After reports that Trump may declare his victory
American states warn of pressure to announce the identity of the winner before the count ends
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Law enforcement authorities in a number of US states have warned of pressure to declare the winner in the presidential elections, after reports that President Donald Trump may declare his victory before the vote count is completed.
"The states do not endorse the elections on election night," Michigan State Attorney Dana Nessel told reporters. "We will not allow anyone who is to steal these elections."
In a briefing organized by the "Voter Protection Project", North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said, "We have experience running closely-related elections," adding, "We may know who is the winner on Tuesday night ... and we may not."
Stein said that, if Trump announces his victory prematurely, "it would be regrettable, but this announcement would be really irrelevant."
The political news site Axios reported that Trump informed his close associates that he would declare his victory, if he was found to be ahead in the vote.
But officials in several states, such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, which are likely states that are decisive, and whose results cannot be predicted, said that counting large numbers of mailed ballots could take at least one additional day, and maybe three days.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Cole said that since mail-order ballots cannot begin counting, results may not be released until tomorrow.
Trump described what was reported by the Axios website as a "liar", but added: "I do not think it is fair that we have to wait a long time after the elections," stressing that the Republicans will send lawyers to address any delay in the results.
Republicans believe that most election cards sent by mail are in the interest of Democratic candidate Joe Biden, and Trump has said repeatedly that late votes that are not counted on Election Day will be suspicious and possibly fraudulent.
But he did not provide any evidence to support what he said.
Grant Woods, a former Arizona attorney general and a member of the advisory board for the "Futur Protection Project," described the persistent claim of possible election fraud as a "myth."
"This has become the republican version of Bigfoot, the mythical creature that many have heard of, but no one has proven itself," Woods said.
He continued: «The voters will decide this matter, not the politicians.
Nobody will steal this election. ”
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel:
"We will not allow anyone to steal this election."
Sorting electoral cards, sent by mail, may take an additional day or more.
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