05 November 2020 19:00
Meanwhile, a Georgia judge dismisses the first request for legal action brought by the tycoon’s supporters. Still several states in the balance
Georgia judge dismisses Trump lawsuit – A judge in Georgia dismissed the lawsuit brought by the State Republican Party and President Donald Trump’s campaign to process votes by mail. Republicans demanded to ensure that Chatham James Bass County, which includes the highly democratic city of Savannah, complied with state absentee ballot laws. The county superior court judge did not provide an explanation for his decision after a hearing that lasted about an hour. The GOP and Trump’s campaign had raised concerns about some 53 ballots that polling observers said were not part of an original batch of votes. County election officials testified that all 53 ballots had been received on time.
Biden staff: Trump’s causes “useless” – The lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump in the hanging states are “useless” and are nothing more than an attempt to “distract and postpone what is now inevitable. Joe Biden will be the next president”: this is what the campaign director said Democratic candidate, Jen O’Malley Dillon, in the update given to the press today.
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The counting in Pennsylvania won’t end today – Pennsylvania could be decisive and the race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the state is increasingly in the balance. But we may not see the outcome of this race even today, because the count in one of the counties – that of Allegheny – was suspended until Friday due to about 29 thousand controversial ballots. This was explained by Bethany Hallam, a member of the county council at CNN. In Pennsylvania, the count is still in progress and something like 605,000 ballots are missing. Trump is leading by about 120,000 votes but Biden is rapidly recovering. Both campaigns say they are confident of taking over the state which, in the case of Biden, with its 20 electors, would give the final victory. But to do so, over 60% of the remaining cards would have to go to his prerogative. It’s not impossible, because there are some counties that are considered strongly Democratic-oriented.
Biden allunga in Nevada – Joe Biden is ahead in Nevada by 12,000 votes on Donald Trump. CNN reports this, underlining that the Democrat is stretching on the president. In fact, the latest survey granted him an advantage of 7 thousand cards. It is now at + 1%. Nevada has 6 electors who, added to Arizona’s 11 (the Democrats are ahead here too), would guarantee Biden the 270 votes needed to become president.
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