前副总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)的竞选团队正在扩大其法律业务，预计今年秋天将在投票问题上展开激烈的斗争，两名前美国总律师和其他高级律师将监督可能演变成激烈的争夺结果十一月的投票。
这种增长是在一系列问题面前出现的选举全国各地的官员准备在全球变暖的背景下进行今年的选举流行病当总统唐纳德·特朗普继续传播关于邮寄投票中普遍欺诈的错误信息。
“几个月来，拜登总统竞选团队一直在悄悄地建立一个大规模的选举保护计划——这是总统竞选史上最大的一次，”拜登竞选顾问在谈到新的法律扩张时说。他补充说，该计划涉及综合的法律、通信和政治战略，以确保司法机构做好适当准备，应对举行安全的面对面投票带来的挑战，并打击关于通过邮件投票的错误信息。
2020年9月14日，在特拉华州威尔明顿举行的初选中，民主党总统候选人乔·拜登提前投票后离开特拉华州大厦。
拜登竞选团队还表示，法律团队将专注于对他们视为压制选民的活动做出“积极”回应，并将包括识别和反击外国干涉以及来自外国或国内来源的错误信息的强大项目。
周一宣布的新行动将由拜登竞选团队的总法律顾问达纳·雷穆斯(Dana Remus)和前白宫法律顾问鲍勃·鲍尔(Bob Bauer)负责，鲍勃·鲍尔在夏天加入了竞选团队，并参与了拜登副总统人选的审查过程。
法律团队还包括前律师唐纳德·韦里利将军和沃尔特·德林杰，他们将监督竞选的国家诉讼团队。珀金斯·科伊律师事务所(Perkins Coie)的另一个小组将由著名的选举律师马克·埃利亚斯(Marc Elias)领导，重点关注各州的选民准入问题，并确保准确的计票。
根据拜登的竞选活动，美国前司法部长埃里克·霍尔德(Eric Holder)也将加入法律团队，领导一项旨在“与所有投票权利益攸关方广泛互动”的沟通行动。
2019年4月3日，美国前司法部长小埃里克·霍尔德在纽约举行的全国行动网络大会上发言。
这一领导结构将监督由数百名律师组成的竞选国家诉讼团队，该团队一直在与全国各州的数千名律师合作保护选民。
拜登一直对特朗普总统试图消除对美国选举制度的不信任表示担忧，周一，他在家乡特拉华州的初选中提前投票后，再次提出了这一担忧。
当被问及是否有信心在11月的选举中清点所有选票时，拜登在威尔明顿的一个投票站外对记者说:“我相信特朗普会努力做到这一点，但我相信美国公众会坚持下去。”。
民主党总统候选人乔·拜登在特拉华州威尔明顿的特拉华州初选投票后，与妻子吉尔走出州政府大楼。，2020年9月14日。
特朗普总统声称，在没有证据的情况下，邮件投票的增加将导致广泛的选民欺诈，他最近鼓励战场州北卡罗来纳州的选民尝试投票两次，一次是通过邮件，然后是亲自投票，以测试该州投票系统的准确性。
“在选举中投票两次是非法的，”北卡罗来纳州选举委员会执行主任卡伦·布林森·贝尔在一份声明中写道，以回应总统的评论。
拜登竞选团队扩大法律团队的消息是首次报告纽约时报。
Biden campaign expands legal team in preparation for voting fight in November
Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign is expanding its legal operation in anticipation of a major fight over voting this fall, bringing on two former U.S. solicitors general and other top attorneys to oversee what could devolve into a fiercebattle over the resultsof November's vote.
The build-out comes as a slew of issues confrontelectionofficials nationwide as they prepare to conduct this year's election amid a globalpandemicand while PresidentDonald Trumpcontinues to spread misinformation about widespread fraud in mail-in voting.
"For months, the Biden for President campaign has been quietly building a massive election protection program--the largest in presidential campaign history," a Biden campaign adviser said of the new legal expansion. He added that the program involves integrated legal, communications and political strategies to ensure that jurisdictions are properly prepared to handle the challenges that come with holding safe in-person voting and also to combat misinformation about voting via mail.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden departs the Delaware State Building after early voting in the state's primary election on Sept. 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Del.
The Biden campaign also said that the legal team will focus on an "aggressive" response to activity they view as voter suppression and will also include robust programs for identifying and countering foreign interference and misinformation from foreign or domestic sources.
The new operation announced on Monday will be helmed by Dana Remus, the Biden campaign's general counsel, and Bob Bauer, a former White House Counsel who joined the campaign over the summer and was involved in the vetting process for Biden's vice presidential selection.
The legal team also includes former solicitors general Donald Verrilli and Walter Dellinger, who will oversee the campaign's national litigation team. A separate group at the law firm of Perkins Coie will be led by prominent election lawyer Marc Elias and will focus on state-by-state voter access issues and ensuring an accurate vote count.
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will also have a roll on the legal team, leading a communications operation aiming to "interact broadly with all stakeholders in voting rights," per the Biden campaign.
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. speaks during the National Action Network Convention in New York, April 3, 2019.
This leadership structure will oversee a pre-existing team of hundreds of lawyers on the campaign's national litigation team that has been working with thousands of lawyers in states across the country on voter protection.
Biden has consistently raised concerns about President Trump's attempts to sew distrust in the American electoral system, doing so again on Monday after he voted early in his home state of Delaware's down-ballot primary.
"I have confidence that Trump will try and not have that happen, but I'm confident the American public's going to insist on it," Biden told reporters outside a polling location in Wilmington when asked if he has confidence that all votes will be counted in November's election.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden walks out of the state building with his wife Jill, after voting in the Delaware state primary in Wilmington, Del., on Sept. 14, 2020.
President Trump has claimed, without evidence, that an uptick in mail votes will lead to widespread voter fraud, and he has recently encouraged voters in the battleground state of North Carolina to attempt to vote twice, once by mail and then again in person, to test the veracity of the state's voting system.
"It is illegal to vote twice in an election," Karen Brinson Bell, the executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, wrote in a statement in response to the President's comments.
News of the Biden campaign's expansion of their legal team wasfirst reportedby the New York Times.
