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The result of the American elections is long overdue. Joe Biden is currently ahead of Donald Trump, but the race is close in several key states.
CNN predictions show that Joe Biden leads with 253 electoral votes, while Donald Trump has 213 votes. To win, a candidate needs the vote of 270 voters out of a total of 538.
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2020 United States Election Why We Still Don’t Know Who Won
The result of the election is delayed due to the very small vote difference between the two candidates in several key states, but also due to the fact that more than 100 million votes were sent by mail, in the context of the Covid- pandemic. 19.
In 2016, the first information about Donald Trump’s victory appeared on election night at 2:30 a.m. local time, after the victory in the state of Wisconsin brought him to a total of 270 voters.
Political analysts expected a delay in the counting of votes this year, and now they speak of November 23 as the deadline to know the final result.
Joe Biden told the Americans that he was confident of victory. Instead, incumbent President Donald Trump goes on to say that his rival is “trying to steal the election” and has filed lawsuits in several states to stop counting or counting votes.
There is currently no evidence of widespread fraud in the presidential race.
Donald Trump’s campaign team is calling for a vote recount in Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia, claiming that their election observers “did not have access to more polling stations to observe the vote count.” Also, Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to intervene in Pennsylvania, where the rules for this election have been changed by a court decision.
Once they arrive, voting by mail requires more counting time. The rules for counting these votes vary from state to state.
Most states include in the final count only the ballot papers received before the polls close on voting day.
Other states, like California, accept votes cast on Election Day, even if they are delivered weeks later.
Delays can also occur due to the fact that most states have started counting mail-in votes only after the polls close. Few states, including Florida, started counting a few days earlier.
In 2016, the votes were counted in full after one month. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won several popular votes, but Donald Trump had already won enough votes from voters.
