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VIDEO. Postal voting in the United States: the discord ballots

2020-11-04T13:18:03.489Z


While the results of the presidential election are still highly uncertain, Joe Biden and Donald Trump have both spoken out ta


Discord ballots.

While neither of the two candidates in the American election has the necessary advance to declare himself the winner, the American President Donald Trump has decided to make a casus belli of the counting of the votes by correspondence.

As expected, hundreds of thousands of votes from citizens who voted by mail still need to be counted.

Votes that could tip the election as the two men are still neck and neck.

Joe Biden displayed his peace of mind in the face of the situation: "We knew that because of an unprecedented advance remote vote, it would take a little time," said the Democratic candidate.

An unbearable situation for Trump, who called the situation a “fraud” and asked during a speech from the White House “that the voting be stopped”.

The Republican candidate, who wants to appeal to the Supreme Court, even implying that the Democrats could try to take advantage of a count that lasts: "We do not want them to find ballots at 4 am and add them to the list ”.

The remarks of the American president were immediately qualified by Mike Pence.

Donald Trump's running mate, and current Vice-President assuring: "While the votes continue to be counted, we will remain vigilant […] The right to vote is at the center of our democracy".

Source: leparis

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