President
of the United States, Donald Trump has said his legal team will head to court
immediately after the US presidential election to challenge the counting of
late ballots.
Trump
made the statement on Sunday, November 1, when speaking to reporters in
Charlotte ahead of a rally in Hickory, North Carolina, The Guardian reported.
The
US president raised doubts over mail and absentee votes, and questioned why the
counting of late arriving ballots should be allowed after election day.
He
said vote counting after Tuesday, November 3, should not be allowed and raised
the possibility of challenging the issue in court.
Trump
said: “I think it’s a terrible thing when ballots can be collected after an
election. I think it’s a terrible thing when states are allowed to tabulate
ballots for a long period of time after the election is over.”
“As
soon as the election is over - we’re going in with our lawyers.”
In
another report, a survey has shown that the US president has many supporters in
Nigeria. The survey by Pew Research Centre suggested that 58% of people in
Nigeria said they have confidence in Trump.
The
support for Trump in Nigeria may come as a surprise because the US president
has been accused in the past of making negative comments about African
countries.
Meanwhile,
a report by Media Post stated that the political campaigns by the Democrats and
the Republicans across TV, radio, and digital have gulped a massive $8.15 billion.
Globaltipsgh.com
has taken a look at the financial cost of the electioneering process as
Americans head to the polls. Using the Naira-Dollar official rate by the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), N379/$1, $8.15 billion is about N3.1 trillion.
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