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It’s just after eight in the morning in Philadelphia. At any time, new results of the vote count must be presented in the city. Joe Biden will assume the leadership for the first time in Pennsylvania, with just over 5,000 votes more than Donald Trump. A clear sign that Biden is on his way to victory in the wave master state, and thus also in the presidential election.
Outside the Convention Center, where vote counting has been 24 hours since Tuesday, Hannah Slipakoff is waiting. She is one of the protesters who came for several days in a row and protested that all votes must be counted. She says she’s not nervous about what might happen.
– The people of Philadelphia have voted to a point that we have never been close before. We all know the fundamental values of this city. This is the place where American democracy was born, and now we know that the whole world is watching us, says Hannah Slipakoff.
Hannah Slipakoff is one of the protesters who attended for several days in a row and protested that all votes must be counted.
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It does not matter what happens Hannah Slipakoff hopes the peaceful demonstrations will continue.
– I know that the management of our city really makes sure that the process is complete and completely correct. Trump may have managed to get the justices he wants on the Supreme Court, but I don’t think he can intervene in the law to such an extent that the vote count here is affected, says Hannah Slipakoff.
He refers to the demands that the Trump campaign has started in Pennsylvania, including here in Philadelphia. The demands have been, among other things, that Republicans want electoral observers who are allowed to be closer to the counters, something that is considered necessary to verify that the vote counting is carried out correctly.
Initially, the Trump campaign won through your request to reduce the distance. Observers were allowed to stand about six feet from the counters, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The decision was certainly appealed by the city, but the first verdict on Thursday meant that the counting of votes in the city stopped for two hours.
Donald Trump has unequivocally claimed that there is widespread electoral fraud in Pennsylvania, a statement that has been widely criticized. On Friday morning, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey also rejected it. In an interview with NBC, Toomey said that there is no evidence of voter fraud at all.
Donald Trump has unequivocally claimed that there is widespread electoral fraud in Pennsylvania, a statement that has been widely criticized.
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– The president’s accusations of widespread electoral fraud and election theft are unsubstantiated. I don’t know if there have been bugs here, says Pat Toomey.
It was already before election day It’s clear that the vote count in Pennsylvania would be delayed, as the early vote count didn’t begin until Tuesday. There is another legal process that can affect the outcome. It is about the state deciding to count all mail ballots received on Friday, as long as the votes are postmarked no later than November 3.
The rules have been challenged by the Trump campaign, which has required the state to only count votes received before Wednesday. However, few believe that such a decision would have a major impact on the bottom line in Pennsylvania. Those responsible for counting the votes in the state estimated Thursday that by then about 1,000 votes had been received by mail after the end of election day.
Hannah Slipakoff waits that there is a final result in the state on Friday night.
– We’ll be on the streets until this is over. But even after that. We know that change does not happen just because the result of an election comes, but we must ensure that there continues to be community in society. There’s nothing stopping us, says Hannah Slipakoff.
