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Trump, Vance say they feel confident about victory

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 5 Nov 2024 21:33
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Donald Trump has voiced frustration over the expected delays in counting votes, questioning why it would take so long despite the use of expensive machines.

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    Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks after he voted on Election Day at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, Tuesday, November 5, 2024. (AP)

Speaking to the press after casting his ballot, former President Donald Trump expressed strong confidence in his chances of winning the election, stating, “I feel very confident. I hear we’re doing very well everywhere.”

He added that this campaign has been the “best” of the three he’s run, and reiterated, “It won’t even be close,” though he acknowledged it would take “a long time to certify” the results.

Trump also voiced frustration over the expected delays in counting votes, questioning why it would take so long despite the use of expensive machines.

He cited the French election as an example of a much quicker process. Throughout his campaign, Trump has frequently used the extended tallying time for mail-in ballots to cast doubt on the election’s integrity.

Republican vice presidential contender JD Vance voted in the election at a polling place in Cincinnati, Ohio. "I feel good about this race," Vance remarked after he and his wife cast their votes.

He also stated that he would join Republican presidential contender Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, to observe the election results. Earlier in the day, US media predicted that both presidential contenders, Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, would have relatively peaceful election days.

Before her election night watch party at Howard University in Washington, DC, Vice President Kamala Harris will spend the day organizing swing state voters through radio interviews 

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Polls have begun around the US and CNN has reported that only some delays have occurred due to minor equipment issues.

As of this morning, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency reported no serious nationwide events affecting electoral infrastructure security.

Results ready 'before you go to bed' 

Over 80 million people have already voted in the current election, according to recent data from CNN, Edison Research, and Catalist. This represents more than half of the 158 million votes cast in the 2020 presidential election, although it is lower than the 2020 pre-election vote, where about 70% of voters opted for mail-in or early in-person voting.

According to Florida's Secretary of State Cord Byrd, Florida's election results should be available by the time "you go to bed tonight," while Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein told CNN that he expects ballot counting would be "much faster" in the 2024 election cycle than in 2020.

"Hopefully, if everything continues to go smoothly," it will be done by the middle of the day on Wednesday, Bluestein added.

More than 100 legal leaders have signed an open letter advising attorneys who dispute ballots in this election not to spread incorrect information in court filings. "Filing election-related lawsuits without a solid factual and legal foundation endangers the very institutions lawyers are oathbound to defend," according to the letter.

In a challenge initiated by Texas Republican authorities attempting to prevent US Justice Department monitors from entering polling sites, the state said on Monday that it had struck an arrangement with the DOJ under which the monitors would remain outside of polling places.

Meanwhile, a federal judge ruled on Monday evening that she would not prevent the Justice Department from deploying monitors at St. Louis polling stations, rejecting a complaint filed by Republican state authorities in Missouri.

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