Trump campaign files election related lawsuit in Georgia

The Trump campaign and the Georgia Republican Party have filed a lawsuit in Georgia, marking the third suit the campaign has lodged in pivotal battleground states.

The suit has been lodged against the Chatham County Board of Elections, according to the Associated Press.

"President Trump and his team are fighting for the good of the nation to uphold the rule of law, and Georgia’s law is very clear: to legally count, mail ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day," a statement from Trump Deputy Campaign Manager and Senior Counsel Justin Clark said. "That’s still the law, even after Democrats sued earlier this year to extend the deadline and delay Election Day—President Trump and Republicans fought to uphold Georgia law, and we won."

"But today, a Republican poll observer in Georgia witnessed 53 late absentee ballots illegally added to a stack of on-time absentee ballots in Chatham County," the statement noted. "We will not allow Democrat election officials to steal this election from President Trump with late, illegal ballots. President Trump and the Georgia Republican Party have filed suit to require all Georgia counties to separate any and all late-arriving ballots from all legally cast ballots to ensure a free, fair election in which only legal, valid ballots count."