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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore than 100 lawsuits have already been filed to challenge the Nov 8 midterms!
WASHINGTON (AP) Election Day is 12 days away. But in courtrooms across the country, efforts to sow doubt over the outcome have already begun.
More than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year around the Nov. 8 elections. The legal challenges, largely by Republicans, target rules for mail-in voting, early voting, voter access, voting machines, voting registration, the counting of mismarked absentee ballots and access for partisan poll watchers.
The cases likely preview a potentially contentious post-election period and the strategy stems partly from the failure of Donald Trump and his allies to prevail in overturning the free and fair results of the 2020 presidential election that he lost to Joe Biden.
That was an ad hoc response fronted by a collection of increasingly ill-prepared lawyers that included Rudy Giuliani. The current effort, however, is more formalized, well-funded and well-organized and is run by the Republican National Committee and other legal allies with strong credentials. Party officials say they are preparing for recounts, contested elections and more litigation. Thousands of volunteers are ready to challenge ballots and search for evidence of malfeasance.
More than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year around the Nov. 8 elections. The legal challenges, largely by Republicans, target rules for mail-in voting, early voting, voter access, voting machines, voting registration, the counting of mismarked absentee ballots and access for partisan poll watchers.
The cases likely preview a potentially contentious post-election period and the strategy stems partly from the failure of Donald Trump and his allies to prevail in overturning the free and fair results of the 2020 presidential election that he lost to Joe Biden.
That was an ad hoc response fronted by a collection of increasingly ill-prepared lawyers that included Rudy Giuliani. The current effort, however, is more formalized, well-funded and well-organized and is run by the Republican National Committee and other legal allies with strong credentials. Party officials say they are preparing for recounts, contested elections and more litigation. Thousands of volunteers are ready to challenge ballots and search for evidence of malfeasance.
https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-voting-donald-trump-lawsuits-d93488cda4b33ee3a73657ffe28d6b8f
It's going to be a long, long end of the year.
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More than 100 lawsuits have already been filed to challenge the Nov 8 midterms! (Original Post)
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Oct 2022
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reymega life
(675 posts)1. this means there fucked
yankee87
(2,181 posts)3. Losing already
I agree, this means they already know they are losing big time. There is going to be a Blue tsunami.
FakeNoose
(32,773 posts)2. As long as they're filed in federal court, they shouldn't be a problem
Even the Repuke judges can see these lawsuits are wasting everybody's time.
Haggard Celine
(16,858 posts)4. It was predictable.
They have been sowing doubt about the coming election ever since Trump left the White House. They'll be sending poll watchers and trying to intimidate Democratic voters as they camp out in places as nearby the
polls as they can get. There will be challenges to virtually every race. It's going to be a mess, and there will be arguments and attacks all over the p!ace. Expect a major conflict in the U.S. I wish I could afford to go somewhere else because I don't want to live in a war zone.
mopinko
(70,235 posts)5. if there's any justice left, a bunch of lawyers r gonna lose their licenses.