Thread by @Teri_Kanefield

Voting in Pennsylvania has started.
The laws governing the election cannot be changed after voting starts.
If the rules could be changed now (which they can't) the governor would have to agree.

Sometimes I feel like I'm putting out a forest fire with a squirt gun.

https://twitter.com/pattyschwed/status/1311859331592224769

It's amazing to me that people think it could be easy (or even possible!) for a few party members to get together and throw a US presidential election to a candidate who (assuming) loses the electoral college and popular vote.

(OK, I understand it's been a weird 4 years)

Other than voting, there isn't much that people can do.

The Democratic Party and the Biden campaign are on this.

How? Teams of lawyers in each state. This is being watched carefully and legal teams will respond.

(I know because I'm one of them)

I suspect that this will backfire.

I think the big moment in the debate was Trump's rant had how he wasn't planning on a peaceful transition if he loses⤵️

Remember what happened in Wisconsin when the GOP tried so hard to suppress the vote?

People say, "Oh, yeah?"

It seems to me the best way to get people to vote is to threaten them with losing their right to vote (and telling them that the president is trying to rig a way for their vote not to count.)

So it's important for people to understand what the GOP is trying to do.

But there's a difference between saying, "The election can be rigged" (which discourages voting) and "These GOP jerks want to take away your right to vote. They want to throw the election to Trump even if he loses. So you better get to the polling place and stop them."

The thing to remember is that Donald Trump wants you to think he can rig the election.

He isn't quietly trying to rig the election.
He's making a lot of noise. The GOP is waving flags and shouting: "Look at us, over here, trying to rig the election."

Isn't that weird?