Election 2020: Lawyers vs. more lawyers

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🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

There are just over two weeks until Nov. 3. Election-related lawsuits are flooding the courts, but the army of lawyers filing cases shows little sign of stopping. And a conversation with a pro-Trump Muslim voter.

People are voting early across the country, but courts are facing an unprecedented number of election cases. Martine Powers and Post Reports producer Reena Flores explore the various election cases before the court, the lawyering-up by both parties, and how that can play a role in the election and people’s ability to vote.

Mike Hacham is a 27-year-old businessman in Detroit. Hacham, who is Muslim, says he plans to cast his vote for Trump for a second time despite the president’s anti-Muslim rhetoric. “Anything that hurts my people, I'm totally against,” he tells “Post Reports” producer Linah Mohammad. “But also, we cannot just judge a person on that aspect.”

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:05.0	Hi, good afternoon. This is Tulu, Aurora Niko with the Washington Post.
0:09.0	Hi, this is Amy Britton calling you in the post.
0:12.0	This is Peter J. Listen from the Washington Post.
0:14.0	This is Post Reports. I'm Martine Powers.
0:18.0	It's Monday, October 19th.
0:24.0	Today, a guide to the most litigated election yet.
0:28.0	And what it's like to be a Muslim Trump supporter.
0:38.0	Hi, Michaela.
0:40.0	Hi, Reena. How's it going?
0:42.0	It's good. How are you?
0:43.0	Good, good. Thank you so much for taking the time.
0:46.0	For the past couple of weeks, one of our producers, Reena Flores,
0:49.0	has been looking into all the lawsuits related to the election.
0:53.0	Where they're happening, what they're arguing over, which voters they affect.
0:57.0	And in the process, she came across this website that lets lawyers become volunteers
1:03.0	to get involved in election-related legal battles.
1:06.0	One of the first listings here is for lawyers needed to volunteer
1:10.0	with the Arizona Rapid Response Legal Team.
1:13.0	In order to assure that every eligible voter can cast a ballot that is counted.
1:18.0	Michaela is a lawyer.
1:19.0	My live at San Francisco, California.
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