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ailsagirl

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Sun Nov 3, 2024, 06:36 PM Nov 3

Why it would be difficult for Trump to reverse the 2024 election results -- NBC [View all]

Donald Trump has ramped up his baseless accusations that Democrats are plotting to “cheat” or “steal” the election, raising fears that the former president is setting the stage for an attempt to overturn the result if Vice President Kamala Harris wins.

But any effort to derail the electoral process would run up against an array of new guardrails this time around, legal experts say, making it unlikely that any such attempt would succeed. The new protections include: an electoral law Congress passed in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection, recent court rulings, more vigilance from state election officials and more aggressive law enforcement by agencies determined to avoid a repeat of violent scenes from the U.S. Capitol four years ago.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/difficult-trump-reverse-2024-election-results-rcna177540

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