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5 Nov, 15 tweets, 8 min read
🔊 #Election2020 still isn't over. Here's what you need to know, right now reut.rs/34jUgcH
#ElectionResults2020: Biden edges closer to victory over Trump as officials tally votes in the handful of states that will determine the outcome reut.rs/32bHuvB
Here’s what happens if #ElectionResults2020 are contested 👇 reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Police in Portland declared riots, arrested 11 people and seized fireworks, hammers and a rifle, as Oregon Governor Kate Brown activated the National Guard in response to protests over the election reut.rs/2JEn5Jc
Judge says twice-daily sweeps will be ordered at postal facilities serving states with extended ballot-receipt deadline reut.rs/34jUgcH
Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, give an update on #ElectionResults2020. Watch live 👉 reut.rs/38gxWDk
Trump campaign loses lawsuit seeking to halt vote-counting in Michigan, according to oral order from state court judge reut.rs/34jUgcH
An official in Nevada's Clark County, the state's most populous, says they expect to have an updated ballot count at 1 p.m. ET Friday, after 51,000 more ballots are tallied. Live updates: reut.rs/34jUgcH #Election2020
Georgia election officials give an #ElectionResults2020 update. Watch live 👉reut.rs/34ZSDkJ
A judge ordered twice daily sweeps at U.S. Postal Service facilities in states still receiving ballots 'to ensure that any identified local ballots can be delivered that day' reut.rs/3mYL9VE #Election2020
Trump campaign sues Philadelphia County Board of Elections, seeks injunction to bar ballot counting unless Republican observers are present, according to a court filing. Live updates: reut.rs/38jIx0f
Biden inches closer to Trump in Georgia and Pennsylvania as more votes are tallied. Live updates: reut.rs/32yFjCD
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar provides an #Election2020 update twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
U.S. Office of Special Counsel has opened an investigation into the Trump campaign's use of the White House for campaign-related activities to see if federal law has been violated. More #Election2020 updates: reut.rs/3p4aIWQ

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6 Nov
The states that could tip #Election2020 and when results will be reported reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Biden has a lead of 0.2 percentage points as of 4 p.m. ET, with 96% of the estimated vote counted.

Ballots are still being counted from Philadelphia and Allegheny county. Today is the last day that Pennsylvania can accept mail-in ballots postmarked on or before #ElectionDay Image
Biden is leading by 4,263 votes as of 5 p.m. ET, with 99% of votes counted, according to Edison Research. Trump needs both Pennsylvania and Georgia to win.

Brad Raffensperger said he expects the margin to be just a few thousand votes, which would trigger an automatic recount. Image
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6 Nov
Take a look at some of the striking moments captured by @reuterspictures photographers as U.S. voters went to the polls and the stories behind them reut.rs/3k0TXbn 👇
'I live down the street from Trump's campaign headquarters but had never noticed who worked there. When we were unexpectedly allowed onto the office floor, I was struck by the crowd of smartly dressed young people behind the president's re-election campaign' 📷 @tombrennerphoto Image
'The coronavirus threat had constrained Joe Biden's campaign, with no crowds and little interaction with the general public. Here, on a whistle-stop retrospective tour of his hometown, Scranton Pennsylvania, Biden mixes more freely with supporters' 📷 Kevin Lamarque Image
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6 Nov
JUST IN: U.S. economy adds 638,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate falls to 6.9 percent
MORE: U.S. stock index futures pare declines slightly after October nonfarm payrolls report Image
MORE: U.S. employers hired the fewest workers in five months in October, offering the clearest evidence yet that the end of fiscal stimulus and exploding new COVID-19 infections were sapping economic momentum reut.rs/3l6dpoq
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6 Nov
Joe Biden took a narrow lead over Donald Trump in the battleground state of Georgia for the first time early on Friday, putting the White House within his reach as it and other undecided states continue to count ballots reut.rs/3l3qLSp
A federal judge denied an emergency request from Donald Trump’s campaign to stop ballot counting in Philadelphia so long as Republican observers were not present reut.rs/3oZNscB
#Election2020 update: For the first time since polls closed, Biden pulls ahead of Trump in Pennsylvania.

In Georgia, Biden is ahead by 1,097 votes.
If Biden wins either state, he will have enough electoral votes to become the next president reut.rs/34jUgcH Image
Read 19 tweets
5 Nov
During the election campaign Trump attacked the integrity of the U.S. voting system, alleged voting fraud with no evidence, filed lawsuits and called for at least one state recount. Here's a roundup of recount laws in some battleground states reut.rs/365UlR3 ⬇️ 1/8
Automatic recount: Yes

Recount law: A recount is triggered when the margin of victory between two candidates is less than or equal to 0.1 percentage point

Deadline: There is no set deadline for completion of a recount

Who pays: The state, county or town 2/8 Image
Automatic recount: No

Recount law: A candidate can request a recount if the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5 percentage point

Deadline: A recount must be requested within two business days after results have been certified

Who pays: State law doesn't specify 3/8 Image
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5 Nov
#ElectionResults2020: Biden edges closer to victory over Trump as officials tally votes in the handful of states that will determine the outcome reut.rs/32bHuvB Image
Here’s what happens if #ElectionResults2020 are contested 👇 reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Police in Portland declared riots, arrested 11 people and seized fireworks, hammers and a rifle, as Oregon Governor Kate Brown activated the National Guard in response to protests over the election reut.rs/2JEn5Jc
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