US Presidential Elections Keep Counting … Results May Not Release Over Weekend (Total)

Biden’s declaration of victory still … stopped at 253
Count results may come out after the weekend amid count controversy

[아시아경제 이현우 기자] With the announcement that there are still a significant number of uncounted papers in the five competing states that hold the key to the results of the US presidential election, prospects emerge that it will be difficult to know the results this weekend. The official announcement of the election results is expected to be delayed, as the gap between President Donald Trump and Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden is generating controversy over the count in the ultra-thin and closed-room areas within thousands of votes.

According to foreign media such as CNN, the state of Pennsylvania, which has 20 voters who will determine the winners of the presidential elections as the biggest showdown of the US presidential elections on the 6th (local time), still has more than 100,000 votes left without counting . “There are about 113,000 votes absent statewide,” Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Buqba said at a news conference that afternoon.

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania alone, more than 40,000 documents remain uncounted, and the city of Philadelphia said the count could take days or more, CNN said. Pennsylvania’s current count is 96%, with Biden’s candidate 49.6% and Trump’s president 49.1%, leading by 0.5 percentage point. The difference between the two candidates is only 24,000 votes, so the correct winner is expected to be determined only when all uncounted sheets are counted.

In the state of Georgia, another low ice zone, with 99% of the votes counting in progress, 49.4% for Biden and 49.3% for President Trump, a close battle with just 4,000 votes apart. Georgian authorities are in the position that the gap between votes is too small and a recount is needed, and absentee votes abroad are added late, and the recount results are waited longer for the results to come out. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Lafensperger told a news conference that day, “About 13,000 more votes still need to be counted and ballots with double errors must be processed.” “The difference between the two candidates is very small, so a recount is expected. And it will take longer.” The Georgian authorities expect the results to be published as early as the afternoon of the 7th.

In the case of Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, the results are not expected to be available over the weekend. Arizona says there are still more than 250,000 documents left uncounted, Nevada has 190,000 and North Carolina has 116,000, and the results are expected to be released much later than Pennsylvania and Georgia. Major US media reported that both candidates have yet to win 270 voters. CNN reports that as soon as the presidential election, Biden has 253 candidates and President Trump has 214.

For this reason, candidate Biden said that the victory declaration was too early in the public speech held that day. Candidate Biden said in an address to the public that night: “It is not yet a final victory declaration. We will win this presidential race with a clear majority, and we are on track to secure more than 300 electoral members.

Reporter Lee Hyun-woo [email protected]