Vote counts in several key states show that former President Donald Trump is temporarily leading current Vice President Kamala Harris. However, this fragile gap can be erased by the Democratic candidate at any time...
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| Vote counting results in several states show that former President Donald Trump is temporarily leading current Vice President Kamala Harris. (Source: ABC) |
The race is getting closer and closer
Preliminary results show Vice President Kamala Harris winning Democratic stronghold Vermont, with a chance of winning New Hampshire and Virginia. Vermont has three electoral votes.
In addition, former President Donald Trump is leading his Democratic opponent in 2 states. Specifically, in Indiana, Mr. Trump won 61% of the vote, Ms. Harris won 37% of the nearly 400,000 votes counted.
In Kentucky, Mr. Trump led with 71% of the vote, Ms. Harris approximately 28%.
Indiana and Kentucky have 11 and 8 electoral votes, respectively. Trump won Kentucky in 2020.
Former President Donald Trump hopes the results in North Carolina 'smile' on him
Republican candidate Donald Trump's team is anxiously awaiting results in North Carolina as his campaign has "gone all out" in this state.
Mr. Trump spent three days before the official election in North Carolina, encouraging voters attending campaign rallies to take advantage of the opportunity to vote early.
In addition, Mr. Trump's team is also particularly concerned because the number of women participating in early voting is higher than men in this state, which will not benefit the former President.
The rallies were held in the state’s biggest media markets, though attendance was low. Senior advisers hope the last-ditch effort will help Mr. Trump win North Carolina.
North Carolina was the closest victory for the former president in 2020. It is one of the only states where a Trump-backed candidate has won a Senate seat in 2022.
Voting machine malfunctions in an Iowa county
Voting machines in some areas of Story County in Central Iowa have malfunctioned, raising concerns that results could be delayed.
According to Iowa Secretary of State Office spokeswoman Ashley Hunt Esquivel, the state is working with the supplier to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
“This incident does not prevent voters from casting their ballots but may affect the speed at which results are reported,” Mr. Esquivel said.
Story County Clerk Lucy Martin said machines were unable to read “certain types of ballots” at about 12 of the county’s 45 polling places. Election workers will have to count ballots by hand at those locations.
Ms. Martin also confirmed that the machines had been inspected but the cause of the technical problem had not been determined.
President Biden is confident he can defeat Mr. Trump
Although it is unknown how the confrontation between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will end, current President Joe Biden is always confident that he can win this race.
In addition, Mr. Biden and his close advisors also believe that if he had been the Democratic candidate instead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016, former President Donald Trump would never have had his first term in the White House.
President Biden is “worried about what will happen to the country” if Trump wins the race this time, according to a senior adviser.
Polling stations in many battleground states begin to close
At 7 p.m. ET, polls closed in several states across the country, including the key battleground state of Georgia.
About 10 polling places in several Georgia counties will open late due to threats to disrupt voting.
Here are the states that are closing polls and how many electoral votes each state has:
- Georgia: 16
- Indiana: 11
- Kentucky: 8
- South Carolina: 9
- Vermont: 3
- Virginia: 13
Pennsylvania judge orders election officials not to count ballots by hand
The Fayette County Judge ordered Washington Township to send ballots to the County Elections Department for counting when voting ends.
Washington Township Election Judge Vincent Manetta previously said his original intention was to “take the ballots out of the box and check or hand count the votes of each presidential candidate after the polls closed.”
However, despite being informed by the Director of Elections and his lawyer that he could not act outside the regulations by manually counting votes for each candidate, Mr. Manetta still announced that he would carry out the counting at the polling station.
If the Washington Township election judge fails to comply, the county sheriff's office will send an escort to assist an election worker in properly delivering voting materials to the Fayette County Elections Department.
The Fayette County judge's ruling also requires the sheriff's office to provide similar escorts to any other local polling station “acting outside the authority provided” in the state's election code.
Mr. Trump will "not forgive" any errors in the vote counting process.
Republican candidate Donald Trump will repeat a strategy he has used for years: turning any small mistake, whether technological or human error at the polls, into a story of election fraud.
Georgia extends voting hours due to disruptions from several threats
About 10 polling places in some counties will open later than scheduled, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said. They will stay open for an additional 20 to 40 minutes.
He also emphasized that the number of voters on election day across the state continues to increase, expected to exceed 1.1 million people on the day and reach a total of more than 5.2 million for the entire period.
Mr. Trump leads with more than 63% of votes in favor.
As of 6:35 a.m. on November 6 (Vietnam time), according to updated results from Google, Mr. Trump received 129,612 votes in favor, reaching 63.1% of the votes counted, while Ms. Harris received 73,246 votes in favor, reaching 35.7%.
Harris supporters are confident the election is fair.
According to a CNN poll, about 9 in 10 voters who support Vice President Kamala Harris are confident that this year's election is fair and accurate, while the number among Donald Trump supporters is somewhat more modest.
Additionally, about three-quarters of 2024 voters believe democracy in America is under threat, with only about a quarter confident in the security of the system of leadership.
Most voters are concerned about the possibility of post-election violence.
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| Election workers help voters register to vote at a polling station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 5. (Source: AFP) |
Wisconsin must recount 30,000 absentee ballots
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, city officials will use machines to recount about 30,000 absentee ballots out of an "abundance of caution" after discovering evidence that the machine doors were not properly closed, according to spokesman Jeff Fleming.
Trump accuses Philadelphia of fraud
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| Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner denied Mr. Trump's accusation of serious fraud on November 5. (Source: Philadelphia District Attorney's Office) |
On the afternoon of November 5 (Eastern US time), Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social: “Many people are talking about rampant FRAUD in Philadelphia. Law enforcement is on the way!”
However, the Philadelphia Police Department told CNN they were unaware of what Mr. Trump was referring to and were not aware of any voting-related issues that required a law enforcement response.
Mr. Trump has made baseless claims of voter fraud in Philadelphia for years, including in this year's election.
Harris' campaign prepares to respond to Trump's early declaration of victory
Vice President Kamala Harris's aides anticipate the possibility that Mr. Trump will try to declare victory early and have prepared response plans, but the final actions will depend on the opponent's moves.
However, two advisers to Ms. Harris told CNN that they will have a "very aggressive" plan to ensure that Mr. Trump's statements are not responded to.
For her part, Ms. Harris has prepared to speak on November 5, but aides warn that those plans could change.
Former President Trump is expecting a big win
In a video speech posted on the social network Truth Social, Mr. Trump urged his supporters to go to the polls and "we will have a big victory tonight."
According to CNN , a source said the former President plans to speak to thousands of supporters gathered at the Palm Beach Convention Center, a few miles from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, on the evening of November 5.
The Republican candidate had told reporters earlier that he was unsure of his plans and had not prepared a speech. However, sources said they expected him to speak regardless of the outcome and could quickly announce the results.
Mr. Trump is predicted to win in most of the battleground states.
According to the RealClearPolitics portal, as of November 5, Mr. Trump is leading Ms. Harris in the swing states of Arizona (2.8 percentage points), Georgia (1.3 percentage points), North Carolina (1.2 percentage points), Nevada (0.6 percentage points) and Pennsylvania (0.4 percentage points).
Meanwhile, Ms. Harris leads in only two swing states - Michigan (0.5 percentage points) and Wisconsin (0.4 percentage points).
Two Atlanta polling stations have bomb threats.
According to CNN , officials in Gwinnett County, Georgia, said that two election precincts in this county will remain open until 7:58 p.m. (November 5 local time, about 7:58 a.m. November 6 Hanoi time) after closing briefly due to receiving threats.
The areas were evacuated about an hour after the threat.
Highlights of election activities
With just hours to go before polls close, several battleground states recorded high voter turnout despite threats of election disruption.
Michigan, in particular, has recorded a record turnout, with at least 3.3 million early voters. Georgia had about 700,000 voters cast ballots on the afternoon of November 5, and if the current trend continues, the number of voters could exceed 5.15 million.
Arizona's Apache County experienced voting machine problems, forcing some voters to wait more than two hours and polling places ran out of spare ballots during the problem.
According to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, the vote count this time will not take as long as it did in 2020. Election workers in Lancaster County have opened and scanned more than 50% of the approximately 64,000 mail-in ballots . All mail-in ballots are expected to be counted by midnight.
The election went smoothly.
On November 5 (US Eastern time), voters simultaneously went to the polls to elect the president as well as the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Due to security concerns, authorities in states such as New York, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, etc. have increased security measures and election preparations have been made. Basically, voting in most states has gone smoothly.
This year, in New York state, there are nearly 13 million registered voters, of which Democrats account for an overwhelming number with 5.9 million; Republicans have 2.8 million and more than 3 million independent voters.
Exit polls show that a majority of New York voters still have faith in Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and expect the US Vice President to win the state with 28 electoral votes and a tradition of supporting the Democratic Party. New York is a “blue state” that has always voted for the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since 1988.
This year, the state is also stepping up its voter turnout efforts.
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