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Towards the end of a historic day in the US, from bad weather to bomb threats
2024-11-05 23:34:31 / BOTA
Election Day voting went largely smoothly across the country on Tuesday with only sporadic reports of delays due to extreme weather, printing errors on ballots and technical problems.
Most of the problems reported by midday were "expected, routine developments that had been dealt with," Cait Conley, senior adviser to the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, said at a news conference. She said the agency was not currently tracking any incidents at the national level or of a significant nature that could affect election security.
In the swing state of Pennsylvania, early reports that Republican observers were barred from some polling places were swiftly resolved. A Pennsylvania state judge ordered polls to stay open an extra two hours in Cambria County, which voted 68% for former President Donald Trump in 2020. The county requested the extension after a malfunction in the program The electronic outage affected the ballot scanning machines, although county officials confirmed that no voters had left the polls and said all ballots will be counted.
Another technical glitch at City Hall in Champaign, Illinois, as well as electronic problems in Louisville, Kentucky, also delayed voting, but those problems were quickly fixed and voting resumed. In Maricopa, Arizona, a polling place was delayed opening after an election worker forgot to take the key with him.
In Missouri, flooding made access to one polling place in the St. Louis area difficult. Louis. However, in various rain-affected states, voters enthusiastically gathered under umbrellas as they waited in queues to cast their votes.
"We're going to be like postal workers: in rain, snow or sleet," voter Mary Roszkowski said after casting her ballot in Racine, Wisconsin, as the wind whipped raindrops into her face.
In Maine, at least three high schools serving as polling locations faced false reports of gunshots, but voting continued without interruption after police confirmed the calls were hoaxes. In Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said there were several reported bomb threats near polling places, but all were deemed not credible and authorities were investigating.
The FBI on Tuesday afternoon said it was aware of numerous non-credible bomb threats near polling places in several states and said many of them appeared to originate from email addresses used by Russians.
Një aspekt që ndihmoi për mbarëvajtjen e votimit në ditën e zgjedhjeve ishte fakti se dhjetëra miliona amerikanë kishin hedhur paraprakisht me postë votat e tyre. Ndër ta ishin një numër rekord votuesish në Xhorxhia, Karolinën e Veriut dhe shtete të tjera të fushëbetejës që mund të përcaktojnë fituesin.
Që nga e marta, gjurmimi nga agjencia e lajmeve Associated Press i votimit paraprak në mbarë vendin tregoi se mbi 82 milionë vota ishin hedhur tashmë - pak më shumë se gjysma e numrit të përgjithshëm të votave në zgjedhjet presidenciale katër vite më parë. Kjo është nxitur pjesërisht nga votuesit republikanë, të cilët votuan me postë në një shkallë më të lartë se në zgjedhjet e mëparshme, pas një fushate nga ish-Presidenti Trump dhe Komiteti Kombëtar Republikan për t’iu kundërvënë avantazhit të demokratëve në votimin e hershëm.
Votimi i hershëm dhe me postë vazhdoi pa probleme të mëdha, përveç disa defekteve tipike që priten në çdo zgjedhje. Këtu përfshihen pjesët e Karolinës së Veriut të goditura muajin e kaluar nga Uragani Helene. Zyrtarët e zgjedhjeve shtetërore dhe vendore, duke përfituar nga ndryshimet e bëra nga legjislatura e kontrolluar nga republikanët, bënë një përpjekje të jashtëzakonshme për t’u siguruar që banorët të mund të votonin, ndërsa përballeshin me ndërprerjet e energjisë elektrike, mungesën e ujit dhe rrugët e përmbytura. Kjo duket se vazhdoi të martën, ndërsa Bordi i Zgjedhjeve i Karolinës së Veriut nuk raportoi asnjë problem votimi.
Përveç uraganeve në Karolinën e Veriut dhe në Florida, ndërprerjet më shqetësuese të sezonit zgjedhor deri më tani ishin sulmet me zjarrvënie që dëmtuan fletët e votimit në dy kutitë e mbledhjes së votave pranë kufirit të shteteve Oregon dhe Washington. Autoritetet po bënin kërkime për të gjetur personin përgjegjës.
Mungesa e problemeve të rëndësishme dhe të përhapura nuk e ka ndalur kandidatin republikan Donald Trump dhe Komitetin Kombëtar Republikan, të bëjnë pretendime të shumta për manipulime ose ndërhyrje në zgjedhje gjatë periudhës së votimit të hershëm, një prelud i mundshëm i sfidave ligjore që mund të bëhen pas zgjedhjeve.
Ish-Presidenti Trump dhe republikanët gjithashtu kanë paralajmëruar për mundësinë që demokratët po rekrutojnë në masë jonënshtetas për të votuar, një pretendim që ata e kanë bërë pa prova dhe që bie ndesh me të dhënat, përfshirë edhe nga sekretarët republikanë të shteteve. Hulumtimet kanë treguar vazhdimisht se është i rrallë fenomeni i joshtetasve që regjistrohen për të votuar. Çdo person joshtetas që e bën këtë, përballet me mundësinë e padisë për vepër penale dhe dëbimin nga vendi.
Një rast votimi i një joshtetasi u kap gjatë votimit të hershëm muajin e kaluar dhe rezultoi në akuza penale në Miçigan, pasi një student nga Kina mori pjesë në mënyrë të kundraligjshme në votimin e hershëm.
This is the first presidential election since Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden four years ago and began various attempts to overturn the result and stay in power. This culminated in the January 6, 2021 violent attack on the United States Capitol to stop the certification of the results after former President Trump told his supporters to "fight non-stop".
Even now, a solid majority of Republicans believe former President Trump's claim that President Biden was not legitimately elected, despite inspections, audits and recounts in battleground states that almost all confirmed Mr. Biden's victory. A poll last month by the Associated Press news agency's NORC Center for the Study of Public Affairs showed that Republicans remain far more skeptical than Democrats that their votes will be counted accurately this year.
Seeking to rebuild voter confidence in a system under attack from unsubstantiated claims of widespread manipulation, Republican lawmakers in more than 12 states since 2020 have enacted new voting restrictions. These rules include shortening the deadlines to apply for or submit a mail-in ballot, reducing the number of boxes available for collecting mail-in ballots, and adding identification document requirements.
In the final weekend before Election Day, former President Trump continued to claim the election was being rigged against him and said the winner should be announced on election night, before all the ballots are counted.
Vice President Kamala Harris urged voters not to fall prey to former President Trump's tactics to cast doubt on the election. The Democratic candidate told supporters at a weekend rally in Michigan that the tactic was meant to suggest to people "that if they vote, their vote won't matter." Instead, she asked people who had already voted to encourage their friends to do the same.
During four years of unsubstantiated claims and conspiracy theories surrounding the vote, local election officials have faced harassment and even death threats. This has encouraged high turnout and increased security measures for election offices and polling stations, including the installation of alarm buttons and bulletproof glass.
While there have been no major reports of any malicious cyber activity against election offices, foreign actors have been active in using fake social media profiles and fake websites to promote partisan gerrymandering and disinformation. In recent weeks, US intelligence officials have attributed to Russia numerous fake videos alleging election manipulation in US states.
In the run-up to Election Day, they issued a joint statement with federal law enforcement agencies warning that Russia in particular was ramping up its influence operations, including in ways that could incite violence, and that they expected to continue their efforts as well. after the votes had been cast.
Jen Easterly, the nation's top election security official, urged Americans to rely on state and local election officials for information about the election.
"This is especially important as we are in an election cycle with an unprecedented amount of disinformation, including disinformation that is being aggressively disseminated and amplified by our foreign adversaries on a greater scale than ever before," she said. "We cannot allow our opponents from other countries to have a vote in our democracy"./ VOA
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