US braces for midterm elections turmoil amid legal challenges

Officials are preparing for recounts, contested elections and more litigation over United States midterm elections early next month [File: Charlie Riedel/AP Photo]

Election Day in the United States is 12 days away.

But in courtrooms across the country, efforts to sow doubt over the outcome have already begun, as more than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year around the November 8 elections.