在选举日的最后倒计时中，共和党人向关键的战场州投入了大量资源，为法律斗争做准备这可能决定2020年总统大选的结果选举据共和党官员和熟悉法律策略的消息人士称，目前正在敲定选举后诉讼和可能的重新计票计划。
一名共和党官员表示，共和党已在全国各地部署了5万名志愿者、律师和工作人员，主要是在总统竞选的各州，以支持他们的选举日行动。
“他们在那里是为了确保透明度，观察投票和计票过程的能力，”一名共和党官员周五在与记者的电话中说。“所以这就是为什么这些人在那里是为了确保法律得到遵守，确保我们的选民不会被阻止。确保每一张合法的选票都被计算在内。”
宾夕法尼亚州、明尼苏达州、北卡罗来纳州、内华达州和佛罗里达州等州的数十名律师正在为一连串可能在选举日或接下来几天进行的法律战做准备。共和党官员说，他们一直在为潜在的重新计票做准备，从各种国务卿办公室涌入选举法规和冗长的指导文件。
特朗普法律团队的一名消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，“已经在全国各地部署了完整的法律团队，最高法院的一个团队已经做好了必要的准备。”
总统唐纳德·特朗普他告诉记者，他希望法院在选举日之后停止计票。
总统周三表示:“希望在11月3日之后，剩下的几个想花很多时间清点选票的州不会被各种法院允许，因为正如你所知，我们在法庭上是这样做的。”
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本周，最高法院表示不会批准选举前审查宾夕法尼亚州计划接受在选举日之后三天到达的选票，只要它们在选举日之前加盖邮戳——这是该州民主党在一个问题上的重大胜利，这个问题已经成为全国各州诉讼的焦点。
但共和党人表示，该裁决允许在选举后重新讨论这个问题，如果有必要的话，他们知道该州的法律斗争远未结束。
一名共和党官员表示:“我们已经向宾夕法尼亚州部署了数十人，以监控那里的局势。”。“现在是问题的中心。”
宾夕法尼亚州和其他州一样，特朗普的团队处于边缘地位。熟悉竞选数据的消息人士私下承认，竞争将非常激烈，一位消息人士预测，竞争可能会在10，000票以内。
共和党官员表示，他们试图在选举日之后几天发动的任何可能的法律斗争都将被隔离到那些此类挑战可能使该州偏向特朗普的州。
“我认为如果...这位官员说:“胜率不取决于这些可能有问题的选票，很有可能你不会看到任何诉讼。”
“但如果真的很接近，坦率地说，这些东西——这些选票——将成为争论的焦点。”
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特朗普和前副总统乔·拜登周三在北卡罗来纳州和美国最高法院也陷入了激烈的竞争拒绝了共和党的请求阻止州选举委员会将邮寄投票截止日期延长六天。
特朗普对这一裁决不满，周五在推特上表示，这一决定“疯狂，对我们的国家非常不利。”
“你能想象在这九天里会发生什么吗，”他写道。"选举应该在11月3日结束。"
在另一个战场州——威斯康星州，美国最高法院拒绝绿灯由于流感大流行，下级法院法官下令延长6天。
在明尼苏达州第八巡回上诉法院裁定地方官员必须在选举日晚上8点前收到缺席选票才能进行计票。
“宪法没有流行病例外，”法院周四晚上裁定。
明尼苏达州的国务卿史蒂夫·西蒙认为因为冠状病毒大流行-和大量的缺席选票要求-选票应该被计算，只要他们在选举日邮戳，并在七天内收到。
Republicans prepare for post-Election Day legal fights in battleground states
In the final countdown to Election Day, Republicans have surged resources to key battleground states,gearing up for legal battlesthat could decide the outcome of the 2020 presidentialelection, and are in the process of finalizing plans for post-election litigation and potential recounts, according to Republican officials and sources familiar with the legal strategy.
Republicans have deployed 50,000 volunteers, attorneys and staff across the country -- primarily in presidential battleground states -- to support their Election Day operations, according to a GOP official.
"They're there to focus on ensuring transparency, the ability to observe the voting and counting processes," a Republican official said during a call with reporters Friday. "So that's really why these folks are there is to make sure the law's being followed, make sure that our voters aren't being prevented. Make sure that every lawful vote is counted."
Dozens of lawyers are in states such as Pennsylvania, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nevada and Florida in preparation for a barrage of legal battles that could be mounted on Election Day or in the following days. They have been prepping for potential recounts, pouring through election statutes and lengthy guidance documents from various secretary of state offices, Republican officials said.
"There are full legal teams already deployed across the country and a Supreme Court team is ready should it become necessary," a source on the Trump legal team told ABC News.
PresidentDonald Trumptold reporters that he's hopeful the courts will stop ballots from being counted post-Election Day.
"Hopefully, the few states remaining that want to take a lot of time after Nov. 3 to count ballots, that won't be allowed by the various courts because, as you know, we're in courts on that," the president said Wednesday.
This week, the Supreme Court said itwould not grant a pre-election reviewon Pennsylvania's plan to accept ballots that arrive up to three days after Election Day, as long as they are postmarked by Election Day -- a major win for Democrats in the state on an issue that has become the center point for litigation in battleground states around the country.
But Republicans say the ruling allowed for the issue to be reopened after the election, if necessary and they know the legal fight in the state is far from over.
"We already have dozens of people deployed to Pennsylvania to monitor the situation there," a Republican official said. "It's the epicenter right now for problems."
Pennsylvania -- among other states -- has Trump's team on edge. Sources familiar with the campaign data privately concede the race will be extremely tight, with one source predicting it could come within 10,000 votes.
Republican officials said that any likely legal battles they try to mount in the days after Election Day will be isolated to states where such challenges could swing the state in Trump's favor.
"I think that if ... the margin of victory is not sort of dependent on these ballots that may be questionable, there's a good chance you won't see any litigation," the official said.
"But if it's really close, to be frank, these things -- these ballots -- are going to become a point of contention."
Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are also locked in a close contest in North Carolina and on Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Courtdenied a GOP requestto block a six-day extension of the mail ballot deadline, which was imposed by the state board of elections.
Trump, unhappy with the ruling, tweeted on Friday that the decision "is CRAZY and so bad for our Country."
"Can you imagine what will happen during that nine day period," he wrote. "The Election should END on November 3rd."
In Wisconsin, another battleground state, the U.S. Supreme Courtrefused to green lighta six-day extension ordered by a lower court judge because of the pandemic.
And in Minnesota, the8th Circuit Court of Appealsruled that absentee ballots will need to be received by local officials by 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted.
"There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution," the court ruled Thursday evening.
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon had argued that because of thecoronaviruspandemic -- and the high number of absentee ballots requested -- that ballots should be counted as long as they were postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days.
