Washington DC [US], November 5 (ANI): US President Donald Trump’s campaign is set to file a lawsuit in Pennsylvania over poll watchers and voter ID laws amid the run-up to the nail-biting finish of the 2020 presidential elections.
“Bad things are happening in Pennsylvania. Democrats are scheming to disenfranchise and dilute Republican votes. President Trump and his team are fighting to put a stop to it,” Justin Clark, Trump’s deputy campaign manager said in a statement.
“We are suing to stop Democrat election officials from hiding the ballot counting and processing from our Republican poll observers — observers whose only job is to make sure every valid ballot is counted and counted once,” Clark added.
Clark also said: “The Trump Campaign is also suing to stop Pennsylvania Democrats from breaking the very law that helps America vote–the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).”
Meanwhile, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) observer mission has said that it will remain in the United States to closely monitor developments as the counting of votes in several states is ongoing.
OSCE special coordinator Michael Georg Link said in a news conference on Wednesday that “baseless allegations of systematic deficiencies notably by the incumbent President, including on the election night, harm public trust in democratic institutions”.
He said that allegations of election fraud led to confusion and concern among officials and voters. Link added that animosity and heated rhetoric between candidates negatively affected the focus of campaigns on policies and party platforms.
The US presidential election has turned into a nail-biting battle as Joe Biden is ahead of Trump in Electoral College votes, having 253 votes to the Republican incumbent’s 213, according to CNN.
The mail-in ballots in this year’s election have caused a delay in the counting process.
US polls: Trump campaign files lawsuit to halt ballot counting in Michigan
President Donald Trump’s campaign on Wednesday (local time) has filed a lawsuit in the state of Michigan to suspend vote counting “until meaningful access is granted”.
“We have filed suit today in the Michigan Court of Claims to halt counting until meaningful access has been granted,” Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien said in a statement on Wednesday. “We also demand to review those ballots which were opened and counted while we did not have meaningful access,” he added.
The state of Michigan carries 16 electoral votes which are crucial for both the Democrats and Republicans to win the elections.
Stepien said the Trump campaign has been denied its right under the law to meaningful access to observe the vote count.
“President Trump’s campaign has not been provided with meaningful access to numerous counting locations to observe the opening of ballots and the counting process, as guaranteed by Michigan law,” Stepien said.
Trump campaign to ‘immediately’ request recount in Wisconsin
The campaign of US President Donald Trump will “immediately” request a recount in the battleground state of Wisconsin, citing ”irregularities” in several state counties while raising doubts about the validity of the results.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden is leading Trump by 0.6 percent in Wisconsin after 99 percent of votes were counted, however, Wisconsin officials are still counting votes, CNN reported.
“Despite ridiculous public polling used as a voter suppression tactic, Wisconsin has been a razor-thin race as we always knew that it would be. There have been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties which raise serious doubts about the validity of the results. The President is well within the threshold to request a recount and we will immediately do so,” Bill Stepien, Trump’s campaign manager, said in a statement.
As per CNN, in Wisconsin, a presidential candidate can request votes recount if the margin is less than 1 percent. (ANI)
