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Biden Closes The Gap In Pennsylvania and Georgia

With the counting still on in many states, former Vice-President Joe Biden has nearly closed the gap with Trump in terms of vote count in Pennsylvania and Georgia where the latter earlier had a comfortable lead.

Experts state that there are still 14,000 ballots left to be counted in Georgia, which could very well put Biden in the lead in the southern state.

Trump Delivers Remarks On Vote Count

President Donald Trump also gave a short speech on Thursday evening, reiterating his intentions of seeing through the lawsuits on stopping the vote count in Georgia and Pennsylvania where his lead on Biden plummets.

Biden Speaks On COVID-19 And Vote Count

With vote count still in progress, Joe Biden delivered a speech on Thursday evening on COVID-19 and the efforts to count every vote.

Claims Of Voter Fraud In Michigan Due To Human Error

Reports that the number of votes for Democratic candidate Joe Biden in Michigan suspiciously jumped by more than 130,000 on Tuesday morning spread online as ballots continued to be counted. The apparent jump in votes was caused by human error when a zero was accidentally added as votes were being tallied. The mistake was quickly fixed, but a real-time report by an independent analyst fed claims of fraud online.

The Sharpiegate Conspiracy Gains Traction In Arizona, With False Claims Of Voter Fraud

Online rumours suggest that voters in Arizona were instructed to use Sharpie pens to fill out their ballots to make them illegible. However, election officials have refuted this claim and said that use of Sharpies will not invalidate the ballot, and that voters could also bring their own pens.

Which Way Will The Swing States Go?

Which way will Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania & Georgia likely swing? How close can this Presidential race possibly become and what happens to the states Donald Trump has now sued? We take a closer look at the 4 key states that will close a historic voting year with BOOM's H R Venkatesh.

Trump Sues In 3 States - Asks For Recount In Wisconsin

As the elections come to a highly competitive end, with Joe Biden taking a clear lead, President Donald Trump's campaign has filed lawsuits in three different states - Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Trump had early lead in all three states, which were slowly taken over by Biden as early votes by mail-in ballots were being counted well beyond Election Night. His campaign has also asked for votes to be recounted in Wisconsin, while asking for counting to stop in Pennsylvania.

Biden Wins Michigan & Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Vote Count To Continue

Joe Biden is at the cusp of winning the elections, after an intense battle in Wisconsin and Michigan, both of which he won with extremely slim margins. As of now, CNN is yet to call these states - Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania.

The state of Pennsylvania, where votes are still being counted, saw Biden close the gap with Trump on a vote margin of more than 12 %. Pennsylvania's secretary of state said yesterday that it may take days before most of the remaining ballots are counted.

Will Fake News Change The Outcome Of The US Elections 2020?

Have social media giants learned their lesson from 2016 elections to combat fake news and misinformation rampant on social media? BOOM's Archis Chowdhury & H R Venkatesh discuss the role of fact checkers in the American elections, the mail-in ballots controversy and how fake news has plagued the US Presidential Elections.

US Elections 2020: Swing States & Numbers To Watch Out For

As the American presidency race intensifies with Donald Trump and Joe Biden battling it out furiously in battleground states, these swing states will once again decide the winner of US Elections 2020. Election Enthusiast Arun Giri analyses the most important trends & number.