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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Martin Belam

First Thing: ‘Counting window’ seen as high-risk time for Trump to cast doubt on midterm results

Donald Trump at the Republican national midterm convention.
Donald Trump at the Republican national midterm convention in Dallas this month. Photograph: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images

Good morning. Election experts have warned that Donald Trump’s administration could use the crucial hours and days after November’s midterm elections to disrupt the results after struggling to enforce the crackdown it wanted on voting.

After a succession of court setbacks to plans to restrict voting access, and with less than six weeks remaining until polls close, the post-election “counting window” is being seen as a particularly vulnerable moment by former US federal government officials.

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