In Pennsylvania, Republicans sued for "meaningful" poll observer access, the striking down of state ballot deadlines and the rejection of ballots on other technicalities.Here is a brief list of the status of some lawsuits filed thus far: The Republicans have announced their intent to file for recounts in the states of Wisconsin and Michigan and are threatening the same in Pennsylvania. They are now focusing on Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania for legal challenges. To date, Trump and the Republicans have filed challenges seeking to limit access to voting ahead of the election and stop the count of legally cast mail-in ballots after November 3. But it's unclear whether any of his legal challenges has a chance of making it as far as the country's top court. Trump has appointed three Supreme Court appointees: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, who was expeditiously installed in October to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Trump's supporters have mobbed vote-counting centers, hoping to halt the tallies Where things stand In a more decisive decision, the Supreme Court allowed ballots submitted on or before Election Day to be received until November 12 in North Carolina as part of the state's pandemic measures. The Trump campaign has signed onto the suit. Trump called the court's failure to take up the Republicans' case "terrible." It is unclear whether the court will review the case after the election. The Supreme Court split 4-4 on a decision regarding a three-day extension for ballots in Pennsylvania, allowing the original ruling to remain in place. In late October, the Supreme Court found that a federal district court did not have the power to extend the deadline for receipt of ballots sent on or before Election Day in Wisconsin, ruling that that authority resided with the state government - and votes must be in by November 3. The court allowed a ban on curbside voting in Alabama, where it had previously been offered as an accommodation for voters with disabilities. Read more: Greta Thunberg mocks Trump's election fraud claims Three cases related to voting made it to the Supreme Court in the two weeks prior to the election - in part because of challenges to election procedures, such as an in increase in absentee and mail-in voting, put in place by states because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, a case cannot simply be taken to the Supreme Court, but must make its way through state courts and lower federal courts before the highest court in the land decides whether to hear it.Īccording to The Associated Press news agency, the Trump campaign and various Republican groups filed more than 300 legal challenges across the US before the election to restrict the counting of ballots, and several have been filed in the days since. Trump has vowed to take his fight to the US Supreme Court. The president has stood before cameras twice since election night, both times claiming that he won and railing against "illegal" votes - though he gave no specifics. As the results continue to be tabulated, Donald Trump and his team have launched a legal assault on the results of the 2020 US presidential election, claiming massive voter fraud without offering evidence of malfeasance.
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