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Can trump go to court if he doesn’t like the vote?

“You can’t go to court just because you don’t like the vote totals,” Ned Foley, an election law expert at Ohio State, told MSNBC over the weekend, according to this NPR article that sums up Trump’s various lawsuits over the election. “You have to have a legal claim, and you have to have evidence to back it up.

Are Trump’s lawyers making sweeping allegations of voter fraud in public?

Donald Trump And His Lawyers Are Making Sweeping Allegations of Voter Fraud In Public. In Court, They Say No Such Thing Rudy Giuliani, lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference about lawsuits related to the presidential election results in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19, 2020.

Did Trump’s election lawyer tweet about votes being stolen?

On Nov. 12, the same day that the President himself was tweeting about hundreds of thousands of votes being stolen from him, a Trump campaign attorney Kory Langhofer told a judge, “We are not alleging fraud in this lawsuit. We are not alleging anyone stealing the election.”

What are the Trump campaign’s lawyers trying to do?

In case after case, the Trump campaign’s lawyers have been trying to exclude votes, deny results or otherwise delay the inevitable – and in case after case, the lawyers have had very little law on their side. And it lays bare how little evidence there is for the larger claims of massive fraud or complex conspiracies being issued by the president.

What is the difference between poll watchers and voter intimidation?

The difference between poll watching and voter intimidation. The poll watchers are different from the supporters Donald Trump is encouraging to show up at polling locations "in certain places" to watch what happens. Poll watchers should be , and most often are , appointed , trained, and credentialed.

What is a poll watcher?

Poll watchers should be, and most often are, appointed, trained, and credentialed. They learn how an election is supposed to be conducted, know what to look for, and understand the importance of conducting themselves appropriately in the polling place so as not to intimidate voters or disrupt voting.

Do voting machines get locked?

In American elections, ballots, voting machines, and other election materials and equipment come into the polling place under lock and seal, remain in the room throughout the day, and are not removed until the election is over, when they are again locked and sealed against tampering.

Can a public observe the election?

In the few states that allow any member of the public to observe the election, public observers will not be permitted to get close enough to voters or election officials to do what some Trump supporters have suggested they intend to do.

Pennsylvania

In a recent Pennsylvania federal case, Giuliani alleged “widespread, nationwide voter fraud” in his opening remarks. But under questioning from the judge, he retreated. “This is not a fraud case,” Giuliani later admitted. In the same case, Trump lawyer Linda Kearns said explicitly that she is “not proceeding” on allegations of fraud.

Arizona

In a state case concerning votes in Maricopa County, Ariz., Trump lawyers again dodged and weaved. On Nov. 12, the same day that the President himself was tweeting about hundreds of thousands of votes being stolen from him, a Trump campaign attorney Kory Langhofer told a judge, “We are not alleging fraud in this lawsuit.

Nevada

Lawyers representing Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Nov. 5 alleging “criminal voter fraud” in Nevada. But lawyers representing Trump never made that allegation in court filings.

The Process Is Public

The Difference Between Poll Watching and Voter Intimidation

There Are Multiple, Overlapping Systems of Oversight

The System Takes The Possibility of Human Error Into Account

• On this point, there is human error in every election — a lot of it, actually. In a precinct of several hundred voters, election officials might forget to check off three or four voters who voted. In the crush and pressure of election night, officials sometimes add votes incorrectly, or award one candidate’s votes to the other candidate and vice-ve...

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