President Donald Trump of US
Law suits instituted by President Donald Trump of US, on absentee ballots in Georgia, as well as praying that vote count in Michigan be halted have been dismissed by seperate judges in the two states.
The campaign had asked the court in Georgia to ensure that state laws were followed on absentee ballots.
US election: Michigan judge dismisses Donald Trump’s lawsuit to halt
Trump is currently trailing in the election. So far, he has polled lesser electoral votes than Joe Biden, his rival.
Trump had told Michigan judge Cynthia Stephens that the Republican Party did not have access to the handling of absentee ballots and that ‘surprising’ votes were being credited to the Democratic Party.
The judge Thursday said the lawsuit was filed late Wednesday afternoon, just hours before the last ballots were counted, and that the defendant, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, was the wrong person to sue because she didn’t control the logistics of local ballot counting, even if she is the state’s chief election officer.
Democrat Joe Biden has won in Michigan, a state Trump won in 2016. The state has 16 Electoral College votes.
The lawsuit claimed Benson, a Democrat, was allowing absentee ballots to be counted without teams of bipartisan observers as well as challengers. She was accused of undermining the constitutional right of all Michigan voters to participate in fair and lawful elections.
Benson, through state attorneys, denied the allegations.
