Decisive day in the US election: Now the electorate will decide on the president - special precautionary measures

Donald Trump is desperately fighting for power - even hours before the Electoral College's decision.

But two court cases are humiliated.

A judge bursts the collar.

• Donald Trump

  continues to fight for victory in the

  2020 US election

  - but the

  incumbent US president's

  chances are

  dwindling.

• At the weekend, two

  high courts

  literally humiliated the Trump team, including a verdict from a judge appointed by Trump.

• This Monday (December 14th) the Electoral College will meet to finalize the new election results.

  Challenger

  Joe Biden

  is expected to win

  .

Update from December 14th, 9:15 p.m.:

The first states have

now let

their

electorate

vote.

According to the US media, there are still no deviants.

In the so-called

swing states

,

too

, the representatives in the

Electoral College followed

the popular vote.

So Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Wisconsin sided with

Joe Biden

, North Carolina and Ohio united

on

Donald Trump

according to the

November 3rd election result

.

After

39 states

and the

District of Columbia

, the Democrat leads with 202 to 177. The three

west coast

states

California, Oregon and Washington, but also Texas,

are still open

.

#ElectoralCollege UPDATE: In 39 states + DC the electoral women and men have already voted.

No deviants so far.

Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin all voted for @JoeBiden, now Michigan too.

The result: 202: 177 for Biden.

pic.twitter.com/ulUuda3YDb

- Claus Hecking (@ClausHecking) December 14, 2020

Because of the heated mood: Electors meet in secret and under police protection

Update from December 14th, 5:10 p.m

.: Since

Donald Trump

continues to insist that he has won the election, the otherwise neglected day on which the electorate cast their votes is in the spotlight of the reporting.

Meanwhile, in some states, the

electorate has

gathered to implement the

will of the voters

.

In some states, such as Nevada, electors

will meet virtually

because of the

corona pandemic

.

In other states, the meetings

take place

in

secret and under police protection

due to the heated atmosphere

.

As soon as the state of Hawaii has cast its votes as likely the last state, a statement from the US President-elect

Joe Biden is

expected

on Monday evening (local time)

.

Before the decisive day: High US courts humiliate Trump violently - judge bursts her collar

First report from December 13, 2020, 8 p.m .:

Milwaukee / Washington

-

The

"Electoral College" * is to

meet

on

Monday

to finally determine the

new US President

.

Incumbent

Donald Trump

is still fighting the impending defeat - and

suffered

two crushing defeats in court

at the weekend

.

The reasons for the verdict were partly

equal to

a

humiliation

of the US president, who was desperately struggling for power.

Even a judge appointed by Trump gave a resounding slap in the face for the president's legal team.

With the developments in court, Trump's chances are falling further - from a human perspective, Joe Biden's election victory should become a fact on Monday.

Even if it will take a while before the

vote of the electorate is

announced.

+

Animal scene: Donald Trump at a military football match on Saturday.

© Brendan Smialowski / AFP

Donald Trump: Judge appointed by the US President gives a resounding slap - "An incumbent who ..."

A

district judge appointed by Trump

clearly rejected

a

federal complaint by the US President

.

Judge Brett H. Ludwig

also did not allow any objection to the judgment - and his reasoning was unusually clear.

"This court gave the plaintiff the chance to present his arguments," wrote Ludwig, according to a report in the

New York Times

, "and the plaintiff lost on this matter."

The legal dispute was not about possible

election fraud

, but about the question of whether the

special corona rules

for voting in Wisconsin were

legal

.

Judge Ludwig drew a damning conclusion: "This is an exceptional case," the

Times

quoted

from the judgment, "a current president who has failed with his re-election intentions seeks a federal court for help to undermine the election result with the help of doubts about administrative decisions he undoubtedly could have argued before the election. ”Trump demanded that the

laws be obeyed

- that is exactly what happened.

Donald Trump receives embarrassing defeat in Wisconsin - judge ruled: "This is not about election fraud ..."

It got even more embarrassing for Trump in the

Wisconsin Supreme Court

.

There

judge Jill Karofsky

made

the point of view of the court clear in drastic words.

"What you want is to overturn this election so that your king retains power," she held

before

Trump attorney James Troupis

in a virtual hearing on Saturday: "This is so un-American!" The request is "not normal" and an

attack to a legitimate choice

that did not produce a single case of fraud.

Karofsky also raised

accusations of racism

against the

Trump team

, as reported by the

Huffington Post

,

among others

.

The two

counties of

Wisconsin *

targeted by the lawyers

are the "most urban, non-white, largest" constituencies.

They were apparently chosen because of their "diverse populations" and because they had voted democratically.

"This lawsuit, Mr. Troupis, has the taste of racism," said the judge.

In this case, too, Trump's lawyers had

criticized

the

postal ballot *

- they were nevertheless not only used in the affected areas, but throughout the state.

"This case is not about electoral fraud," said Karofsky. "This case is not only about sowing doubts about a legitimate election, but also about watering and nourishing it".

2020 US election: Electoral College will decide on Monday - Trump defiantly gives himself up to Fox News

Trump

was defiant on Sunday.

"It's not over," said Trump in an interview broadcast by Fox News on Sunday.

There are still "several local cases" in states in which his lawyers have taken action against the election result.

Previously, Trump had also lost a

lawsuit in the Supreme Court

*.

The

US president also continued his campaign for alleged - but never proven - election fraud

on

Twitter

.

MOST CORRUPT ELECTION IN US HISTORY!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2020

The

538 electorate in the US will

vote this Monday on behalf of the people on the future US president.

They vote at the meetings in their states according to the results there.

In most

states

, the winner gets all of the votes of the local electorate.

According to the certified results,

Democrat Joe Biden has

306 electors and 232 Republican incumbent Trump.

The result will not be officially announced in Congress until January 6th.

(

fn with material from dpa

) *

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