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US President Donald Trump's election campaign has been rigged, with Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia filing a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to postpone the count.
In order to get 270 electoral votes needed to be elected president, it is necessary for these states to get the result in their favor. Trump's complaint comes after Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden took the lead in the latest vote count.
The complaint calls on Trump's campaign to ensure that its representatives have access to ballot boxes and polling stations. A study by AP at a polling station in Michigan accused of rigging by Trump campaign showed that the vote count was led by representatives of both parties.
Democrat Joe Biden has won in Michigan, according to AP. However, a formal announcement is yet to be made. Counting is still under way in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Georgia, with fierce competition between the two candidates.
Trump campaign is also preparing to challenge Pennsylvania vote count in the Supreme Court. Trump's deputy election manager, Justin Clark, said the issue of whether or not to count ballots received within three days of the election has been raised, and will be decided by the courts.
President Trump has been raising this issue during his election campaign. Trump said that he would go to the Supreme Court saying that ballot papers received from the post office would be rigged in the election.
Trump's election campaign has also announced a call for a recount in the state of Wisconsin. In this state, according to AP's projection, Joe Biden has won.
Trump's election manager, Bill Stepian, has claimed that there were many irregularities in Wisconsin, but did not say where or how the fraud took place.
Biden said counting would continue in all states on Wednesday. "No one can hijack our democracy - not just now, but forever," said Baiden.
There have been no reports of fraud or ballot stuffing in the state of Pennsylvania. In this state, 3.1 million people had cast their votes by post. There is an arrangement to count the votes of the registered voters by November 3.
In an interview with CNN, Pennsylvania Attorney General Jas Shapiro said Trump campaign's petition was more political than legal. Pennsylvania Attorney General Jas said, “There is full transparency in this process. The counting of votes is in progress. Delegates are observing the entire counting process, and counting will continue.”
