Donald Trump’s campaign team says it has filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and now Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting the outcome in undecided battleground states that could determine whether the US President gets another four years in the White House.
Key points:
The Trump campaign is calling for a temporary counting halt in Pennsylvania and Michigan
It is also seeking to intervene in a Pennsylvania case on whether ballots received up to three days after the election can be counted
The Biden campaign team says it is ready for any legal fight
Suits in Pennsylvania and Michigan states are demanding campaign observers have better access at locations where ballots are being processed and counted, the Trump campaign said.
Justin Clark, Mr Trump’s deputy campaign manager, said the campaign was “suing to stop Democrat election officials from hiding the ballot counting and processing from our Republican poll observers”.
He said they were also seeking to intervene in a Pennsylvania case at the Supreme Court that dealt with whether ballots received up to three days after the election could be counted.
The Trump campaign later filed a lawsuit in a third state, Georgia, to require a county there to separate and secure late-arriving ballots to ensure they are not counted.
Mr Trump is running slightly behind Democratic Party rival Joe Biden in Michigan.
The President is ahead in Pennsylvania but his margin is shrinking as more mailed ballots are counted.
Election officials are counting votes in several undecided states.(AP: Matt York)
There have been no reports of fraud or any type of ballot concerns out of Pennsylvania.
The state had 3.1 million mail-in ballots. Those votes take time to count and an order allows them to be counted up until Friday if they are postmarked by November 3.
