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Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election for now hanging 6,000 votes in Pennsylvania, to which would be added 1,000 in Georgia, 11,000 in Nevada and 47,000 in Arizona. They are small numbers and, therefore, this victory could take several days to become official.
Appealing to the narrow margin, Donald Trump has already called for a recount in Michigan (where Biden has an advantage of 146,000 votes, 3%) and Wisconsin (the advantage instead of 20 thousand votes, 0.6%), and most likely they will ask for it in each of the other states. (Here our interactive electoral map).
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For counting the rules vary from state to state:
• In Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar is required by law to call a recount by November 12 if the margin is less than 0.5% of the vote. Biden has a 0.1% lead for now. The second count should be completed by November 24. When we hit 95% of the count, about sixty hours after the polls close, the former vice president has 5,587 votes ahead of Trump.
• In Arizona State law requires a mandatory recount when the difference between the two candidates is less than 1% of the votes. For now of 1.5 points in favor of Biden who, with the count still at 90%, has a margin of 47,052 votes.
• In Nevada Those who lose the election can request a second recount within three business days, regardless of the margin, but must cover the cost of operations. If it turns out to be the winner, the sum will be returned to you. I still count it at 89%, Biden’s lead of 22,000 votes, 1.77%.
• In Georgia A candidate may request a recount, but only if the margin is less than 0.5% of the votes. At the moment, Biden’s is 0.1%. The former vice president now has, with a 98% tally, a margin of 1,097 votes.
• In Michigan automatic recount if the margin between the two candidates is a maximum of 2,000 votes. A candidate can apply within two days if he claims to have been the victim of fraud and has a legitimate chance of winning the election. Biden has an advantage of 146,000 votes, 3%.
• In Wisconsin, state law allows a candidate to request a recount when the margin is less than 1%. Biden for now at 0.6%, with 20,000 votes ahead.
Therefore, Trump can request a vote recount in any state.except in Arizona: Although Nate Silver, a leading US policy expert and founder of the fivethirtyeight site, notes that the recount can usually change the result when you dismiss it by hundreds, sometimes thousands of votes, not tens of thousands. .
If the laws vary from state to state, at the federal level the deadline to resolve any dispute over the count set at December 8 – so there would still be a month and two days left – because on December 14 the United States electoral college meets to ratify the election of the US president, who will be sworn in on January 20, 2021.
November 6, 2020 (change November 6, 2020 | 18:00)
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