Constitutional expert lays out President Trump’s legal options
By Beau Zimmer
WTSP
Nov. 4, 2020
Excerpt
Stetson University constitutional law expert Louis Virelli has been following the election closely and had a strong reaction to the president’s statements.
“I think the nicest thing to say about it is that it was really disappointing,” Virelli said. “To accuse the elections officials of the country of presiding over a false election is a serious accusation that requires some evidence.”
That’s not to say that the Trump legal team can’t challenge the results.
“They can ask for a recount, they can challenge the legitimacy of certain ballots but they can’t stop anything in the sense that state election officials count the votes and it will be certified eventually sometime next week,” Virelli said, noting it’s the same process that happens every election. “What they can try to do is change the number of votes that are actually going to be certified and change them in a way that will result in them having more votes than their opponent. You would have to have some claim for why certain ballots were inappropriate.”
This article was originally published on the WTSP website on Nov. 4, 2020, with the headline, “Constitutional expert lays out President Trump’s legal options.”
Post date: Nov. 4, 2020
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