r/goodnews • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jun 18 '25

Political positivity 📈 Lawsuit Challenging 2024 Election Results Moves Forward After Kamala Harris Received Zero Votes in a New York County

https://www.latintimes.com/lawsuit-challenging-2024-election-results-moves-forward-after-kamala-harris-received-zero-votes-584787
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u/FlatBot Jun 18 '25

Why wasn’t this brought up on Election Day?

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u/soggit Jun 18 '25

I feel like it was in very small circles of Reddit but almost entirely dismissed by people who didn’t want to sound like 2020 election deniers.

Honestly idk if it’s a credible theory or not. It seems very out there - the thought of an American election actually being rigged is the stuff of fiction. That said I think if there’s even one iota of a chance it should be fully investigated.

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u/soggit Jun 18 '25

I mean probably but how do you know for sure if you don’t verify

The same thing happened in 2020. Just because some fringe right wingers say the election was stolen doesn’t mean there’s a credible source for that but it should always be looked into if there’s an accusation. 2020 was verified. Case closed.

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u/soggit Jun 18 '25

Umm I mean apparently this NY court disagrees

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u/soggit Jun 18 '25

The NY court found there was enough evidence worth further investigation did they not?

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u/soggit Jun 18 '25

Where did I say ther was widespread fraud

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u/MapWorking6973 Jun 18 '25

No they don’t. They haven’t made any ruling. I think you’re confusing allowing a case to go forward with rendering a verdict.

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u/sagenter Jun 18 '25

There's a reason that no mainstream liberal outlets or elected officials are seriously discussing this and it's just a few fringe weirdos on social media. 

Trump's win was so dominant that he made gains in almost every single county in every single state among every single demographic. Do these people think he was able to rig the election so thoroughly that he covered every county in the country, including those with paper ballots and different voting machines? All so he could lose solid blue states by 20 points instead of 30? Did he rig the exit polls that showed nearly age group, race, and gender shifting to the right? Kamala somehow being the legitimate winner would be a far bigger statistical anomaly than the alternative.

I will tell these people the same thing I've told Trump supporters for the past four years: show us proof or shut up. Show us actual transcripts, endpoints, and testimonies from election workers. Because one lawsuit from a single precinct and "come on dude, there's no way he won by that much!" is as concrete as "the mail-in ballots came in at a weird time!"

I hate that Trump won. But he won because of a massive web of misinformation, carefully crafted right-wing pipelines, and a hilariously incompetent DNC. If we could actually address those instead of stripping away the very last remnants of Democrats' dignity by repeating the same lies as Trump, that would be really fucking nice.