Former president's new election comments worry US officials - here's why
A well-known politician makes new statements about voting process before results come in. Election workers deal with fall-out from similar past claims while preparing for this years vote count
Donald Trump keeps making election-related statements in his latest campaign (which is his third try for the white-house). His recent comments about vote-counting dont have any proof behind them – just like his past claims from about 4 years ago
The ex-presidents team has been super-active in the final week trying to question how votes are counted: making social-media posts spreading info thats not correct‚ and getting ready to fight results in court. However no one has found any real proof of problems with voting machines or vote-counting in either this election or the previous one where Joe Biden won
Election workers whoʼve been dealing with problems since fall-twenty-twenty are getting worried – these new claims might cause some real issues. Theyʼve spent almost half-a-decade fixing things after what happened last time; and now theyre seeing similar stuff happening again. The officials (who work hard to keep elections fair) think this kind of talk could make some people very angry
The whole situation looks like a re-run of what happened before: same claims different year. Local election offices are now doing double-duty – counting votes and dealing with phone-calls from worried voters who heard these stories
