During the election, there have been many allegations of fraud, specifically by President Trump. He launched a variety of legal challenges in several battleground states. Many sources have been saying that Trump’s court battles have been a case of too little, too late. He has provided little evidence of improper counting or voter fraud. The goal of Trumps’ lawyers was to persuade the courts to discount many of the votes by mail.
Trump and his allies have come up with theories of SharpieGate regarding Arizona. SharpieGate is a suspicion of election workers validating votes, generally unfounded. However, none of these claims have been supported by evidence. Trump’s lawsuit has claimed that Pennsylvania disparate procedures in voting in person and by mail violate the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. Richard L. Hasen, an election law expert stated that it's mostly likely too late for the Trump campaign considering they have known about the Pennsylvania voting procedures for months. The biggest issue for Trump’s legal team is that the amount of disputed ballots at stake might not be enough to have an impact on the outcome of the election.
A week after Joe Biden was projected as the winner of the presidential race, Trump supporters gathered in Washington to protest the results. Charmion Prince, an army veteran from Tennessee stated “It doesn’t add up. If he lost, then we need to say ‘Ok, he lost.’ But this is not the process I fought for.” James Dozer had skepticism as well, saying “I saw the trends. It evaporated out of thin air in Pennsylvania… All of a sudden at four in the morning, boom, Biden’s leading. Democracies are stolen in the dead of night.” He also said that it would take a full recount in all states for him to be convinced that Biden one.
What do you think? Was there fraud in the election involving mail-in ballots? Or is this just a conspiracy theory?
https://www.voanews.com/2020-usa-votes/trumps-legal-challenge-biden-win-seen-uphill-battle
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54926084
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/thousands-trump-supporters-gather-washington-falsely-claim-election-fraud-n1247849
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/14/election-2020-gop-officials-swing-states-shoot-down-trump-fraud-claims/6271421002/
Even though many Americans don't agree with the electoral college system, we still have to respect it and it's results. If they results have Joe Biden as the winner, we need to respect that. If there is fraud, we need to have substantial evidence to prove it and respect those results too. According to the New York Times and other states, this has not been the case and no evidence has been able to hold up in court so far. Unless there is fraud that also proves that Donald Trump is the winner, we as a country need to respect the results instead of criticizing those whom have been working hard to count ballots and make the election possible during an pandemic. This is a difficult time for our nation, so even if we don't agree with each other politically, we need unity at this time. The election is a perfect example of how deep the divide in our country truly goes. Hopefully soon there will be peace and possibly a passing of powers between president Donald Trump and president-elect Joe Biden.
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-Brooke