The election struggle intensifies in his last round… Trump attacks and doubts after the votes, Biden calls for unity, and a poll reveals the surprise

US President Donald Trump questioned the integrity of the US election again on Tuesday, saying it would be “inappropriate” to take extra time to mail-count tens of millions of ballot papers in his race against Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

While Trump, who is late in nationwide polls, questioned the vote by mail, Biden delivered a message of unity at two rallies in Georgia as he sought to conquer a traditionally pro-Republican region a week before the November 3 election.

Early mail or in-person voting topped 70 million on Tuesday, more than half of the total turnout in the 2016 election, according to the University of Florida’s US Election Project.

Americans are rushing to cast their votes in record numbers as they look to avoid the risk of contracting the Coronavirus.

Experts say the sheer volume of mail-in ballots – more than 46 million already cast ballots – could take days or weeks to be counted, which means the winner may not be announced on the night of Nov 3rd, when the polls close.

“It would be very appropriate and very nice for the winner to be announced on the 3rd of November instead of counting the ballot papers for two weeks, which is totally inappropriate and I don’t think this is permitted under the circumstances,” Trump told reporters at the White House before leaving for election rallies in three states Our laws”.

Trump has repeatedly indicated without evidence that an increase in mail-order voting would lead to increased fraud, although election experts say this is rare in a US election. 

Voting by mail is a long-standing feature of US elections and one in four voters cast their ballot in this way in the 2016 election.

Polls showed that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has increasingly strengthened his lead over Republican President Donald Trump in Michigan, but the two are still walking shoulder to shoulder in North Carolina.

Polling potential voters in six states – Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Florida and Arizona – that will play important roles in deciding whether Trump will win a second term in office or whether Biden will oust him.

A week before the Nov 3rd election, Biden has a national lead by 10 percentage points, according to polls.

The online national poll, conducted October 23-27, found that 52 percent of potential voters said they supported Biden, while 42 percent voted for Trump.