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AP Explains: Election’s validity intact despite Trump claims
The Associated Press ^ | November 10, 2020 | By NOMAAN MERCHANT (D-AP)

Posted on 11/10/2020 1:00:55 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

The U.S. presidential election was not tainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities in how ballots were counted, despite a huge effort by President Donald Trump to prove otherwise.

In refusing to concede the election, Trump claims that he would have won were it not for “illegal” votes counted in several states that he lost or where he is currently trailing. But Trump and his allies haven’t offered any proof and their legal challenges have largely been rejected by the courts.

WHAT IS TRUMP CHALLENGING?

The Trump campaign has filed more than a dozen lawsuits in at least five states.

Trump has won one victory so far: A state court ruled his campaign observers had to be allowed closer to the actual vote counting. That ruling had no impact on the outcome of the race.

On Monday, his campaign sued to force Pennsylvania not to certify the results of the election altogether. The 85-page lawsuit itself contained no evidence of voter fraud, other than a smattering of allegations such as an election worker in Chester County altering “over-voted” ballots by changing votes that had been marked for Trump to another candidate.

WHAT ARE TRUMP’S ALLIES SAYING?

Trump’s lawyers and campaign staff say the election is not over and that they are investigating claims in several states, though they continue to lack any evidence of widespread fraud that affected the outcome of the race.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

All disputes over the counts in each state must be complete by Dec. 8. Members of the Electoral College vote on Dec. 14. The U.S. House and Senate hold a joint session on Jan. 6, 2021, to count the electoral votes in each state.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: apfakenews; bias; election2020; fakeelection; fakemedia; fakenews; fakepresidentelect; goebbels; journalism; media; tds; thebiglie
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To: olivia3boys

In the MSM world, Democrat statements must be accepted verbatim.

Republican statements, on the other hand, must be treated with extreme skepticism.


41 posted on 11/10/2020 1:16:27 PM PST by Bratch (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh, well, if the AP has weighed in, it’s all over! /s


42 posted on 11/10/2020 1:17:45 PM PST by proud American in Canada (In these trying times, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!l)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

DR.SHIVA: MIT PHD ANALYSIS OF MICHIGAN VOTES REVEALS UNFORTUNATE TRUTH OF U.S. VOTING SYSTEMS.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/WSLPWJ5Hv0BI/

Open, utter, election fraud to steal votes from Trump into Biden, doing so more as the % of GOP voters in the district goes up.


43 posted on 11/10/2020 1:17:46 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

bull to the shiite


44 posted on 11/10/2020 1:18:56 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Jim Noble
No, we DO NOT need those bad boys back! They were much, much easier to add extra votes, they were bulky to store between elections, they were expensive therefore there were too few available during heavy turnout elections, and they were prone to failure.

There is nothing wrong with Optically-Scanned paper ballots. One scanner can accommodate many voters, to scale up for large election turnouts you only need to provide additional desk spaces, and there is a paper ballot available for manual recounts.

The only manual recount with Old Reliable was to re-read the tabulation number registers on the back of the machine.

45 posted on 11/10/2020 1:19:15 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh good. AP has “explained” to us deplorable hobbit chump losers. That’s good enough for me.


46 posted on 11/10/2020 1:19:28 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Liberty over lock-downs. Freedom over face masks.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
the election was not tainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities...


47 posted on 11/10/2020 1:19:43 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: joshua c

If their candidate really won, he would come out in support of the recounts. Fact is, he won’t because he’s on the take.


48 posted on 11/10/2020 1:21:20 PM PST by NicoDon
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To: Jim Noble

Paper ballots are better.

The Egyptians got it right thousands of years ago.

Genius really.


50 posted on 11/10/2020 1:22:49 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But Trump and his allies haven’t offered any proof

That is just lying bs.

Things have got to change around this country where lying ballsacks like the AP should be severely fined for lying.
Free press is one thing but deliberate lies are another.


51 posted on 11/10/2020 1:24:09 PM PST by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

AP makes Pravda look respectable. Even DU is in contention.


52 posted on 11/10/2020 1:24:18 PM PST by McGruff (It's not who votes that count, it's who counts the votes that matters.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

There was a prior ruling that the R election observers had to be allowed closer to the ballot counting. So they were allowed closer to the ballot counting area, and the Ds moved the counting tables further away from the observers.


53 posted on 11/10/2020 1:25:59 PM PST by calenel (Tree of Liberty is thirsty.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

ap = shill


54 posted on 11/10/2020 1:29:16 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I'm calling for terrorist and criminal reform. Defund them now!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The AP(Associated Press)=False News.


55 posted on 11/10/2020 1:36:12 PM PST by puppypusher ( The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: malach
The mind boggles that the AP can allow this in print.

And remember, the AP feeds articles like this to local/regional newspapers and local TV news outlets throughout the country.

56 posted on 11/10/2020 1:36:20 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

AP is modern soviet “Pravda”.


57 posted on 11/10/2020 1:36:56 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Jim Noble

Pretty close to the machine in which I cast my very first vote in 1992.


58 posted on 11/10/2020 1:37:08 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: All
I always thought that this was quite appropriate:

For years, every time I clicked on an Associate press link, my browser tab said "News From the Ass"



59 posted on 11/10/2020 1:37:09 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: LegendHasIt

how come Nomaan got to write this piece?

Nomaan Merchant is a reporter based in Houston, specializing in coverage of immigration and border affairs, and has been with the AP since 2010...Merchant, who has also reported from Beijing, joined AP from Newsday.

typical Nomaan:

Trump ramps up expulsions of migrant youth, citing virus - 13 May 2020

maybe Nomaan learned a thing or two about writing propaganda pieces while he was in Beijing!


60 posted on 11/10/2020 1:44:34 PM PST by MAGAthon
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