Just so you know , we will not be censored , corrected , or silenced.—Kathy Russell I do like your news and articles .
I am a Las Vegas resident and really worry about what is going on in the election here this year .
I hope you write more about what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ County , Nevada.—Bob Samuel , Las Vegas Overall , I think your content is on point and well thought out and researched .
Hard to find any content that meets those standards .
Thank you.—Wally Burdalski , Sicklerville , N.J .
Most discourse is directed toward our problems .
Why do we not focus equally , or more so , on the solutions ?
—Matt Toole I look forward to your Morning Bell email daily .
Keep up your great work !
—Pam Green Love what you are doing .
I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overtake the enemy !
—Carol Bolen

Editor’s note: We’re back with some of your letters, this time focused on the presidential election. Send your emails to letters@dailysignal.com.—Ken McIntyre
Dear Daily Signal: After the exciting Election Day—and predicted impasse—several good friends reached out and said they’re worried about America. Me too.
I’m worried because the two major parties have ceased being coalitions that merely use different methods to achieve the same goals.
As fevered hatred of our nontraditional, tradition-conserving president shows, America is in the unenviable position of hosting two coalitions using different methods (violently, on the left) to achieve radically different goals.
I told my friends that it looks like we’re in a fight. Whether we like it or not and regardless of comfort level, continual confrontation waits in the wings. As a norm. For the foreseeable future.
I’m not into tough-guy speeches. Consensus building is preferred, but none seems likely with consensus-breaking extremists dominating the left side of the discussion. They want control, not consensus with those who differ.
We who want to conserve American traditions and national symbols have to roll up our sleeves beside our fighting president. Those who can support silently with prayer and private well-wishing are encouraged to do so.
Our debaters are needed to infuse national discourse with rebuttals to a howling echo chamber.
Finally, defenders who frequent patriotic events or wear Trump caps or other America-loving paraphernalia do so with full knowledge they may get into altercations just to protect themselves and companions.
Hope that cooler heads prevail dimly remains. Sadly, cooler heads on the other side of the aisle are afraid of retaliation too.—Nadra (“Cap Black”) Enzi, New Orleans
Dear Daily Signal: This declaration of Joe Biden as the clear winner of the presidential election by The Wall Street Journal and others seems more than premature {“Media Outlets Project Biden Victory as Trump Says Election ‘Far From Over’“).
Many military votes, likely skewed toward President Trump, have not been counted. Recounts of ballots requested by Trump in close states have not yet occurred.
Why is the Journal, among others, leaping to declare a Biden victory now?—Kay Carson, Florida
***
Dear Daily Signal: I live in an apartment community that is one of many in Maricopa County, Arizona. Our mailboxes are locked metal cubes for which each apartment owner has a key.
My concern is that with six-month leases an option, many pieces of old mail arrive in the box. I have received mail for three individuals who presumably once lived in my unit and neglected to update the Postal Service, or overran their forwarding arrangements.
I destroy mail that is junk and place a “moved” mark on the others. But many residents leave mail in an open shelf area, on which I have seen Arizona voter booklets that were specifically addressed to a resident.
This is an avenue for potential fraud if a person discovers the name of a registered voter and attempts to use it. I did not examine the voter materials in any depth, but I will say that my specific community has an aggressive anti-Trump population.
Some have gone so far as to loosely organize to harass me and vandalize a Trump decal on my car and cut out my Arizona paper license permit with an X-Acto knife like the one that defaced my decal. I have been the target of insults and profanity.
I’m a 64-year-old woman who thought I was relocating from Virginia to a luxury community in a state friendly to elders. Not a chance of that.
So there is the second issue: intimidation of elders or others by small mobs. In this case, the group has members who are in a gang, they claim. This is not only a theft of my peace of mind, but of my constitutional rights.
The town of Glendale, where a lovely, honest farmer named Ruiz turned in a bag of ballots hidden beneath cement and stone in October, is about 4 miles away. So I know my imagination is not in overdrive here.
I am a plain and ordinary conservative American citizen who sees civil manners degraded by persons who are predominantly young, impulsive, hedonistic, and rude.
I could be in the Greece of Socrates, I know, but the lament is dangerous when gangs are equipped with lasers that read the inside of a home or business, and hackers are part of the street crowds.
Thank you for allowing me to write. May God bring us all through this time of critical balance with our health and nation intact.—Roxanne Gadol Fritz, Phoenix
***
Dear Daily Signal: I’m interested in the National Popular Vote Compact and whether decisions by states such as Colorado would stand a constitutional test at the Supreme Court (“Colorado Joins States Pledging to Surrender Electoral Votes to Winner of Popular Vote“).
For this election, it might not have had an impact (TBD), but it seems odd that states that decide for one candidate at the state level would abdicate voting in the Electoral College, per their citizens’ preference, in favor of a national popular vote.
I’ve read the articles on The Daily Signal and wonder if you can provide additional insights.—Martin Lammers, Indianapolis
***
Dear Daily Signal: You are doing a great job of reporting! No bias, just facts.
However, you should be aware that Illinois Gov. Jay Pritzker is upset that his “fair tax” amendment to the state Constitution didn’t pass, although there are still votes yet to be counted.
So how can they declare a presidential winner in Illinois when all of the votes haven’t been counted yet? If you could clarify this for me, I would greatly appreciate it.—Patti Myers, Illinois
***
Dear Daily Signal: I have a 26-year-old grandson in Seattle who continues to believe that this new socialism is different and good. He gets that from an iPhone net site.
He believes America’s past is bad, but doesn’t look for the good. Very sad, and typical now.
I am getting new information every day from The Daily Signal. I love the truth. Please continue to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth.—Merle Zahler
***
Dear Daily Signal: I’ve been wondering how the votes are “counted,” but I know for a fact that my vote hasn’t been counted yet or my friends’ votes either, and we voted early on Election Day.
The president needs to investigate this corrupt state that I live in. New Jersey is such a Democratic state, but I know there are a lot of us Republicans here that don’t get counted.
So I don’t understand how they can say that Joe Biden won New Jersey too, if votes haven’t even been counted. Please look into this.—Cherice Anthony, N.J.
***
Dear Daily Signal: It’s extremely disappointing that, regardless of President Trump’s lack of popularity among what appears to be ample numbers of Republicans, their allegiance is not to “We the people” or what is best.
Instead, their allegiance is to the remaining insiders in D.C. and what they consider to be national politics. This demonstrates a clear failing of leadership.
I’ve long concluded that the radical left movement, although underground for 60 years, was ready for release and the Obama administration was the catalyst.
I see no courage nor leadership in what it appears is the protected political class. It seems to me that the left has no problem with eating anyone in their path.—Phil Fetzer
***
Dear Daily Signal: OK, what happened? Very simple. Months before the election, Democrats filed hundreds of lawsuits across the country with friendly judges to do away with voter fraud protections; they succeeded in many.
Courts made rulings making it more difficult to assure a fair election and taking away the authority of state legislators who instilled voter protections.
Now comes the election, and dead people vote, as do people who no longer live in the state. Ballot dates are changed to make them legal, poll watchers are denied access, and we hear of massive numbers of Biden ballots without one Trump ballot, the odds against which are mind-boggling.
The Democrats want all votes to count, while we want only legal votes to count. That is the difference in this election.
So now the integrity of the republic is in the hands of the Supreme Court, which we pray is guided by the Constitution. Hopefully, in December the Electoral College will tell us who our next president is, not the media, while the left accuses the Supreme Court of stealing the election and being in collusion with the president and the rioters hit the streets in protest.
Get ready for all that; it is the price we will pay for a fair and just election. We all need to send messages to the Supreme Court that we want our election process protected; we need the court to do its duty.—Frank D. Lovell, Citrus County, Fla.
***
Dear Daily Signal: Listen: This election was stolen. You don’t have to consider the stories you hear as conspiracy theories. They are more true than ever.
Joe Biden is illicitly elected. He cannot be considered president-elect. If we don’t stop these thieves from getting away with it, this legalized armed robbery will forever be the norm.
The whole nation looked like a huge Sicily in these elections.—Lorenzo Cardinali
***
Dear Daily Signal: If you truly wish to preserve the veracity of what occurred in this election, you will do deeper research into the inside fraud perpetuated on our country by its own citizens.
You will also focus on the Constitution. The election results have been skewed in all states. Our votes are easily hacked by insiders, and it’s apparent right before our eyes.
Do not promote a projected winner whose win has been fabricated electronically on insecure websites. Shame on us.—The Rev. Cynthia Mason, Dayton, Ohio
***
Dear Daily Signal: Regarding the election returns in Detroit, Logan Churchwell of Public Interest Legal Foundation told Rachel del Guidice on “The Daily Signal Podcast” that things appeared to go smoothly on Election Day (“What You Need to Know About Arizona’s Election Day ‘Sharpiegate’”).
Churchwell did not address the many issues that occurred at TCF Center in Detroit and the improper treatment of Republican poll challengers. I was a poll worker in Oakland County, Michigan.
Is Churchwell unaware of this situation? Surely, his organization needs to investigate.—Rebecca Behrends, Michigan
***
Dear Daily Signal: How can you win a court battle in Pennsylvania when the evidence of election fraud has been destroyed (“Pennsylvania Lawsuit Alleges 21,000 Dead People Still on Voter Rolls“)?
A reasonable person could deduce by visual observation that something took place, but that in itself is not sufficient to reverse a fraudulent vote count.
Will Republicans do as they have always done and simply shrug their shoulders and move on? Nothing to see here; keep moving, keep moving.—Bob R.
***
Dear Daily Signal: I am a lifelong conservative Republican woman and a believer in the Lord Christ Jesus. I write to express that I am ashamed of President Trump’s behavior.
As a believer, I can’t support a man who belittles people. Sorry for the judgmental comment, but I was ashamed that I voted for him. We all, yes, are sinners, but I expected godly, loving behavior from President Trump.
The president and his family were attacked and ridiculed every day by other people, but he needed to turn the other cheek.
I do pray for Joe Biden to seek God’s face and I pray to heal our land. This beautiful land and His people are being thrashed with hatred and violence.
It’s time to love one another as the Lord loves us. That’s how I think, believe, and feel. Lord, heal our land.—Judith Clinton
***
Dear Daily Signal: I just read the written version of Rachel del Guidice’s podcast interview with Tom Ranieri, a lawyer who went to Pittsburgh to watch ballot canvassing in real time (“A Pro Bono Lawyer for Trump Campaign Shares What He Saw in Pennsylvania”). The amount of fraud he saw is the result of liberals’ version of remaking the rules to suit their end goals.
I am a poll worker in New York (not for early voting, but Election Day itself). Only certain people get to work the early voting days, and they are usually the same people.
There’s definitely a problem with election laws on the books being changed last minute to achieve a designated result. This is what needs addressing to eliminate these problems.
The state of Florida has made major changes to the election process to ensure that registered voters can vote and stop people who are attempting fraudulent voting. We need all 50 states to do this.
I intend to follow New York state as they are setting the stage for same-day registration and voting for the 2022 elections. As I understand it, this does require ID, but New York doesn’t allow poll workers to request ID from voters (a fraud potential).
Thanks for a great article at this time.—Maria Rose Randazzo, New York
***
Dear Daily Signal: Thank you for Rachel del Guidice’s podcast interview with Tom Ranieri. I now understand better what went on during the election.—Hubert C. Crowell, Marietta, Georgia
***
Dear Daily Signal: Jail the crooked election boards and send them out of this country. God bless America!
We love our President Donald Trump and appreciate the example he sets for us. We love his precious wife and family.
Love you all and others who make America great again. We need Jesus, our Bibles, and our guns.—Margie Cribb
***
Dear Daily Signal: Unfortunately, I think “China Joe” Biden will steal this election. When he does, all kinds of bad and evil things will happen to the country (“Hunter Biden Emails, Texts Raise Questions That Need Answers“).
Most Americans have never lived under communism and so are unaware of how to prepare to survive.
I am an American of African ancestry, a conservative, and a patriot. I spent 25 years in the military defending against communism, and now my country most likely will be ruled by the very ideology I fought against for many years.
I hope we can start a series of commentaries by people who have lived under communism, explaining to the rest of us how to prepare and survive under the coming China-Biden communist government.—Master Sgt. Jimmie L. Hollis (USAF, retired), Millville, N.J.
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Dear Daily Signal: Democrats stole the election. Our president needs to stop corruption. No more corruption.—Martha Duero
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Dear Daily Signal: Responding to Fred Lucas’ article “Is Voter Fraud Afoot? A Look at 7 Claims”: How does a candidate who can pack multiple rallies daily find himself in a dead heat with a guy who hid in his basement with minimal crowd attendance?
The answer is in the legal populations of the states in question (X) versus total votes/ballots being counted (X+Y). Get the totals of Y and your answer is identified.—Ron Dale
How Are We Doing?
Dear Daily Signal: I’m a registered voter since 1968, and I truly appreciate getting your Morning Bell newsletter every day.
However, in light of the trend for many of us of dropping Facebook and/or Twitter, please make your articles shareable to Parler, Rumble, etc.
We’re also turning from Fox News to Newsmax. Just so you know, we will not be censored, corrected, or silenced.—Kathy Russell
***
I do like your news and articles. I am a Las Vegas resident and really worry about what is going on in the election here this year. I hope you write more about what is going on, especially in Clark County, Nevada.—Bob Samuel, Las Vegas
Overall, I think your content is on point and well thought out and researched. Hard to find any content that meets those standards. Thank you.—Wally Burdalski, Sicklerville, N.J.
Please continue giving the USA accurate information.—Jane Sehmer
***
Most discourse is directed toward our problems. Why do we not focus equally, or more so, on the solutions?—Matt Toole
I look forward to your Morning Bell email daily. Keep up your great work!—Pam Green
Love what you are doing. I’m praying for God’s power to overtake the enemy!—Carol Bolen


dailysignal--2020-11-16--Election Overtime: 6 States With Voting Litigation, Controversies

The presidential election has continued into overtime in the courts on multiple fronts as President Donald Trump declines to concede the contest to Democratic challenger Joe Biden .
Even as states kept counting ballots , no state had certified results , and lawsuits began to work their way through the courts , major media outlets announced four days after Election Day that the former vice president had won the presidency by exceeding the necessary 270 electoral votes .
Biden now leads by varying margins in Pennsylvania , Michigan , Georgia , Arizona , Nevada , and Wisconsin , most of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ night .
To explain what ’ s happening in the courts , here is an overview of the litigation and related election controversies in the most contentious states .
—A Pennsylvania appeals court delivered a victory Thursday to the Trump campaign by blocking mail-in votes by anyone who didn ’ t provide required identification by the Nov. 9 deadline .
Pennsylvania Gov .
Tom Wolf , a Democrat , sought to give voters who mailed in ballots more time to fulfill the ID requirement , beyond the deadline–a full six days after Election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election , Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar , a Democrat who oversees elections in the state , pushed the date further back .
Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt ruled that Boockvar lacked the legal authority to change the date unilaterally .
The votes were not yet included in Pennsylvania ’ s tally , where Biden leads Trump by more than 54,000 votes , or less than 1 % .
The number of potential votes that wouldn ’ t be counted was unknown Thursday , but Philadelphia election officials said it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Philadelphia Inquirer .
The Trump campaign ’ s chief legal counsel , Matt Morgan , said the pending lawsuits alone wouldn ’ t tilt the election outcome , but cumulatively could whittle Biden ’ s lead to 0.5 % –triggering an automatic recount under Pennsylvania law .
The Trump campaign is suing in both Pennsylvania state court and in federal courts .
—Among the most high profile allegations has been that Republican monitors were kept too far away to be able to view election workers ’ ballot counting in several counties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court to block certification of the vote until officials follow proper procedures .
U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann is presiding over this case .
—In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee , the Trump campaign also asserts that Pennsylvania ran a “ two-tiered ” election system that favored mail-in ballots over in-person voting , held voters to different standards on whether their signatures checked against voter rolls ; and allowed votes received three days after Election Day to be counted without evidence of timely mailing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump campaign ’ s lawsuit alleges this violates the Constitution ’ s Equal Protection Clause and its Elections and Electors Clauses .
—In a separate lawsuit filed independently of the Trump campaign , the Thomas More Law Center ’ s Amistad Project filed a lawsuit alleging that Pennsylvania poll workers in heavily Democratic counties provided flawed mail-in ballots to Democratic campaign workers to contact voters about fixing their ballots .
By state law , mail-in ballots must be set aside after receipt until the election is complete .
Boockvar , Pennsylvania ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do this at 8:38 p.m. Nov. 2 .
Former Kansas Attorney General Phillip Kline , director of the Amistad Project , said large metropolitan counties had an advantage in adjusting to this late notice that smaller rule counties didn ’ t .
In other words , Kline said , blue counties had an advantage over red counties .
“ They were activated , ” Kline told The Daily Signal of political operatives in Pennsylvania .
Kline stressed that there is no rush as this and other litigation go forward .
States have until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Electoral College is set to meet Dec. 14 , and Inauguration Day is Jan. 20 , 2021 .
“ It ’ s important to hit the pause button .
This is not a constitutional crisis , ” Kline said .
“ We have to get this right .
Election officials need to be accountable.
” —Three Pennsylvania counties–Bucks , Chester , and Delaware–reported inaccurate voter registration information to the federal government , Judicial Watch reported in October .
—More than 21,000 names on Pennsylvania ’ s voter registration rolls belong to voters who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Legal Foundation , an election integrity watchdog group .
This doesn ’ t mean all–or any–of those voters were recorded as having voted , only that Pennsylvania has been deficient in cleaning its voter rolls as required by the Help America Vote Act .
Of the total number , at least 9,212 of those still listed as registered voters died in the past five years ; at least 197 have been dead longer than 20 years .
Michigan would be the most difficult state to flip , but the Trump campaign as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ several questions .
—Four Michigan voters filed a federal lawsuit alleging fraud and asking that election results be excluded from three counties .
The lawsuit calls for scrapping ballots cast in Wayne , Washtenaw , and Ingham counties .
That reportedly would amount to 1.2 million votes .
Among issues in the Detroit-Wayne County area : Republican election observers could not see past cardboard put up to cover glass while workers counted votes .
One expert on the case is noted election lawyer James Bopp Jr. , a former vice chairman of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counsel for the National Right to Life Committee .
Bopp has been part of a legal team in several U.S. Supreme Court cases , including two major free speech cases–Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and McCutcheon v. FEC .
Bopp also has been a campaign adviser to Trump , 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney , and former President George W. Bush .
He has teamed with Michigan lawyer Maxwell Gross .
The Michigan plaintiffs are Oakland County residents Lena Bally and Gavriel Grossbard ; Eaton County resident Carol Hatch ; and Jackson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported .
Defendants include Michigan Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer , a Democrat ; members of the Michigan State Board of Canvassers ; and members of similar boards in Wayne , Washtenaw , and Ingham counties .
The plaintiffs argue that “ this evidence suffices to place in doubt the November 3 presidential election results in identified counties and/or the state as a whole.
” The lawsuit , which notes that the plaintiffs will present a data analysis , also says : The lawsuit contends that if illegal votes are counted , legal votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thomas More Law Center ’ s Amistad Project filed a suit in Michigan to list firsthand eyewitnesses who say they saw Democratic election observers filling out new ballots for votes that machines couldn ’ t read .
State law requires that observers from both parties agree on the intent of the voter before a ballot is marked .
“ In Michigan , they are talking about the intent of the voter in counting the ballots and the law requires members of the Republican and Democratic parties to observe , ” Kline told The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan that includes sworn affidavits from more than 100 individuals alleging misconduct in counting and processing ballots .
The lawsuit cites eyewitness claims under oath of fraud and intimidation , mostly from poll challengers who were observing counting at TCF Center in Detroit .
This included examples such as seeing about 50 ballots being fed multiple times into a ballot scanner ; seeing provisional ballots placed in a tabulation box ; , and seeing ballots received after Election Day being backdated and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ open ballots with Donald Trump votes and respond by rolling their eyes and showing it to other poll workers .
I believe some of these ballots may not have been properly counted , ” Republican poll challenger Artricia Bomer said of TCF Center in an affidavit , according to the Detroit Free Press .
Mordechai Mandelbaum , another Republican challenger at TCF Center testified that , 20 to 30 times , poll workers duplicated ballots “ to incorrect precincts in order to run two ballots through for the same person.
” Another Republican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a deposition that she witnessed at least 46 ballots processed for voters not in the database , and she specified precinct and ballot numbers for those ballots .
Klamer said in the sworn deposition that election workers manually inputted information into the system for these ballots , including , in some cases , birthdates of Jan. 1 , 1900 .
Numerous other observers made assertions about backdating and back-timing .
However , Detroit Elections Director George Azzouz told CNN that “ the date of January 1 , 1900 , is often used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temporary placeholder for absentee ballots arriving just before Election Day.
” The lawsuit includes allegations from observers of backdating or backtiming of ballots .
For Michigan , the deadline was 8 p.m. Election Day .
Chris Thomas , a senior adviser to Detroit election officials , denied any backdating .
The Detroit Free Press reported that 134 Republican poll challengers were allowed into TCF Center .
—A separate lawsuit filed on behalf of two Detroit area residents claims that Wayne County election officials knowingly allowed illegal activities , including validating ballots when names @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voter database ; ordering of election workers not to verify voter signatures on mail-in ballots ; and counting of ballots that appeared after the deadline .
Vote spread : Biden leads Trump by more than 35,000 votes .
Of the six states in question , Nevada is the only one that Trump didn ’ t carry in 2016 .
He came close in 2020 .
—The Trump campaign alleges that at least 3,000 out-of-state residents voted in Nevada .
Lawyers with the campaign sent a list of suspect voter information to U.S. Attorney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal inquiry .
The lawyers ’ letter to Barr reads in part : The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada countered that some of the names in question are those of members of the armed services who currently live outside the state .
—Clark County , home of Las Vegas and key to Biden ’ s victory in the state , had a voter registration rate of 102 % of eligible voters , according to Judicial Watch .
Vote spread : Biden leads Trump by more than 14,000 votes .
—Georgia Secretary of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would conduct a hand recount of ballots in the presidential election .
“ With the margin being so close , it will require a full by hand recount in each county , ” Raffensperger , a Republican , said Wednesday .
He added : “ It will be an audit , a recount , and a recanvas all at once.
” The recount likely will be finished by Nov. 20 , he said .
In Wisconsin , the counties of Rock and Milwaukee are facing scrutiny .
—State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections .
“ If there ’ s real evidence of fraud , I want it to come forward to be able to be investigated .
If there ’ s not , it validates the process and we should be fully supportive of it , ” Vos said , according to the Journal Times newspaper , adding : Vos referred to absentee ballots from Milwaukee that were not reported until 4 a.m. Nov. 4 , 21 hours after polls opened .
Election workers can begin counting ballots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Wisconsin .
Vos also referred to the “ inefficiency of Milwaukee ’ s central counting of absentee ballots.
” Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson responded that the counting operation was “ incredibly efficient in that it was able to count nearly 170,000 ballots in less than 24 hours.
” Christenson noted that the law prohibits counting ballots until Election Day .
However , The Journal Times in Racine , Wisconsin , reported that election workers counted about 92 % of the city of Madison ’ s 121,000 absentee ballots by 6 p.m. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported all its returns a few hours before Milwaukee that finished at 4 a.m. on Nov. 4 , the morning after Election Day .
—Other Republicans , including presidential sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump , raised questions about The Associated Press ’ first calling Rock County for their father before the news service reversed the call .
The Trump campaign dropped a lawsuit in Arizona that claimed Arizona poll workers “ incorrectly rejected ” votes cast in person on Election Day .
Trump campaign attorneys wrote late Thursday : “ Since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the tabulation of votes statewide has rendered unnecessary a judicial ruling as to the presidential electors.
” Biden appeared to have flipped Arizona , a traditionally Republican state where the president had criticized two former GOP senators , Jeff Flake and the late John McCain .
However , Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich , a Republican , said Wednesday that correcting the irregularity likely would affect only 200 votes .
“ There is no evidence , there are no facts that would lead anyone to believe that the election results will change @ @ @ @ @

The presidential election has continued into overtime in the courts on multiple fronts as President Donald Trump declines to concede the contest to Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
Even as states kept counting ballots, no state had certified results, and lawsuits began to work their way through the courts, major media outlets announced four days after Election Day that the former vice president had won the presidency by exceeding the necessary 270 electoral votes.
Biden now leads by varying margins in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, and Wisconsin, most of which had showed Trump ahead on election night.
To explain what’s happening in the courts, here is an overview of the litigation and related election controversies in the most contentious states.
1. Pennsylvania
20 electoral votes
Vote spread: Biden leads Trump by about 63,000 votes.
—A Pennsylvania appeals court delivered a victory Thursday to the Trump campaign by blocking mail-in votes by anyone who didn’t provide required identification by the Nov. 9 deadline.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, sought to give voters who mailed in ballots more time to fulfill the ID requirement, beyond the deadline–a full six days after Election Day.
Shortly before the Nov. 3 election, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, a Democrat who oversees elections in the state, pushed the date further back.
Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt ruled that Boockvar lacked the legal authority to change the date unilaterally. The votes were not yet included in Pennsylvania’s tally, where Biden leads Trump by more than 54,000 votes, or less than 1%.
The number of potential votes that wouldn’t be counted was unknown Thursday, but Philadelphia election officials said it was about 2,100 in the city, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Trump campaign’s chief legal counsel, Matt Morgan, said the pending lawsuits alone wouldn’t tilt the election outcome, but cumulatively could whittle Biden’s lead to 0.5%–triggering an automatic recount under Pennsylvania law.
The Trump campaign is suing in both Pennsylvania state court and in federal courts.
—Among the most high profile allegations has been that Republican monitors were kept too far away to be able to view election workers’ ballot counting in several counties. The Trump campaign asked a federal court to block certification of the vote until officials follow proper procedures. U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann is presiding over this case.
—In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, the Trump campaign also asserts that Pennsylvania ran a “two-tiered” election system that favored mail-in ballots over in-person voting, held voters to different standards on whether their signatures checked against voter rolls; and allowed votes received three days after Election Day to be counted without evidence of timely mailing, such as a postmark.
The Trump campaign’s lawsuit alleges this violates the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause and its Elections and Electors Clauses.
—In a separate lawsuit filed independently of the Trump campaign, the Thomas More Law Center’s Amistad Project filed a lawsuit alleging that Pennsylvania poll workers in heavily Democratic counties provided flawed mail-in ballots to Democratic campaign workers to contact voters about fixing their ballots. By state law, mail-in ballots must be set aside after receipt until the election is complete.
Boockvar, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state, authorized counties to do this at 8:38 p.m. Nov. 2. Former Kansas Attorney General Phillip Kline, director of the Amistad Project, said large metropolitan counties had an advantage in adjusting to this late notice that smaller rule counties didn’t. In other words, Kline said, blue counties had an advantage over red counties.
“They were activated,” Kline told The Daily Signal of political operatives in Pennsylvania.
Kline stressed that there is no rush as this and other litigation go forward. States have until Dec. 8 to certify electors. The Electoral College is set to meet Dec. 14, and Inauguration Day is Jan. 20, 2021.
“It’s important to hit the pause button. This is not a constitutional crisis,” Kline said. “We have to get this right. Election officials need to be accountable.”
—Three Pennsylvania counties–Bucks, Chester, and Delaware–reported inaccurate voter registration information to the federal government, Judicial Watch reported in October.
—More than 21,000 names on Pennsylvania’s voter registration rolls belong to voters who are dead, according to Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election integrity watchdog group.
This doesn’t mean all–or any–of those voters were recorded as having voted, only that Pennsylvania has been deficient in cleaning its voter rolls as required by the Help America Vote Act. Of the total number, at least 9,212 of those still listed as registered voters died in the past five years; at least 197 have been dead longer than 20 years.
2. Michigan
16 electoral votes
Vote spread: Biden leads Trump by about 147,000 votes.
Michigan would be the most difficult state to flip, but the Trump campaign as well as independent groups and voters have raised several questions.
—Four Michigan voters filed a federal lawsuit alleging fraud and asking that election results be excluded from three counties.
The lawsuit calls for scrapping ballots cast in Wayne, Washtenaw, and Ingham counties. That reportedly would amount to 1.2 million votes.
Among issues in the Detroit-Wayne County area: Republican election observers could not see past cardboard put up to cover glass while workers counted votes.
One expert on the case is noted election lawyer James Bopp Jr., a former vice chairman of the Republican National Committee and former chief legal counsel for the National Right to Life Committee.
Bopp has been part of a legal team in several U.S. Supreme Court cases, including two major free speech cases–Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and McCutcheon v. FEC. Bopp also has been a campaign adviser to Trump, 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney, and former President George W. Bush. He has teamed with Michigan lawyer Maxwell Gross.
The Michigan plaintiffs are Oakland County residents Lena Bally and Gavriel Grossbard; Eaton County resident Carol Hatch; and Jackson County resident Steven Butler, Michigan Live reported. Defendants include Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat; members of the Michigan State Board of Canvassers; and members of similar boards in Wayne, Washtenaw, and Ingham counties.
The plaintiffs argue that “this evidence suffices to place in doubt the November 3 presidential election results in identified counties and/or the state as a whole.” The lawsuit, which notes that the plaintiffs will present a data analysis, also says:
Upon information and belief, the expert report will identify persons who cast votes illegally by casting multiple ballots, were deceased, had moved, or were otherwise not qualified to vote in the November 3 presidential election, along with evidence of illegal ballot stuffing, ballot harvesting, and other illegal voting.
The lawsuit contends that if illegal votes are counted, legal votes will be “diluted.”
—Separately, Thomas More Law Center’s Amistad Project filed a suit in Michigan to list firsthand eyewitnesses who say they saw Democratic election observers filling out new ballots for votes that machines couldn’t read. State law requires that observers from both parties agree on the intent of the voter before a ballot is marked.
“In Michigan, they are talking about the intent of the voter in counting the ballots and the law requires members of the Republican and Democratic parties to observe,” Kline told The Daily Signal.
—The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan that includes sworn affidavits from more than 100 individuals alleging misconduct in counting and processing ballots.
The lawsuit cites eyewitness claims under oath of fraud and intimidation, mostly from poll challengers who were observing counting at TCF Center in Detroit. This included examples such as seeing about 50 ballots being fed multiple times into a ballot scanner; seeing provisional ballots placed in a tabulation box;, and seeing ballots received after Election Day being backdated and counted.
“I witnessed election workers open ballots with Donald Trump votes and respond by rolling their eyes and showing it to other poll workers. I believe some of these ballots may not have been properly counted,” Republican poll challenger Artricia Bomer said of TCF Center in an affidavit, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Mordechai Mandelbaum, another Republican challenger at TCF Center testified that, 20 to 30 times, poll workers duplicated ballots “to incorrect precincts in order to run two ballots through for the same person.”
Another Republican poll challenger, Kristy Klamer, testified in a deposition that she witnessed at least 46 ballots processed for voters not in the database, and she specified precinct and ballot numbers for those ballots. Klamer said in the sworn deposition that election workers manually inputted information into the system for these ballots, including, in some cases, birthdates of Jan. 1, 1900.
Numerous other observers made assertions about backdating and back-timing.
However, Detroit Elections Director George Azzouz told CNN that “the date of January 1, 1900, is often used in the electronic poll book as a temporary placeholder for absentee ballots arriving just before Election Day.”
The lawsuit includes allegations from observers of backdating or backtiming of ballots. For Michigan, the deadline was 8 p.m. Election Day. Chris Thomas, a senior adviser to Detroit election officials, denied any backdating.
The Detroit Free Press reported that 134 Republican poll challengers were allowed into TCF Center.
—A separate lawsuit filed on behalf of two Detroit area residents claims that Wayne County election officials knowingly allowed illegal activities, including validating ballots when names on them weren’t in the voter database; ordering of election workers not to verify voter signatures on mail-in ballots; and counting of ballots that appeared after the deadline.
3. Nevada
6 electoral votes
Vote spread: Biden leads Trump by more than 35,000 votes.
Of the six states in question, Nevada is the only one that Trump didn’t carry in 2016. He came close in 2020.
—The Trump campaign alleges that at least 3,000 out-of-state residents voted in Nevada. Lawyers with the campaign sent a list of suspect voter information to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, asking for a federal inquiry.
The lawyers’ letter to Barr reads in part:
Specifically, we have initially identified 3,062 individuals who appear to have improperly cast mail ballots in the election. We verified this by cross-referencing the names and addresses of voters with the National Change of Address database.
Of course, voter fraud is a serious federal felony, one that cuts to the heart of our representative democracy. We understand that these are serious allegations and we do not make them lightly.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada countered that some of the names in question are those of members of the armed services who currently live outside the state.
—Clark County, home of Las Vegas and key to Biden’s victory in the state, had a voter registration rate of 102% of eligible voters, according to Judicial Watch.
4. Georgia
16 electoral votes
Vote spread: Biden leads Trump by more than 14,000 votes.
—Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that the state would conduct a hand recount of ballots in the presidential election.
“With the margin being so close, it will require a full by hand recount in each county,” Raffensperger, a Republican, said Wednesday. He added: “It will be an audit, a recount, and a recanvas all at once.”
The recount likely will be finished by Nov. 20, he said.
5. Wisconsin
10 electoral votes
Vote spread: Biden leads Trump by about 20,000 votes.
In Wisconsin, the counties of Rock and Milwaukee are facing scrutiny.
—State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, a Republican, called for an investigation by the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
“If there’s real evidence of fraud, I want it to come forward to be able to be investigated. If there’s not, it validates the process and we should be fully supportive of it,” Vos said, according to the Journal Times newspaper, adding:
I would rather guarantee that everyone at the end of the day has certainty that the election was conducted fairly because we do a thorough investigation as opposed to trusting a bunch of bureaucrats in Madison saying, ‘Look, we did it just fine.’
Vos referred to absentee ballots from Milwaukee that were not reported until 4 a.m. Nov. 4, 21 hours after polls opened. Election workers can begin counting ballots after the polls open on Election Day in Wisconsin.
Vos also referred to the “inefficiency of Milwaukee’s central counting of absentee ballots.”
Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson responded that the counting operation was “incredibly efficient in that it was able to count nearly 170,000 ballots in less than 24 hours.” Christenson noted that the law prohibits counting ballots until Election Day.
However, The Journal Times in Racine, Wisconsin, reported that election workers counted about 92% of the city of Madison’s 121,000 absentee ballots by 6 p.m. Election Day and the city of Racine reported all its returns a few hours before Milwaukee that finished at 4 a.m. on Nov. 4, the morning after Election Day.
—Other Republicans, including presidential sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, raised questions about The Associated Press’ first calling Rock County for their father before the news service reversed the call.
6. Arizona
11 electoral votes
Vote spread: Biden leads Trump by about 11,000 votes.
The Trump campaign dropped a lawsuit in Arizona that claimed Arizona poll workers “incorrectly rejected” votes cast in person on Election Day.
Trump campaign attorneys wrote late Thursday: “Since the close of yesterday’s hearing, the tabulation of votes statewide has rendered unnecessary a judicial ruling as to the presidential electors.”
Biden appeared to have flipped Arizona, a traditionally Republican state where the president had criticized two former GOP senators, Jeff Flake and the late John McCain.
However, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, said Wednesday that correcting the irregularity likely would affect only 200 votes. “There is no evidence, there are no facts that would lead anyone to believe that the election results will change,” he said.


dailysignal--2020-11-16--Gov. Whitmer Announces New Restrictions as Coronavirus Cases Surge

Michigan Democratic Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer announced new restrictions Sunday evening meant to combat the worsening coronavirus pandemic .
The restrictions , which begin Wednesday and extend through the end of November , include the closing of high schools , colleges , indoor dining , casinos , and movie theaters , Whitmer said in a press conference Sunday .
Michigan has recorded record amounts of virus cases in the past week , raising the state ’ s seven-day average of daily new cases to 6,200 , resulting in spikes in hospitalizations and deaths across the state as well , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state had “ smashed the curve ” through measures early in the pandemic , but the winter months could be more difficult .
“ As hard as those first months were for our state , these next few are going to be even harder , ” Whitmer said at the press conference .
Whitmer said that coronavirus models show “ that if we don ’ t take aggressive action right now , we could soon see 1,000 deaths per week here in Michigan.
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Though Whitmer had relied on the Michigan ’ s Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945 to enforce earlier coronavirus restrictions , the state ’ s Supreme Court ruled her actions unconstitutional in October .
Whitmer had relied on the law to enforce her restrictions since the Republican-led state Legislature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state of emergency in April , according to the Free Press .
Despite the 4-3 ruling , Whitmer has still been able to enforce a statewide mask mandate in crowded and indoor settings and capacities for bars and restaurants , relying on a Michigan Public Health Code , the Free Press reported .
Whitmer ’ s restrictions are only the latest from local and state officials across the country in an effort to curb the virus ’ s spread .
Governors in New Mexico , North Dakota , Oregon , Vermont , Virginia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adopted some type of restrictions in recent days , and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently announced a citywide stay-at-home order .
The U.S. has recorded over 100,000 daily coronavirus cases every day since Election Day , with a record high 180,000 reported Saturday .
The U.S. also surpassed 11 million cases over the weekend , and is approaching 250,000 virus deaths , according to a Johns Hopkins University database .
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Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced new restrictions Sunday evening meant to combat the worsening coronavirus pandemic.
The restrictions, which begin Wednesday and extend through the end of November, include the closing of high schools, colleges, indoor dining, casinos, and movie theaters, Whitmer said in a press conference Sunday.
Michigan has recorded record amounts of virus cases in the past week, raising the state’s seven-day average of daily new cases to 6,200, resulting in spikes in hospitalizations and deaths across the state as well, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Whitmer said the state had “smashed the curve” through measures early in the pandemic, but the winter months could be more difficult.
“As hard as those first months were for our state, these next few are going to be even harder,” Whitmer said at the press conference.
Whitmer said that coronavirus models show “that if we don’t take aggressive action right now, we could soon see 1,000 deaths per week here in Michigan.”
>>> What’s the best way for America to reopen and return to business? The National Coronavirus Recovery Commission, a project of The Heritage Foundation, assembled America’s top thinkers to figure that out. So far, it has made more than 260 recommendations. Learn more here.
Though Whitmer had relied on the Michigan’s Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945 to enforce earlier coronavirus restrictions, the state’s Supreme Court ruled her actions unconstitutional in October. Whitmer had relied on the law to enforce her restrictions since the Republican-led state Legislature had refused to extend Michigan’s state of emergency in April, according to the Free Press.
Despite the 4-3 ruling, Whitmer has still been able to enforce a statewide mask mandate in crowded and indoor settings and capacities for bars and restaurants, relying on a Michigan Public Health Code, the Free Press reported.
What we know: Michigan halts face-to-face instruction for high schools, colleges as COVID-19 cases spike https://t.co/wKfyP9CtXt — Detroit Free Press (@freep) November 15, 2020
Whitmer’s restrictions are only the latest from local and state officials across the country in an effort to curb the virus’ spread. Governors in New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and more have adopted some type of restrictions in recent days, and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently announced a citywide stay-at-home order.
Whitmer to public: 'Double down' & take precautions so 'we can avoid a stay-home order' — David Eggert (@DavidEggert00) November 15, 2020
The U.S. has recorded over 100,000 daily coronavirus cases every day since Election Day, with a record high 180,000 reported Saturday. The U.S. also surpassed 11 million cases over the weekend, and is approaching 250,000 virus deaths, according to a Johns Hopkins University database.
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dailysignal--2020-11-16--Moderna Announces Its Coronavirus Vaccine Is 94.5% Effective

The pharmaceutical company Moderna announced Monday that its coronavirus vaccine is 94.5 % effective based on preliminary results from ongoing human trials .
Though the company ’ s announcement is a big step in the effort to develop effective vaccines against the virus , Moderna said that its vaccine would not be widely available until spring 2021 .
Moderna is the second pharmaceutical to report promising news regarding vaccine development , joining Pfizer , which announced Nov. 9 that its vaccine was over 90 % effective .
Ten other vaccine candidates are in their Phase III trials , and over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to a New York Times database .
The Food and Drug Administration had previously said that vaccines for COVID-19 only needed to be 50 % effective to be approved .
In the Moderna trial , only five of the 95 people who contracted the virus had received the vaccine , while the rest received placebo salt water injections .
Of the 95 infections , 11 became severe , but all of those patients had received the placebo , the company said .
Both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines use synthetic genetic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mRNA .
When the harmless mRNA enters a human , the person ’ s immune system fights it , simulating what it would normally do if infected with the actual virus and developing antibodies as a result .
“ The fact that two different vaccines made by two different companies with two different kinds of structures , in a new messenger RNA concept , both worked so effectively confirms the concept once and for all that this is a viable strategy not only for COVID but for future infectious disease threats , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bloom , according to The New York Times .
While Moderna ’ s announcement is a promising step to ending the pandemic , distributing vaccines across the country and the world poses additional challenges .
Moderna ’ s vaccine must be stored at minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit , which could pose difficult when vaccinating low-income areas in warmer climates .
The Pfizer vaccine faces similar challenges , and must be stored at minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit .
Moderna said that it would have 20 million doses ready to ship by the end of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million people , given the vaccine , like Pfizer ’ s , comes in two separate doses .
Both companies have partnered with Operation Warp Speed , the federal government ’ s effort to develop and distribute a vaccine nationwide free of charge , though Pfizer developed its vaccine without federal aid .
The announcement comes as virus cases continue to surge across the country .
The U.S. passed 11 million confirmed cases this weekend and approaches 250,000 deaths from the virus , according to a Johns Hopkins University database .
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The pharmaceutical company Moderna announced Monday that its coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective based on preliminary results from ongoing human trials.
Though the company’s announcement is a big step in the effort to develop effective vaccines against the virus, Moderna said that its vaccine would not be widely available until spring 2021.
Moderna is the second pharmaceutical to report promising news regarding vaccine development, joining Pfizer, which announced Nov. 9 that its vaccine was over 90% effective. Ten other vaccine candidates are in their Phase III trials, and over 50 different vaccines are being developed worldwide, according to a New York Times database.
The Food and Drug Administration had previously said that vaccines for COVID-19 only needed to be 50% effective to be approved.
We just announced that mRNA-1273, our COVID-19 vaccine candidate, has met its primary efficacy endpoint in the first interim analysis of the Phase 3 COVE study.
Read more: https://t.co/vYWEy8CKCv pic.twitter.com/YuLubU1tlx — Moderna (@moderna_tx) November 16, 2020
In the Moderna trial, only five of the 95 people who contracted the virus had received the vaccine, while the rest received placebo salt water injections. Of the 95 infections, 11 became severe, but all of those patients had received the placebo, the company said.
Both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines use synthetic genetic coronavirus material, called messenger RNA or mRNA. When the harmless mRNA enters a human, the person’s immune system fights it, simulating what it would normally do if infected with the actual virus and developing antibodies as a result.
“The fact that two different vaccines made by two different companies with two different kinds of structures, in a new messenger RNA concept, both worked so effectively confirms the concept once and for all that this is a viable strategy not only for COVID but for future infectious disease threats,” said Harvard public health professor Dr. Barry Bloom, according to The New York Times.
While Moderna’s announcement is a promising step to ending the pandemic, distributing vaccines across the country and the world poses additional challenges.
Moderna’s vaccine must be stored at minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit, which could pose difficult when vaccinating low-income areas in warmer climates. The Pfizer vaccine faces similar challenges, and must be stored at minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit.
Moderna said that it would have 20 million doses ready to ship by the end of 2020, enough to fully vaccinate 10 million people, given the vaccine, like Pfizer’s, comes in two separate doses.
Both companies have partnered with Operation Warp Speed, the federal government’s effort to develop and distribute a vaccine nationwide free of charge, though Pfizer developed its vaccine without federal aid.
The announcement comes as virus cases continue to surge across the country. The U.S. passed 11 million confirmed cases this weekend and approaches 250,000 deaths from the virus, according to a Johns Hopkins University database.
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dailysignal--2020-11-16--Contesting Election Results in Court Isn’t the End of Democracy. Quite the Opposite.

Is a disputed presidential election the end of democracy as we know it ?
That ’ s what many pundits and members of the legacy media are claiming as President Donald Trump has challenged election results in a number of states—both legally and rhetorically .
It seems that much of the media hivemind now insists that voter fraud never happens , that it ’ s equally impossible for an election to be stolen or tainted in any way , and that going a few weeks with two rival candidates both declaring victory ( including one they really don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end of America as a free country .
It ’ s amazing that this is the case after countless Democrats , including Hillary Clinton , insisted that Trump colluded with Russians to steal the 2016 election , a story that most major media outlets ran with for years without providing any hard evidence .
It ’ s also amusing to see so many in the media praising former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams for her work to flip the Peach State into the Democrat column in 2020 .
Abrams lost the 2018 Georgia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a Republican , in a race Kemp won by almost 55,000 votes .
Abrams insists that voter suppression is the only reason Republicans came out ahead and never conceded defeat .
Yet she has received , literally , glowing profiles in The Washington Post and countless other media outlets .
Whatever the results of Trump ’ s legal challenges , the situation hardly portends a slip into dictatorship .
Truth be told , these sorts of electoral disputes aren ’ t even uncommon in our history .
Americans have been blessed with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the test of time .
And it has been tested .
Not every election has been entirely free and fair , and they certainly haven ’ t all gone smoothly .
As my colleague , Fred Lucas , the author of “ Tainted by Suspicion : The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of Disputed Presidential Elections , ” wrote for The Daily Signal , there have been at least five highly contested presidential elections .
The 1876 election between Democrat Samuel Tilden and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was perhaps the most dramatic example @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the election was incredibly high , a U.S. record of 82 % of eligible voters .
But there was widespread , often violent , suppression of black voters—who then were largely Republicans—in the South , and ballot stuffing was common throughout the country .
Tilden ’ s supporters literally called for blood if their candidate was not installed in the White House .
Neither candidate conceded defeat until just before Inauguration Day , which at the time was in early March .
So , the country spent over four months without knowing who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was only “ resolved ” by a last-minute , so-called corrupt bargain between Democrats and Republicans that handed Hayes the presidency in exchange for ending Reconstruction in the South .
That may seem like ancient news from a far-off and alien time , but one doesn ’ t really have to dig that deep into political history to find examples of contested elections and candidates refusing to concede .
The 1960 election was a narrow race between Sen. John F. Kennedy , D-Mass.
, and Vice President Richard Nixon , and it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chicago , in particular—manufactured votes for Kennedy .
Hundreds of election officials in Illinois were indicted , but only a handful were convicted in 1962 , after admitting to witness tampering in Chicago ’ s 28th Ward .
Nixon did in fact organize to challenge the election results in Illinois and a number of other states , but ultimately decided to concede for the sake of the country and his political career .
Nixon was a young man and had every intention of running for president again—which he did in 1968 , winning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Al Gore more than five weeks to acknowledge defeat in the 2000 election to then-Texas Gov .
George W. Bush , decided by just 537 votes in Florida .
That was after more than a month of legal battles , recounts , and the famed Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case that ultimately delivered the election to Bush .
Gore hardly went away without a fight , calling for selective recounts in heavily Democratic Florida counties while attempting to block the inclusion of military absentee ballots .
When all avenues for victory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it quits on Dec. 13 , 2000—over a month after the Nov. 7 election .
Many Democrats around the country refused to accept that Bush had been legitimately elected—or reelected in 2004 .
What we are seeing here in 2020 is hardly unique , nor does it signal the end of democracy .
To the contrary , this is democracy in action , in all its messiness .
The way to quell electoral disputes is not to simply expect politicians to immediately concede close and hotly contested races , but to ensure that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and that it ’ s designed to minimize impropriety , fraud , and unintentional errors that could throw elections into dispute .
Maybe elected officials should take that more seriously in 2022 and beyond .

Is a disputed presidential election the end of democracy as we know it?
That’s what many pundits and members of the legacy media are claiming as President Donald Trump has challenged election results in a number of states—both legally and rhetorically.
It seems that much of the media hivemind now insists that voter fraud never happens, that it’s equally impossible for an election to be stolen or tainted in any way, and that going a few weeks with two rival candidates both declaring victory (including one they really don’t like) means we are witnessing the end of America as a free country.
It’s amazing that this is the case after countless Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, insisted that Trump colluded with Russians to steal the 2016 election, a story that most major media outlets ran with for years without providing any hard evidence.
It’s also amusing to see so many in the media praising former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams for her work to flip the Peach State into the Democrat column in 2020.
Abrams lost the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election to Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, in a race Kemp won by almost 55,000 votes.
Abrams insists that voter suppression is the only reason Republicans came out ahead and never conceded defeat. Yet she has received, literally, glowing profiles in The Washington Post and countless other media outlets.
Whatever the results of Trump’s legal challenges, the situation hardly portends a slip into dictatorship.
Truth be told, these sorts of electoral disputes aren’t even uncommon in our history.
Americans have been blessed with a marvelous political system that has stood the test of time. And it has been tested. Not every election has been entirely free and fair, and they certainly haven’t all gone smoothly.
As my colleague, Fred Lucas, the author of “Tainted by Suspicion: The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of Disputed Presidential Elections,” wrote for The Daily Signal, there have been at least five highly contested presidential elections.
The 1876 election between Democrat Samuel Tilden and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was perhaps the most dramatic example.
Much like 2020, turnout for the election was incredibly high, a U.S. record of 82% of eligible voters. But there was widespread, often violent, suppression of black voters—who then were largely Republicans—in the South, and ballot stuffing was common throughout the country.
Tilden’s supporters literally called for blood if their candidate was not installed in the White House.
Neither candidate conceded defeat until just before Inauguration Day, which at the time was in early March. So, the country spent over four months without knowing who the president would be.
The mess was only “resolved” by a last-minute, so-called corrupt bargain between Democrats and Republicans that handed Hayes the presidency in exchange for ending Reconstruction in the South.
That may seem like ancient news from a far-off and alien time, but one doesn’t really have to dig that deep into political history to find examples of contested elections and candidates refusing to concede.
The 1960 election was a narrow race between Sen. John F. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Vice President Richard Nixon, and it was rife with accusations that Democratic political machines—in Chicago, in particular—manufactured votes for Kennedy.
Hundreds of election officials in Illinois were indicted, but only a handful were convicted in 1962, after admitting to witness tampering in Chicago’s 28th Ward.
Nixon did in fact organize to challenge the election results in Illinois and a number of other states, but ultimately decided to concede for the sake of the country and his political career. Nixon was a young man and had every intention of running for president again—which he did in 1968, winning a three-way race.
It took then-Vice President Al Gore more than five weeks to acknowledge defeat in the 2000 election to then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, decided by just 537 votes in Florida. That was after more than a month of legal battles, recounts, and the famed Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case that ultimately delivered the election to Bush.
Gore hardly went away without a fight, calling for selective recounts in heavily Democratic Florida counties while attempting to block the inclusion of military absentee ballots.
When all avenues for victory had been closed, Gore finally called it quits on Dec. 13, 2000—over a month after the Nov. 7 election.
Many Democrats around the country refused to accept that Bush had been legitimately elected—or reelected in 2004.
What we are seeing here in 2020 is hardly unique, nor does it signal the end of democracy. To the contrary, this is democracy in action, in all its messiness.
The way to quell electoral disputes is not to simply expect politicians to immediately concede close and hotly contested races, but to ensure that our voting system is safe and secure, and that it’s designed to minimize impropriety, fraud, and unintentional errors that could throw elections into dispute.
Maybe elected officials should take that more seriously in 2022 and beyond.


dailysignal--2020-11-17--Georgia Senators’ Bill Would Create Panel on Election Integrity

Policy experts and political leaders agree that election integrity is one of the most important issues facing the nation .
To that end , on Nov. 12 , Sens .
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler , both R-Ga. , introduced legislation last week to establish a bipartisan advisory commission to “ analyze the integrity and the administration ” of the 2020 general election for president and other federal offices .
The 2020 election revealed that “ serious oversight of the administering of our nation ’ s elections is long overdue , ” Loeffler said in a statement Thursday , adding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congress with “ recommendations to strengthen election integrity going forward.
” Perdue and Loeffler face challenges in run-off elections Jan. 5 from challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock , respectfully , that will determine which party controls the Senate .
The Perdue-Loeffler bill is called the Securing America ’ s Future Elections and Votes Act , or SAFE Votes Act .
The proposed 18-member commission would not be the first bipartisan effort to examine voting irregularities in U.S. elections and recommend what to do about them .
In the wake of the hotly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Al Gore and then-Texas Gov .
George W. Bush , as well as another close contest in 2004 , officials empaneled a Commission on Federal Election Reform .
Dubbed the Carter-Baker commission , it was co-chaired by former President Jimmy Carter , a Democrat , and former Secretary of State James Baker , a Republican .
It addressed issues such as ballot harvesting and removing the names of dead voters from the registration rolls .
The Carter-Baker commission completed its report in 2005 with 87 recommendations for how to ensure election integrity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.
” The survival of the nation ’ s democratic republic depends upon “ Americans ’ belief that their vote counts and their continued faith in the fairness and security of our electoral process , ” said Hans von Spakovsky , a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation who oversees the think tank ’ s Election Law Reform Initiative .
The SAFE Votes Act would require Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky. , to appoint nine of the commission ’ s members , one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif. , would appoint the other nine , including a co-chair .
Appointed members must be “ geographically balanced and shall include representatives of federal , state , and local governments and of the legal , cybersecurity , and election administration and technology communities , ” according to the legislation .
If the bill is passed and signed into law , McConnell and Pelosi would have 90 days to make their appointments .
The 18 commission members would have a little less than a year to produce recommendations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ to improve the security , integrity , and administration of federal elections , ” the bill states .
The panel also would be tasked with making best-practices recommendations for state and local elections , specifically how to ensure free and fair elections amid the coronavirus pandemic or other national emergencies .
The introduction of the SAFE Votes Act comes amid widespread concerns over the integrity of the 2020 election and increased mail-in voting imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic .
Poll watchers in Philadelphia report that they were not allowed to observe the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In Nevada , the Trump campaign argues that more than 3,000 nonresidents voted .
It also alleges some in-person voters in Arizona had their votes unlawfully rejected .
“ Our democracy depends on the integrity of our elections .
Every legal vote must be counted , and any illegal vote must not be counted , ” Perdue said in a statement on the bill , adding : Throughout history , Americans have made incredible sacrifices to obtain the right to vote and defend the security of our elections , von Spakovsky said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ women to not “ disregard their sacrifice or squander their precious gift to us .
”

Policy experts and political leaders agree that election integrity is one of the most important issues facing the nation.
To that end, Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, both R-Ga., introduced legislation Nov. 12 to establish a bipartisan advisory commission to “analyze the integrity and the administration” of the 2020 general election for president and other federal offices.
The 2020 election revealed that “serious oversight of the administering of our nation’s elections is long overdue,” Loeffler said in a statement Thursday, adding that the proposed commission would report to Congress with “recommendations to strengthen election integrity going forward.”
Perdue and Loeffler face challenges in runoff elections Jan. 5 from challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, respectively, that will determine which party controls the Senate.
The Perdue-Loeffler bill is called the Securing America’s Future Elections and Votes Act, or SAFE Votes Act.
The proposed 18-member commission would not be the first bipartisan effort to examine voting irregularities in U.S. elections and recommend what to do about them.
In the wake of the hotly contested 2000 presidential election between then-Vice President Al Gore and then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, as well as another close contest in 2004, officials empaneled a Commission on Federal Election Reform.
Dubbed the Carter-Baker commission, it was co-chaired by former President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, and former Secretary of State James Baker, a Republican. It addressed issues such as ballot harvesting and removing the names of dead voters from the registration rolls.
The Carter-Baker commission completed its report in 2005 with 87 recommendations for how to ensure election integrity. The report determined that mail-in votes “remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.”
The survival of the nation’s democratic republic depends upon “Americans’ belief that their vote counts and their continued faith in the fairness and security of our electoral process,” said Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation who oversees the think tank’s Election Law Reform Initiative.
The SAFE Votes Act would require Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to appoint nine of the commission’s members, one of whom would serve as chairperson. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would appoint the other nine, including a co-chair.
Appointed members must be “geographically balanced and shall include representatives of federal, state, and local governments and of the legal, cybersecurity, and election administration and technology communities,” according to the legislation.
If the bill is passed and signed into law, McConnell and Pelosi would have 90 days to make their appointments.
The 18 commission members would have a little less than a year to produce recommendations and a list of best election practices “to improve the security, integrity, and administration of federal elections,” the bill states.
The panel also would be tasked with making best-practices recommendations for state and local elections, specifically how to ensure free and fair elections amid the coronavirus pandemic or other national emergencies.
The introduction of the SAFE Votes Act comes amid widespread concerns over the integrity of the 2020 election and increased mail-in voting imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poll watchers in Philadelphia report that they were not allowed to observe the count of thousands of mail-in votes.
In Nevada, the Trump campaign argues that more than 3,000 nonresidents voted. It also alleges some in-person voters in Arizona had their votes unlawfully rejected.
“Our democracy depends on the integrity of our elections. Every legal vote must be counted, and any illegal vote must not be counted,” Perdue said in a statement on the bill, adding:
Many Americans have serious questions about how the 2020 election was administered, and they deserve answers. We need a clear picture of where things went wrong and how we can fix it going forward.
Throughout history, Americans have made incredible sacrifices to obtain the right to vote and defend the security of our elections, von Spakovsky said. Americans owe it to these men and women to not “disregard their sacrifice or squander their precious gift to us.”


dailysignal--2020-11-17--Liberal Media Suggest Biden Should Take Aggressive Approach to Censoring Conservative Media

Liberal media figures and outlets are suggesting that Joe Biden should take an aggressive approach to conservative media when he becomes president of the United States .
“ There is no question that Democrats are gearing up to use their new power to apply far more pressure than ever on Facebook , Google , Twitter , etc .
to censor any views they deem ‘ threatening , ’ ” journalist Glenn Greenwald tweeted Monday , referencing comments made by former President Barack Obama about controlling the internet with “ a combination of government regulations and corporate practices.
” “ Please @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Greenwald continued .
“ Democrats are defining whoever opposes them not as adversaries but as national security threats , fascist terrorists , etc.—all to justify blocking them from the internet using their influence with Silicon Valley.
” The Intercept co-founder added that CNN , NBC , and The Atlantic are the outlets that are “ most loudly ” demanding that “ disinformation ” be suppressed , though these outlets are “ the ones who not only sold the bullshit of the Iraq War but also the last 4 years of deranged Russia-took-over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their discourse monopoly back , ” Greenwald said .
His comments come the same day that Crooked Media founder Tommy Vietor published a piece explaining “ Why Joe Biden Must Sideline Fox.
” Vietor lamented that Fox News is treated as a “ legitimate news organization ” and says that Biden ’ s team should “ Approach Fox News with eyes , not arms , wide open.
” “ Call Fox what it is : an extension of the Republican Party , ” Vietor wrote .
“ Say it often .
Repetitive messaging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jeb .
Reject the absurd insistence that the network has a ‘ real news ’ division.
” The Crooked Media founder argued that Biden ’ s team should give his own publication , and other outlets like The Nation , “ scoops and access ” to help grow their audiences and “ influence the way [ President Donald ] Trump ’ s team has nurtured fringe rags like Newsmax and OAN.
” “ Biden ’ s team needs to fight harder on Facebook than it does in the White House briefing room , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , CNN ’ s Brian Stelter sparked a backlash for compiling a list of conservative media that he claimed is spreading “ disinformation ” on the election .
“ There is an entire constellation of websites and talk shows that are in denial just like Trump , ” Stelter said , showing a list of conservative media outlets that included Fox News , The Daily Caller , Newsmax , OAN , and more .
“ They are supplying disinformation about the election results , and wherever there ’ s a huge supply , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in an interview with The New York Times , journalist Matthew Sheffield , who helped create several conservative websites , alleged that “ the end justifies the means ” to conservatives .
“ Almost all right-wing support in the United States comes from a view that Christians are under attack by secular liberals , ” Sheffield said .
“ This point is so important and so little understood .
Logic doesn ’ t matter .
Fact-checking doesn ’ t matter .
What matters is if I can use this information to show that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not interested in reporting the world as it is , but rather to shape the world like they want it to be.
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Liberal media figures and outlets are suggesting that Joe Biden should take an aggressive approach to conservative media when he becomes president of the United States.
“There is no question that Democrats are gearing up to use their new power to apply far more pressure than ever on Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc. to censor any views they deem ‘threatening,’” journalist Glenn Greenwald tweeted Monday, referencing comments made by former President Barack Obama about controlling the internet with “a combination of government regulations and corporate practices.”
“Please look at what is going here,” Greenwald continued. “Democrats are defining whoever opposes them not as adversaries but as national security threats, fascist terrorists, etc.—all to justify blocking them from the internet using their influence with Silicon Valley.”
The Intercept co-founder added that CNN, NBC, and The Atlantic are the outlets that are “most loudly” demanding that “disinformation” be suppressed, though these outlets are “the ones who not only sold the bullshit of the Iraq War but also the last 4 years of deranged Russia-took-over! conspiratorial insanity.”
“They want their discourse monopoly back,” Greenwald said.
His comments come the same day that Crooked Media founder Tommy Vietor published a piece explaining “Why Joe Biden Must Sideline Fox.” Vietor lamented that Fox News is treated as a “legitimate news organization” and says that Biden’s team should “Approach Fox News with eyes, not arms, wide open.”
“Call Fox what it is: an extension of the Republican Party,” Vietor wrote. “Say it often. Repetitive messaging works—just ask Lyin’ Ted and Low-Energy Jeb. Reject the absurd insistence that the network has a ‘real news’ division.”
The Crooked Media founder argued that Biden’s team should give his own publication, and other outlets like The Nation, “scoops and access” to help grow their audiences and “influence the way [President Donald] Trump’s team has nurtured fringe rags like Newsmax and OAN.”
“Biden’s team needs to fight harder on Facebook than it does in the White House briefing room,” he added.
Over the weekend, CNN’s Brian Stelter sparked a backlash for compiling a list of conservative media that he claimed is spreading “disinformation” on the election.
“There is an entire constellation of websites and talk shows that are in denial just like Trump,” Stelter said, showing a list of conservative media outlets that included Fox News, The Daily Caller, Newsmax, OAN, and more. “They are supplying disinformation about the election results, and wherever there’s a huge supply, there is a high demand.”
I’m not sure why you included us in this round up, @brianstelter … we have not been boosting the president’s fraud allegations. Actually we’ve been doing the exact opposite. I would ask for a correction, but I’m pretty sure this is intentional dishonesty. pic.twitter.com/hN3eqEcyaO — Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) November 15, 2020
And in an interview with The New York Times, journalist Matthew Sheffield, who helped create several conservative websites, alleged that “the end justifies the means” to conservatives.
“Almost all right-wing support in the United States comes from a view that Christians are under attack by secular liberals,” Sheffield said. “This point is so important and so little understood. Logic doesn’t matter. Fact-checking doesn’t matter. What matters is if I can use this information to show that liberals are evil. Many of them are not interested in reporting the world as it is, but rather to shape the world like they want it to be.”
For much of the right-wing media, “fact-checking doesn’t matter,” said Matthew Sheffield, who founded several conservative websites. “Many of them are not interested in reporting the world as it is, but rather to shape the world like they want it to be.” https://t.co/LjyOWeivdm — The New York Times (@nytimes) November 16, 2020
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