Yea, You Know They’re Gonna Try…

A 7 days or so ago, Rolling Stone published
this:

To whit: 

In the latest months, Trump has convened a series of in-person meetings and
meeting calls to talk about laying the groundwork to obstacle the 2022
midterm election outcomes, four men and women acquainted with the conversations notify
Rolling Stone. In these discussions, professional-Trump groups, lawyers,
Republican Get together activists, and MAGA diehards frequently examine the variety of
scorched-earth lawful ways they could deploy. 

And they’ve gamed out situations for how to aggressively obstacle elections,
especially types in which a winner is not declared on Election Night time. If
there is any trace of question about the winners, the teams approach to wage
aggressive court docket strategies and start a media blitz. Trump himself set the
blueprint for this on Election Night 2020, when — with the race significantly from
made a decision — he went on national tv to declare: “Frankly, we did acquire
this election.”

Over at Elon’s location, J.J. Abbott tweeted:

What is your media outlet doing to be ready not to amplify phony,
deceptive and anti-democratic narratives about Pennsylvania’s election and
success?

— J.J. Abbott 📮 (@jjabbott)
Oct 28, 2022

J. J. (Hey, J.J.! Do you favor “Superior Instances” or “Abbot and Costello”
references? ‘Cause I acquired both of those.) follows that up with a pair of very good resources
for information.

Mediamatters:

Leigh Chapman, Pennsylvania’s best election formal
described
in the course of a Wednesday interview that simply because of a condition regulation that does not allow
officials to commence counting mail-in ballots right until 7 a.m. on Election Day,
effects for Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections may possibly not
be obtainable for “days” afterwards. Because Democrats are
much more most likely to have confidence in
and take part in mail-in voting whilst Republicans are a lot more most likely to vote
in-person, early tabulations could display Republican candidates with a guide that
is then whittled down as mail-in ballots are tabulated in excess of time.

And (as significantly as this non-skilled can notify)
this is the regulation that suggests so.

From
Title 25 § 3146.8 

[1.1] The county board of elections shall meet no before than 7 o’clock
A.M. on election working day to pre-canvass all ballots acquired prior to the conference.

And: 

[2] The county board of elections shall satisfy no earlier than the near of
polls on the day of the election and no later than the 3rd day pursuing the
election to start out canvassing absentee ballots and mail-in ballots not incorporated
in the pre-canvass conference.

 Something the Republican led legislature could have transformed,
but they failed to.

Negotiations among the Republican-led legislature and Gov. Tom Wolf to let
counties get started opening mail ballots in Pennsylvania ahead of Election Day
appeared to collapse Wednesday, setting up
a possible
nightmare scenario
that some dread could leave the point out counting thousands and thousands of ballots for days
soon after Nov. 3.

The Democratic governor and legislative leaders had been negotiating guiding
closed doors as not long ago as Tuesday to transform the election code right after months
of inaction. But the Standard Assembly adjourned Wednesday and is not
scheduled to reconvene until eventually Nov. 10, a week right after the election.

So subsequent time you listen to your nuts MAGA friends issue the authenticity of the
“unexpected” inflow of “democrat votes” posted a day or so soon after election day, now
you know that this is a scenario the Republicans in Harrisburg
could have adjusted, but basically chose not to.

They want it this way so they can wail about “election integrity.”

Abbot also posted this url.

Let’s choose a look at what PA has to say about:

Ballot Safety:

And keep in mind, when our MAGA friends start out in on Act 77, remind them that each the GOP led Household and GOP led Senate voted for it.

Such as St Sen (and right wing nut job) Doug Mastriano and St Rep (and right wing nut occupation) Daryl Metcalfe.

J. J. posted two superior resources of facts so choose your select (I’ll take the shovel.)

My profound Apologies: I could not resist the Abbott and Costello joke.