Continue to follow the vote counting on cspan. Org election. Use our interactive Election Night map. See the results of every house and senate race and the current balance of power in congress. Watches statements from President Trump and joe biden as well as key victory and concession speeches and those from past elections. Find it all at cspan. Org electi on. Look at a headline from politico this morning. Victory the verge of after taking a lead in pennsylvania. If he wins pennsylvania, he would have enough Electoral College votes to win the presidency. Continues inso north carolina, arizona, nevada and alaska. And foxociated press news have called arizona for joe biden while other news organizations have not. Coming up in about 30 minutes, we will get you an update on the Election Results from georgia. We will have additional election updates throughout the day. Wehle. G us is kim she is a professor of law at the universe the baltimore. Thank you for your time. Guest thank you for ha
8002. U are unsure, 202748 you can text us at 2027488903. On twitter it is cspan. Wj. And facebook. It is republicans only for that question. We will open it up tomorrow for democrats only in our first hour of the program as well. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. One of those former supporters and fox opinion commentator opinion writer in the wall street journal. Bases his peace. The headline, this election result will not be overturned. Occasionally change margins in the hundreds but not in the tens of thousands. It has been an unsettling year, at deadly virus claimed almost a quarter million lives, a lockdown demolished personal routines and left us gasping for normality, a sudden deep depression snatched newfound prosperity for families, so why not finish out with a miscast election as the finale . Trump is that mr. Pursuing legal challenges in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, nevada, and there will be an automatic recount in georgia given bidens. 29 lead.
There are hundreds if not thousands of people on the front lines of democracy, this week, making it work for the rest of us. They are regular people and they are not committing fraud. That does not mean that they dont have errors along the way. The president is wrong to complain claim fraud. There is no evidence of that. No evidence that would actually show some affect on the Election Results. That would require a conspiracy of lots of people committing fraud together. It does not happen. Host what is the threshold of proof that has to be presented . Guest it is a criminal question. It is against the law in every state. You have to demonstrate, generally, for voting, that the person is impersonating a legitimate voter. So, again, an individual is not likely to commit that crime for the opportunity of voting in one election, knowing it will not actually change the outcome. For years, not just this particular administration, for years, there have been claims of voter fraud under george b
Wehle. She is a professor of law at the universe the baltimore. Thank you for your time. Guest thank you for having me. Host can we start with the president s claims about voter fraud . How would you analyze that . Guest voter fraud is a crime. It carries a fiveyear prison sentence under federal law, which is why it is really rare. I think there has been some confusion around voter fraud and just maladministration, mistakes that are made. There are hundreds if not thousands of people on the front lines of democracy, this week, making it work for the rest of us. They are regular people and they are not committing fraud. That does not mean that they dont have errors along the way. The president is wrong to complain claim fraud. There is no evidence of that. No evidence that would actually show some affect on the Election Results. That would require a conspiracy of lots of people committing fraud together. It does not happen. Host what is the threshold of proof that has to be presented .
We did not lose the principles of free and fair elections. So were working every day to defend the right of every american to participate in an election that they can trust and find legitimate. Host and youre funded by individual donors, by larger groups . Guest were a 501c3 nonprofit and we dont talk about donors. They respect their privacy, as do groups on all sides of the political spectrum. Host as you look at the president ial race, where are we now and how many legal challenges across the country has the Trump Campaign put forth . Guest well, there are a number of legal challenges that have been filed by the Trump Campaign or related entities, particularly targeting a few key states based on the results and what i presume to be a calculation about how they can get to 270 in the he leble college. Those states would be pennsylvania, michigan, arizona, nevada and georgia. Those seem to be getting the most attention. Most of these lawsuits, at least so far, focus on process questions