Here’s how Trump and his allies could fight the 2024 election results if he loses

Proof of citizenship: Trump has repeatedly and baselessly claimed that undocumented immigrants routinely vote in U.S. elections, and his allies have filed a series of lawsuits centered around that claim, including one brought by the Trump campaign and the state and national Republican parties in Nevada, claiming: “Thousands of non-citizens on Nevada’s voter rolls could be eligible to vote this November,” citing a “direct result of the lack of citizenship verification procedures” (federal courts have repeatedly dismissed lawsuits which aimed to require proof of citizenship). Voting in federal elections).

Earlier this month, Trump accused the Justice Department of “weaponizing the U.S. Department of Justice” over a lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice filed alleging that Virginia purged voters from its voter rolls less than 90 days before the election, violating the law violated the deadline set by federal law – a move that Trump claimed was an attempt to allow non-citizens to vote.

Election observation: The Fulton County Board of Elections sued the GOP-led state elections board earlier this month over its attempt to appoint people who questioned the results of the 2020 election to an election monitoring team that the two boards agreed to create as part of a resolution to the dispute had the 2020 election processes in the state.

Postal ballot: Republicans are targeting mail-in ballots in Michigan, where a Republican National Committee lawsuit argues they should be considered invalid if sent without a written statement from election officials verifying the voter’s signature on the mail-in ballot request form, and in North Carolina, where the GOP is demanding that mail-in ballots be discarded if they are not mailed in a sealed “container return envelope.”

Overseas and military election: Republicans have filed lawsuits in Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania in recent weeks challenging the eligibility of people who vote abroad, including military members, and alleging that states’ rules restrict foreign voters exempt from certain ID requirements, increase the risk of fraud.

Election equipment: The RNC sued election officials in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, the state’s third-largest county, claiming election officials missed the deadline to complete logic and accuracy testing of the state’s voting machines.

Harassment of Election Officials: The Trump-aligned nonprofit America First Policy Institute, along with the conservative nonprofit Arizona Free Enterprise Club, are suing Arizona state officials to prevent a law from going into effect that bans harassment of election officials and voters prohibits amendment rights; The law is currently blocked as the case is still before the courts.

Trump’s legal problems: Trump called the unveiling of the entire criminal case against Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith earlier this month “election interference” and “weaponizing the government.” . . “30 days before the election,” he repeatedly claimed in comments to NewsNation as he challenged the various criminal and civil cases against him, claiming that the prosecutors who brought the cases were colluding with the Biden administration without evidence to undermine his chances to impair winning in November.

Harris replaces Biden: Trump and his allies have claimed that Harris’ late entry into the race was a “coup” and “unconstitutional” because she announced her candidacy after Biden had already won the primary – a claim that could sow distrust in the election. but the basis is not legally binding because, according to some election law experts, Biden’s delegates have officially nominated Harris.

Iranian interference: Trump has alleged that the Harris campaign “illegally spied” on him after the Justice Department filed charges against three Iranian hackers accused of stealing information from his campaign and passing it to the Biden campaign. However, the FBI said there was no evidence of coordination between the Biden-Harris campaign and the hackers.