Trump loses one trial after another, but does not recognize the election results

Despite calls by many for concession and admission of defeat, the current US President Donald Trump and his campaign staff refuse to recognize the election results. In practice, this means lawsuits, writes NPR.

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“Our campaign will prosecute to ensure full compliance with election laws and the rightful winner will take office,” Trump said on Saturday, November 7. “The American people have a right to a fair election: that means counting all legal ballots, not counting any illegal ballots.”

The problem is that Trump's campaign has spent most of the past week in court with little success and without showing any evidence to indicate a falsified outcome.

“You can't go to court just because you don't like the vote count,” said Ohio State election law professor Ned Foley. “You must have a legitimate claim and you must have evidence to back it up.” And it just doesn’t exist.”

Here's what Trump's electoral stamp has done so far.

Pennsylvania Extended Time Claim

Philadelphia may be central to President Trump's quest to prove that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

As expected, Republican voters voted more actively on election day in Pennsylvania, a state-critical state, and Democrats voted significantly more votes by mail. Since the laws surrounding the counting process were not adjusted to this reality, it took several days before it became clear that Joe Biden had won in Pennsylvania.

Trump's headquarters and many Republicans, however, used the time it took for officials to count the ballots as a sign that a fraud had occurred. But the lawsuits they filed do not confirm this version.

So far, Trump's headquarters have won several times in court, but none of the victories have influenced the election result. A state court and, separately, the US Supreme Court have ruled that local officials must separate certain ballots in the event that the timing of the counting of mailing ballots, which were extended by the state clerk, are found unconstitutional.

According to Politico, Pennsylvania's main electoral office said only 3 ballots had been received since November 10. This number is too low to undermine President-elect Joe Biden's advantage in the state elections.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro told NPR that despite Trump's rhetoric about "big" legal victories in the state, the lawsuits so far have not resulted in significant changes to the vote.

“I’m not going to get into a rhetorical battle with the president ... but this is hardly a big victory,” Shapiro said. “This will not affect the outcome of the election in any way.”

At a press conference Monday afternoon at the Republican National Committee headquarters, a number of senior Republicans announced a new lawsuit in Pennsylvania over the "unfair and unequal treatment of Republicans in state elections." This litigation is ongoing.

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Michigan: unfounded claims of opacity

In Michigan, Trump's headquarters also tried to hint at violations. This is the state that Trump won in 2016 but lost in 2020.

Headquarters' statements focused on an alleged lack of transparency in the counting process.

“This court finds, notwithstanding plaintiffs' allegations, that there is no evidence to support these allegations,” Judge Timothy Kenny said in denying a request to delay certification of the election results. And Judge Cynthia Stevens denied a separate motion to stop the state's vote count.

However, Trump's headquarters claims they have more evidence regarding the Detroit electoral process. Two voters filed a lawsuit against the city of Detroit and its electoral commission, accusing election officials of a number of crimes.

“We have just begun the process of accurately and fairly counting votes,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said.

Arizona: Baseless Sharpie Pen Plots

The rumor, which was debunked by the Department of Homeland Security, nevertheless led to legal action by Trump headquarters in Arizona. During the campaign, rumors circulated that ballots that had been written with a Sharpie pen would not count. Publications with the hashtag #SharpieGate began to appear on the Web.

“Don't spread misinformation! Stop spreading the #SharpieGate claims,” said Chris Krebs, director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Republicans in the state dropped the Sharpie lawsuit, but then filed a separate lawsuit, arguing that other votes in the state were wrongly dismissed.

Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, called the suit a "repackaging" of a conspiracy theory in a local television interview and called the lawsuits a baseless attempt to "grasp at straws."

Georgia: No Evidence of Late Ballot Counting

After the election, the judge dismissed the Trump campaign claim without trial, which alleged that ballots received after 19:00 pm on election day were mixed with legal ballots. Republicans based their claims on testimony from a state poll observer, but were unable to provide evidence. The judge closed the case.

On Monday, November 9, Georgia's two sitting Republican senators called on (GOP) Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to resign, saying there were "too many electoral failures in Georgia this year" but did not provide specifics to back up their claims. . Raffensperger declined, noting that he would continue to do his duty and adding that as a Republican, he was "concerned about whether Republicans will maintain their advantage in the U.S. Senate."

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Nevada: Rejected requests to stop processing ballots

In Nevada, where Biden appears to have won by a rather small margin, Republicans have filed a lawsuit that, if successful, would have slowed down the counting process.

The Trump campaign and the Nevada Republican Party argued that "the election was tainted" in Clark County, the state's most populous county, without providing evidence. Federal Judge Andrew Gordon rejected the request. The campaign also previously unsuccessfully sued to stop the processing of mail ballots in the county.

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