Vote counting continues in numerous key states as authorities in Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Michigan work to finish tallying all ballots for the November 3rd race. The Georgia Secretary of State on Thursday morning announced that there were just over 50,000 votes remaining to be counted as President Donald Trump’s lead over Biden started to narrow. In Arizona, which news outlets had claimed Joe Biden won, more batches of votes were counted on Wednesday night narrowing the difference between Trump and Biden. Vote counting in Pima and Maricopa counties announced they will release updated vote counts on Thursday. Some voters in Arizona complained that the markers they were given to fill out their ballots bled through the paper thereby invalidating their ballots but authorities have assured them that all votes are being counted. In Nevada where vote counting has appeared slow, Biden’s lead over Trump has grown.
President Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, and is expected to file one in Nevada as well to try to seize power as vote counting in the Presidential race continues and shows him losing to Joe Biden. In Pennsylvania specifically Trump has asked the Supreme Court to stop the counting of mail-in ballots that were postmarked before election day but received after. The Georgia suit is based on a similar line of logic but on Thursday a judge tossed out the case saying there was no evidence of fraud.
Trump supporters gathered at numerous locations demanding that their President’s will be respected. Outside a vote counting center in Maricopa County, Arizona, Trump supporters and those demanding a fair count held dueling rallies. In Detroit, Trump’s protesters gathered outside the TCF Center and at one point even entered the building chanting “Stop the Count.” Reuters reported that, “Police in New York City, Denver, Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon, all reported they had arrested some protesters, often on charges of blocking traffic or similar misdemeanors.” We speak with people who have been monitoring the polls as well as progressive activists organizing to “count every vote.