Important point by Biden lawyer Bob Bauer: Trump's lawsuits challenging vote counting not designed to win in court, but spread misinformation & encourage thuggish behavior by his supporters to undermine legitimacy of election
Trump's desperate lawsuits won't stop votes from being counted or change results. They're already being struck down
But every lie he tells delegitimizes election among his supporters & increases prospect of intimidation or violence. That's dangerous motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
Trump campaign has already lost two lawsuits today in GA & MI to stop vote counting
As @steve_vladeck noted, this is the evidence of voting irregularities (or lack thereof) that Trump campaign is currently producing in court
Trump campaign just lost their third lawsuit today trying to stop vote counting
Black voters in PA, WI, MI, GA & Latino voters in AZ & NV ended the Trump presidency
It was Black voters in Philly, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Flint, Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Atlanta, Savannah & Latino voters in Las Vegas, Reno, Phoenix, Tucson that saved Joe Biden & the country
Hearing now with Judge Emmet Sullivan on USPS refusing to comply with court order to allow last-minute sweeps for mail ballots yesterday
"I’m not pleased about this 11th hour development last night and someone may have a price to pay" he says
Judge Sullivan tells DOJ lawyers the failure to do court ordered sweep for mail ballots yesterday starts "at the top of the food chain" presumably implicating Louis DeJoy
Judge Sullivan says Louis DeJoy will have to testify under oath in his courtroom
Lawyer for @NAACP_LDF says they may seek contempt of court motion against DeJoy next week if USPS continues to not follow court orders
I'll be covering voting issues across the country today & posting updates on this thread. If you have any problems voting, please let me know & contact @866OURVOTE. Don't let anyone prevent you from exercising your fundamental right to vote
Biggest issue I've heard about so far is voting machines down in Spalding County GA, south of Atlanta. Election officials sending 2,000 provisional ballots to each precinct so everyone can vote on paper ballot. Everyone in line by 7 will be able to vote wsbtv.com/news/politics/…
.@KristenClarkeJD says Spalding County, Morgan County & Gwinnett County Georgia have voting machines malfunctioning. Voters using paper ballots but there is concern they could run out of ballots. Working with election officials to resolve
Breaking: federal judge rules GOP plaintiffs challenging drive-thru voting in Harris County don't have standing to sue, refuses to invalidate 127,000 votes already cast
The outrageous voter suppression efforts by Texas Republicans are backfiring by motivating voters to turn out in record numbers to defend their voting rights, especially in Harris County. That’s one of biggest stories from Texas in 2020 motherjones.com/2020-elections…
Harris County officials like @CGHollins & @LinaHidalgoTX made huge efforts to make it easier to vote: