DAY AFTER ELECTIONS Trump's team files lawsuit over vote counting in Michigan

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - Welcome to the live text coverage of the US presidential election. 

20:05 - Donald Trump's election headquarters announced that it has filed a lawsuit to stop the counting of ballots in the state of Michigan.

"President Trump's campaign was not allowed access to numerous counting locations to observe the opening of ballots and the counting process, as guaranteed by Michigan law. Today, we filed a lawsuit in the Michigan Court of Claims to stop the counting until meaningful access is granted," said campaign manager Bill Stepien.

"We also demand a review of those ballots that were opened and counted while we did not have meaningful access. President Trump is committed to ensuring that all lawful votes are counted in Michigan and everywhere else," he added.

19:19 - The counting of votes after the US presidential election is still ongoing. Prominent members of both parties are announcing victories for their candidates, but everything is still shrouded in uncertainty, and no one can say how it will end at the end of the day. The counting of votes in several states with uncertain outcomes is proceeding very slowly, which further raises tensions. 

17:49 In Pennsylvania, the vote count is still ongoing, and Governor Tom Wolf says there are nearly 3 million ballots left to count. This could delay the final result, so results from this state may not be known by the end of the day.
"The most important thing is that we have accurate results, even if it means we have to wait longer for the final result than we are used to. We have followed the correct procedure for over 200 years, and that is the practice we will continue to follow," said Wolf.

16:58 According to Fox News, Biden has increased his lead in Michigan. Biden now has 49.6%, and Trump has 48.9%. The difference is about 34,000 votes in favor of Biden. 

16:40 - The current US President Donald Trump has commented on Twitter, and his tweets have been flagged by the platform as potentially misleading. 

"I was leading last night, and then one by one they started to magically disappear as votes were counted. Very strange, and those counting the votes did it all wrong," Trump wrote, implying that Democrats are stealing votes.

16:00 - Donald Trump and Joe Biden have not commented on the counting and results of the US presidential election in the last few hours. After an exchange of "verbal fire" shortly after the first results, the candidates retreated to their headquarters, the situation is increasingly tense, and Americans have been waiting for hours to find out who will be the 46th president. Given the close margin between Biden and Trump, we will all be waiting for the results for some time to come. 

14:30 - The battle between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden for entry into the White House remains as uncertain as a penalty shootout in a football match. The election results and the winner will be decided by three states in the north: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. 

For now, Biden has a narrow lead in Michigan, and Trump leads in the other two states. As time goes by, instead of the situation becoming clearer, it is becoming more tense. Americans have entered the post-election morning deeply, and they still do not have a new or old president.

At the same time, Trump's campaign has, in a way, questioned the entire election, announcing a fight in the Supreme Court, and Democrats have promptly responded by saying that such a message is unheard of and that they are ready for the fight.

Update 7
ESTIMATED ELECTORAL VOTES:

Trump- 293-10=283 (±1)
Biden- 244+10=254 (±1)

⚠️Trump still win. *tight race
2 Blue left
5 Red left

*Biden snatched the Wisconsin over Trump. #ElectionDay #Elections2020 #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/mtLAQdBLTz

— BLΛƆKPIИK (@Blinkeu181) November 4, 2020

13:50 - It's not just Americans who are tense waiting for the US presidential election results. The whole world is waiting for the final gong that will announce the winner.

"We must have patience," said the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, while millions of Americans are biting their nails waiting to find out which of the two candidates will enter the White House.

Almost all of the American public's focus is currently on three states - Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

13:20 - Donald Trump is currently leading convincingly in the race for victory in Pennsylvania, but about 1.5 million votes are still uncounted. American media, such as The New York Times, are writing that Biden's chances are diminishing in this state, which is one of the key states or could be in the presidential race.

With his victory four years ago, Trump became the first Republican to win in Pennsylvania since 1998. 

Voters who support Democrats are mostly located in urban areas, and those who support Republicans are in rural settlements and counties.

12:50 - The campaign team of Democratic candidate Joe Biden says they will fight any efforts by President Donald Trump's team to go to the US Supreme Court to prevent the tabulation of ballots.

Jen O'Malley Dillon, who leads Biden's campaign, said that Biden's "legal teams are ready to deploy to resist that effort."

Trump had previously announced a "trip" to the US Supreme Court, which angered Democrats.

12:00 - CNN reported that after 85% of votes were counted in Nevada, Biden is leading Trump by about ten thousand votes. A victory in Nevada brings six electoral votes.

11:37 - Biden's campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon reacted to Donald Trump's latest statements and defended democratic processes, saying that no one can stop the counting of votes in the election.

"The President's statement tonight that he will try to stop further vote counting is scandalous, inappropriate, and inaccurate," said Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon, adding:

"It is scandalous because it attempts to take away the democratic rights of American citizens.

11:00 - Wisconsin is one of the states for which election results are eagerly awaited. Although Trump was in the lead, Biden took the lead in the final stages of counting. Currently, 95% of votes have been processed, and Biden leads by almost 10,000 votes. Wisconsin carries 10 electoral votes.

10:30 - In four key US states - Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia - tens of thousands of ballots have still not been counted, which means the presidential election results will remain uncertain for some time. Biden also won four electoral votes from Hawaii, bringing his total to 224, while Trump remains at 213. However, everything will depend on the results in the states that are being awaited. Biden also won in Arizona. Mail-in votes could be crucial, but counting could take days. 

9:40 - Results are still awaited in several key states for electoral votes. Media reports say Biden leads with 238 electoral votes compared to 213 for Trump. However, most media outlets still report the result as 220:213. 

8:20 - Trump thanked the voters, his children, and his wife in his address. He announced a celebration. He said that more voters turned out to vote. 

"We won Georgia and North Carolina. There are still five percent left, they can't catch us. We also won Pennsylvania, we are winning Michigan. And suddenly - what's happening with the elections? Do you know what happened? They knew they couldn't win and now they are saying we are going to court. I said from the beginning that they would send tens of millions of votes and if they don't win, they will go to court. Florida was an incredible victory, Texas, Ohio, we won convincingly there... A big victory in North Carolina too. And suddenly everything stopped. This is a fraud on the American public and a shame for our country. Honestly, we won this election. Our goal now is to preserve the integrity of our country. This is a big fraud. We are going to the Supreme Court, we don't want them to find some votes at 4 AM and add them to the list. This is a sad moment. We will win this. As far as I'm concerned, we have already won," he said.

7:54 - Trump won 38 electoral votes in Texas. Biden has 220 votes, and Trump has 213. Biden won one electoral vote in Nebraska. Donald Trump won three key states - Florida, Texas, and Ohio. Final results for Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, and Wisconsin, which are considered crucial for the election outcome, are still awaited. 

5:00 - A close political battle is underway between the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates for the position of the 46th President of America. 

Polls and bookmakers gave Joe Biden (Democrats) the lead before the election. However, the situation is worsening for Biden by the hour, and bookmakers are now giving current President Donald Trump of the Republican Party a better chance.

Currently, according to results published by Reuters, Biden leads in electoral votes by 10 votes, or 192:114.

In terms of popular support, according to the current situation, Trump has won about 3.4 million more votes.

Regarding federal states, Trump won in Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, South Carolina, Illinois, Missouri.

On the other hand, Biden won in New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington.

However, the battle is far from over, as Donald Trump leads in the presidential race in some of the key states, such as Florida, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. 

A close battle is also underway for the Senate, and according to initial information, Democrats have not met their goal of winning a majority of seats in this house.

There are predictions that we will not know the name of the winner and the new US president until the coming days, and perhaps even weeks.

01:00 - As votes are counted, the balance of power changes. Trump is again leading in three states: Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Indiana. More polling stations will close soon in the Eastern Time Zone, so the balance of power will certainly continue to change.

00:35 - Joe Biden has taken the lead in Kentucky, after Trump's initial advantage.

00:15 - Trump has also taken the lead in Kentucky.

00:00 - Donald Trump decided to limit the number of guests in the White House during election night to 250 due to epidemiological measures. Also, Trump announced that he will not declare victory declaratively "so as not to play games." 

Regarding the elections, the first results show that the current president leads in two states - Indiana and New Hampshire.

23:30 - In exit polls, about 75% of Americans characterized racism as a problem, while 25% consider it not a problem.

23:15 - The US election administration body announced that more than 101 million Americans have voted so far in the presidential election. 

According to data reported by the British The Guardian, more than 8.6 million Latinos have voted in the election.

According to sources for the British newspaper, these could be elections that will break century-old records for turnout.

"The US is on track to see some of the highest voter engagement since the early 1900s, with Michael P. McDonald, a professor at the University of Florida who collects data for the Election Project, predicting a total voter turnout rate of 67 percent this year."

23:00 - "Who we are. What we stand for. Who we are going to be. It's all at stake - and you have the power to determine the outcome. Vote before the polls close," said Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Twitter.

 

Who we are. What we stand for. Who we are going to be.

It's all at stake — and you have the power to determine the outcome.

Vote before polls close: https://t.co/eoxT07d7QB pic.twitter.com/hmv0MGtr5P

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 3, 2020

22:50 - Governor Phil Scott told reporters after voting that he voted for Biden, becoming the first incumbent Republican governor to publicly reveal a vote for the Democratic candidate.

A critic of Trump, Scott had previously said he would not vote for the president, but it was unclear if he would write in another name, as other Republican officials opposed to Trump had done.

"It was a bit of a struggle for me, but in the end, I voted for Joe Biden," Scott told reporters, according to the newspaper "Seven Days," Vermont.

22:30 - After 0.7% of votes were counted in the state of New Hampshire, Donald Trump took the lead in the presidential race. However, this is still a small sample to be treated more seriously.

22:10 - A somewhat panicked message was posted on Donald Trump's Twitter profile half an hour ago. 

"Get out and VOTE! Under my Administration, our ECONOMY is growing at the fastest rate EVER at 33.1%. Next year will be the GREATEST ECONOMIC YEAR in American history! Find your polling place below," the current president and candidate for a new term, Donald Trump, urged.

 

Get out & VOTE! Under my Administration, our ECONOMY is growing at the fastest rate EVER at 33.1%. Next year will be the GREATEST ECONOMIC YEAR in American History!

Find your polling place below. https://t.co/OODmll3Snt

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2020

22:00 - The Democratic candidate for the 46th President of the USA wrote on the wall of his house in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on election day: "From this house, to the White House, with God's grace." 

On the other hand, his opponent and current president, Republican Donald Trump, through several video messages, stated that he is continuing to restore the strength of American society, workers, and families...

At the same time, Trump, hoping for a victory, also posted a video from the celebration of his win four years ago. 

Supporters of Harris held a Hindu ceremony for good fortune in her ancestral village in India

Supporters of US Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris prayed near her ancestral village in India, ahead of the US elections on Tuesday, while a Hindu group sought divine blessings for Donald Trump.

The southern Indian region where Harris's maternal grandfather was born is rooting for the Democratic Party's victory due to family ties.

Meanwhile, a group claiming to have the support of five million Hindus says it wants Trump to be re-elected to counter major Indian rivals - Pakistan and China.

Hours before the US presidential election, people living in and around Thulasendrapuram gathered at a temple for special prayers.

A local politician performed "abhishakam," a ritual involving pouring milk over a Hindu idol while reciting religious verses, in the presence of about 20 villagers, said R. Manikandan, a shopkeeper near the temple.

The Democratic candidate for the 46th President of the USA wrote on the wall of his house in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on election day: "From this house, to the White House, with God's grace." 

On the other hand, his opponent and current president, Republican Donald Trump, through several video messages, stated that he is continuing to restore the strength of American society, workers, and families...

At the same time, Trump, hoping for a victory, also posted a video from the celebration of his win four years ago. 

Supporters of Harris held a Hindu ceremony for good fortune in her ancestral village in India.

Supporters of US Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris prayed near her ancestral village in India, ahead of the US elections on Tuesday, while a Hindu group sought divine blessings for Donald Trump.

The southern Indian region where Harris's maternal grandfather was born is rooting for the Democratic Party's victory due to family ties.

Meanwhile, a group claiming to have the support of five million Hindus says it wants Trump to be re-elected to counter major Indian rivals - Pakistan and China.

Hours before the US presidential election, people living in and around Thulasendrapuram gathered at a temple for special prayers.

A local politician performed "abhishakam," a ritual involving pouring milk over a Hindu idol while reciting religious verses, in the presence of about 20 villagers, said R. Manikandan, a shopkeeper near the temple.