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AmericaThe five states on the battlefield have already counted the majority of the presidential votes, but they still have thousands left in the mail and the results may be available next week.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s gap with President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Georgia continued to widen on November 6 as five battlefield states continued to count votes.
In Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes), Biden leads 28,833 votes, or 0.5%, with an estimated 96% of the votes counted. Under Pennsylvania law, a recount is conducted if the difference between the two candidates is less than or equal to 0.5% of the total votes.
There are still many votes counting in Philadelphia, the largest city in the state, and Allegheny County, where the city of Pittsburgh began reporting on the night of November 6. The vast majority of the delays in Philadelphia were “soft votes” (pending votes) and military votes, the state elections commissioner said, adding that it would take a few more days to count the votes.
November 6 is the last day Pennsylvania will accept postmarked mail ballots before November 3 or Election Day. The United States Supreme Court ordered election officials to separate belatedly received votes.
Staff brought ballot boxes at the Maricopa County, Arizona office on November 6. Image: AP.
In Georgia (16 electoral votes), Biden leads Trump with 4,395 votes with 99% of the votes counted. Trump needs to win in both Pennsylvania and Georgia to get reelected.
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary general, expected the difference between the two candidates to be only a few thousand votes, leading to the possibility of having to recount the votes. The countdown will only take place until Georgia’s results, scheduled for November 20, are confirmed.
Approximately 9,000 foreign and military votes have not been counted and can be accepted if they arrive on time on November 6, as long as there are postmarks before or November 3.
In Arizona (11 electoral votes), Biden led Trump with 49.6% – 48.7%, equivalent to leading 29,861 votes, when 97% of the votes were counted.
The state had 173,000 unregulated votes, around 9:15 pm on Nov. 6, including 92,000 votes in Maricopa County, where Biden was leading the way, and more than 40,000 “half votes” that could not be counted until Wednesday. .
In Nevada (6 electoral votes), Biden leads Trump with 22,657 votes, or 1.8%, with 93% of the votes counted. Most vote-by-mail ballots are expected to be counted by November 8.
North Carolina (15 electoral votes) is the only battlefield state where Trump leads 76,515 votes, or 1.6%, with about 98% of the votes counted. State officials say the final results will only be available next week. The state allows mail-in ballots to be accepted by November 12 if they are postmarked by November 3.
According to AP and Fox News, Biden is approaching the White House with 264 electoral votes, while Trump has 214 electoral votes.
In a speech on the afternoon of November 6 (morning 7/11 Hanoi time) in front of the country at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, the Democratic candidate did not declare victory but was confident of final victory.
“We don’t have a clear result yet, but we are going to win this race. We are on track to win more than 300 electoral votes,” Biden said.
Meanwhile, President Trump warned Biden on November 6 that he should not declare an election soon. Trump promised to sue all Biden-winning states for “electoral fraud,” evidenced by “news in the media,” and vowed to fight legally to the end.
Mr. Ngoc (According to the Reuters)
