What Happens if a Candidate Contests the Results of a Midterm Election?

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.Jas_Aguilera on what happens if a candidate contests the results of a midterm election

, Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School, found about 31 potential incidents of voter impersonation fraud between 2000 and 2014—out of more than one billion ballots cast during that time.

In other states, a recount is automatically triggered and paid for by the state when a race is very close—in Minnesota, for example, this happens when the results for certain races are within 0.25%—or a candidate can request a recount and pay for it if the margin is greater. Since 2020, the number of contested races and the amount of election-related litigation filed has increased, Orey says.

It’s rare that post-election litigation succeeds. Trump, for example, filed 62 lawsuits related to his election loss in 2020. Many were tossed out by state or federal judges and none of which altered the outcome or revealed any significant fraud or election issues. “If you make a claim in court, you have to provide evidence to prove that claim,” says David Kimball, professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

 

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Election deniers!

Are you saying the democrats will not except the results?

Jas_Aguilera How much of the money. Is going to go back to the people who voted for them? And are they going to send out the black mail notes from them as well? The ones with the gift cards.

Jas_Aguilera Soft on Crime Democrats have destroyed America Vote Dem Out

Jas_Aguilera Trump used fear&hatred to spin a web of lies to sow the seed of doubt in people's minds so that they slowly begin to distrust almost everything & thru the distrust slowly created a state of chaos&confusion to divert the people's attention away from his intention to tear US apart.

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