Regardless of your personal desires concerning candidates, I have to suggest that the greatest win in any American election now is clear proof that the election was conducted fairly, more precisely that the election was NOT conducted UNfairly. When elections are questioned in some way, and potentially challenged in formal ways, it seems to me that a failure to investigate is potentially far more dangerous that the investigation, even if the investigation found massive amounts of fraud. At least massive fraud being detected and alleviated would restore a veneer of fairness.

It would seem that investigating allegations and finding them either unsubstantiated or of an inconsequential scope verifies integrity rather than undermining it. It seems ignoring valid concerns projects an air of secrecy and of potential illegitimacy. Just as certain locales refusing access to poll watchers CAN'T be seen as transparent, refusing to verify the voracity of policy, process, and results seems the WORST plan, as it galvanizes opposition and conspiracy theory, and worse, should said allegations have happened to have ANY merit, failure to vet claims actually emboldens those who might have actually violated the integrity of the election.

I seem to recall that one vein of the body politic still suggest Al Gore, after two 2000 recounts verified a Bush win in Florida, was 'cheated' out of the election. (Those recounts and subsequent court battles took a ful month, by the way.) Imagine the magnitude and the duration of the damage if 2020's far more substantial claims of misconduct and violation of law go un-investigated. Polling suggest that even Democrats see the 2000 election as fair, when they know that two recounts, both verifying Bush, were done.

Love or hate either candidate, but please hope for the most complete and transparent evaluation of voting that literally everyone worried was more-vulnerable-than-usual to fraud because of the mail-in vote. Any less invites discord, upheaval, and even violence. No one should be wanting that. Not even if they want to 'transform' the nation.

Biden will likely retain his lead and become President, but why saddle him with similar baggage to that that saddled Trump if it can be avoided? The 'worst' is not finding fraud, not in a Trump second term, but in losing the integrity of the vote, the process.

IMHO

While the legal discussion about who can change a election rule may be technically correct : (1) it was done either best of intentions to allow more Americans to safely vote during a pandemic and 2) those of you whining about that point now don’t really give a hoot about the constitutional aspect but rather are applauded it only as away way to suppress votes opposed your candidate.

Second because of the president incessant whinning pre election about non existent mail in fraud, this election was the most honest well rule accurate election in our countries history. His constant diatribes promoted election officials to be extra cautious and diligent in their duties.

Time to stop the cry baby attitude.

You forget that an open ended investigation would mean that if there turns out to be evidence of voter fraud there would be no way to correct the problem and for the next four years half of the country would believe that we have an illegitimate president.

And as far as Biden having more than 50 percent of the vote, he does, but that support is only in metropolitan areas. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 95 percent of the country voted for Trump when you look at geography. The reason that matters is because those voters have felt disenfranchised for years and allegations of election tampering or fraud will not sit well with them since they are already ignored.

Any investigation must be done before a president is voted on by the electoral college, or the integrity of the election will not be believed by approximately half the country. And, if the supreme court does the right thing and throws out votes that were cast illegally because of the unconstitutional election rule changes, then Trump easily wins, but the other half of the country will refuse to recognize the president as fairly elected.

Things are already so badly messed up that fraud or no fraud the election is permanently tainted. It is very much like the Harrison, Tilden election where there were two different vote tallies in several states.

That is exactly what we have now because we have the votes that were cast by the original voting rules, which Trump easily wins, and we have the votes that were cast using the new and unconstitutional rules, which Biden wins. The election rule changes are the abomination that makes it impossible to fairly determine who won regardless of the level of voter fraud.