Election Officials Brace
for Large Turnout, Lawsuits as Polls Open.
Long lines are expected as voters head to the polls for the
2020 presidential election amidst a global pandemic.
At least one lawsuit has already been filed
in Pennsylvania, a battleground state.
Republicans filed the federal lawsuit contesting
how absentee ballots have been handled
in largely Democratic Montgomery County.
More lawsuits are expected in other battleground states, including Florida and Texas.
In conjunction with the Trump campaign,
the RNC intends to deploy Republican volunteers as poll watchers. .
Voting rights experts are keeping
close watch on the polls for
voter intimidation or suppression.
Nearly 100 million mail-in votes
have already been cast.
The unprecedented number
is equal to nearly three
quarters of the entire vote
tally of the 2016 election