Daily News Article - November 13, 2020
1. a) Who is Jordan Sekulow?
b) What potential voting problem could reverse the current presidential election results, according to Mr. Sekulow?
2. How does Mr. Sekulow view the full recount by hand just announced in the state of Georgia?
3. How many states use the voting machine that has been reporting problems?
4. In what states has the Trump administration submitted legal challenges to the legitimacy of the election?
5. List the types of voter fraud that have been alleged, according to Mr. Sekulow.
6. a) What does Mr. Sekulow ask voters to do?
b) Is this a reasonable request? - Would your answer be different if you supported Biden or Trump? Explain your answer.
7. a) What are the two possible results of the legal challenges being waged by the Trump campaign, according to Mr. Sekulow?
b) Ask a parent and/or a grandparent: what do you think? Will these legal challenges make it to the Supreme Court? Please explain your answer.
8. Re-read paragraph 15.
President Trump won over 72 million votes. A large majority of his supporters question the legitimacy of the election in several states and say that there is evidence of widespread voter fraud in various forms.
Joe Biden won over 77 million votes. Biden’s supporters (as well as everyone in the media) say there is no evidence of any voter fraud and Trump needs to concede.
Trump voters say if the accusations of voter fraud are fairly investigated and only legal ballots counted, and Biden wins the electoral college, they will accept it.
a) Should voters be patient and allow the attorneys and courts to see the legal process through as a way to “make sure that…the integrity of the vote is secured, whether that is a vote ultimately that favors President Trump or Joe Biden,” as Mr. Sekulow suggests?
b) How will not allowing the legal process to be carried out harm our country?