U.S. President-elect Donald Trump renewed Sunday his unsubstantiated allegations of vote fraud in the election he won earlier this month.
He wrote in Twitter that he would have defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the nationwide popular vote "if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally." Four hours later, he called into question the results in three states he lost to Clinton on November 8.
"Serious voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California -- so why isn't the media reporting on this? Serious bias -- big problem!"
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla called Trump's latest statements Sunday "baseless and counterproductive," and said Trump was acting irresponsibly.
Trump in recent days also criticized an effort by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, later joined by Clinton's campaign, to call for a recount of the vote in the state of Wisconsin, which Trump narrowly won.
The state must meet a federal deadline of December 13 to complete the recount.