Elections in the United States: the truth behind the counting of votes that Trump demands in the disputed states

Paula lugones

11/05/2020 7:27 AM

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Updated 11/05/2020 9:20 AM

A few minutes after President

announced in the

and that he would go "to Court" to combat irregularities (without specifying what he was referring to), an email reached the emails of his supporters asking for their support. for what they called an

, a

so that Republicans can defend the

and secure “another four years” in the White House.

"Please contribute any amount immediately," he

cried.

The campaign then called for the

and

for the

to be stopped in Pennsylvania and Michigan because they did not allow their delegates to come close to counting the votes by mail.

 Joe Biden's campaign also immediately posted on its website a clamor:

and asked for donations for a fund it called the

It is that the legal war

.

Both campaigns have brigades of lawyers that help them, but requesting recount when the difference in votes is very large can be much more expensive because the process in that case is not

who requested it.

“All states allow a recount by law if the vote is very even.

Sometimes if it is 1% or less, it is automatic and other times it is the campaign that has to ask for the recount, ”says Louis Caldera, a law professor at American University and an expert in electoral law.

“An important issue and it is who pays for the count.

When it is automatic, it is the states that generally pay and when it is not automatic, that is, it is requested by a candidate, it is he who pays for it, ”says Caldera.

And he adds that “this process

.

Only if there are problems on how to do the count or if they do not ask for it correctly, in those cases it is possible to go to court ”.

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However, the expert believes that it will be very difficult for lawsuits to prosper in certain districts.

“In Wisconsin, Biden is ahead by 21,000 votes.

The margin is less than 1% but it is real.

The recount can sometimes change the votes by a small margin but not by 21,000 votes.

They would have to discover

and that is not probable ”.

Caldera believes that “Trump's legal strategy has more to do with Pennsylvania where he is going, but there are still a lot of mail-order votes to count.

75% is going to go to Biden and that's enough to erase Trump's lead.

”.

David Schultz, Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies at Hamline University, told

that "there are two types of counts, mandatory and discretionary."

Counting at full speed in Atlanta, Georgia.

Photo: EFE

He explains that “if the margin of victory between the winner and the person in second place is less than half of 1 percent (some states it is 1/4 percent), then there is

paid at the state's expense.

If the margin of victory is greater, the candidate can ask the Secretary of State for a recount at the expense of the applicant campaign ”.

Washington, correspondent

ap

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