Mega-Thread: 2020 United States General Election

[Rommon64]

"One polling place in Detroit covered up the windows with large pieces of cardboard" -Trump

Dude, that is just what windows look like in Detroit!

Yeah, doesn't he know that all the windows in Detroit were smashed out years ago? Just watch Robocop, it's all there on video!

[Breccia]

Georgia to conduct its first 'risk limiting audit' before certifying election results

Another wrinkle to the closely watched tabulation in Georgia: Before certifying results, Georgia election officials, under a new state law, will begin Friday what they’re calling a risk-limiting audit to ensure the votes were accurately counted.

Under a risk-limiting audit (RLA), a statistically meaningful sample of ballots are examined by hand to see whether the declared winner truly won. The audit is mathematically designed to catch anomalies that would arise from misconfigured machines, procedural errors or intentional attack.

But in a lawsuit filed by election technology activists, University of California, Berkeley, statistics professor Philip Stark, who helped pioneer the concept of RLAs, said in an affidavit the state’s procedures are more of a “pilot” than a true RLA. That’s because Georgia is using new electronic ballot marking devices that print out paper records rather than the hand-marked paper ballots necessary for the high quality audit trail, he said.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday the state’s review will produce “over 90 percent confidence level” in the results and certification will be reached by Nov. 13.

I'd say this sounds suspicious, but no, they passed the law a while ago.

[thilicen]

Seeing Trump struggle to remember what it's called and then go with "The highest court in the land" is fucking remarkable.

[cubby]

Even if Biden wins, I can't help but feel that we're just stopping the gushing of blood but the country is still in a critical condition. Just imagine what fresh hell the GOP will unleash on us in 2024.

Tom Cotton is chomping at the bit for his run. Trump himself is still eligible to run. It's going to be another shitshow - but at least Trump won't be at the helm (if he loses) and if he loses we can start prosecuting him for all his crimes. Plus his family.

[s_bushido]

"A lot of litigation. It's going to end up at the highest court in the land. We'll see."

It's all you've got left, isn't it, you useless fuck.

[Thekri]

3,635 to be exact...

Yeah, Georgia will go to Biden

How many votes are left, and how many did they count to get the +7k for Biden?

[PhaelixWW]

PA down to 65k.

[Rozz]

Georgia to conduct its first 'risk limiting audit' before certifying election results



I'd say this sounds suspicious, but no, they passed the law a while ago.

Isn't 90% pretty shitty in terms of statistics? At least in my case we've always treated 95% as the minimum if you want the results to be useful.

[Inuyaki]

How many votes are left, and how many did they count to get the +7k for Biden?

NYT Update was:

We just received more than 10,000 additional votes from Georgia. Trump is currently up by 3,635 votes.

I know this only answers your 2nd question. 1st no idea, a few ten k

[PhaelixWW]

How many votes are left, and how many did they count to get the +7k for Biden?

That was 10k votes being counted, apparently in an 80/20% split for Biden.

[cubby]

Well at least he's not telling his supporters to rise up. Its just the great Trumplican whine right now.

Its bad but it could be a lot worse.

Not yet. Biden team is expecting to make a kind of "we won" speech as one state is set to declare for Biden shortly. We'll see how Trump handles that tonight and in the coming days/weeks.

[Thekri]

NYT Update was:

So they counted 10k votes and Biden closed the gap by 7k? Did he win 90% of them?

[Thepersona]

3,635 to be exact...

Yeah, Georgia will go to Biden

How many votes left?

[Thekri]

That was 10k votes being counted, apparently in an 80/20% split for Biden.

Well if the rest of them tilt even slightly for Biden, that should be Georgia in the bag. That means there are still at least 20k votes out, right?

[Felya]

So they counted 10k votes and Biden closed the gap by 7k? Did he win 90% of them?

70%........

[Deja Thoris]

Even the bbc is trying their best not to laugh at the bullshit trump just spewed they are normally completely professional

[Timester]

Going to laugh so hard when Fox News calls Joe Biden as the next President.

[PACOX]

Saw this on twitch

"They (Dems) are trying to steal the election but forgot to steal the senate (too)"

[PhaelixWW]

So they counted 10k votes and Biden closed the gap by 7k? Did he win 90% of them?

The difference was 9.5k before and 3.5k after. So Biden was +6k on the votes, which means he won 8k to Trump's 2k of those 10k.

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How many votes left?

About 30k, supposedly.

[JustinJgh]

70%........

Common core math