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Donald Trump’s lawyers have filed lawsuits against the electoral process in a handful of states.
The goal may be to create chaos and get state legislatures to appoint electors rather than voters.
– They try to make up everything possible, but many of these lawsuits will not even be taken up by a court, says political scientist Merrick Tabor.
Since the polls closed, President Donald Trump’s staff have filed a series of lawsuits in courts in critical states where there is a lot of equality among candidates.
In some cases, Trump’s attorneys question up to hundreds of thousands of votes.
“Admitting a loss is not a possible path so soon after the election, so they launch a lot of lawsuits and hope that one of them will follow the path,” Republican election attorney Ben Ginsberg told CNN.
American political scientist and expert Merrick Tabor of Stockholm University says the prospects of Donald Trump succeeding in either process are very limited, but there is a risk that moods will reduce confidence in the electoral system and can create chaos.
This, in turn, can have dramatic consequences.
– They are taking a risk right now to see if something works. Trump will do almost anything in the end, says Merrick Tabor.
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Joe Biden with his wife Jill Biden during the last debate before the elections.
The purpose of the lawsuits is to adjudicate the voting process in the states involved, but Merrick Tabor says the courts will require concrete evidence of systematic voter fraud to take any action.
– It takes a lot to invalidate procedures. If you can show that some states have conducted elections in a way that is inconsistent with their laws or constitution, you have a chance if you can really show that there has been cheating on a larger scale. But there is very little to point at this point, says Merrick Tabor.
But even if Donald Trump’s lawyers don’t get a vote in any court, the number of lawsuits can create chaos. And that, in turn, can have legal consequences.
– All ambiguities must be resolved before December 8 so that voters can vote the following week. One strategy that could possibly be in place is to try to delay this and create a feeling of insecurity and chaos that may lead the courts to go to certain state assemblies and say that the election cannot be taken as the starting point for the appointment of voters. and that the state assembly should do it directly and depending on its composition, it can have an impact, says Merrick Tabor.
How likely is this scenario?
– I think Trump is likely to try this. But it’s not very likely to be successful, says Merrick Tabor.
The state-by-state vote count
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