Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to take up a lawsuit against Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, claiming that there are voting irregularities in each state that still require investigation.
The Supreme Court has already rejected a separate request to block certification of Pennsylvania's election results which CNN legal expert Steve Vladeck said is a signal the court may not want to get involved in election-related disputes.
The filing from Texas contains numerous false claims of voter fraud, most of which have been repeatedly touted by President Donald Trump and his allies. Here's a look at several of those claims.
The filing cites witness claims of "mysterious late night dumps of thousands of ballots at tabulation centers" as an example of the alleged "rampant lawlessness" present throughout the election process.
Facts First: There's nothing inherently suspicious or mysterious about large batches of votes being reported late at night or even after Election Day.
According to the filing, video shows "poll watchers being blocked from entering vote counting centers—despite even having a court order to enter."
Facts First: There is no evidence supporting claims that poll watchers were shut out of the process. There have been some instances where poll workers did not understand the rules but for the most part, registered poll watchers have been allowed at polling places.
The filing says there is video of "suitcases full of ballots being pulled out from underneath tables after poll watchers were told to leave."
Facts First: The brief is likely referring to viral video footage of a ballot counting location in Fulton County, Georgia. After a review of the footage, state and county officials determined the events in the video were part of the normal process, not fraud. Though observers weren't present at the time captured in the video, there was no announcement made telling them to leave, according to Fulton County Elections Director Richard Barron. And the objects pulled from under the table were ballot bins, not suitcases, according to election officials.
The brief also suggests that a "glitch" occurred in Michigan, implying that Dominion voting machines were possibly at fault.
"In Michigan, which also employed the same Dominion voting system," the brief says, "on November 4, 2020, Michigan election officials have admitted that a purported 'glitch' caused 6,000 votes for President Trump to be wrongly switched to Democrat Candidate Biden."
Facts First: There was no technical glitch. It was human error and the issue was corrected and never affected the official vote total, according to state election officials.
Under a section titled "Facts," the brief claims "Absentee and mail-in voting are the primary opportunities for unlawful ballots to be cast" and suggest the expansion of mail-in voting in the election played a role in creating "a massive opportunity for fraud."
The insinuation -- that mail-in ballots are potentially rife with fraud -- is one of the main themes touched upon throughout the lawsuit.
Facts First: Election experts have told CNN time and again that mail-in ballots are a safe form of voting and not subject to widespread fraud. There have been no reports from state election officials of either party of widespread voter fraud from mail-in ballots.
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