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Biden's Election Lead Grows as Trump Disputes Results

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   Democratic candidate Joe Biden continues to build on the razor-thin
   leads he gained early Friday over Republican President Donald Trump in
   the states of Georgia and Pennsylvania, where vote counting continues.
   While those races are still too close call, Biden is strongly
   positioned to win the U.S. presidential election.

   The Trump campaign is disputing the results, saying in a statement
   Friday, "this election is not over." The campaign says the president
   will ultimately win as a result of expected recounts in close state
   races and its legal challenges based on unsubstantiated allegations of
   vote fraud and irregularities.

   Biden currently leads in the popular vote and by a 253-214 margin in
   the crucial Electoral College, where 270 electoral votes are needed to
   claim the presidency for a four-year term.

   IFRAME:
   [1]https://projects.voanews.com/us-election-map-2020/?lang=en&voa

   In the U.S. system of indirect democracy, the popular vote winner in
   each state -- with two exceptions, Maine and Nebraska -- receives all
   of that state's electoral votes, which are allocated on the basis of
   population.

   Winning Georgia's 16 electoral votes and Pennsylvania's 20 votes would
   give Biden 299 votes, comfortably surpassing the threshold needed to
   become president. Biden also holds leads in the states of Arizona and
   Nevada, which, if confirmed, would increase his total to 316 electoral
   votes.

   Biden moved ahead of Trump in both Georgia and Pennsylvania on the
   strength of mail-in ballots that were cast in reliably Democratic areas
   such as the cities of Atlanta and Philadelphia. Those ballots were
   among the last to be counted.

   Since he overtook Trump in Pennsylvania early Friday, Biden's lead in
   the popular vote in the state has grown to more than 13,500 votes,
   while in Georgia, he now has a 1,579-vote lead. Both margins are
   expected to increase as additional mail-in ballots are counted.

   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader of the U.S. House of
   Representatives, said Biden's election victory was "imminent," but
   called for patience as votes are tallied.

   "The right to vote is a sacred right in our country. And having that
   vote counted as cast, it is the fundamental foundation of our
   democracy," Pelosi said during a news briefing Friday.

   Legal challenges

   Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Friday there will
   be a recount in that state because Biden's lead there is less than 0.5%
   of the vote. Georgia officials said about 9,000 military and overseas
   ballots were still outstanding and could be accepted if they arrive on
   Friday and were postmarked on Tuesday or earlier.

References

   1. https://projects.voanews.com/us-election-map-2020/?lang=en&voa

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