Election chaos looms: Potential court battles over vote count

The prospect of such a closely contested race for the White House worries many Americans because they don't want a repeat of past years when conspiracy theories emerged that the voting was unfair. The longer the vote counting lasts, the greater the chance that the entire process will begin to be questioned.

American media, political observers, and politicians are already preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump and his supporters—if the result is not known quickly or if it is unfavorable to him—will, as in 2020, launch a wide-ranging effort to challenge the results.

There are many indications that the fight for the presidency may continue long after the elections.

Experts point out that if Kamala Harris wins, Donald Trump's team may flood the courts with lawsuits claiming that Harris should not have been a candidate.

There are already voices suggesting that Donald Trump and his team will challenge the very appointment of Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party candidate. As we remember, Joe Biden withdrew after the delegate-level elections and before the Democratic convention in Chicago. The situation is unprecedented because Kamala Harris is the first in 200 years to be a presidential candidate of the United States who did not win the primaries, explains Prof. Łukasz Korporowicz from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Łódź in an interview with the Polish Press Agency.

In his opinion, there is a clear legal gap here. There are no regulations that would directly explain whether this is permissible.

Przemysław Piotr Damski from the Faculty of International and Political Studies at UŁ points out that, paradoxically, the Republican storm surrounding Joe Biden's alleged resignation benefited the Democrats.

— They remained in the media all the time. There was talk about the Democratic candidate and pressure for a change, and when that change occurred, the campaign flourished with optimism and freshness. Harris breathed new life into the campaign. The echoes of Barack Obama's earlier election campaign resonate here, and the introduction of the former president to support Kamala Harris only strengthened her appeal among those who remember Obama's positive message—the famous "Yes, we can"—emphasized Dr. Damski.

He points out that, as polls indicate, the elections are so close that it's impossible to predict their outcome or responsibly name a favorite or even a campaign leader.

— In polls, one candidate leads one moment, then the other, but these are all results within the statistical margin of error. In the American legal system, saying that one of the presidential candidates has a 1 percentage point lead in the polls is a misunderstanding, emphasizing the expert.