The new president could be known until January 20

JFour days have passed since election day in the United States, but the country remains suspended because it is not yet possible to determine who will be the next president. So far, neither Joe Biden nor did Donald Trump manage to get the 270 votes needed by Electoral College to secure entry to the White House.

How projectionshowever, they put the Democratic candidate at an advantage, with 253 delegates, when the incumbent president has 214. At this point, there are six states, even if only one is enough (Pensilvania, for a value of 20 votes) to put an end to the ‘arm wrestling’.

Donald Trump leads Alaska (3 votes) and North Carolina (15 votes), where he must secure the corresponding votes, but Joe Biden is ahead of the others: Georgia (16 votes), Arizona (11 votes), Pensilvania and Nevada (6 votes), some with very limited margins, making it difficult to reach a winner.

Trump presented, denouncing the existence of election fraud without providing any evidence Actions in the states of Pensilvania, Michigan and Georgia.

Follow the MINUTES here for the latest developments on the US elections:

10h53 – President Donald Trump will keep his powers intact until the 20th janeiro. Even if he loses the election, the president of the United States of America retains full powers until successor takes office ea political scientist heard by Lusa admits that Donald Trump is ready to “use and abuse his powers to the fullest”. Confirming the victory of Democratic candidate Joe Biden, in the presidential elections last Tuesday, the current US President Donald Trump will retain his powers until noon janeiro 2021, when the next tenant of the White House takes office.

10h51 – The new president can only be known on the 20th janeiro. It is not known when the results of last Tuesday’s presidential election will be validated in United States of America, and a judicial battle approaches, dragging, in extreme cases, a decision up to janeiro, when a new President must take office, even if only temporarily.

In the United States, on the other hand, there is no national electoral law: each state has its own rules and defines its own schedules, both to accept postal and / or early votes, and to define the times for their counting or to establish forms of voting . resolve disputes. The process can pass through the Supreme Court and end in Congress where, according to the Constitution, a President must be chosen, who must take office on the 20th janeiro, even if only temporarily, which, in an extreme situation, can be the group leader of the majority of the Housetimes of the Representatives or, following the line of succession, the President ‘pro time‘of the Senate.

8h47 – Incendiary messages linked by Councilor Trump. A messaging company run by one of its top Donald Trump campaign officials sent thousands of anonymous text messages supporters of the president to demonstrate Thursday at the polling stations in Philadelphia, where the votes are still counted, the PA advances. The text said the Democrats were trying to steal the election.

8h00 – Joe Biden increases the lead in Georgia. Fulton County, Georgia announced this morning (3:00 local time, 8:00 Lisbon) once again to update in the vote count, indicating that the Democratic candidate has increased his slight margin compared to Donald Trump, from just over 3,000 votes to 7,248 votes difference. At this point, about 98% of the votes are counted, but the US state, let’s remember, announced Thursday that it will proceed to a to tell of votes for presidential elections.

Georgia will allow observers from both teams to follow the to tell and after Trump, without providing any evidence, claimed fraud was occurring across the country. A request had also been made to tell no Wisconsin.

7h00 – The Supreme Court requires the Pensilvania separation of votes by correspondence. The US Supreme Court on Friday ordered the state of Pensilvania separate votes received after election day, after a action presented by the Republicans.

6h45 – High participation e pandemic explain the slow vote count. The slowness of the vote count in the US presidential election is generating criticism, but reflects the enthusiasm for electoral participation and the measures taken in states facing the pandemic from Covid-19.

6h35 – Student arrested for writing threatening messages to McConnell. A college student in the state of Florida was arrested for threatening Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell on social media and wanting some of his supporters to be subjected “slowly” to sharks.

6h30 – Social networks handle fake publications differently. Fake or violence-based publications have proliferated on major social networks since the beginning of the presidential election in the United States, as many observers have predicted, with platforms handling the situation in different ways.

5h29 – White House protesters cheer emotionally Biden. American citizens outside the White House gardens in Washington cheered Joe’s speech loudly Biden who, once again, said he was confident of the victory and asked for calm and patience.

4h51 – Biden acknowledges that he has not yet won but expects a clear victory. Democratic candidate for the White House Joe Biden acknowledged Friday that he has not yet won the presidential election at 3 November, but the numbers indicate he will have a “clear and convincing win”.

“Dear Americans, we still don’t have a final declaration of victory, but the data provide a clear and convincing picture: we will win this election.”he said, showing confidence and asking for patience, just like the day before. “Time to join”, said the former vice president of Barack Obama, in a brief speech in Wilmington, in the state of Delaware, in the northeast of the country, while the final results of the poll on Tuesday remain unknown.

We must remember that the aim of our policy is not a totally inexorable war.

– Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 7, 2020

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