Totally not an ominous or fucked up to say when blue states are absolutely recoiling in horror at the fucking disgrace of a president he is /s
Totally not an ominous or fucked up to say when blue states are absolutely recoiling in horror at the fucking disgrace of a president he is /s
Simple question: Do you believe that election deadlines are meaningless and should simply be ignored, or do you believe that each county in a state can have different rules for how votes are counted without it violating the Equal Protection clause for the 14th Amendment? Because that’s the heart of what Bush v Gore was decided on.
Based on what we know regarding the election, even if the last recount Gore had asked for had been completed and been official, he still wouldn’t have won. Some media agencies have estimated that had the entire state been recounted under the new standard Gore wanted to use that might have led to him narrowly winning, but that’s not a recount he ever actually asked for (and if he had and had done so earlier, Bush v Gore would have either gone the other way, or had to be justified on entirely different grounds since Equal Protection wouldn’t be an issue and it was specifically the deciding issue expressed in the SCOTUS opinion).
I believe understaffing communuties that support the opposing party, gerrymandering, discouraging early or mail in voting, and other voter suppression is stealing an election. I also think that restrictvie deadlines on recounts thst exist only to hamper the ability to complete a recount is stealing an election.
Deadlines are fine when they are reasonable and things are running smoothly. But a deadline existing is not an absolute that cannot be adjusted based on a judicial order to allow enough time for the process to be completed properly.
The election was stolen in the steps before the recount stage because of voter suppression. Squashing the recount was just the cherry on top.