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Sen. Graham expects ‘real evidence’ of voting fraud to come to light

Incumbent candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) walks on stage after a win during his election night party on November 3, 2020 in Columbia, South Carolina. Graham defeated Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

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UPDATED 7:00 PM PT – Friday, November 6, 2020

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has encouraged the President to “fight hard” for his re-election.

The senator spoke during a virtual news conference on Friday and said he’s rooting the President on because he believes “real evidence” of voting irregularities as well as fraud will be unearthed sometime in the next 48 hours.

Specifically, Graham called out Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada, saying legal complaints in those states must be seen through to the end.

“Democracy depends on fair elections. President Trump’s team is going to have the chance to make a case,” the Republican said. “I’m going to stand with President Trump…if a Democrat were doing this it would be cheered on. We’re not going to let the media intimidate us into exploring whether or not these contests were fairly had.”

The senator has also agreed to donate $500,000 to President Trump’s legal defense fund.

Graham added that the liberal media in this country is praised for standing up for democracy, but “when a Republican challenges a contest, they’re accused of undercutting democracy.”

 

Arizona AG Mark Brnovich to Newsmax TV: Trump Will Win Arizona

Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich predicts President Donald Trump will win Arizona once all the ballots are counted.

During a Friday appearance on Newsmax TV’s “National Report,” Brnovich said if Trump continues to gain votes as more Arizona ballots are counted, he will “probably win the state by 1,000 or 2,000 votes.”

He said he doesn’t think the final vote count in Arizona will be ready until “early next week" noting he was last told there were about 300,000 votes that still needed to be counted. He said there are enough outstanding ballots for Trump to overtake Biden’s lead.

On Election Day, Brnovich said his office received more than 1,000 formal complaints from voters who were concerned their vote didn’t count because they were given a Sharpie to complete their ballot.

He said voters who used the markers were told their vote was canceled when they logged online to check the status of their vote. Ultimately, he said those ballots were counted.

“We are very satisfied that no one is going to be disenfranchised for using a Sharpie,” he said.

 

Trump, RNC Join Sharpie Lawsuit in Arizona

The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee joined a lawsuit filed by a conservative legal group against Maricopa County officials in Arizona on behalf of a woman who says her ballot was rejected because she was given a Sharpie-brand felt tip pen to fill it out.

The motion was filed Wednesday, according to Phoenix NBC network affiliate KPNX, to join the case filed by the Public Interest Legal Foundation for Laurie Aguilera.

The Arizona Democratic Party also joined the suit, permitted to intervene on behalf of the defendants, Maricopa County and its Board of Supervisors.

The issue erupted Tuesday during the election when several people posted to Twitter and other social media platforms that their ballots were rejected because of the use of the Sharpie. Maricopa County elections officials countered by posting that Sharpie felt tip markers were preferred because they used fast-drying ink and did not smudge.

Twitter blocked users from distributing the claims the Sharpies were causing the ballots to be rejected, a charge State Elections Director Sambo Dul called a "conspiracy theory" and dubbed it "Sharpiegate."

"These voters were denied the right to vote," Public Interest President and General Counsel J. Christian Adams said in a statement. "Arizona election officials allegedly were part of the problem, and denial of the right to vote should not occur because of failures in the process of casting a ballot. We are asking that all ballots that were uncured or denied be identified and allowed to be cured."

 

Alito Temporarily Orders Late-Arriving Pennsylvania Ballots Segregated

A U.S. Supreme Court justice issued a temporary order requiring Pennsylvania officials to segregate ballots that arrived after Election Day, granting for now a request by the state’s Republican Party.

Justice Samuel Alito’s order came as part of a fight over ballots received during a three-day extension issued before the election by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

It’s far from clear the skirmish will affect the election fight between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, who is leading in the pivotal state. The state’s top elections official, Kathy Boockvar, said Thursday the number of late-arriving ballots would be only a “tiny fraction” of the 60,000 received in the three days after the primary in June.

Although state officials have already told county officials to separate out the late-arriving ballots, Republicans said that step didn’t go far enough to ensure they can be invalidated later.

Alito, a Republican appointee who handles emergency matters from Pennsylvania, ordered Democrats to respond by Saturday at 2 p.m. Washington time to the Republican request. He said he would refer the matter to the full high court for the next steps.

Alito stopped short of barring the ballots from being preliminarily counted but said they should be tallied separately.

 

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Trump Sons Stand by Their Father's Election Claims

While Donald Trump's political allies remained silent or distanced themselves Thursday from the president, increasingly alone in his fight against what he says is widespread election "fraud," his oldest sons declared their filial loyalty.

Donald Trump Jr., the eldest, called on his father in a tweet to wage "total war" against the cheating he believes is tainting the presidential election.

The inflammatory tweet was framed by some, including the New York Post, as a clear sign of growing panic in the Trump camp over Joe Biden's chances of winning the White House.

Don Jr. wrote on his Twitter account, a tweet the social media giant banned from being shared:

"The best thing for America's future is for @realDonaldTrump to go to total war over this election to expose all of the fraud, cheating, dead/no longer in state voters, that has been going on for far too long."

"It's time to clean up this mess & stop looking like a banana republic!" he added, before deriding the "total lack of action" from Republicans, naming some – such as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., usually a staunch Trump ally.

His younger brother Eric also targeted the party his father theoretically heads, tweeting:

"Where are Republicans! Have some backbone. Fight against this fraud. Our voters will never forget you if your sheep!

Trump's eldest daughter and one of his senior advisers, Ivanka, tweeted Thursday that her father "will always go to the mat fighting for the hardworking men & women of this great Country!"

Ivanka tweeted:

"The Election 2020 Employer donor data proves that we are the party of the American worker! @realDonaldTrump's largest donors are construction workers, farmers, truckers, members of the military & everyday citizens. Biden's support comes from Big Business, Big Banks & Big Pharma

Adding in an ensuing tweet:

.@realDonaldTrump built the most diverse and inclusive coalition of support in Republican history — with historic levels of Latino, Black, and Native American voters. He will always go to the mat fighting for the hardworking men & women of this great Country! "

 

Which States Can Still Tip Elex, and When Will They Report Results?

The outcome of the U.S. presidential election hung in the balance on Thursday as five swing states continued to count their ballots.

To capture the White House, a candidate must amass at least 270 votes in the Electoral College. Most major TV networks gave Biden a 253-214 lead in electoral votes on Thursday.

Results in Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes), Georgia (16), North Carolina (15), Arizona (11) and Nevada (6) remained uncertain, according to Edison Research.

Here's the latest on those stragglers:

ARIZONA

Biden's lead shrank on Thursday night when nearly 74,000 votes were reported from Maricopa County, which includes heavily populated Phoenix. Of those, Trump won 42,276 and Biden 31,700, reducing Biden's lead in Arizona to 50.1% versus 48.5%, with 90% of votes counted.

There were at least 320,000 ballots left to be counted in the state. Maricopa County accounted for over 200,000 of the outstanding ballots, the elections department said.

GEORGIA

Trump's lead shrank to 0.1 percentage point on Thursday night, or just 2,497 votes, with 99% of votes reported.

NEVADA

Biden led Trump by 11,438 votes, or 0.9 percentage point, with about 11% of the vote left to be counted.

Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske said in a statement that about 190,150 ballots remained to be counted in the state, with 123,554 of them being either mail-in ballots or ballots returned at drop-off locations. She said 90% of the ballots still to be counted were in Clark County, the state's largest.

All properly received ballots will be counted for up to nine days after the election, but the exact number left to be counted was unknown, Cegavske said.

The outstanding votes are mail-in ballots and those cast by voters who registered to vote at polling place on Election Day, she said.

NORTH CAROLINA

Trump led by more than 76,000 votes, or 1.4 points, with about 5% of the vote uncounted.

State officials have said a full result would not be known until next week. The state allows mail-in ballots postmarked by Tuesday to be counted if they are received by Nov. 12.

PENNSYLVANIA

Trump's lead continued to shrink in Pennsylvania. He led by 0.7 of a percentage point, or 48,854 votes, with 6% of the vote outstanding.

About 370,000 ballots were still in the process of being counted on Thursday, according to the Department of State's website, giving Biden a chance to catch Trump if enough of them were from Democratic-friendly areas such as Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said she expected the "overwhelming majority" to be counted by the end of Thursday.

Philadelphia County reported more than 252,000 ballots were cast by mail but did say how many remained to be counted.

A final count may not be available until at least Friday as Pennsylvania can accept mail-in ballots up to three days after the election if they were postmarked by Tuesday. 

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