If you’re just joining us, there’s been little movement overnight as vote counting continues in key states which will decide the winner of the US presidential election.
Donald Trump has doubled down on unfounded claims that he would win with “legal votes cast”, demanding on Twitter that the US Supreme Court should decide the winner. Twitter has flagged the tweet with a warning that it may be “misleading about an election”.
The votes that are being counted now are not “illegal” but legitimate mail-in ballots. There is no evidence to support the president’s claim of “tremendous corruption and fraud in the mail-in ballots”.
The delay in counting postal votes is standard procedure. In some states, including Pennsylvania, they are not allowed to begin counting mail-in ballots until the day of the election itself.
The president’s lead in some pivotal states like Georgia and Pennsylvania is narrowing as more postal votes are counted. While Trump has cited “fraudulent” ballots, Democrats are simply more likely to have voted by mail: Joe Biden actively encouraged his supporters to do this, while Trump discouraged it.
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