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Biden expressed surprise over celebrations across the country calling it an "outpouring of joy, of hope, renewed faith in tomorrow to bring another day." "I am humbled by the trust and confidence you have placed in me," Biden added.
He thanked his family and wise wife and mark having the honor of working with the first African American vice president who is also of Indian descent. “Don’t tell me it’s not possible in the United States of America,” Biden said.
For all those of you who voted for President Trump, I understand the disappointment tonight. Now let's give each other a chance. It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again: US President-elect Joe Biden
People of this nation have spoken, they delivered us a clear victory. A victory for, we the people. We have won with the most votes ever cast on presidential ticket in the history of the nation, 74 million: US President-elect Joe Biden
I pledged to be a president who does not seek to divide, but to unite: Joe Biden
Democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it. To guard it and never take it for granted. It takes sacrifice. But there is joy in it. And there is progress, because we, the people, have the power to build a better future," said Harris.
Protecting our democracy takes struggle, it takes sacrifice but there is joy & progress in it. Because we have the power to build a better future: Kamala Harris, US Vice President-elect.
When our very democracy was on the ballot in this election, with the very soul of America at stake, and the world watching, you ushered in a new day for America: Kamala Harris
Former US President Barrack Obama congratulates his 'friends' Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on being the next President and Vice President of the United States.
CNN, NBC News and CBS News called the race in his favor, after projecting he had won the decisive state of Pennsylvania.
Biden, 77, is the oldest candidate ever elected to the White House. Trump, 74, has made as yet unsubstantiated claims of massive voter fraud, and his campaign has launched legal challenges in several states.
AP declares Joe Biden as US President.
Joe Biden is also ahead in Arizona and Georgia -- two states that have not voted for Democrats in the 21st century -- as well as Nevada, while Trump held a slim lead in North Carolina.
Georgia said it was ordering a recount due to the narrow margin and the southern state will also have runoff races in January for both its Senate seats, which will likely determine if Democrats wrest control of the upper chamber and give Biden a wider path to legislative victories.
The US Office of Special Counsel has opened an investigation into allegations that the Trump campaign's use of the White House as an Election Day command center violated federal law, Democratic Representative Bill Pascrell said.
The White House denied any violation of the federal law. "Both the official activity of Administration officials, as well as any political activity undertaken by members of the Administration, are conducted in compliance with the Hatch Act," said spokesman Judd Deere.
Joe Biden's lead has grown inexorably in Pennsylvania, which would hand him the keys to the White House if he secures its 20 votes in the Electoral College that determines presidential races.
The Trump campaign has seized on the delay to demand a halt to counting in states where it is behind, notably Pennsylvania whose Republican Party approached the US Supreme Court.
Republicans had been fighting for months against allowing Pennsylvania to count ballots postmarked by Election Day if they arrive by Friday.
In Wisconsin, where Biden eked out a narrow victory in results made known by early Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that only votes received by Election Day would count.
Most states allow rival parties to observe counting but challenges on the rules have taken time, with Trump's supporters taking particular issue with Philadelphia's rule that watchers stay at least 15 feet (4.5 meters) away due to COVID-19 risks.
North Carolina has held off on counting at least 1,71,000 ballots -- which could make the difference -- as by law it accepts votes that arrive by mail through November 12 so long as they were postmarked by Election Day.
Nevada, which also has a tight race, will count ballots postmarked by Election Day so long as they arrive by November 10.
Also causing delays are provisional ballots, which are issued to voters if there is confusion about their registration and need verification.
With concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, states accustomed to limited numbers of absentee votes have been deluged with ballots mailed by citizens who do not want to risk voting in person.
Some 65.2 million of the record 160 million Americans who voted this year, did so by mail, according to an estimate of the US Elections Project.
In Pennsylvania, the Republican-led legislature rejected an effort to let authorities count ahead of Election Day, contributing to the scenario in which its biggest city Philadelphia -- a Democratic stronghold -- reported returns last.
Some places have unique factors delaying vote-counting such as Chatham County in tightly fought Georgia, where an election division and a registration board separately look at ballots.
Joe Biden echoes message of calm, unity as vote counts show him on the brink of win.
Joe Biden strengthens his lead over Donald Trump in 3 states, Georgia has called for a recount of votes.
Nevada - 22657
Arizona - 29861
Pennsylvania - 28833
Georgia - 7248(Source local TV media)
The Georgia state is planning to hold a recount of votes to settle the virtual tie between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The Democrat nominee is leading by just over 1,500 votes.
This is the longest Americans have had to wait than in any presidential election since 2000 to learn the winner, as officials methodically count a record number of mail-in ballots in Tuesday`s contest. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted many to avoid large groups of voters on Election Day.
Meanwhile, the United States once again broke its record for the highest number of new CPOVID-19 infections in a single day. More than 121,000 new cases were recorded.
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Donald Trump, the sitting US President, has staked claim to the office and has accused Democrat nominee Joe Biden of 'stealing' the election. Trump has raised questions about counting of votes in Georgia. Though his claims remain largely unsubstantiated. Read more here
“We’re on track to over 300 electoral college votes, and look at the national numbers. We’re on track with a clear majority behind us,” Joe Biden in his address from Delaware said.
Joe Biden urged people to maintain calm and unity. “We may be opponents, but we’re not enemies,” Biden said. “We’re Americans.”
He assured that he plans to make the coronavirus crisis a top priority if he takes office.
Joe Biden begins his address, said don’t have clear results yet, but 'we’re going to win this race', he urged patience.
Biden said. “We’re on track to over 300 electoral votes... I know watching these vote tallies can be very slow,” he said. But those numbers represent voters, he said, and their voice should be heard.
“One of the things I’m especially proud of is how well we’ve done across America,” Biden continued, citing his lead in red states of Arizona and Georgia.
It is not clear what Joe Biden will address in his speech tonight. Reporters are waiting at Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware – which had been staged for a speech from the Democrat nominee.
Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden is anticipated to make an address today but it remains unclear when that will be.
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A federal judge in Nevada dismissed another lawsuit from Republicans alleging vote irregularities, adding to the string of loss which experts consider to be long shots.
Nevada Republicans had sought to block the use of verification machine and wanted more observation access to ballot counting in Clark county, home of Nevada.
Democrat Joe Biden currently has 253 electoral college votes and Donald Trump has 214 electoral votes to his name. Biden needs to win just one state of the four that are counting their votes while Trump needs to win all four.
An update on US presidential election results:
In Arizona, Joe Biden’s lead is continues to narrow, Trump trails by 39,070 votes.
In Nevada, Biden is leading by 22,657.
In Pennsylvania, Biden is leading by 14,923 votes.
While in Georgia, Biden’s is ahead by 4,175.
Why is vote counting taking up so much time?
A large numbers of voters – about 68% of the total cast their ballots early, including by post, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now counting these postal votes is taking time as voter and witness signatures and addresses is being checked thoroughly before being fed into counting machines. Some states start that verification process much before the election day, meaning the count itself can get under way as soon as polls close.
US presidential elections are not won by the national popular vote. The winner has to collect the state's electoral college votes – and needs a total of 270 to take the White House.
As Biden inched closer to triumph, he was expected to address the nation on Friday evening, according to two people familiar with his plans. That may be a victory speech, given that his aides say Biden appears on the cusp of winning.
Biden has a 253 to 214 lead in the state-by-state Electoral College vote that determines the winner, according to Edison Research. Winning Pennsylvania`s 20 electoral votes would put the former vice president over the 270 he needs to secure the presidency. Biden would also win the election if he takes two of the three other key states where he held narrow leads on Friday: Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. Like Pennsylvania, all three were still processing ballots on Friday.
Democrat Joe Biden stood on the verge of winning the U.S. presidency on Friday, as he expanded his narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Georgia three days after polls closed.
With the attack by the Radical Left Dems on the Republican Senate, the Presidency becomes even more important! Where are the missing military ballots in Georgia? What happened to them? : Donald Trump
Almost complete results as of Friday morning showed Biden leading by just over 1,500 votes in Georgia, where changing demographics and strong turnout from African-Americans have put in play a Southern state once seen as reliably backing Trump's Republicans.
Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said, "There will be a recount. Georgia process will remain open and transparent. We understand the emotions and sensitivities are high."
Donald Trump does not have plans to immediately concede the election to Joe Biden after his Democratic rival pulled ahead in key states that could deliver him enough electoral votes to win the race for the White House, a senior aide of the president was quoted as saying by a media report on Friday.
Ivanka Trump tweets, "Every legally cast vote should be counted. Every illegally cast vote should not. This should not be controversial. This is not a partisan statement — free and fair elections are the foundation of our democracy."
“This election is not over. The false projection of Joe Biden as the winner is based on results in four states that are far from final. Georgia is headed for a recount, where we are confident we will find ballots improperly harvested, and where President Trump will ultimately prevail," said Matt Morgan, Trump 2020 campaign general counsel.
"There were many irregularities in Pennsylvania, including having election officials prevent our volunteer legal observers from having meaningful access to vote counting locations. We prevailed in court on our challenge, but were deprived of valuable time and denied the transparency we are entitled to under state law. In Nevada, there appear to be thousands of individuals who improperly cast mail ballots. Finally, the President is on course to win Arizona outright, despite the irresponsible and erroneous ‘calling’ of the state for Biden by Fox News and the Associated Press. Biden is relying on these states for his phoney claim on the White House, but once the election is final, President Trump will be re-elected,” Morgan added.
Joe Biden is also currently leading in key battleground states of Georgia and Nevada.
Biden's current electoral college votes stand at 253, if he wins in Pennsylvania he will pass the threshold of 270 needed to seal victory.
Donald Trump's campaign team reportedly said, "The false projection of Joe Biden as the winner is based on results in four states that are far from final."
Biden, 77, would become the next president by winning Pennsylvania, or by winning two out of the trio of Georgia, Nevada and Arizona. Trump`s likeliest path appears narrower - he needs to hang onto both Pennsylvania and Georgia and also to overtake Biden in either Nevada or Arizona.
Biden has a 253 to 214 lead in the state-by-state Electoral College vote that determines the winner, according to most major television networks. Winning Georgia`s 16 electoral votes would put the former vice president on the cusp of the 270 he needs to secure the presidency.
According to reports, Biden is leading in Pennsylvania by 5,594 votes.
Biden moved ahead of Trump by 1,096 votes in Georgia, where counting continued early on Friday. The shift in Georgia came hours after Trump appeared at the White House to falsely claim the election was being "stolen" from him.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden took a narrow lead over President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Georgia early on Friday, edging closer to winning the White House in a nail-biting contest as a handful of undecided states continue to count votes.
Backers of President Donald Trump, some carrying guns, ramped up demonstrations on Thursday night against what he has baselessly called a rigged election, in battleground states where votes were still being counted. The demonstrations were largely peaceful, although Trump supporters occasionally shouted with counterprotesters. Trump says the election is being stolen but there has been no evidence of fraud.
Trump, with 214 electoral votes, faced a much higher hurdle. To reach 270, he needed to claim all four remaining battlegrounds: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Nevada.
With millions of votes yet to be tabulated, Biden already had received more than 71 million votes, the most in history. At an afternoon news conference Wednesday, the former vice president said he expected to win the presidency but stopped short of outright declaring victory.
Democrat Joe Biden`s campaign manager Jen O`Malley Dillon said on Thursday it may take time to see full voting results in Arizona and that the margin in the state may tighten.
A second day of sometimes dueling demonstrations over the integrity of the U.S. presidential election started early on Thursday in Philadelphia and other cities as ballot counting dragged on in a handful of states that would decide the outcome. Supporters of Joe Biden have rallied around the slogan to "count every vote," believing a complete tally would show the Democratic former vice president had beaten Republican President Donald Trump. Ardent Trump backers have countered with cries to "protect the vote" in support of his campaign`s efforts to have some categories of ballots, including some votes submitted by mail, discarded.
Twitter flagged a post by President Donald Trump on Thursday that said votes received after Election Day in the United States would not be counted. The company has applied labels to multiple tweets sent by Trump in recent days, warning users that information is disputed and might be misleading, as he fights Democratic rival Joe Biden to keep his place in the White House. Trump`s latest tweet to receive the label on Thursday said: "ANY VOTE THAT CAME IN AFTER ELECTION DAY WILL NOT BE COUNTED!"
Two days after the presidential election, Biden is nearing the magical figure of 270 electoral votes to win the race to the White House, with the former US vice president bagging 253 votes compared to 213 won by Trump, according to latest US media projections.
The results in four states - Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada - are yet to be declared as officials counted millions of votes, some that were cast on Tuesday and many more during weeks of early voting amidst the surging pandemic.
Demonstrators burned US flags and marched through Portland armed with protest songs and assault rifles as a confusing election night unfolded to high tension but without violence in the northwestern city. The liberal enclave in the state of Oregon had braced for possible armed clashes after months of divisive rallies involving left-wing activists, right-wing militias and federal officers deployed by the Trump administration.
Gold bounced to a more than three-week peak on Thursday as increasing bets of a Joe Biden victory in the close U.S. election boosted hopes for larger stimulus and dented the dollar, ahead of a Federal Reserve policy statement.
With the US presidential election between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden too close to call, the Trump campaign and Republicans turned to the courts to try to invalidate votes in Pennsylvania and block Michigan officials from counting ballots.
The CNN has reported that are over 140,000 outstanding mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania's Philadelphia County. Citing sources, US media said that there over 20 extra votes that had to be counted in contrast to the Secretary of State's website that claimed 120,128 votes were to be counted.
The counting and court challenges set the stage for days if not weeks of uncertainty before the Electoral College meets on December 14 and the next president is sworn in on January 20.
Edison Research gave Biden a 243 to 213 lead in Electoral College votes, which are largely based on a state`s population. Other networks said Biden had won Wisconsin, which would give him another 10 votes. To win, a candidate needs 270 votes.
Trump had to win the states where he was still ahead plus either Arizona or Nevada to triumph and avoid becoming the first incumbent U.S. president to lose a re-election bid since fellow Republican George H.W. Bush in 1992.
The race was coming down to close contests in five states. Biden held narrow leads in Nevada and Arizona while Trump was watching his slim advantage fade in must-win states Pennsylvania and Georgia as mail-in and absentee votes were being counted. The Republican president clung to a narrow lead in North Carolina as well, another must-win for him.
President Donald Trump alleged fraud without providing evidence, filed lawsuits and called for recounts in a race yet to be decided two days after polls closed.
Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the US presidential race on Thursday as election officials tallied votes in the handful of states that will determine the outcome and protesters took to the streets.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden has a slight edge over Republican President Donald Trump with 227 to 213 electoral votes. That leaves 98 electoral votes to be allocated, and possible paths to victory for both candidates. The winner needs to secure 270 votes.
Democrats who wanted to make inroads into the state government offices in the 2020 US elections have instead wound up losing ground as votes. Republicans won majorities in both chambers of the New Hampshire State House and took back the Montana governor`s mansion, which had been held by a retiring Democrat. (Reuters)
Democrat Joe Biden has won more votes than any US presidential candidate in history – but the race for the White House remains too close to call.
The Democratic-led US House of Representatives witnessed the largest and most diverse group of openly LGBTQ candidates being elected and re-election to Congress in the recently concluded election. (IANS)
Even as counting of ballots in underway in some states, protest have erupted in several places across the US. While Trump supporters have been chanting slogans 'Stop the vote', protestors supporting Biden have been chanting 'every vote counts'.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has won Michigan with 16 of the battleground state`s electoral votes, according to media reports.
Both CNN and NBC News called the race for Biden on Wednesday evening, even as other key states such Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada were yet to declare a winner. As of Wednesday night, Biden had 264 electoral college votes and Trump had only 214, according to media tally.
Twitter and Facebook flagged more of Donald Trump’s posts for pushing misinformation about the election results.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's re-election campaign has launched lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Georgia.
The vote counts are close in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona, as officials continue tabulating ballots. Trump is leading in Pennsylvania and Georgia, but Biden is narrowing the gap. (AP)
All eyes on Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona as vote counting is underway
Exit poll results suggest Democrat Joe Biden has won the battleground in the state of Michigan. The state was earlier won by President Trump during the 2016 elections. It accounts for 16 electoral votes.
The counting of votes is underway.
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As US President Trump calls for a stop to counting of votes, Joe Biden's supporters marched on the streets demanding every vote be counted.
US President Donald Trump`s reelection campaign on Wednesday said it had filed a lawsuit in Georgia to require that Chatham County separate and secure late-arriving ballots to ensure they are not counted. The lawsuit, brought against the Chatham County Board of Elections, asked a judge to order the county to secure and account for ballots received after 7 PM on Election Day, according to a court document released by the campaign. (Reuters)
While President Donald Trump wants the US Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call, it may not be the final arbiter in this election, legal experts said.
They said it was doubtful that courts would entertain a bid by Trump to stop the counting of ballots that were received before or on Election Day, or that any dispute a court might handle would change the trajectory of the race in closely fought states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania.
With ballots still being counted in many states in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Trump made an appearance at the White House and falsely declared victory against Democratic challenger Joe Biden. (Reuters)
Meanwhile, as United States formally exited the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, fulfilling a years-long promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight climate change, Democrat nominee Joe Biden tweeted that his administration will rejoin it in exactly 77 days.
In the United States, the winner of a presidential election is determined not by a national vote but through a system called the Electoral College, which allots "electoral votes" to all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on their population. Complicating things further, a web of laws and constitutional provisions kick in to resolve particularly close elections. The winning candidate needs to secure 270 electoral votes.
Meanwhile, Team Joe comes up with some facts:
Amid Donald Trump's tension over counting of votes, Joe Biden tweets, "Count every vote."
Donald Trump: We are winning Pennsylvania big, but the PA Secretary of State just announced that there are “Millions of ballots left to be counted.”
Republican Senator Susan Collins said she defeated her Democratic opponent, Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon.
Donald Trump: Wow! It looks like Michigan has now found the ballots necessary to keep a wonderful young man, John James, out of the U.S. Senate. What a terrible thing is happening!
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien: "There have been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties which raise serious doubts about the validity of the results. The President is well within the threshold to request a recount and we will immediately do so."
Race to White House hangs in balance as votes still uncounted.
Donald Trump: They are working hard to make up 5,00,000 vote advantage in Pennsylvania disappear — ASAP. Likewise, Michigan and others!
Democrats were on track early Wednesday to maintain a firm grip on the House, but their path to seizing the Senate majority from Republicans was rapidly narrowing as the two parties continued to fight for control of the levers of power in Congress with the fate of the presidency still uncertain.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused ''surprise ballot dumps'' in key states where he was leading as the reason why he is lagging behind his rival Joe Biden in the US election 2020.
The Republican candidate shared a post on Twitter claiming that although he was leading in many key states last night, however, after the ''surprise ballot dumps'' were counted, his votes started to ''magically disappear''.
The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee began meeting Wednesday, a spokesperson said, hours after polls closed in the US presidential election which remains undecided.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is not expected to address the election in its two-day regularly scheduled meeting, nor is it predicted to change interest rates that were slashed to near-zero earlier this year as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the US economy.
World stocks moved higher on Wednesday despite the US election outcome being clouded by huge uncertainty that could end up in court. Wall Street opened with gains as both President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden still had a path of victory with a handful of states still up for grabs.
No clear presidential winner yet as ballots continue to be counted.
The world holds its breath for the US election outcome. A day after Americans voted in a bitterly contested election, the rest of the world was none the wiser on Wednesday, with millions of votes still to count, the race too close to call and mounting risk of days or even weeks of legal uncertainty.
Donald Trump's pre-emptive declaration of victory at the White House was condemned by some U.S. political commentators and civil rights groups, who warned about the trampling of long-standing democratic norms.
Most world leaders and foreign ministers sat on their hands, trying not to add any fuel to the electoral fire.
"Let's wait and see what the outcome is," said British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. "There's obviously a significant amount of uncertainty. It's much closer than I think many had expected."
But while Raab and others urged caution, the Slovenian prime minister broke ranks, congratulating Trump and the Republican party via Twitter.
"It's pretty clear that American people have elected @realDonaldTrump and @Mike_Pence for #4moreyears," wrote Janez Jansa, one of several east European leaders, including Hungary's Viktor Orban, who are fervent Trump allies. "Congratulations @GOP for strong results across the #US."
Donald Trump won: Texas, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.
Joe Biden won: Minnesota, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, New Hampshire, Colorado, the District of Columbia, New Mexico, New York, Virginia, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois, Delaware and Connecticut.
US vote result won't impact trade with Europe, said France. The outcome of the presidential vote will have little impact on US-Europe trade relations, France's finance chief asserted, saying Washington is unlikely to drop its confrontational stance whether Donald Trump wins or not.
"Let's not kid ourselves. The United States has not been a friendly partner to European states for several years now," Bruno Le Maire told Radio Classique.
"Whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump is elected by Americans tonight or tomorrow, nothing changes this strategic fact," he said. "The American continent has detached itself from the European continent."
The US administration has inflicted billions of dollars' worth of tariffs on European imports over the past four years, with Trump claiming unfair barriers against American firms trying to compete on continental markets.
His administration has also targeted China, saying it too had caused the American trade deficit to plunge by blocking US goods even while exporting massively to the US.
"Fundamentally, the only shift in American thinking is with regards to China, their relations with China and Asia as a whole," Le Maire said.
"Europe is now merely an adjustment variable for the United States," he said.
According to US media, Donald Trump is likely to win Texas, Florida, Ohio, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Wyoming, Missouri, Indiana, Arkansas, Nebraska, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia and Kansas.
Joe Biden now has a narrow lead in Wisconsin after City of Milwaukee absentees come in.
Over 160 million votes cast in US presidential election 2020 amid COVID-19 protocols: In pics
Election day ends, but the vote count is still continuing.
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer warned the United States was facing a "very explosive situation" and a possible systemic crisis after President Donald Trump prematurely declared election victory.
Following Trump's remarks that he will go to the Supreme Court to stop ballots from being tallied, Kramp-Karrenbauer told public broadcaster ZDF "this election has not been decided... votes are still being counted".
She said Trump could create "a constitutional crisis in the USA".
Joe Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon in a statement: “The president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect.
"It was outrageous because it is a naked effort to take away the democratic rights of American citizens.
"It was unprecedented because never before in our history has a president of the United States sought to strip Americans of their voice in a national election. Having encouraged Republican efforts in multiple states to prevent the legal counting of these ballots before Election Day, now Donald Trump is saying these ballots can’t be counted after Election Day either.
"And it was incorrect because it will not happen. The counting will not stop. It will continue until every duly cast vote is counted. Because that is what our laws — the laws that protect every Americans’ constitutional right to vote — require.
"We repeat what the Vice President said tonight: Donald Trump does not decide the outcome of this election. Joe Biden does not decide the outcome of this election. The American people decide the outcome of this election. And the democratic process must and will continue until its conclusion."
Joe Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon in a statement: “The president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect.
"It was outrageous because it is a naked effort to take away the democratic rights of American citizens.
"It was unprecedented because never before in our history has a president of the United States sought to strip Americans of their voice in a national election. Having encouraged Republican efforts in multiple states to prevent the legal counting of these ballots before Election Day, now Donald Trump is saying these ballots can’t be counted after Election Day either.
"And it was incorrect because it will not happen. The counting will not stop. It will continue until every duly cast vote is counted. Because that is what our laws — the laws that protect every Americans’ constitutional right to vote — require.
"We repeat what the Vice President said tonight: Donald Trump does not decide the outcome of this election. Joe Biden does not decide the outcome of this election. The American people decide the outcome of this election. And the democratic process must and will continue until its conclusion."
Absentee ballots are still being tallied in Milwaukee, Kenosha, and other cities. These ballots are expected to favour Joe Biden.
Democrat Joe Biden wins Maine and its 4 electoral votes. (NYT)
Chris Christie, who worked with Trump on debate prep, criticized the president’s White House speech on ABC: “It’s a bad strategic decision. It’s a bad political decision.”
Joe Biden wins big!! The Democrat nominee declared winner in Arizona and its 11 electoral votes.
US States that have not yet called the votes:
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WisconsinDonald Trump with 213 electoral votes leading at:
Alabama (9)
Arkansas (6)
Florida (29)
Idaho (4)
Indiana (11)
Iowa (6)
Kansas (6)
Kentucky (8)
Louisiana (8)
Mississippi (6)
Missouri (10)
Montana (3)
Nebraska (4)*
North Dakota (3)
Ohio (18)
Oklahoma (7)
South Carolina (9)
South Dakota (3)
Tennessee (11)
Texas (38)
Utah (6)
West Virginia (5)
Wyoming (3)Donald Trump claims a 'major fraud' being perpetrated on the nation; will fight election in Supreme Court. (PTI)
Donald Trump expressed confidence about winning Pennsylvania, as the state continues to count ballots. “Most importantly we’re winning Pennsylvania by a tremendous amount of votes,” the president said at the White House.
Donald Trump in his address thanks the voters for the victory in Florida and Texas, even as the nation awaits results from key Midwestern battleground states. “It’s also clear that we have won Georgia,” Trump said at the White House. “They can’t catch us.”
The US media gives Democrat Joe Biden 224 electoral votes and Republican Donald Trump 213, after Nebraska split its electoral votes between the two -- four for Trump and one for Biden, CNN and Fox News projected. A number of key battleground states are still up in the air, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The magic number of electoral votes is 270.
Donald Trump officially wins Texas and its crucial 38 electoral votes.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump said he will be making a big statement shortly. He said: "We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!"
It's not my place or Donald Trump's place to declare the winner of this election. It's the voters' place.
Democrat Joe Biden is now addressing supporters in Delaware, as the presidential race remains too close to call. Biden said, “I believe we’re on track to win this election.” Biden emphasized the country had to wait until every vote was counted to determine the winner of the presidential election.
Donald Trump wins jey state of Florida and Ohio, another Republican victory in sight.
Democrat nominee Joe Biden to soon address the country soon: US media
Democrat Joe Biden has won Hawaii and Minnesota and the four and 10 electoral votes, respectively. (AP)
Joe Biden has won California, Oregon and Washington state, while Donald Trump has won Idaho. With those four states in, the electoral college count stands at 209 votes for Biden and 112 votes for Trump. (NYT)
Another Republican victory in sight as Donald Trump leads over Democrat nominee Joe Biden
Donald Trump wins Missouri and its 10 electoral votes. The count currently stands at 131 votes for Joe Biden and 108 votes for Trump. (NYT)
Rapper Kanye West voted for himself as the next US president after a longshot campaign marked by erratic statements and speculation that he might siphon some Black votes from Democrat Joe Biden. West tweeted: "voting for the first time in my life for the President of the United States, and it`s for someone I truly trust ... me."
President Donald Trump was leading Democratic rival Joe Biden in the vital battleground state of Florida on Tuesday, while other competitive swing states that will help decide the election, including North Carolina, remained up in the air. (Reuters)
Voting closes in more than a dozen states, including the key swing states of Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin.
As President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden battle it put for US Presidency, the country saw over 160 million votes cast with a turnout rate of about 67 per cent, which is higher than the country has witnessed in more than a century. Read more here
US Presidential election 2020 results LIVE: Voting closes for 4 states of Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Utah.
US media reports Joe Biden taking the early lead with 126 electoral votes and Donald Trump with 89. A candidate needs to win 270 electoral votes to capture the presidency.
Donald Trump has picked up North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska. (NYT)
Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc suspended several recently created right-leaning news accounts posting information about voting in the hotly contested US election for violating their policies.
Twitter said the accounts had been suspended for violating its policy against "coordination," posting identical content while appearing independent or engaging in other covertly automated behavior. Facebook suspended them for inauthentic behavior. (Reuters)
As per US media reports, the projected leads for Biden is 117 electoral votes, and for Trump its 80. This is based on the projections of US media including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC/NBC News, ABC, CBS and The New York Times.
The US presidential election 2020 will be decided by about a dozen states that could swing to either in favour of Republican's President Donald Trump or Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Here are the states that will play a critical role in delivering the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. Read here
Donald Trump wins Louisiana state and its 8 electoral votes. (NYT)
Democrat Joe Biden wins New York and its 29 electoral votes. (NYT)
President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden split the first US states to be projected in the White House race on Tuesday, with the two contenders neck and neck in vital Florida and other competitive battleground states, including Georgia and Ohio, still up in the air. (Reuters)
As counting of votes for the US presidential election 2020 began. US President Donald Trump predicted that he would register big victories in key states such as Florida and Arizona, said, "We feel very good."
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Results of the polls in the key swing state of North Carolina will be delayed after voting hours had to be extended at four polling locations due to technical issues.
Donald Trump has already won in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama states.
Democrat Joe Biden has won seven states. Including his home state of Delaware he won Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois, Delaware and Connecticut.
Donald Trump has won South Carolina and its nine electoral votes.
Donald Trump thanked voters in a tweet saying: “We are looking really good all over the country. Thank You." The US President’s tweet comes as voting is already underway in US Presidential Election 2020 during which millions of Americans cast their votes to choose between President Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Read more here
Donald Trump wins West Virgina after securing 5 electoral votes.
Donald Trump wins Kentucky after securing 8 electoral votes.
Democrat Joe Biden wins Vermont after capturing three electoral votes.
Pennslvania county begins counting of votes.
Donald Trump thanks voters in a tweet and assures fans of a victory!
As American voters line up to vote in the US elections, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's vice president pick Kamala Harris said, "It is going to a tight race, let's elect Joe Biden".
Donald Trump: We should be entitled to know who won on November 3. You have to have a date, and the date happens to be November 3," the US President said during his visit to Republican National Committee offices in Arlington, Virginia. This is a dangerous decision for the country. You can't have these things delayed for many days and maybe weeks. You can't do that. The whole world is waiting. This country is waiting.
"I think we're going to have a great night," said Donald Trump during an appearance in Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, where he thanked campaign workers. "But it's politics and it's elections, and you never know."
"Winning is easy. Losing is never easy - not for me it's not," Trump added.
The incumbent US President also expressed that he was not yet thinking about making a concession speech or acceptance speech.
We will have a tremendous victory, says Donald Trump as US votes. The incumbent President of the United States who is currently vying for a second run in the White House against Democratic Joe Biden recently claimed that the state of Pennsylvania could be marred by 'cheating' in voting, which could trigger violence in the state.
Trump has repeatedly denounced mail-in voting, claiming it would lead to fraud in the ongoing elections, and has attributed his potential loss to this unproven 'rigging' on multiple occasions.
As America votes in the 2020 US Presidential election, go have a look at the significance of number '270' for Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.
America's First Lady Melania Trump casts her vote in Florida.
Over 100 million American voters have now cast their ballot in the US elections.
10,02,98,838 votes have been cast with 3,57,33,103 in-person votes and 6,45,65,735 mail-in ballots.
No indications foreign actor can compromise polls, says official.
Donald Trump: A parade for me in Nigeria, a great honor!
Kamala Harris: When Joe Biden and I are in the White House we’ll listen to scientists, promote masks to save lives, implement nationwide testing and tracing, and ensure vaccines are free to all. Today we must vote like our lives depend on it. Because they do. We must vote like our democracy depends on it. Because it does. And we must vote like justice, equality, and opportunity are possible. Because they are.
Kamala Harris: We cannot afford four more years of Donald Trump.
It’s time to restore the soul of this nation, says Joe Biden as the US heads to polling booths.
According to US Elections Project, 99,657,079 voters have cast their ballot so far with 35,720,830 in-person votes and 63,936,249 mail ballots.
It all comes down to this, says Joe Biden and shares a video on Twitter:
The acting secretary of homeland security Chad Wolf said: "Voters should be patient while waiting for the outcome of this year's election, it is important to recognise that this process may require time."
"We have no indications that a foreign actor has succeeded in compromising or affecting the actual votes cast in this election. But we do remain on high alert," added Wolf.
The broad-based S&P 500 has gained 1.0 per cent to 3,344.23, while the Nasdaq Composite Index has climbed 0.6 per cent to 11,027.65.
A Reuters/Ipsos national poll showed Joe Biden with an outright majority among all likely voters where 52% said they were backing the Democratic presidential candidate while 44% said they were voting for the Republican Donald Trump.
The national poll, conducted from October 29 to November 2, gathered responses from 1,333 adults, including 914 likely voters.
The poll had also said that Biden has taken a narrow lead over Trump in Florida in the final days of the 2020 US election campaign.
Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris' ancestral village in India keeps sweets, firecrackers ready ahead of US Presidential election 2020: In pics
The recent reports are hinting at the US stocks opening higher in the election day session as Dow opens +1.2 per cent up.
Meanwhile, 'Paneer Tikka' is trending on Twitter and if you don't know the reason, see the tweet below:
Pramila Jayapal is a US House candidate.
Polling stations have already opened in the New York, New Jersey and Virginia.
According to an AFP report, the votes are tallied, five in favor of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden against zero for US President Donald Trump during midnight voting as part of the first ballots cast in the United States Presidential Election in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.
US President Donald Trump shares a mini clip on his Twitter account urging everyone to VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
Former US Vice President and current Presidential candidate Joe Biden urges every American voter to go out and vote on the US 2020 election day.
Democrats' 2020 candidate for President of the United States Joe Biden: In 2008 and 2012, you placed your trust in me to help lead this country alongside Barack Obama. Today, I’m asking for your trust once again — this time, in Kamala and me. We can heal the soul of this nation — I promise we won’t let you down.
America witnesses long queues outside polling stations on voting day.
US election 2020 live results: Democrat Joe Biden has won the US Presidential election 2020, he announced on Saturday (November 7, 2020).
"America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country. The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not. I will keep the faith that you have placed in me," tweeted Biden.
Biden had a 273 to 214 lead in the state-by-state Electoral College vote that determines the winner and Pennsylvania`s 20 electoral votes put him over the 270-mark he needed to win the presidency, according to Edison Research.
Over 160 million votes were cast in the US presidential election 2020, a turnout rate of about 67 per cent, which is higher than the country has witnessed in more than a century.
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