Updated Nov. 8, 2020 (2:15 p.m. ET)
On Nov. 3, Americans voted to elect their next leader. As of Nov. 8, no results have been certified and legal challenges and recounts are pending in key swing states. The Epoch Times will continue to update this article as new information becomes available on the status of the 2020 presidential election.
The Epoch Times will not declare a winner of the election until all results are certified and any legal challenges are resolved. Read more here.
Key Points on the Status of the Presidential Race:
- Legal challenges have been filed in Pennsylvania and Arizona.
- A recount has been requested in Wisconsin by the Trump campaign.
- In Georgia, the state has announced a recount.
- Ballots continue to be counted in Alaska and North Carolina.
Overview of Lawsuits and Recounts
Pennsylvania
Nov. 6, 2020: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issues a temporary order requiring Pennsylvania to segregate ballots that arrived after Election Day.
Nov. 5, 2020: The Trump campaign sues Philadelphia County’s Board of Elections to seek an emergency injunction to stop ballot counting in Philadelphia. Update: A federal judge denies the emergency request from the Trump campaign on Nov. 5.
Nov. 4, 2020: The Trump campaign files a lawsuit in Pennsylvania to halt vote counting until Republican observers are granted adequate access. Update: A Pennsylvania appellate court on Nov. 5 rules in favor of the Trump campaign. Election officials appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court.
Nov. 4, 2020: The Trump campaign intervenes in a Supreme Court challenge to Pennsylvania’s deadline extension for late-arriving mail-in ballots.
Nov. 4, 2020: The Trump campaign files a lawsuit challenging a court-ordered deadline extension for first-time voters who need to fulfill a missing-identification requirement.
Wisconsin
Nov. 4, 2020: The Trump campaign requests a recount in Wisconsin. Update: Justin Clark, Trump’s deputy campaign manager, announced Nov. 7 that his team would initiate the recount.
Georgia
Nov. 6, 2020: Georgia’s secretary of state announces that the state will have a recount.
Nov. 4, 2020: The Trump campaign and the Georgia Republican Party file a lawsuit in Georgia alleging that absentee ballots were improperly counted after the state’s deadline. Update: A judge in Georgia on Nov. 5 dismisses the lawsuit.
Arizona
Nov. 7, 2020: The Trump campaign and the RNC file a lawsuit over rejected votes in Maricopa County. The lawsuit alleges in-person votes were disregarded as a result of improper guidance provided by poll workers.
Nov. 5, 2020: The Trump campaign and RNC ask an Arizona judge to let them join a lawsuit that alleges vote tabulation equipment in metro Phoenix was unable to record a voter’s ballot because she completed it with a county-issued Sharpie pen. Update: Attorneys who challenged the use of the markers told the court on Nov. 7 they’re dismissing their legal challenge.
Nevada
Nov. 6, 2020: The Nevada Republican Party announces that its lawyers have sent Attorney General William Barr a criminal referral alleging at least 3,062 cases of voter fraud in the state.
Nov. 5, 2020: The Trump campaign backs two cases in Nevada that seek to change signature verification procedures used for processing ballots and expand access for Republican poll watchers in Clark County, Nevada. Update: On Nov. 6, a federal judge denies the request for changes to signature verification and a district judge rejects the lawsuit seeking expanded access to poll watchers.
Michigan
Nov. 4, 2020: The Trump campaign files a lawsuit in Michigan to halt vote counting until Republican observers are granted adequate access. Update: A Michigan judge denies the request by the Trump campaign on Nov. 5, 2020.
From The Epoch Times
