US worried about dealing with controversy over presidential election results

ABC News reported on October 16 that Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney (Georgia, USA) has just issued a ruling forcing state election officials to approve election results within the prescribed deadline and "not to refuse to certify election results under any circumstances."

The ruling is one of the latest moves by courts in several US battleground states to deal with the possibility of the announcement of the presidential election results being delayed due to controversy.

US Election: Record number of people vote early for president in battleground state of Georgia

Fast Track Court

In Arizona, the state Supreme Court issued a special procedure on October 15 to prioritize election-related lawsuits. "The priority of such judicial proceedings is of great importance in a presidential election," Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer said, according to Reuters. Under the new rules, any election-related trial must be scheduled with enough time for an appeals court to rule before the election results are finalized.

Voters cast early ballots in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 15.

Republicans and Democrats have filed dozens of lawsuits across the country over election rules, while legal experts predict Election Day will be a series of disputes over vote counting and certification. After losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and his allies have sought to overturn the results with more than 60 lawsuits.

Before Arizona, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court changed its rules to ensure that election-related appeals are heard within three days, instead of 10. Parties must also file their briefs within 24 hours of filing any appeal of an election-related court ruling. The Michigan Supreme Court last month required judges to provide early notice of election-related lawsuits and to make their contact information public after hours.

New record for early voting

The election has attracted the attention of many voters in battleground states, as the number of people in Georgia who voted early reached a record. Official Gabe Sterling of the office of the state's election administrator announced on October 15 that about 252,000 voters had voted early. He said the previous record on the first day of the election was recorded in 2020 with 136,000 voters. In Georgia in 2020, Mr. Biden won by 11,779 votes over Mr. Trump out of nearly 5 million ballots. Nationwide, there are now 5.5 million American voters who have voted early, according to Reuters.

Trump calls on military to deal with 'domestic enemies' on election day

Meanwhile, the two candidates for the White House continued to defend their positions, with Mr. Trump affirming his stance on protectionist trade policies and other fiscal proposals, denying that they could increase the federal debt and affect US allies. "We care about growth. We're going to bring companies back to the United States. To me, the most beautiful word in the world is tariffs," Mr. Trump said in an interview at the Economic Club of Chicago (Illinois), answering Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait.

Vice President Kamala Harris, for her part, has pledged to push for police reform as she seeks to shore up support among black voters. In an interview with radio host Charlamagne tha God on October 15, she also pledged to legalize marijuana and denied rumors that she had ordered the incarceration of many black people during her years as district attorney in San Francisco, California.

Trump's digital currency in trouble

The World Liberty Financial (WLFI) digital currency began selling on the morning of October 15, and within 20 minutes, more than 220 million tokens were sold. However, the website crashed several times during the day and sold more than 532 million tokens at 15 cents each. This amount represents less than 3% of the 20 billion tokens sold.

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