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More than two weeks after the US presidential election, defeated incumbent Donald Trump escalates his legal battle to maintain power. In a lawsuit in Pennsylvania, his lawyers want the outcome of the state’s presidential election to be undone. In Wisconsin, there will be a vote recount in two counties.
Whether that will help Trump is doubtful: In Georgia, his deficit over victorious challenger Joe Biden dropped from 14,000 to 12,000 votes after a test.
In Michigan, Trump’s team has already dropped a lawsuit. Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, justified the move Thursday with the fact that the goal of the lawsuit had been achieved: Results in Wayne County around the Detroit metropolis were prevented from being “prematurely certified,” he said Giuliani. However, a court had previously dismissed the Trump team’s motion to prohibit the certification of the election result in Wayne County.
State results are key to winning a presidential election. The head of state is not elected directly by the people, but by electors who cast their votes according to the results of their state. According to calculations by the American media, Democrat Biden has 306 electorates behind him, he needs 270 for the presidential election, Trump has 232 electorates. Pennsylvania is a particularly valuable state with 20 voters, Georgia has 16 votes and Wisconsin 10.
Hope for Parliament
In Pennsylvania, Trump’s side, under the direction of his personal attorney and confidant Giuliani, is requesting a lawsuit, which has been reviewed a second time, not to confirm the outcome of the elections in the state at all. Instead, the local parliament, in which Republicans have a majority, should appoint the electorate. The goal: These elected voters should not vote for the election winner, Biden, but for the defeated Trump. In this way, Trump would ensure the support of 20 voters who, according to the electoral results, are not entitled to him.
Trump, who was running for Republicans, has been claiming since Election Day Nov. 3 that his victory was stolen by fraud. It has yet to provide any solid evidence of large-scale electoral fraud. Meanwhile, he continued to spread rumors that the vote counting software attributed the votes cast to challenger Biden. He also denounced the allegedly falsified voting cards based on postal votes. His attorneys have already suffered more than two dozen defeats in various states. But you keep trying.
Trump announced Thursday that his lawyers would soon hold a press conference, which would show a “very clear and feasible path to victory.” In contrast, more and more senior Republicans acknowledge that Biden will be sworn in as the next president on January 20, 2021. But the party leadership still supports Trump.
More and more voters are accused of fraud
Even if the lawsuits don’t work, Trump has already made a majority of Republican voters question the legitimacy of Biden’s success and his presidency. According to a poll, 70 percent of them now believe that Biden won by fraud, the CNN news channel reported.
In the northern state of Wisconsin, a recount will be conducted in two large districts at Trump’s request, as decided by the electoral commission after controversial deliberations Thursday night. Biden is far superior in both districts. In Dane County, he is ahead of Trump with more than 260,185 to 78,800 votes, in Milwaukee County with 317,270 to 134,357 votes. Trump’s campaign team had to transfer $ 3 million for this. The cost of a recount would only be borne by the state if the advantage had been less than 0.25 percent, but it is 0.62 percent. The president continues to shower his supporters with appeals for donations.
The manual review of votes in Georgia has been completed. There Biden led by about 14,000 votes before the count began. During the inspection it was found that several thousand votes were not included in the results, said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on CNN, who is responsible for conducting the elections. The cause was employee errors in two Republican-ruled districts. With them, Biden’s lead had dropped to around 12,000 votes. Raffensperger also emphasized: “We have not seen signs of widespread fraud.” According to broadcaster Fox News, the bill did not include 5,600 counted votes.
The state will also determine how much leeway Biden will have to enforce his policies as president. Second-round elections for two seats in the Senate will be held in early January, which will decide on the majority in the Senate. Republicans currently have 50 House seats and Democrats 48. If Democrats win both runoff elections, Vice President Kamala Harris could intervene on their side in a 50-50 stalemate and ultimately give them a majority. . . Among other things, the president needs Senate approval to fill government positions.
Given the importance of the second electoral round, in the last two weeks more than 125 million dollars (about 106 million euros) have been invested in the electoral campaign, according to the “New York Times”. For Republicans, Vice President Mike Pence wants to go on a state tour. (apa, dpa, reuters)
