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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn Pennsylvania, Trump wants questioned ballots or the entire election thrown out.
His claims of fraud remain baseless.President Donald Trump's claims of wrongdoing in Pennsylvania's election have grown more insistent as he nears the two-week anniversary of being declared the loser in the presidential race.
In the third version of his campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the results there, the complaint accuses election officials in Democratic strongholds of scheming to steal the election with thousands of invalid mail and absentee ballots that Republican observers were blocked from checking.
And for the third time, the filing provides no specific evidence. No exhibits. No affidavits. Trump's personal attorney, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, insists evidence exists, but can't yet be disclosed because people fear harassment.
Campaign lawyers want a federal judge to block Pennsylvania from certifying the results to give them time to search for evidence. Trump's campaign wants to examine as many as 1.5 million mail and absentee ballots in seven counties, even though no one has produced evidence of widespread fraud or irregularities in the state.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-pennsylvania-trump-wants-questioned-ballots-or-the-entire-election-thrown-out-his-claims-of-fraud-remain-baseless/ar-BB1bbtAQ?li=BBnb7Kz
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)There is an extremely close state senate election in western PA. The incumbent Dem leads his challenger by less than 40 votes, but she has asked the court to stop counting of ballots that were signed, but not dated by the voter although the ballots were time-stamped when received by Allegheny county. The initial judge ruled the ballots should be segregated, but counted. Late in the day, the appeals court ruled the ballots should not be counted, but because that ruling came very late in the day or evening, Allegheny county had already counted the ballots which favored the incumbent about 2 to 1.
Even if the ballots are not counted, the challenger is still behind! When you are behind, you want more ballots counted, not to have counting stopped.
madashelltoo
(1,698 posts)Hes old enough for his wants not to hurt him.😁