Election Officials Brace <br />for Large Turnout, Lawsuits as Polls Open.<br />Long lines are expected as voters head to the polls for the <br />2020 presidential election amidst a global pandemic.<br />At least one lawsuit has already been filed <br />in Pennsylvania, a battleground state.<br />Republicans filed the federal lawsuit contesting <br />how absentee ballots have been handled <br />in largely Democratic Montgomery County.<br />More lawsuits are expected in other battleground states, including Florida and Texas.<br />In conjunction with the Trump campaign, <br />the RNC intends to deploy Republican volunteers as poll watchers. .<br />Voting rights experts are keeping <br />close watch on the polls for <br />voter intimidation or suppression.<br />Nearly 100 million mail-in votes <br />have already been cast.<br />The unprecedented number <br />is equal to nearly three <br />quarters of the entire vote <br />tally of the 2016 election
