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Election 2020 updates: Biden warns of 'dark winter,' pushes masks in pandemic plan

The president-elect emphasized how he would handle the pandemic response.

ByCatherine Thorbecke, Morgan Winsor, Libby Cathey, Adia Robinson, Lauren King, Emily Shapiro, Ivan Pereira, and Marc Nathanson
Last Updated: November 10, 2020, 10:14 AM EST

Joe Biden is set to become the 46th president of the United States, capping a tumultuous and tension-filled campaign during a historic pandemic against President Donald Trump. ABC News characterized Joe Biden as the apparent winner of his home state of Pennsylvania, putting him over the 270 vote threshold needed to capture the presidency.

The hard-fought battle against the president was set against the backdrop of racial unrest and the coronavirus pandemic and bitter divisions among the electorate.

Trump had falsely declared on election night, when he held a lead in several key states, that he won the contest and alleged without evidence, after the count started to swing the other way, that the election was being stolen from him and that fraud had been committed.

Painting the election as a "battle for the soul of the nation," Biden won on a message of unity over division, compassion over anger, and reality over what he called Trump's "wishful thinking" as the coronavirus pandemic cast a heavy shadow over the campaign.

The 2020 election has shattered voting records with votes totaling 147 million and counting, surpassing the 138 million who voted in 2016.

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Nov 04, 2020, 7:56 PM EST

At least 600,000 ballots in Arizona's most populous county not yet counted

At least 600,000 ballots in Maricopa County, Arizona, are still outstanding, ABC's "Good Morning America" weekend co-anchor Whit Johnson said.

These ballots are absentee ballots that voters brought to the polls in person on Election Day or the weekend before, he said on ABC News Live Prime. 

"We're looking at 600,000, maybe even more outstanding ballots here in the state of Arizona which could potentially swing things," he said. "We have seen Donald Trump getting closer and closer, inching and narrowing that lead that is currently possessed by Joe Biden, but right now the Democrats are confident. They're hanging on."

ABC News has not projected a winner in Arizona.

Nov 04, 2020, 7:45 PM EST

Trump campaign files 3rd lawsuit

The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit in Georgia Wednesday night -- its third of the day. 

This suit, filed in Chatham County, home to Savannah, alongside the Georgia Republican Party, is seeking to order the county to compile, store and account for all ballots received after 7 p.m. on Election Day, the receipt deadline.

The suit alleges that the county may be mishandling ballots, and therefore inadvertently mixing up ballots that arrived on time with ones that arrived late.

This suit is based on a single allegation from an out-of-state Republican poll observer that involves less than 60 ballots.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Nov 04, 2020, 7:39 PM EST

Protesters in several cities call for counting every vote

Protesters have gathered in cities across the country including New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., Wednesday night to call for counting all of the votes cast in this election.

Protesters take to the streets as results of the presidential election remain uncertain on Nov. 4, 2020, in New York.
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Young activists and Democratic party candidate supporters gather and dance on Black Lives Matter Plaza just outside of the White House on Nov. 4, 2020, in Washington.
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People hold signs as they take part in a rally demanding a fair count of the votes of the 2020 presidential election, in Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 2020.
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People gather to protest President Donald Trump's threat to contest the election results during a "Count every vote" rally in Boston, Nov. 4, 2020.
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Nov 04, 2020, 7:26 PM EST

Nevada not expecting new results Wednesday

A spokesperson for the Nevada secretary of state told ABC News that there are no new results expected to be released for the state Wednesday night. 

Results expected Thursday morning will likely paint a more complete picture of the standings in the Silver State, which has Biden up by about 8,000 votes with 86% of the expected count in.

Nevada’s largest county does not expect to have information on how many mail-in ballots have yet to be counted there, Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon, but the sought-after tally will likely bring good news for Biden where in-person turnout in was strong among Republicans and mail-in vote counts have been stronger for Democrats.

A protester interrupts a news conference by Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria discussing ballot counting at the Clark County Election Department on Nov. 4, 2020, in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
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-ABC News' Cheyenne Haslett and Meg Cunningham

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