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Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien says they will demand that the votes be re-counted in Wisconsin.
At the same time, the Trump campaign demands that they try to stop the counting of votes in Michigan and Pennsylvania. The motivation is that the Trump campaign wants more transparency with its observations.
“To observe means to be able to look, but no one has been allowed to look,” Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s legal representative, said at a news conference in Philadelphia.
Step one: state courts
Forecasts say that Wisconsin’s margin will be less than one percentage point between the two candidates.
This means that the losing candidate can request a recalculation of the votes. But it can’t be done until after Dec. 1, when the Wisconsin election result becomes official, says Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson, an election researcher and professor of political science.
As for the lawsuit to stop the counting of votes in Michigan for lack of transparency, it will be a matter of a state court.
– We do not know what legal space they refer to, but I suppose there will be a negotiation about it. The process began similarly in Florida in 2000, in state court, says Dag Blank, a professor of American studies, at SVT’s Aktuellt.
Then: The Federal “Supreme Court”
Only after the state courts have resolved the various complaints can the national and federal Supreme Court hear cases. In his rhetoric Wednesday, Trump threatened to go directly to the Supreme Court.
– It’s hard to know what you want to say, because it’s not possible all at once, says Dag Blank.
– They have filed a lawsuit in Michigan and it is the states that handle the electoral laws. If you want to question the election result, you must do so in the state, Blank says.
Deadline: December 14
The popular election results in the appointment of the so-called electors, who in turn appoint the president. On December 14, voters from different states will vote for the president.
– They must be found then and they must be in place, says Dag Blank.
If they don’t?
– Then a very unclear situation arises. Every effort will be made to make this happen and that was one of the reasons the Supreme Court stopped the bill in Florida in 2000.
Other scenarios: “living imagination”
Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson does not rule out that other things could happen in the continuous vote count.
– People have a lively imagination so that anything can happen. But hopefully a clear electoral result is not far off. On Friday, I think we’ll have a good idea of who really won, says Ekengren Oscarsson.
