What legal claims did Trump have and can they affect the election results

President Trump said legal objections to the election "will continue to go on," although state electors have already formally appointed Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. Writes about it Air force.

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Nothing can stop Trump's legal team from filing new lawsuits, but experts say the chances of success are diminishing.

So what court cases are still pending and can they affect the outcome?

Pennsylvania defeat streak

It was here that Trump began most of his business, and although Biden was already declared the winner by a margin of more than 80 votes, the president did not abandon his attempts to refute the result.

The president's legal team argued that voters in democracy-prone regions were given more opportunity to correct mistakes in their mailing lists than elsewhere.

After losing the case, the lawyers referred him to a federal appeals court. It was rejected there too, and the judge said: “The charges of injustice are serious. But declaring elections unfair does not make them so. The case requires specific charges and then evidence. We don't have them. "

The Trump team then said they would refer the case to the US Supreme Court.

It seems unlikely that a court would consider such an appeal, and lawyers say that even if it did, the case would have little chance of success.

In the same trial, the president's team argued that more than 680 mailed ballots were counted without proper supervision by observers. The announcement followed a legal scuffle over Trump's team claiming that election observers were not allowed to see what was happening.

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Ultimately, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that election officials did not violate state law.

Courts in Pennsylvania also dismissed a series of lawsuits filed by Trump's headquarters, according to which 9000 mailing ballots lacked information such as the date the ballot was submitted or the voter's address.

Trump's legal team scored a small win over how long voters must provide ID if it is missing or not listed on their mailing lists. The deadline was November 12, but after the court ruling, it was reduced by three days.

Most problems were solved in other states

A series of lawsuits in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona have not yet yielded results. In all of these states, Biden was declared the winner.

• In Michigan, Trump's headquarters filed a federal lawsuit to block Wayne County certification of results, citing observer complaints, but it was dismissed after a similar complaint was dismissed at the state level.
• In Arizona, a lawsuit alleged that some votes were turned down due to problems with voting machines, but the Arizona secretary of state said it was "grasping at straws" and the suit was dismissed.
• In Georgia, an attempt was made to halt the vote count in Chatham County due to problems with ballot handling, but the suit was dismissed by a judge who said there was “no evidence” of incorrect ballot mixing.
• In Nevada, a lawsuit was filed for Trump to be named the winner in the state, or to have the results annulled without specifying a winner, citing an illegal vote. The lawsuit was dismissed by the state Supreme Court claiming that there was no "credible or reliable evidence" of fraud.
• In Wisconsin, Trump's legal team argued that about 220 ballots were cast illegally in an attempt to overturn the state’s vote. The lawsuit was rejected by the state Supreme Court.
• Wisconsin conducted a partial recount in Dane and Milwaukee counties, and Georgia conducted a statewide recount. Both confirmed Biden as the winner.
• A lawsuit was also filed by the state of Texas with the backing of President Trump, which argued that the results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were illegal due to changes in voting procedures due to the coronavirus pandemic. The US Supreme Court declined to consider the proposal, saying Texas had no legal right to pursue a case.

Can other claims reach the Supreme Court?

President Trump has repeatedly stated that his lawsuits must be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, but he admitted that it could be difficult.

With little success in the lower courts, it is unclear whether the US Supreme Court will want to hear any of the president's lawsuits.

“There is no standard process for bringing election disputes to the Supreme Court,” says Professor Richard Briffault of Columbia Law School. “This is very unusual and should raise a very important issue.”

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Who can be involved in the process of revising the election results:

• Local election officials count ballots and report the results.
• Further, legal party teams may attempt to challenge these results in state courts.
• State judges can call recounts.
• Supreme Court justices can overturn a state court order.

To date, only the 2000 election has been decided by the US Supreme Court. That year, Democrat Al Gore lost the state of Florida—and the presidential election—by 537 votes out of nearly six million cast in the state. What followed was a highly controversial recount process that lasted more than a month - until the Supreme Court ruled to stop the recount in favor of Republican George W. Bush, who became president.

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