Let us in. Around 275,000 ballots remain. Protesters claim ballots are not being counted prisonly but officials insist that is not true. One point, protesters tried to make their way in. The Arizona Attorney general is investigating after he got hundreds of complaints over weather sharpie pens caused ballots to be canceled. I filled out the front side with the sharpie and when i turned it over it bled through so badly that i was a little bit concerned. Election Officials Say as long as it was filled correctly your vote should be counted. The vote count resuming in georgia. Anne makovec is joining us from the live news desk. This is as President Trump is mounting legal action against the peach state and others. Reporter yes, he is definitely holding onto that hope that he had when he was ahead significantly in the polls yesterday. He still is but that lead is shrinking. Lets go live to georgia where the count has resumed. At this point there are fewer than 25,000 left to be counted in g
Joe biden spoke earlier today. He is projecting confidence but also just asking for calm, asking for patience while the final votes are counted. As the battlegrounds finalize their vote counts, Democrat Joe Biden is gaining ground in a game of inches. We have no doubt that when the count is finished, senator harris and i will be declared the winners. So i ask everyone to stay calm, all the people to stay calm. The process is working. Reporter tonight President Trump refusing to acknowledge that his path to victory appears to be narrowing and claiming with no evidence whatsoever that the election is being rigged. If you count the legal votes, i easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. Reporter earlier, his campaign challenged vote counting and made baseless claims of fraud in georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and nevada. Give us access reporter on both sides today, very serious concerns. Protesters gathering outside a philadelphia counting c
Went forward in jordan. Pennsylvania, the lawsuit has been, it was about observing Elections Come in a transparent the of the ballot counting process. They have been brought in several states including pennsylvania and michigan and other states. And as an michigan and nevada, the court throughout the lawsuit as well, saying that you were procedures in place that provided for observers to observe the election about, so. So he did rule, allowing observers in the Convention Center . They were being allowed, and that they had to do, though, was abide by protocols. So it wasnt anything new. It is about how close they could be to the ballot counting process. And on your second question, the strategy of the Trump Administration, well, it suggests is, its adjusted to me that right now, the Trump Administration or tromp campaign does not really have come you know, strong legal cases yet to stop the ballot counting, or to dispute the ballots that come with accounts that have been made already. A
Contra costa county. The news at 10 00 starts right now. Thank you for joining us for this special election 2020 newscast. Its not jut about the vote count. Many high profile republicans are joining the president in claiming Election Fraud without presenting any real evidence. Lets start with the numbers. The Electoral College vote unchanged. Youll notice in the last 24 hours because the races in five states are still too close to call. And four of those states could go to recounts. Joe biden with 253 electoral votes. 214 for President Trump. 270 is the magic number. The country is hanging on the results from nevada, arizona, pennsylvania, and georgia. In all four states, both candidates are within 2 Percentage Points of each other. And two are practically in a dead heat. In georgia, President Trump has led, has the lead with less than 2,000 votes. It is 11 00 in the evening in maricopa county, arizona, where the count continues at this hour. The county intends to announce new results
Electoral votes, President Trump has 214. 270 votes are needed. If any of the states that are still undecided go to biden he will have enough electoral votes to win the white house. President trump needs to hold onto pennsylvania, georgia and North Carolina and then take either arizona or nevada to take a second term. The closest race tonight is in georgia which is now a virtual type. That had not gone for democrat since 1982. Today several counties are again counting ballots into tonight. And in pennsylvania joe biden has steadily been gaining on the president but President Trump is Still Holding a small lead in a state he must win to keep the white house. Arizona has been called for joe biden although his lead is narrowing a bit as more votes are counted. Theres also a very close race in nevada, they will likely be counting ballots into the weekend. Biden has been building a small lead there, right now he has about a 12,000 point advantage. The tight race and unprecedented number of