– Let us in – VG

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The vote counting is still going on here on Thursday morning Norwegian time, and a large group of Trump supporters have appeared in front of a polling station in Maricopa County, where the city of Phoenix is ​​located.

“Let us in,” shout several of those present, who according to local ABC Arizona are equipped with flags and posters in support of the president.

The protesters are said to have tried to enter the room where the vote is being counted, but were stopped by the police.

According to the Washington Post, the crowd expresses skepticism about the electoral process and calls for all votes to be counted. Joe Biden has been declared the winner in the state by outlets such as AP and Fox News. With about 86 percent of the votes counted, Biden still has an advantage of about 79,000 votes.

– It is a fair and equitable election, says one of those present according to the newspaper, while another says they want to monitor the count.

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According to CNN, several of the protesters are armed and journalists and others have been asked to leave the building for security reasons, NTB writes.

According to ABC Arizona, police in riot gear are also on site inside the voting station, where, among other things, they will ensure that employees get home safely.

County election officials write on Twitter that they will continue to work with the vote counting and release the results as planned:

Maricopa County was originally scheduled to release the results sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. local time, but according to ABC Arizona delays in counting votes.

The county’s figures are expected to come in around 8 a.m. Norwegian time, or around midnight Arizona local time.

A similar scene unfolded in Michigan early Wednesday, a US state outlet declaring Joe Biden the winner. In Detroit, a group of protesters demanded that they be allowed to enter a polling station while early votes were being counted.

According to Forbes, they yelled “stop the count” and “let us in” while banging on windows.

Protests in various cities

US President Donald Trump and his election campaign have announced legal action against the counting of votes in several US states after the elections, and there have been protests from both sides in various US cities through Thursday for the night.

In Michigan and Pennsylvania, the Trump campaign has sued to stop the counting of votes, while in Wisconsin they want the votes to be counted again. In Georgia, they have filed a lawsuit against what they believe is illegal ballot handling.

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Pennsylvania counts mail-in ballots that arrive up to three days after the election, given that they are postmarked on Election Day, and this is one of the rules that the Trump camp wants to change. Democratic State Gov. Tom Wolf rages against the lawsuit:

– Our election employees must be free to do their job without threats or attacks. These attempts to undermine the democratic process are shameful, he writes. him on Twitter from evening to Thursday Norwegian time.

It also reiterates the promise to state voters that all votes will be counted:

– I will fight for the hard life to protect your voice.

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Large demonstrations are taking place in the cities of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, where VG is present. Trump declared himself the winner in the state earlier in the night, despite the fact that about 10 percent of the votes have not been counted.

– People are cursed, says VG commentator Hanne Skartveit, who is at a Black Lives Matter rally in Philadelphia.

Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets, as police helicopters hovered in the air above them and the police and army followed them from the sidelines.

– People shout ‘Black lives matter’, and tonight they shouted ‘Black votes matter. They want all votes to count, naturally.

Northwest of Pittsburgh, David Ninehouser appeared in front of the Beaver County courthouse Wednesday night. He wears a mask with the Biden logo and tells VG that he is not surprised by Trump’s views on mail-in ballots.

– We want to guarantee justice. We live in a democracy, and then all the votes will be applied, he tells VG.

Pennsylvania has up to 20 voters / women, and right now it is the state that is the furthest behind in counting votes. Here, you were not allowed to start counting votes in advance until Election Day, and the result can go as late as Friday.

In 2016, Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by just 44,000 votes in a state with 13 million inhabitants.

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In Portland, Oregon, at least eight people have been arrested in protests Thursday night. reports local police on Twitter.

– This cluster of people has been declared an uproar. Get out of the zone, write more.

Several carry signs with the inscription “count all the votes”, and photos of the place show, among other things, a broken shop window and protesters setting fire to an American flag, which also happened on Wednesday night.

According to the police, there have been reports of “widespread violence” and Governor Kate Bown has called on the National Guard to help the police resolve the demonstrations.

Also in Minneapolis, Minnesota, several have been arrested Thursday night, local Fox 9 reports, while about 30 people have been arrested in New York, according to the Wall Street Journal.