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Donald Trump has launched legal challenges in five key US states, claiming election officials are counting fraudulent votes.
As a result, although Joe Biden has been announced as the winner of the election, the process could drag on for weeks and the damage to public confidence in the democratic process could last much longer.
On Monday, November 9, the United States Attorney General ordered prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud, although there is little evidence of this. This led to the resignation of Justice Department Officer Richard Pilger on the same day.
This is what is happening in each state. For the latest election updates, check out our live blog.
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What states face voting challenges?
Michigan
The Trump campaign filed a new lawsuit in Michigan on Wednesday, November 11, this time asking a federal court to block the state from certifying the election, which Joe Biden won by about 145,000 votes.
It alleges that there were irregularities in the way votes were tabulated and also that Republican observers were unduly harassed.
The allegations include that ineligible ballots were counted, including votes that were deposited in mailboxes after the deadline.
The campaign filed a similar claim in a Michigan state court, which was dismissed by judge Timothy Kenny, who said he found no evidence to support the claims.
The state was key to Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, when he took it from Democrats by less than 11,000 votes, but this year Joe Biden won all 16 electoral votes with 99 percent of the votes counted.
Georgia
Biden claimed victory in Georgia and was the first Democrat to do so for nearly three decades.
However, the Republican Secretary of State in Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, ordered a manual recount of the ballots in Georgia, after Biden claimed victory in the state by 14,000 votes.
After the manual recount, the losing party can request another, which would be done by machine in the state that has 16 votes in the Electoral College.
Raffensperger has dismissed allegations of voter fraud and cast doubt on the likelihood that the tally will change the outcome in Trump’s favor.
He acknowledged that there may have been some illegal voting, but said: “My office is investigating everything. Does it rise to the numbers or the margin necessary to change the outcome to where President Trump receives electoral votes from Georgia? That is unlikely.” .
A formal count will take place at the end of November. Yet despite the recount, it now seems impossible for Biden’s leadership to be overturned, as the Democrats won the state by an overwhelming majority.
Georgia was a vital state for the president, who would have needed to win more from the remaining states than Biden to take the presidency.
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