re: #196 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I meant “fair” in the entire figurative sense, but there is a lot they can do to contest, fold, spindle, mutilate or outright kidnap the voter results. They would have to knock out several big states, CA, TX, NY, IL, etc, plus a number of smaller ones, just enough to ensure that neither side gets 270.

Maybe not the best example: CA, NY and IL are all fairly “blue” states where the Biden-Harris ticket is almost certainly going to win, and whose Governors/Legislatures aren’t going to be minded to do anything but properly confirm the election results and certify a correct slate of Electors.

Texas, of course, is another matter: I can quite easily imagine, given the Republican stranglehold on state government, that they are going to certify and send in a slate of Trump Electors regardless of the results at the polls. An enormous “fuck you” to democracy if they do, but it’s the state run by the likes of Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton, what can one expect?

IMO, the problem will be (as it usually is) in some of the “swing” states (?? WI, MI, NC, AZ, NV??) where the Govs/Lege might be prone to buy into Trumpian election fuckery: though - on a vaguely positive note -, if they try (like last time) to go through the courts, said courts are likely to swat down most, if not all, of the more obvious bullshit - like last time.