Trump Campaign Sues To Stop Pennsylvania Vote Count

Last updated at 8:18 p.m.

PENNSYLVANIA — President Donald Trump's campaign on Wednesday sued to stop the counting of votes in Pennsylvania.

The campaign says it's suing to halt the counting of votes over concerns about "transparency," attempting to intervene in existing Supreme Court litigation over Pennsylvania's three-day extension for mail-in ballots and filing suit to challenge an extension of the deadline for mail-in and absentee voters to provide proof identification.

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"This is the most important election of our lifetime, and President Trump made clear our path forward last night: Ensure the integrity of the nation for the good of the nation," Trump deputy campaign manager Justin Clark said in a news release.

Clark said that that the campaign is “suing to stop Democrat election officials from hiding the ballot counting and processing from our Republican poll observers.” According to Clark, the campaign seeks “to temporarily halt counting until there is meaningful transparency and Republicans can ensure all counting is done above board and by the law.”

The campaign did not immediately make available copies of the litigation it has filed. There have been no reports of fraud or any type of ballot concerns out of Pennsylvania. State officials said more than 3.1 million mail-in ballots were cast, and they can be counted up until Friday if they were postmarked by Nov. 3.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf condemned the Trump campaign's actions.

“Pennsylvania is going to count every vote and make sure that everyone has their voice heard," he said in a news release. "Pennsylvania is going to fight every single attempt to disenfranchise voters and continue to administer a free and fair election."

The Trump campaign also sued to stop the vote count in Michigan, another battleground state in which there is no declared winner.

The moves came as Democratic nominee Joe Biden inched closer on Wednesday to the 270 Electoral Votes needed to capture the presidency. After various news outlets declared Biden the winner in Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday, Biden appears to have 253 Electoral College votes to Trump's 213.

Trump currently is leading in Pennsylvania.

Trump has 3,188,778 votes to Biden's 2,987,385 as of just after 8 p.m., according to the Associated Press. A large amount of mail-in ballots still must be counted, and those mail-in ballots are expected to heavily favor Biden.

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