The presidential election is still too close to call in five battleground states.
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NOVEMBER 5, 2020: The Trump campaign launched lawsuits in Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. The presidential election is still too close to call in five battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
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Election Update
With race calls in 45 states and Washington, D.C., former Vice President Joe Biden ([link removed]) (D) has 253 electoral votes and President Donald Trump ([link removed]) (R) has 213.
Trump won four battleground states ([link removed]) : Florida, Iowa, Ohio, and Texas. Biden also won four: Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin.
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The following map shows the current state of the race:
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Elections are too close to call in five battleground states ([link removed]) . Here's the status of those states as of 8:30 a.m. EST.
* Arizona ([link removed]) : Officials in Maricopa County expect ([link removed]) to release additional results after 9 p.m. ET on Thursday. Biden is leading by 2.4 percentage points with an estimated 86% of votes counted.
* Georgia ([link removed]) : Ballot counting is continuing ([link removed]) into Thursday morning. Trump is leading by 0.4 percentage points with an estimated 96% of votes counted.
* Nevada ([link removed]) : State election officials said ([link removed]) they would not announce any additional results until Thursday at noon ET. Biden is leading by 0.6 percentage points with an estimated 86% of votes counted.
* North Carolina ([link removed]) : Mail ballots postmarked ([link removed]) by Nov. 3 can be accepted until Nov. 12. Trump is leading by 1.4 percentage points with an estimated 95% of votes counted.
* Pennsylvania ([link removed]) : State election officials said ([link removed]) they expected to count most ballots by Friday. Mail-in ballots are also still being accepted in Pennsylvania until Friday. Trump is leading by 2.6 percentage points with an estimated 89% of votes counted.
Five outlets we track—ABC News, CNN, Fox News, NBC News, and The New York Times—reached a consensus on calls in two battleground states on Wednesday:
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Biden is the projected winner of Michigan ([link removed]) . With 99% of precincts reporting, Biden is leading Trump by 2.8 percentage points.
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Biden is the projected winner of Wisconsin ([link removed]) . With 99% of precincts reporting, Biden is leading Trump by 0.6 percentage points.
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Donald Trump ([link removed]) has launched several lawsuits in key battleground states:
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Georgia ([link removed]) : The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit with the Chatham County Superior Court requesting that the court order election officials to secure and account for absentee/mail-in ballots received after the 7 p.m. receipt deadline on November 3.
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Michigan ([link removed]) : The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit with the Michigan Court of Claims to provide election challengers access to view absentee/mail-in ballot counting and other materials and requesting to stop the counting of ballots until that access is provided.
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Pennsylvania ([link removed]) : The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of the United States over the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's order extending the state's mail-in ballot receipt deadline to November 6, 2020, overriding the statutory receipt deadline of November 3, 2020.
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Pennsylvania ([link removed]) : The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania requesting that the court prohibit election officials from allowing absentee/mail-in voters to provide missing proof of identification on or after November 8 and/or prohibiting officials from counting those voters' ballots if the identification is not provided and verified by November 9.
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Joe Biden ([link removed]) delivered remarks ([link removed]) on the election from Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday. He said, “After a long night of counting, it’s clear that we’re winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. I’m not here to declare that we’ve won, but I am here to report that when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners.”
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The Biden transition team also launched its website on Wednesday: BuildBackBetter.com ([link removed])
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