On the day of the 2020 US election, many observers will take a close look at how the voting process works.
Trump supporters are gathering in front of polling stations.
November
3rd
is big
election day
in the USA * - the US President is elected.
For months, the discussions have
revolved
around
electoral fraud
, fueled by incumbent President Donald Trump.
Election observers from
both parties should ensure fair elections.
This
news ticker
is updated regularly.
Update from October 12, 9.25 a.m.:
After a week and a half break,
Trump
has resumed
the
election campaign
.
Speaking to his supporters in
Orlando
, Florida, the
US President
said he felt "so strong!"
As observers expected, he is staging his
infection
and
further downplaying
the risk of the
pandemic
.
"They say that I am immune," said
Trump
during the speech.
"I can move around in this crowd (...), hug everyone, the men and the wonderful women," joked the 74-year-old.
“I'm going to
kiss
everyone in this audience
.
I will kiss the guys and the beautiful women (...).
I'll just give you all a big, fat kiss, ”
Trump
continued.
As his
personal physician Sean Conley had
explained,
Trump
had now
tested
negative for the
virus
several times
.
Other data also suggest that “the
president is
no longer contagious”.
Trump fears electoral fraud - mishap in Ohio fuels his claim
Update from October 12th, 3:20 pm:
Last Friday,
US President Donald Trump
saw himself
confirmed again: “A rigged election” he wrote on Twitter.
Shortly before, he had learned that in Ohio * more than 49,000
ballot papers
, equivalent to 21 percent of
election
letters, had been sent to the wrong
voters
.
The Ohio Secretary of State and the electoral board disagreed, however, that the elections would be bipartisan and fair.
"It was a serious mistake that we are working hard to correct," said the board.
Every
vote is
counted.
Due to a technical problem, there was
confusion
among the voters.
Breaking News: 50,000 OHIO VOTERS getting WRONG ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
Out of control.
A Rigged Election !!!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2020
2020 US election: Trump fears postal voting fraud - Democrats worried
First report from October 12, 1:50 p.m.:
Washington - There are still around three weeks until the next
presidential election
in the USA.
Much points to an exciting
November 3rd
- especially because of discussions about possible
electoral fraud
and the question of whether
Donald Trump will
manage to win
the election
again, contrary to the
polls
.
For months, the
US President
has been fueling
discussions about electoral fraud.
Above all, postal voting is a thorn in his side: his unsubstantiated thesis was “postal voting leads to massive electoral fraud”.
Millions of
ballots
would be sent to people who are not allowed to vote.
Experts
disagree with him.
But Trump has to come to terms with this form of voting, because in the
corona pandemic
, which continues to rage in the USA, the fear of infection is particularly great among some.
Many US states have expanded the ability
to vote
by
postal vote
*.
The Democrats criticize Trump for raising doubts about the
election result
with his statements
so that he might
not have to recognize
it in the event of a
defeat
.
They fear the Republican candidate could
declare
himself the
election winner
before the postal votes are even counted.
Because of the new and unprecedented massive amount of unsolicited ballots which will be sent to “voters”, or wherever, this year, the Nov 3rd Election result may NEVER BE ACCURATELY DETERMINED, which is what some want.
Another election disaster yesterday.
Stop Ballot Madness!
https://t.co/3SMAk9TC1a
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2020
US election 2020: Thousands of election observers should ensure fair elections
In order for the election to run smoothly, the Republicans plan
to recruit
50,000 election observers
.
They are allowed to stay in polling stations,
watch
the
voting
and the counting of votes.
Provided you have been registered in advance.
Then they stand as witnesses for a fair election.
The
Democrats
* are also sending 10,000 such volunteers, as Trump's challenger Joe Biden announced.
In addition, there are the
independent election observers of
the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE), who are supposed to ensure that elections are held in their member states.
This year, because of the corona pandemic, they are only sending a comparatively small observation team to the US election - 14 experts and 30 long-term observers are planned.
As the news
agency AFP
reports, the
OSCE
actually
estimates
100 long-term observers and 400 short-term observers who are
necessary
for the entire
electoral process
.
In front of the polling stations: group of Trump supporters intimidate voters
Meanwhile, there is growing fear that Trump supporters will
intervene in the election
as
unannounced election observers
.
The election officials do not want scenes like the one that happened in Virginia in mid-September.
At that time, the
New York Times
reported, according to a city official, voters felt intimidated because a group with Trump flags
shouted "four more years" in
front of a
polling station
in Fairfax, where there was already voting.
A few days earlier, at a
rally
in North Carolina
, Trump
urged his audience to go to polling stations as election observers and to prevent fraud.
"Watch the
stealing
and grieving!" He called to the followers.
In national polls, challenger Joe Biden ranks
months before Trump.
According to a
poll by
the
Wall Street Journal
and
NBC News
, he leads after
Trump's
infection with the coronavirus by
14 percentage points.
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