US Elections
Fresh Updates On 2020 United States Election
- EKOHOTBLOG, 6TH NOVEMBER, 2020
1. US election: Report claims Trump is considering running for president in 2024.
Jim Acosta, a CNN White House correspondent in a broadcast on Thursday, November 5, said some aides and advisers think Trump will lose the election.
The correspondent said:
“There are some aides and advisers that are beginning to talk of the potential not only that the president is going to lose this election but that he may mount some resurrection run in 2024.”
He stated that some advisers have discussed with the president about a possible 2024 run, but noted that there is no final decision on the issue yet.
2. I Have No Doubt Sen. Harris And I Will Be Declared Winners, Biden Says In New Address.
Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate in the US presidential election, has said he has “no doubt” he and Senator Kamala Harris will emerge victorious at the end of the votes count.
Votes continue to be counted in battleground states of Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia and North Carolina.
So far, Biden maintains an early lead of 264 electoral votes and 72,473,159 over Trump’s 214 electoral votes and 68,908,642 popular votes.
Speaking from his hometown in Wilmington, Delaware on Thursday evening, Biden said, “The senator and I continue to feel very good about where things stand. We do not doubt that when the count is finished, Sen. Harris and I will be declared the winners. So, I ask everyone to stay calm — all people to stay calm.
“The process is working. The count is being completed. And we’ll know very soon. So thank you all for your patience, but we’ve got to count the votes.”
3. Biden counters Trump: ‘Every vote must be counted’.
Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden has countered President Donald Trump’s comment that counting of votes should stop.
Biden, in a short news conference, on Thursday said called for patience and restated that “every vote must be counted.”
He spoke from Wilmington, Delaware, after attending a Covid-19 meeting.
According to the presidential challenger, “The senator and I continue to feel very good about where things stand. We have no doubt that when the count is finished Sen. Harris and I will be declared the winners.
“So, I ask everyone to stay calm — all people to stay calm. The process is working. The count is being completed. And we’ll know very soon.
“So thank you all for your patience but we’ve got to count the votes.”
Biden briefly acknowledged the pandemic and the lives lost to the virus.
“Our hearts go out to each and every family who’s lost a loved one to this terrible disease,” he said.
4. Court Grants Trump Access to Observe Pennsylvania Vote Count.
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has granted President Donald Trump and his campaign team access to observe vote count in the state of Pennsylvania.
In an order made by the court Thursday, Trump, who had raised the alarm that unexplained votes were being counted in favour of Democrat Joe Biden, can now have close observation of the count process.
Pennsylvania, which has 20 Electoral College votes, is one of the five states where votes are still been counted.
With 264 Electoral College votes in the bag, Biden needs only six more to emerge the 46th president of the US. Trump is currently on 214 Electoral College votes and banks on Pennsylvania and the remaining four states to win the contest.
The court said: “Upon review of arguments contained in brief submitted by Donald Trump, the Philadelphia Country Board of Elections and the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, it is hereby ordered that the November 4 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying appellant’s oral motion to allow closer observation of the canvassing of ballots is reversed.
“Effective immediately, the court requires all candidates, watchers, or candidate representatives be permitted to be present for the canvassing process.”
It however warned that while observing the process, social distancing and wearing of masks must be adhered to due to COVID-19 pandemic.
In a tweet, Trump described the development as a big legal win for his election bid.
5. Court Rejects Trump’s Request To Stop Counting Michigan Votes.
A judge in the state of Michigan has rejected a petition filed by President Donald Trump to stop counting ballots cast by post in the state.
Joe Biden was declared the winner in Michigan, with 50.59% of the vote against 47.88% for Donald Trump. He filed a lawsuit concerning the processing of postal votes.
The judge, Cynthia Stephens, dismissed the complaint, saying the case was adjourned – hours before the count was completed – and that the person who should not have been prosecuted had been charged – as a result of the Secretary of State. the state has no control over the vote count.
Trump’s campaign committee wanted the count to be stopped until some Republican election observers were present at the count.
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