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Polls close in Istanbul as officials help the last voters cast their votes for the presidential elections. Poll watchers open the ballot boxes and begin counting the ballots that'll decide the next president of Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan entered as the firm favourite to extend two decades of his rule to 2028. IMAGES
Tbilisi, Oct 2 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Zurab Kurtsikidze) Georgians began voting in municipal elections on Saturday in a climate of tension between the government and the opposition, after the arrest of former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili and the crisis that the country has been experiencing since the 2020 parliamentary elections, plagued by allegations of fraud and protests.FOOTAGE OF VOTING IN TBILISI.
People line up at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, to cast their ballots early and in-person in the state's twin runoff races that will determine the balance of power in the Senate. IMAGES
President Donald Trump's campaign and Republican officials have filed nearly two dozen lawsuits since Election Day. It's an attempt to contest the results of the 2020 election. But according to Business Insider, none of the lawsuits so far have ended in victory. The campaign filed lawsuits and motions to intervene in cases in swing states Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. They've notched zero victories, 19 cases where they've withdrawn or lost. Three cases remain pending. The Trump campaign had one win in Pennsylvania, where a judge ruled an issue over voter ID. verification. However, the state Supreme Court later overturned it.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is not backing down from his explosive claim regarding Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). A Republican himself, Raffensperger told CNN Monday that Graham had hinted to him in a phone call that he should try to discard some ballots in Georgia. A recount is underway in Georgia after the state went for President-elect Joe Biden in the presidential election. It was just an implication of, 'Look hard and see how many ballots you could throw out.' Brad Raffensperger Georgia Secretary of State The Republican also says Graham also inquired if he could discard all mail-in ballots from counties that had shown higher rates of unmatched signatures. Fraudulently altering a federal election vote tally is a federal crime. There has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.