The country has never seen anything similar ... 3 threats to America's elections, one of which is Trump

The 2020 presidential elections have no parallel in American history, as there is nothing natural about these elections 90 days before they are scheduled to take place on November 3.

Initially, elections will be held between two men in their seventies, one of whom is the current president, Donald Trump (74 years), who came from outside the traditional American partisan political system, and the other is Joe Biden (77 years), the righteous son of the traditional American political system who spent half a century between its institutions Of his age.

The elections are held for the first time in history in light of the continuing confrontation with the spread of the new Corona virus, which prompted the cancellation of the national conferences of the Democratic and Republican parties, and to limit them to very limited events, in addition to the threat of holding presidential debates, and the sharp conflict over the method of voting by mail against the background of increasing health concerns.

The 2020 elections come in light of unprecedented tension between Washington and Beijing, which threatens to start a cold war between the two most powerful countries in the world today, economically, politically and technologically, and this does not mean ignoring the silent tension between Washington and Moscow on the background of many issues, the most important of which is Russian interference in the 2016 elections.

Al Jazeera Net monitored the growing societal concerns about the 2020 elections, in light of the high threat level on 3 fronts that are inseparable from each other: foreign interference, mail voting, and the nature of President Donald Trump.

The first threat: foreign interference

All US intelligence agencies have confirmed that Russia has interfered on a large scale in the 2016 elections, with the aim of helping candidate Donald Trump win. The US authorities conducted investigations that lasted for more than two years, and cost the US Treasury hundreds of millions of dollars.

Detective Robert Mueller's report acquitted President Trump of the suspicion of colluding with Russia to assist him in the elections, but during the two years the investigations were sentenced and dozens of Russian officials were convicted of various crimes, and a number of senior Trump presidential campaign officials were also convicted on charges related to illegal communication with Russia and lying to Investigation authorities.

The above did not prevent Russia, China and Iran from making new attempts to interfere in the 2020 elections, as confirmed by the Director of the National Center for Security and Counterintelligence, William Ivanina, in a statement about the security and safety of the elections.

In his unorthodox statement, Ivanina stressed that the three countries are using electronic disinformation and other means, in an attempt to influence the electorate, create unrest and undermine the confidence of American voters in the democratic process.

At the same time, the US security agencies are doubling their precautions and precautionary measures, and the federal authorities provide a lot of intelligence, security and logistical support to the US states, as they are the party that is constitutionally authorized to manage the electoral process.

The second threat: the risk of mail voting

With the spread of the new Corona virus, the number of people infected with it in the United States exceeded 5.2 million, of whom more than 165,000 died by the end of Sunday, August 9, and this prompted widespread concerns regarding how to hold elections while maintaining standards for protecting public health, preventing mixing and following Social distancing measures to impede virus transmission.

So far, 46 states have adopted policies that push toward facilitating mail voting, and considering health concerns a sufficient justification for not going to vote in the traditional selfie.

However, the states still suffer from wide challenges in recruiting workers in polling centers and counting and counting centers for postal and traditional ballot papers, and the situation is made more difficult by the confirmation of opinion polls. The high rates of participation in the elections due to the great political polarization in the American society, the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, and the economic conditions. Degraded.

Facilitating voting by mail will increase the electoral turnout, which reached 63% in the 2016 elections, as voting by mail does not require long hours in polling lines in electoral commissions scattered across the United States on a working day.

The experience of mail voting in the primaries for the House of Representatives in New York State revealed huge numbers of voters, and so far the results of some constituencies have not been announced due to the failure to complete the counting of postcards.

The voter turnout in New York City by mail 4 years ago reached 23,000, while more than 400,000 voted in the June primaries, more than 17 times.

Some states may need more time to sort and count the postal ballot papers, which may mean the need for more time to know who won the election, especially if the results are close between the two candidates.

The third threat: Donald Trump himself

The congratulations of the defeated candidate to his winning opponent on election night is the best democratic practice, for granting legitimacy to the outcome of the presidential elections before the start of the legal process that is completed after the counting of votes has finished.

During several press interviews, President Trump refused to pledge to admit defeat if he lost the election, telling Fox: "I am not a good loser, I do not like to suffer defeats, I do not lose much and I do not like to lose."

Trump also did not hesitate to announce his desire to postpone the elections, due to the situation related to the spread of the Corona virus, and his fear of fraudulent ballot papers in the mail.

The Democratic candidate, Biden, is ahead of Trump in all polls, and has expressed his concerns about Trump's attempt to "steal the election."

In the 2000 elections between George W. Bush and Al Gore, due to the proximity of the race results in Florida, which George Bush won by 547 votes, the announcement of the election results was postponed for weeks until the Supreme Constitutional Court intervened and ruled in favor of George Bush's victory.

Democrats hope that their candidate will achieve a comfortable and wide victory in front of Trump, and this did not prevent Biden from expressing confidence that US soldiers will accompany Trump out of the White House if he loses and does not recognize the result.