As much as Trump may like it to be the case, this year’s presidential election is not like the infamous final moments of the US presidential election at the turn of the century, when the fate of George Bush and Al Gore rested on a single state (Florida).
This year, the difference lies in several states.
What else can the Trump administration do?
Not much else unless they have a game-changing amount of strong evidence.
“Significantly more evidence of actual fraud would be needed to get it to the Supreme Court,” said Long.
“Short of major revelations of irregularities and voting problems in several states, there is nothing that the administration or the Republicans can – or should – do to change the outcome,” Opal said.
Even Federal election security officials have called the vote the “most secure in American history”.
“While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too,” a statement by the officials said.
But even with Trump’s little success in the courtroom, that has not stopped him from undermining the voting system to a loyal base that listens to him. The president recently attempted to cast doubt on Dominion voting systems, an election technology firm that he claims “deleted” large numbers of his votes or “switched” them to count for Biden. His team has spread unconfirmed reports and rumours on social media and television claiming widespread fraud with no evidence.
In any case, all states have until December 8 to resolve any disputes and the electoral college will meet on December 17 to finalise the outcome.
“The US Congress will certify these results on 6 January in advance of the 20 January inauguration,” said Opal.
“Mr Trump will surely keep up the claim that the vote was stolen, but at noon on 20 January, his powers end, per the 1947 Presidential Succession Act.”
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