Right now: PA Secretary of State Kelly Boockvar:
“The strength of the integrity of this vote is unparalleled.”
“No matter how you chose to vote this year…every method is incredibly safe and secure."
Earlier in the day Secretary of State Boockvar seemed a bit more confident in Pennsylvania’s ability to declare a winner today. She points out that the closer the race, longer it takes to do the count.
Asked about the personal safety of herself and her staff, PA Sec/State Boockvar says: "We have security. We make sure we are safe.”
Correction: Kathy Boockvar is the Secretary of State of Pennsylvania. (Not Kelly.) Apologies.
*You can track the progress of counting Pennsylvania mail-in ballots here.
*The largest number outstanding, 84,800+ are in Philadelphia County, which so far has favored Biden by an 80-19 margin. votespa.com/About-Election…
*According to @nytimes, Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania lead fell by 11,806 votes when new results came in from Cumberland County.
*Pretty substantial number for a red county.
*Trump has been leading in Cumberland by margin of more than 10 percentage points. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
This is an important development: mail-in votes in a red-leaning county in Pennsylvania break 70-30 for Joe Biden. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
ARIZONA UPDATE:
*Joe Biden’s lead shrinks slightly, to 58,953.
*More Mariciopa results expected after 9 pm ET. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
PENNSYLVANIA UPDATE:
Donald Trump’s lead keeps shrinking. Now it’s 53,221, a margin of 0.8 percent. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
As I was typing, more Pennsylvania results came in. Trump’s margin now is just over 50,000.
According to the Pennsylvania Dept. of State website, 250,000 more mail-in ballots are yet to be counted.
The counties with the most outstanding ballots in Pennsylvania are:
Philadelphia 72,470
Lehigh 24969
Bucks 22,355
Delaware 13,211
All are various shades of blue. votespa.com/About-Election…
Plus:
Allegheny 36,022. (Those ballots won’t be counted until tomorrow.)
GEORGIA UPDATE:
Trump’s margin continues to shrink. He now leads by only 2,497 votes, or a margin of 0.1 percent. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
ARIZONA UPDATE:
New numbers from Maricopa County cut Joe Biden’s lead to 46,257. His margin over Donald Trump shrinks to 1.6 percent. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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Here’s where things stand at 6:40 am ET.
*Joe Biden erases Donald Trump’s lead in Georgia. Biden now up by 1,096 votes.
*Trump’s lead in Pennsylvania shrinks to 18,229. Over 160,000 ballots uncounted.
*Biden still leads in Ariz. by 1.6% and Nevada by 0.9%
*Georgia officials say 10,000 absentee ballots are still uncounted, including 4,800 in Gwinnett County.
*Biden holds a very comfortable, 18-percentage-point lead in Gwinnett. ajc.com/politics/most-…
For anyone wondering, Georgia elections fall under the purview of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kelly Boockvar tells @CNN that the state will have the “overwhelming majority” of ballots counted today. We may know today whether Biden or Trump won the state.
*550,000 ballots are left to count.
*“It’s looking like we’re ahead of schedule."
Sec. of State says 550,000 votes are left to count in Pennsylvania. Donald Trump’s lead there is 114,000. But Joe Biden has been chipping away at that number for the past 24 hours. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
PENNSYLVANIA UPDATE:
Donald Trump’s margin continues to shrink.
Now: 108,772.
Secretary of State says she believes a winner could be known today. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Here’s where we stand at 6:35 am ET:
*New Arizona numbers shrink Biden’s margin to 2.4%. All eyes on Maricopa County.
*Trump’s Georgia margin collapses to 18,500 votes. Focus on Atlanta.
*Trump’s PA margin shrinks. Tons of votes to be tabulated in Philly. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
|@business has called Arizona for Joe Biden, putting the Electoral College count at 264-214.
More: Only hours after Trump supporters in Pennsylvania chanted “Stop the Count” … Trump supporters in Arizona chanted, “Count the Votes.” nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Approaching 6 pm, here are a few updates:
*Trump's margin in Pennsylvania falls below 5 percent. Tons of uncounted votes in Philly.
*Trump’s Georgia margin now at 1.4 percent, with plenty of Dem votes left to count.
*Fox News count has Biden within 6 electoral votes of victory.
*DeKalb County, Georgia, is still showing 89 percent counted, which means a significant number of ballots are outstanding.
*Biden is leading there is 83-16. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Donald Trump’s margin in Georgia is now about 57,000, but it’s shrinking.
94 percent of the state has been counted. But a lot of the outstanding votes appear to be blue. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
A lot of attention now on Arizona:
*AP and Fox News called it for Biden last night.
*Biden holds lead of 93,500 votes.
*Arizona Republic reports that 600,000 ballots remain to be counted.
*Most of those ballots are in Maricopa County, which Biden leads. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
The Associated Press explains why it called Arizona for Biden. Worth noting that Biden was leading by 9 points at the time of the call; his lead now is 3.4. apnews.com/article/ap-exp…