< strong>The prosecutor's office in Philadelphia failed to stop the billionaire from the technology sector and an outspoken supporter of Trump Elon Musk from continuing the controversial lottery with the distribution of 1 million dollars to voters, reported DPA, quoted by BTA.
A request for an injunction against the distribution of $1 million was rejected by a Pennsylvania judge, US media reported.
The court decision is largely symbolic, as the daily distribution of $1 million to one voter each day ends on Tuesday, Election Day, DPA noted.
Musk had announced that until Election Day he would give away $1 million a day to one registered voter in states where the race is particularly contested.
The billionaire handed out the first $1 million checks in the state of Pennsylvania, which could prove to be particularly important because it has 19 electoral votes. 270 electoral votes are needed to win the presidential election.
The head of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Jen Easterly, said the agency she oversees has received no evidence of any activity that could have directly affected the outcome of the election, despite the sharp increase in cases of disinformation, reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
She added that the 2024 presidential election faced "unprecedented" amount of disinformation from foreign adversaries.
The US has warned that Russia and other countries intend to spread divisive narratives ahead of the election, a charge Moscow denies.
Last week, authorities in the state of Georgia described a fake video circulating online of a Haitian immigrant with multiple IDs claiming to have voted multiple times as "targeted disinformation." In a statement, senior US intelligence officials linked the video to Russia.
According to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, it is highly likely that foreign disinformation efforts will continue in the weeks and months after the election - until January 6 of next year.
The U.S. Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Georgia ruled yesterday that Cobb, the state's third-largest county, cannot extend the deadline for counting about 3,000 absentee ballots that were mailed in late. before election day, reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
The agency notes that this court decision will benefit the Republican National Committee and its presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
Siding with Republicans, the Georgia Supreme Court overturned a state judge's decision to extend the deadline until Friday in Cobb County, which is located in the suburbs of the state capital, Atlanta. The court ruled that only ballots received by 7:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday (12:00 a.m. GMT on Wednesday) could be counted.
Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit last week to extend the deadline, alleging Cobb County violated state law by failing to mail about 3,000 absentee ballots on time. County election officials said they have been inundated with a spike in requests for such ballots.
The Republican National Committee opposed the suit, arguing that an extension would violate state law.
"Election day is election day, not the week after," Michael Watley, chairman of the Republican National Committee, wrote on social networks.
Cobb County is a large and racially diverse area in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. The district voted in the 2020 election for Democrat Joe Biden, who then defeated Trump by 14 points. In the last election, Biden won the state of Georgia.