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NEWTOWN, Pa.—About 90 minutes after his Republican opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz, told supporters that victory was still possible, ...

The vote count. why do they want to slow down the vote counting? because theyre going to claim that a slow vote count is a sign of fraud. so they simultaneously make it harder for states to count ballots quickly and then use the fact that its slow as a rationale to dispute those results. the second thing i think were going to see them do is gin up their base and try to, frankly, intimidate either directly or just atmospherically state and local election officials who are under a lot of stress on...

Variables. are you looking at the senate races and expecting lawsuits to be filed as an election strategy on the republican side? >> i do. look, i think the republican party learned something from 2020 which was that postelection litigation can do one thing for them, which is to create an environment of election deniers. but you cant do another thing, which is, you cant go into court with crazy theories involving dead venezuelan leaders and mythological sea creatures. what i think we are seeing ...

Again. i want to ask about the postelection legal shenanigans that you are prepared for and if there is another bucket of variables. are you looking at the senate races and expecting lawsuits to be filed as an election strategy on the republican side? >> i do. look, i think the republican party learned something from 2020 which was that postelection litigation can do one thing for them, which is to create an environment of election deniers. but you cant do another thing, which is, you cant go in...

Republican party learned something from 2020, which was that post-election litigation can do one thing for them, which is to create an environment of election deniers, but it cant do another thing, which is you cant go into court with crazy theories involving, you know, dead venezuelan leaders and mythological sea creature. so what i think were seeing republicans do in the leadup to election day is laying the predicate to do two things. number one, to try to slow down the vote count. why do they...

Slow in counting votes. let me introduce you to pennsylvania. thats really expected here. john fettermans campaign headquarters tonight is taking place pretty close to where we are right now. theyll be opening the doors soon and that election night event will take place in a couple hours. it could go long into the night. could be an early night. no idea. depends on how the vote counting goes. theres plenty of factors outstanding that could influence that. first off, the polls open here at 7:00 a...

Election night, republican votes may be heavier. by the time mail-in votes where democrats are heavier, the result will change, and of course we saw that. we saw president biden becoming president biden on saturday. so democrats yesterday warning of a red mirage too. and that is that tonight because of the mechanics of how votes are counted, republicans may look like theyre doing better than theyre doing. so this is part of the new attention to the mechanics of vote counting in these briefings. ...

Year. something like 300 election deniers are running for office as republicans across the country tonight. if they win, some of them could be in charge of how the next elections play out, whether vote totals are certified, whether winners are allowed to win, whether losers will have to acknowledge they lost. its that fundamental. when it comes to tonights vote, republicans are telling voters to be suspicious of whats expected to be a long ballot counting process in a lot of states particular we...

Which will be taken securely to a vote counting place tonight and be counted either tonight or tomorrow morning, according to election officials. kari lake was leading going into today. see if she can pull it off later tonight. georgias elections once again in the spotlight as early voting saw record turnout. this as republican herschel walker looks to unseat incumbent rafael warnock. aishah hasnie live in akworth, georgia. >> good afternoon to you. turnout has been pretty steady and smooth. we ...

Said. in the peach state, it could be weeks before we know the winner in that senate race because neither candidate gets 50% of the vote or more on tuesday it goes to that runoff. that would take place in december. also keep in mind you might see a red-to-blue shift here like we saw in 2020 as vote counting continues past election night. tonight, former president trump is lending his star power to the ohio senate candidate for republicans, j.d. vance. sources are telling cnn hes also discussin...