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Joe Biden has stated that “every ballot must be counted” while rejecting Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the US election results process.
The Democratic candidate said he feels “very good about our position” and “has no doubt” that he will be declared the winner.
Speaking from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, he tried to polish his credentials as a statesman, saying he had received reports on the coronavirus crisis and the state of the economy.
And in the statement that lasted just a few minutes, Biden also admitted that “democracy is sometimes complicated” but insisted that “the process is working” and urged people to “stay calm.”
Occurs when five fast-paced races in battlefield states are still too close to call.
Protesters have asked election administrators to count every vote
Biden is 17 votes short in the Electoral College of the 270 needed by any of the candidates to win the White House.
If he takes Pennsylvania, where Donald Trump is ahead but seeing his lead shrink, that would give Biden 20 more and push him over the line.
If you don’t change the key state from red to blue, then the remaining races in Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina and Nevada will make the elections even tighter.
The count is up on five races that are too close to call
Trump has already claimed victory in the elections and accused his political opponents of “fraud to the American public”, calling for the cease of the counts in four states.
He claims, without proof, a general manipulation of the electoral ballot, and his campaign initiates legal actions to try to force a pause in the calculation of the results.
But they have already lost a lawsuit in Michigan, and the local registrar has dismissed a witness who they say was the victim of voter fraud in Nevada.
Biden continues his role as ‘reassuring boss’
Analysis by Cordelia Lynch, US correspondent.
Joe Biden is again trying to get up front with a short statement.
It seemed like a very open attempt to present himself as presidential, addressing the COVID-19 situation at the top that still plagues this country.
But it was also an attempt to continue his role as reassuring-in-chief, strongly urging calm, insisting that all votes be counted, regardless of the president’s claims about fraud.
It was a concise but precise statement, an opportunity for him to reaffirm that he has every faith that he will soon be president.
