 "Can Donald Trump challenge the results of the US president election if he loses?")
It’s D-Day.
After months of frantic campaigning, the race between former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris all comes down to today.
Around 78 million people in the US have already voted early and tens of millions more will cast their ballots today as voters across America go the polls.
Due to the way ballots are counted in certain states, it is unlikely that we will know the winner of the polls immediately.
However, many people think Trump, regardless of the results, will prematurely declare victory – just like he did in 2020 even as the results remained unclear.
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But can the former president actually challenge the results of the US election if he loses?
Let’s take a closer look:
Claims of fraud and conspiracies
Trump will likely cry voter fraud and tout conspiracies to try to overturn a defeat.
Republicans and Democrats expect that vote counting could drag on for several days after November 5 as mail-in ballots are tabulated and other votes are tallied and verified.
If it appears Trump is losing, the delay will give him an opportunity to claim fraud and attempt to undermine confidence in election officials, while also possibly encouraging his supporters to protest.
He has already threatened to jail election workers and other public officials for “unscrupulous behaviour,” although he would need to win the election first.
Trump and his allies have spent the past few months priming his supporters for just such an eventuality.
The former president has time and time again remarked that he can only lose if the election is ‘rigged.’
“If I lose – I’ll tell you what, it’s possible. Because they cheat. That’s the only way we’re gonna lose, because they cheat,” Trump said at a Michigan rally in September.
Trump can take his case directly to the American public without waiting for proof, using social media, press conferences and interviews.