I supported Trump’s crusade right to count all legal votes, request state recounts, and prosecute voter fraud or irregularities.
According to polls, a large majority of the nearly 74 million Americans who supported President Donald Trump question the legitimacy of the election. for our democracy and to help heal our polarized country.
In supporting this post-election process, I said that states and courts act temporarily and that any allegation of fraud will have to be based on evidence, which is required by law.
This procedure has been performed for approximately 3 weeks. Trump’s crusade has taken steps to emphasize that only legal votes are counted in key states, adding lawsuits At this stage, the vast majority of those lawsuits have been resolved and most others are expected to resolve in the coming weeks.
There have been cases of fraud and irregularities in this election, as in each and every one of the elections; it is smart that they have been reported and that any fraud or other crime is prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but lately there is no evidence. of widespread fraud or irregularities that would replace the bottom line in any state.
States have already completed the vote count and the maximum states on the battlefield will have described their electoral effects as of this week. Some state counts have been completed and the remaining counts are expected to be completed within the next two weeks. All data available lately, neither the final count of the legal votes nor the recounts led to another result in any state. In other words, the initial determination to show Joe Biden enough electoral votes to win has changed.
I voted for President Trump, co-chaired his crusade in Ohio, and I think his policies would be more wonderful for Ohio and the country, but I also believe that there is no more sacred constitutional procedure in our wonderful democracy than the orderly force movement. after a presidential election. Now is the time for all the temporarily noticeable problems and move on.
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As mentioned earlier, primary counts, state certifications, and ongoing maximum trials are expected to be completed within the next two weeks. This coincides with the December 8 deadline in a law that builds a “safe harbor” for states to certify their constituents. that if Congress receives those lists of electorates from Trump or Biden on that date, the lists are final. Exceeding this period would create unprecedented uncertainty and raise serious constitutional questions. In Bush v. Gore in 2000, the Supreme Court ruled that the safe harbor date “is designed to lead to a maximum variety of electorate
On or before December 8, all ongoing efforts to ensure an accurate count will need to end and the 2020 election will close.
Meanwhile, the General Service Administration (GSA) advances and releases funds, as recently announced, and provides the infrastructure for an official transition, and the Biden team obtains the requested data and data on the coronavirus vaccine distribution plan. This is just wise. Donald Trump is our president until January 20, 2021, however, on the most likely occasion for Joe Biden to become our next president, it is in the national interest that the transition unfolds smoothly and that the United States is in a position on the first day of a new management for the demanding situations we face.
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The presidential election is debatable and bitterly contested. Almost part of the United States would be disappointed with the outcome. I hope that all of us, as Americans, whoever we support in the campaign, will be willing to settle for the outcome because of a thorough procedure. followed and the final vote count clear.
Rob Portman is an American Republican senator from Ohio.
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