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It is not yet clear who will be the next president of the United States. At least officially. Because for Donald Trump (74) it was already clear on Wednesday that he was the clear winner. He proudly announced his election victory to his supporters, while votes are still being counted in various states.
On the one hand, Trump declared himself the winner, on the other hand he spoke of an alleged fraud and filed a lawsuit to intervene in the vote counting in several states. Point of contention: vote-by-mail votes.
‹Look, I told you it was a fraud›
Crown yourself as president of the United States and at the same time rant about fraud. It’s no surprise to Bernie Sanders (79). The Democratic senator had accurately predicted this course of the US elections and had warned about it days before.
“That night Trump will be up front in Michigan, Pennsylviana, Wisconsin and will stand proudly in front of the cameras and announce that he has won. But the next day, all the postal votes will be counted and the results will rotate. And Trump will say, ‘Look, I told you it was a fraud,’ and take action against that, “Sanders said in an interview with Jimmy Fallon (46) on his program” The Tonight Show. “
The Democrat also immediately explained the reason for the comings and goings: Republicans, and therefore Trump voters, would tend to go to the polls. However, many Democrats would have voted by mail. Therefore, it would initially seem like a victory for Trump. As long as the vote-by-mail votes are counted and Joe Biden (79) gradually gains ground. And the scenario came true. Trump is now trying to crack down on mail ballots.
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Ballots are only valid if they arrive before polling stations close.
The president and the Republican Party filed a lawsuit in the state’s Chatham County on Wednesday. In it, they demanded that the court must ensure a strict separation of vote-by-mail documents in the district that arrived after the end of the vote Tuesday night.
Trump’s campaign team justified the move by stating that, according to one observer, 53 ballots had been illegally added to the batch of ballots that had arrived on time. In Georgia, unlike several other states, mailed ballots can only be counted if they arrive before the polls close.
Trump and Republicans had already filed lawsuits in other disputed states on Wednesday. Among other things, they called for voting to be suspended in Pennsylvania and Michigan until their election observers had better access to the process. In Wisconsin, they want a recount. (jmh / SDA)
