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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The main disturbances will be legal -- Kavanaugh and his conservative judge colleagues are going to try to steal the election by shutting down counts.

Based on the opinion SCOTUS issued last night about Wisconsin, it seems clear the plan is to stop all mail counts and declare victory the night of the election.

That seems very likely to happen –– Barrett will sign on even if Roberts decides it's too politically risky to his long-term conservative project.

The only question then is what happens next.  I think we're all going to be surprised at just how much pent-up anger there would be.  The women's march in 2017 brought a half-million to DC.

We could see five times that over the days following the election if SCOTUS tries to steal it.

If anyone says they can predict what will happen they are incorrect.[/quote]

This could end up in the courts but a lot of things have to break Trumps way but in any case it won't end up in the courts quickly - the only hard deadline is the date for assigning electors (12/14) which is then based on when each state officially certifies their electoral results.  Even in elections with clear results almost no states certify their results within a week of election day so it is hard to fathom on what basis the Supreme Court would be able to intervene and move up the certification date - remember that Bush vs Gore in 2000 was essentially driven by the 12/14 deadline.

I think the greater opportunity for shenanigans might come from these mid-western states with Republican legislatures jumping on the election was stolen narrative to try to over-ride the official results and ordering the states electors to support Trump instead.  That would require some serious chutzpah but that is not something the republicans have any lack of right now.

And if it comes to something that crazy I would expect any unrest to be in the offending states not DC.[/quote]

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