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NEW YORK: Thousands of Joe Biden supporters marched Wednesday night (November 4) in New York to demand that all votes be counted in the tight presidential election, as some Donald Trump supporters protested in Detroit demanding that it stop the scrutiny in the key state of Michigan.
The New York protesters were peaceful and spanned generations, and the protesters made their way from Fifth Avenue toward Washington Square Park in the heart of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.
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In New York’s Democratic stronghold, protesters were hopeful but wary of calling him after their candidate Biden for the time being.
Supporters of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, bang on the glass and chant slogans outside the room where absentee ballots are counted for the 2020 general election on November 4, 2020 in Detroit. (Photo: AFP / Jeff Kowalsky)
“We need to count every vote in this election,” said Sarah Boyagian, part of the Protect Results Coalition behind the rally organized under strict police supervision.
“Donald Trump has called for the elections before all the votes are counted and we are sending the message that this is not acceptable,” the 29-year-old told AFP.
John Fraser, 47, said he is “concerned that Trump will override the vote.”
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“I’m not sure Biden won, we have to wait until all the votes are counted,” the software developer said, adding, “I’m concerned that democracy is hanging by a thread at this point.”
The Detroit protest outside a ballot processing center was much more tense, according to an AFP photographer and clips on social media.
Shouts of “Stop the count!” rang out in Michigan City, where the US media declared Biden the victor, when the Trump campaign announced a lawsuit to try to suspend the vote count, claiming that his team was denied proper access to observe the vote count. votes.
Clips from social media showed protesters with raised fists being prevented by police from entering the center.
With Michigan’s 16 electoral votes, Biden now has a total of 264, six less than the magic number of 270 needed to win the United States presidency, according to US network projections.
