Dozens of Donald Trump supporters switched to Arizona’s main war-torn state vote counting center as election officials counted the votes posted with sheriff’s deputies in local posts.
Protesters, some of whom local TV network ABC15 Arizona said they were carrying weapons, tried to push inside the center Wednesday evening before being asked to leave. They were found to be a mix of Trump supporters and several far-right individuals familiar with the demonstrations in the state.
Arizona has been called in by some media for Democratic challenger Joe Biden, who has a slim lead in the state. But the Trump campaign has tried to insist that it has the votes to overtake Biden, who has a lead of 69,000, according to the latest figures.
Pro-Trump protests in Michigan and Pennsylvania, where Trump supporters called for a halt to the vote count, protesters in Phoenix shouted “Stop theft!” No slogans are being chanted. And insisting that the remaining ballots be tabulated.
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The decision by Fox News and the Associated Press has complicated the situation in Arizona – whose assessment is used by the Guardian – to call the state for Biden on Wednesday while thousands of votes were still to be counted.
On Wednesday night, as Biden’s lead in the state narrowed, a tall 74,000-vote cast from Marikopa County was released, giving Trump a 59% to 411% advantage.
The remaining votes will be counted, however, mainly coming from the Democratic Pima County, the benefit of which Biden is expected to receive. The next update of Maricopa County will not be until Thursday at 9 p.m.
Despite Trump campaign insistence that numerous votes could turn Arizona around, other observers were skeptical. Philip Bump, an analyst at The Washington Post, suggests that even if Trump is declared in the last batch of votes for the remaining rude votes, he could close the “current gap” the most.
The protests at the Maricopa County polling station in downtown Phoenix came at a time when Trump wrongly insisted that there were big problems with voting and ballot counting, especially with mail-in votes, and Republicans filed lawsuits in various states over the election.
Wearing Trump gear, Phoenix protesters filled a large part of the parking lot at the polling station, and members of the crowd shouted, “Fox News sucks!” Anger at the network over declaring Biden the winner in Arizona.
Paul L. Gosser, a Republican from Arizona and a staunch Trump supporter, joined the crowd, announcing: Period
However, observers from both major political parties were inside the polling booths, as ballots were processed and counted, and the process was always live.
Some of the sheriff’s tributaries blocked the entrance to the building and the vote count continued into the night, Maryland County Election Department spokeswoman Megan Gilbert said.
Two top county officials – one Democrat, the other Republican – issued a statement expressing concern about how they spread false information about the integrity of the election process.
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and Democratic Supervisor Steve Gallardo “Everyone must count all the votes, whether they have been mailed or in person,” the president said in a statement signed by Clint Hickman. “It takes time to get an accurate vote … this is proof of democracy, not fraud.”
The Associated Press contributes to this article
