Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs announced Friday night that 133,000 ballots remain to be counted in Arizona after President Trump narrowed down Democratic challenger B Biden’s lead to less than 300,000 votes.
Of the unclaimed ballots, 47,000 of the provisional ballots will not be reviewed until Wednesday, Hobbs said in an interview with CNN, with potentially prolonged uncertainty over the outcome of the election.
Trump cut Biden’s Arizona advantage by nearly 7,000 votes late Friday night when Maricopa County officials announced results from about 69,000 additional absentee ballots – reducing his loss to 29,861.
Of the 173,000 ballots left, 126,000 are non-provisional ballots, Hobbes said, adding that most of them, 92,000, are from Maricopa County, including Phoenix.
Trump’s campaign has insisted that the president can win Arizona, which he did in 2016. But the Associated Press and Fox News announced the state for Biden on election night and, despite their narrow lead, are with the projection.
Democrat Hobbs told CNN. The remaining non-provisional ballots will be counted “if not tomorrow, Sunday”, but the provisional ballots may delay in deciding the winner for the state’s 11 electoral votes, he said.
“We cannot count [provisional ballots] Until Tuesday because the counties have five business days to resolve it, ”he said. “[There are] 47,000 provisional ballots which we will count on Wednesday and all of them will not really be counted. “
Hobbs said voter ballots are used individually at polling stations, but are not included in the initial counts for various issues, in which a person does not present a valid ID or vote in the wrong place. If incorrect identities are displayed, voters should return with the appropriate documents, he said.
“If you look at the history of Arizona, the Provisional Ballet is a Democratic scout.” Hobbes said. “[But] As we have seen in the past, nothing has happened in terms of voting patterns. “
There was promising news for Trump in Arizona as Biden moved on to other unresolved swing states of Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
Biden is now ahead by 27,174 votes in Pennsylvania, 22,657 votes in Nevada and 4,020 votes in Georgia. If he holds the lead, Trump could win Arizona and lose the re-election nonetheless.
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