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7 Nov, 10 tweets, 2 min read
See my Washington Post piece from September (link in next tweet) and my FAQs (but the Post piece may be more recent.
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…

It's part of the Strongman Con I've talked about elsewhere.

I'll get you a link for that one.
justsecurity.org/72609/dont-bel…


The question popped up when I logged on.

Apologies to all the people I haven't responded to. Once upon a time, I could answer every question. I haven't seen most of what's in my mentions this week.
The faithless elector question is a bit different, but the underlying arguments are the same.

Trump would have to persuade a lot of electors to change their positions. Ridiculous to think that it will happen.

Lots would have to forsake their pledges and violate the law.
Just imagine the country standing for it.

That said, it's time for the electoral college to go the way of the dodo bird.

Two ways: One, amend the constitution, which may be an option the first time the Republicans win the popular vote but lose the electoral college.
Two, states with electoral votes totalling more than 270 change their laws . . .
. . .and assign their electoral votes to the popular vote winner nationwide instead of their state's winner. There is a movement underway for this to happen.
All these scenarios are absurd for a host of reasons. The reason you all owe me a Twitter party on January 20 is because I spent so much time answering them Winking face

Party, my feed, January 20🥳🎉🪅
I really don't know what a Twitter Party looks like. I guess we all pop the virtual champagne.

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9 Nov
Big Tents Get Messy.

The Republican Party represents a minority of Americans. The party is mostly white and Christian and somewhat reactionary. It’s largely homogenous.

The Democratic Party includes: Everyone else.

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Democratic Party includes

💠Latino communities in California
💠Southern African American communities
💠Urban intellectuals
💠Big, diverse cities
💠Democratic socialists from Queens
💠Asian communities in California
💠LGBTQ
💠 Pro-union working-class Whites
Etc. Etc. Etc.
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When we say, “The GOP demographics are aging and shrinking, and the Democratic base is expanding” Democrats cheer. It means we can win elections.

It also means that we are a huge, diverse heterogeneous group.

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8 Nov
I’ll tell you one story from the GA Democrats boiler room. (Boiler room = room full of lawyers handling problems from polling places, this year on zoom.)

It was 6:59 pm EST. We got a call from the hotline. . .

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The polling places were closing at 7.

The voter showed up one minute before closing. The poll workers were locking the door. (Nobody was in line, so they closed up 2 minutes early. Heck, it had been a long day, they were unpaid volunteers, and they were tired.)

2/
The poll workers didn’t want to open up.
The voter wanted to vote.
The team went to work.

It took 35 minutes, but that voter voted.

You would have been impressed by how passionately a room of lawyers cared about that vote.

3/
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6 Nov
Moreover, the PA GOP made sure that the first ballots cast would be the last counted to help create the false narrative that Trump's lead was being taken from him and allow Trump to claim fraud and 'stolen' election.
Yes.

Also, people not paying close attention simply believe the false narrative: Trump was winning, and then late arriving (questionable) ballots made the difference.

Trump writes the script and manipulates everyone into playing their parts.
The Democrats voting largely early and absentee created a stressful few days waiting for the counting (because they were counted last) but it helped save us.

The crazies had no incentive to attack and shut down polling places because Democrats had already voted.
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4 Nov
On the bright side . . . they DID save the ballots.
Anyone wanna hear my ballots-in-the-microwave election story?

Nah, not on a nailbiter evening. Another time.

Unless you really want me to distract you with a story.
You asked for it.

While in law school, I attended a lecture from a visiting elections lawyer. Basically he was there to tell us what it’s like to be an election lawyer.

He told us a story. . .

That was a few decades ago, so my memory may be fuzzy.
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3 Nov
The lawsuit was a loser. The Republican petitioners were just trying to make voting harder.

That’s the entire Republican 2020 election strategy.

Watch it fail.
The blame falls squarely on the dirty GOP tactics, but does overreaction play a part? People sent out five-star alarms over a frivolous lawsuit: "The GOP judge will allow it! The Supreme Court will allow it!" Voters got scared. Officials got spooked.
When I said the tactics would fail, I meant that this will backfire on the GOP.

Voters do not like seeing a party trying to suppress their votes.

Voters are determined.

It may take another few cycles in Texas, but Texas voters will have the final word.
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1 Nov
The fight is still on in Federal Court.

Slim chance that the US Supreme Court would allow a federal district court to overturn a question of Texas state voting law as determined by local TX officials including members of the state legislature, and the Texas Supreme Court.
Here's the thing: This federal district petition wasn't brought by the Texas GOP. It was brought by individuals.

In fact, local reporting says that the Texas GOP helped design the drive-through voting locations.


Here's what I figure . . .
Remember when Trump said that if we “get rid of ballots” there won’t be a transition of power?
nymag.com/intelligencer/……

Looks like a few Republicans took that to heart. But they're not stopping with absentee ballots.

They want to get rid of all ballots from Dem areas🤦‍♀️
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