Donald Trumpcandidate for the presidency of the United States, has once again put the state of Pennsylvania in the spotlight. As soon as you vote, the Trump wedding moved to Palm Beach Republican Headquarters and shortly after, the candidate published a clear message on his social network shortly before the start of the electoral count: “We are talking about massive fraud in Philadelphia”. Philadelphia is the capital of the big key state: Pennsylvaniaabout which Donald Trump also expressed his doubts this week.
Donald Trump He denounced via his social network Truth: “There is a lot of talk about massive fraud in Philadelphia. Law enforcement is on the way!!! “, he wrote. As we know, the state of Pennsylvania is one of the key states to win the presidential election, along with the states of Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin.
Likewise, Donald Trump also raised suspicions of fraud in Detroit, writing another message which appears to be a continuation of the previous one in which he said that: “Philadelphia and Detroit! Strict law enforcement!“.
It is a set of entities called Swing States (undecided), because with each presidential election their preference for Democrats and Republicans constantly changes. An example of the above is what happened with the state of arizonawhich during the last elections leaned towards Joe Bidenbut in the 2016 election, all 11 of its electoral colleges leaned Republican.
Voting machine problems in Philadelphia
One key that could prove Donald Trump right is that voters in a crucial part of the Pennsylvania swing state will have two extra hours to vote due to problems with voting machines and long lines, reports FoxNews.
Specifically, problems have been reported with tabulation machines in County Bedfordas well as in Cambria County, according to reports The New York Post. Officials told voters that all their votes would be counted. Donald Trump won the two counties with 68% and 83% of the vote, respectively, in 2020.
“The Electoral Council of Cambria County learned early this morning that a malfunction of the software “The county’s electronic voting system prevented voters from scanning their ballots,” County Attorney Ron Repak said in a statement.
“This should not dissuade voters from voting in their constituency. “The Council has filed a court order extending the voting deadline in Cambria County.”
Election officials filed paperwork to extend voting time by two hours to try to resolve the problem and ensure all ballots were counted, according to the motion filed in county court.
“The malfunction caused confusion in the long lines of voters and many left the polling stations without voting,” Repak said in the document.
A judge quickly approved the order, but noted that any votes cast after the 8 p.m. deadline would be provisional.
In Milwaukee, the Wisconsin city where Republicans held their National Convention in July, election officials decided rerun around 30,000 postal ballots via tabulation machinesn “as a precaution” after discovering that the doors of its machines were not properly closed, the spokesperson explained Jeff Fleming.
