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Election results: USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page discusses Arizona, Georgia and other battleground states.
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Washington Bureau chief @SusanPage shares the story of how Joe Biden visited his son Beau's grave on Election Day. Beau urged his father to run for president in 2016.

.@SusanPage says legal scholars tell us these cases filed by the Trump campaign don't have solid grounding.

What purpose do they serve?
- slow things down
- give the president the ability to make a case to his base that he didn't actually lose

.@SusanPage makes these points clear:
- A candidate conceding does not matter
- News media projections do not matter, they are just guidance

So what matters? States certifying the election results.

2020 elections editor @AnnahBackstrom says she thinks a major mental health crisis could be on the way after this contentious, long election.

Congressional reporter @nicholaswu12 answers questions from our readers across platforms.

If you have a question, you can submit it through this Google Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Rg9n5…

Q: Why do Maine and Nebraska have split electoral votes?
A: Electoral votes in these states are allotted based on the congressional districts.

More: bit.ly/2I7puM0

Q: Have all non mail-in votes been counted?
A: It depends on the state.

See the percentage of votes counted in each state: usatoday.com/elections/resu…

Q: Is it legal for a presidential candidate to declare victory?
A: There is no law against that. What matters is certifying the election results.

.@rana_cash, editor of @SavannahNow says there was a lawsuit filed last night in Savannah, Georgia. It has already been dismissed. She says that could be what we see happening in other cases around Georgia.

.@rana_cash says Georgia is solidly a purple state.

Tune in tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST for another episode of "States of America," hosted by @SusanPage.