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Trump Backers, Biden Supporters Duel as Vote Count Continues

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   Supporters of President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe
   Biden faced off in largely peaceful demonstrations Thursday and early
   Friday in battleground states, where votes in the U.S. presidential
   election were still being counted.

   Both sides were energized by Trump's aggressive challenge to the
   vote-counting process, which has shown Biden slowly building an
   Electoral College lead over Trump.

   In the closely contested state of Arizona, backers of the two
   candidates scuffled briefly Thursday outside the Maricopa County
   Elections Department in the city of Phoenix. The fracas occurred after
   several heavily armed right-wing groups gathered at the site while
   election workers were counting ballots inside.

   Protesters repeatedly accused Maricopa County election chief Adrian
   Fontes of failing to count some ballots and thus denying Trump
   much-needed votes, although there was no evidence of improper vote
   counting.

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