Donald Trump Jr., son of the former US president, and other top Republicans are urging voters in the state of Arizona not to leave the polls, after technical problems with the counting machines.
These machines at some polling places in Maricopa County, Arizona, had deficiencies that required an appeal solution, to avoid severe delay of results.
Some were not accepting ballots, so local election officials had to ask voters to use a secure ballot box or use other vote centers in this county outside of Phoenix.
“But everyone is going to be able to vote. It was a technical failure and we have recourse solutions,” said Bill Gates, director of the election oversight commission in Maricopa County, Arizona, one of the states where media attention will focus. election night. since the surveys indicate that any result is open.
Trump Jr., however, took to Twitter to call on Arizona voters to “get in line,” Breitbart reports.
“To all my friends in Arizona: Your vote can make a difference. Go to the polls. When you’re there, get in line, no matter what, and vote. This is going to be a great day! Do your part and we’re going to win.” !”, Highlighted the son of the Republican tycoon, increasingly promoted as a candidate for a third term in the White House in the 2024 presidential elections.
The Republican candidate for governor, Kari Laque, also emphasized that those who “arrived” at the polling stations “should not leave without voting.”
“Your provisional vote in the new location is not likely to count,” he added.
“If you have ever registered at a Maricopa County polling place where the machines are not working, you can (1) wait for your ballot to be validated at the polling place, (2) request to use an electronic voting machine for the disabled, or (3) leave your vote in a ballot box to be counted later,” he added.
Other GOP figures, such as Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters, also called on voters to get in line.
Maricopa is the second largest electoral district in the United States and was also one of the centers of controversy in the 2020 presidential election, won by Democrat Joe Biden, who in that state beat Trump by 45,000 votes, after a second recount of ballots and baseless accusations of voter fraud by Republicans.
For the rest, Trump turned to his social network (Truth Social) to, earlier in the day, again raise suspicions of electoral fraud, criticizing the problems in Maricopa.
“They are saying that about 20% of the electronic voting machines in Maricopa County are not counting the votes cast. Only in the Republican areas? Wow! (…) We cannot allow this to happen again !” Trump said. . .
On the east coast of the country, in Mercer County, New Jersey, a problem with the ballot box caused voters to vote manually, inserting the ballot into an “emergency slot” that the machines have.
In Pennsylvania, a key state in these elections, it remains to be seen if around 4,000 postal votes will be counted in Allegheny and Philadelphia counties, some of the largest districts in the country by population.
The Democratic candidate for the United States Senate for this state, John Fetterman, went to court on Monday to defend the recount of these votes, although some are not dated or are incorrectly dated, alleging that excluding them would be unconstitutional.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that the state’s counties do not count undated or incorrectly dated postal ballots.
Fetterman’s face-to-face with Republican candidate Mehmet Oz is one of the most important and close in the fight for the Senate.
Donald Trump also took to Truth Social to denounce that proxy voting in Detroit was “not going well.”
“People show up to vote and hear: ‘Sorry, you already voted,'” the former president said.
“This is happening in large numbers and in other places. Contest, contest, contest,” Trump said.
The independent organization Vote.org confirmed in a statement the existence of “technical problems with the polls in some states.”
“This could happen and the authorities are working hard to solve these problems and ensure that voters have other options to vote today,” added the organization that advocates for access to the vote.
The US midterm elections taking place today will determine which party controls Congress for the final two years of President Joe Biden’s term, with 36 state governments and several statewide referendums on action on key issues, including abortion. and soft drugs.
At stake will be the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, where Democrats currently hold a narrow five-seat majority, and 35 seats in the Senate, where Democrats hold a majority only thanks to a runoff vote by Vice President Kamala Harris. .
Elections can not only change the face of the US Congress, but also bring to power governors and local officials who are fully committed to the ideas of Donald Trump. A very strong defeat in these next elections could further complicate the scenario of a second presidential term for Joe Biden.
Source: TSF
