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6 Nov, 8 tweets, 3 min read
USA TODAY political reporters and editors answer your questions as the presidential election tightens. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
USA TODAY 2020 elections editor @AnnahBackstrom says there is a chance we have a winner today.

Pennsylvania is counting mail-in ballots, which are overwhelmingly in favor of Biden.
.@AnnahBackstrom on Trump's claims of voter fraud: "What we've seen so far is that the system is working."

There is no evidence to support Trump's claim that “votes” are coming in after Election Day on late absentee ballots.
President Donald Trump wrongly claimed victory in the presidential election in a televised speech Thursday that was filled with falsehoods, which led some networks to drop coverage to correct the misinformation. usatoday.com/story/entertai…
USA TODAY also made the decision to take down Trump's news conference after the president attacked, without evidence, the integrity and results of the election.
This is the fact check we published that @AnnahBackstrom mentioned.
usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Georgia may play another big role in American politics because they could have two run-off elections for the U.S. Senate.

Both of the Georgia Senate seats up for election this year could head to runoff contests in January. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
In Pennsylvania, Biden is now leading by about 12,400 votes. There are about 124,000 mail-in ballots left to be counted.

About 2.6 million mail-in ballots were used in Pennsylvania. They were cast overwhelmingly in favor of Democratic candidates.

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