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Democrats give battle to win the 14 Senate seats to be updated elections and give them full control Congress, but the final results in at least five of these electoral processes may not be known until they are approved several days or even months.
Voters are being asked to decide whether to end their political careers or renew their trust in 12 Republicans and 2 Democratic senators. Among those at risk of losing their seats are President Donald Trump’s close ally Lindsay Graham in South Carolina and moderate Republican Susan Collins in Maine.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the chances of his party retaining control of the House were “50-50.”
According to three surveys, this the forecast is quite optimistic.
Democrats, according to Reuters, can even claim 55 of the 100 Senate seats, which would mean that for the first time in ten years they would have under their control both houses of Congress, since they are expected to maintain their majority in the House of Representatives (435 seats).
Authorities and party officials in several ambiguous states, including two Senate constituencies, Michigan and Iowa, said there was an escalation of “automated phone calls” urging people not to go to the polls. polling stations, for various unlikely reasons.
“We are receiving reports of multiple automated messages being sent to residents of Flint, Michigan telling them that because there is a long queue they will vote tomorrow,” Attorney General Dana Nessel wrote on Twitter. «Obviously this is FALSE and an attempt to suppress the vote.“He added.
A Justice Department official said the FBI was receiving reports of such calls in Iowa, where Senator Johnny Ernst is fighting Democrat Teresa Greenfield.
To win a majority in the Senate, Democrats must retain their existing seats and win three more if Joe Biden is elected president or four if Donald Trump is re-elected. If Biden is elected, in case of a tie (50-50) in the Senate, the deciding vote will be given by Vice President Kamala Harris.
The results of some of these elections will not be known until tomorrow, Wednesday, due to large volume of votes for letters.
There is also the possibility that a repeat vote will be needed to nominate four senators, according to analysts. There may be delays in the announcement of results in Arizona and Maine.
In Georgia, if a runoff is needed, it will take place on January 5.
It is observed that more than 102 million Americans voted before November 3 according to research by cnni, Edison Research and Catalist. It’s over 48% of registered voters nationwide.
Election turnout has exploded in the US amid a new coronavirus pandemic in at least seven states, such as Texas, the Hawaii, the Nevada, the Washington, the Arizona, the Montana Y Oregon, So far, turnout has exceeded the total number of voters in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Nationally, the 102.7 million votes represent 75% of the total 136.5 million voters who went to the polls in 2016.
Alone nine states the U.S. estimates they have 98% of votes counted at noon on the day after the US election.
Respectively, 22 states allow postmarked ballots to be counted even after Election Day.
