Key dates for President Trump’s legal challenges in states
Bottom Line: By now you’re well aware of how different elections are handled from state to state. You’re also aware President Trump intends to challenge results in every state where alleged impropriety occurred. If President Trump has a path forward in the presidential race, it’ll have to happen in the courts and that’ll have to happen before the states in question certify their votes. It’s now a race against the clock in the states in question. Here are the states and the dates that will quickly come into focus:
- Arizona – The allegation is of legitimate votes not being accepted. Date of vote certification, November 30th
- Georgia – Alleged ballot processing irregularities in Chatham and Fulton counties. Date of vote certification, November 20th
- Michigan – Alleged obstruction of legal observation by Republican poll watchers in Detroit in addition to invalid voters (including deceased individuals). Date of vote certification, November 23rd
- Nevada – Alleged out of state and deceased voters allowed to cast ballots – Date of vote certification, December 1st
- Pennsylvania – Alleged obstruction of poll watching and alleged back dated ballots accepted. Date of vote certification, November 23rd
- Wisconsin – Recount sought and granted will occur by November 17th. Date of vote certification, December 1st
This provides the view of the possible. President Trump must flip the outcomes to his favor in at least three of these states to win. With three states having certification deadlines by the end of November 23rd – two weeks from yesterday, including the three largest states in question, we have hard deadlines and our established timeline. The clock is 13 days and counting. Team Trump will have to establish the need for legal relief sufficient for these states to not certify Joe Biden the winner by November 24th - otherwise votes will be certified and Joe Biden will definitively be President-Elect.
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