Doubt, 'fraud' and lawsuits Result likely to be contested

Donald Trump has left little doubt that he will contest the results of the election if he loses.

- Sam Levine

Election lawyers and voting rights experts are bracing for an aggressive effort in the days after the election to challenge the results while votes are still being counted. But unlike 2020, when Trump's effort seemed haphazard, experts say they're seeing a much more organized effort that stretches from the courts to local groups organizing election deniers to work the polls.

Here are the key ways Trump is preparing to contest the 2024 vote:

Seeding doubt about fraud

For months, Trump and his allies have been spreading the false idea that there is fraud that will affect the election. On the campaign trail, Trump has seized on a report that officials in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, are investigating a batch of 2,500 voter registration applications for possible fraud. The district attorney has said that investigators have discovered some fraudulent applications, but has not said how many or the nature of the fraud. Trump has distorted that limited information to claim that there are fraudulent votes. "They've already started cheating, 2,600 votes... Every vote was written by the same person. It must be a coincidence," he said at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, last Tuesday.