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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 05, 2020, 2:41 PM EST

Clark County Clerk concerned about safety of staff

In Clark County, Nevada, county registrar Joe Gloria said the tightening race is leaving him "concerned for the safety of my staff."

There have been some protests outside the building.

"My wife and my mother are very concerned for me, but we have security here," Gloria said. "We have law enforcement who are protecting us. I am concerned for the safety of my staff. We're putting measures into place to make sure that we have the security that's necessary."

Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria speaks to the news media about the process of vote tallying during a press conference at Clark County Election Department on Nov. 5, 2020, in North Las Vegas.
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"We're going to be okay. We're going to continue to count. We will not allow anyone to stop us from doing what our duty is: counting ballots," he said. 

-ABC News' Meg Cunningham

Nov 05, 2020, 2:25 PM EST

Nevada's Clark County to release results from 51,000 votes on Friday

In Nevada, the gap between Biden and Trump remains at 11,438 votes. Biden has 604,251 while Trump has 592,813.

Voter Lerenzo Corralez takes a photograph with a cardboard cutout of President Trump near Bob Ruud Community Center on election day on Nov. 3, 2020, in Pahrump, Nev.
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Clark County, home to Las Vegas, will release results from 51,000 votes on Friday, said Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria. So far, Clark County mail-in results have been favoring Biden.

President Donald Trump supporter Loretta Oakes reacts while watching returns in favor of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, at a Republican election-night watch party, Nov. 3, 2020, in Las Vegas.
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-ABC News' Cheyenne Haslett

Nov 05, 2020, 2:15 PM EST

Pennsylvania expects majority of votes counted by end of day

Pennsylvania expected to have the "majority" of the remaining votes counted by Thursday night, the state's attorney general's office told ABC News.

People participate in a protest in support of counting all votes as the election in Pennsylvania is still unresolved on Nov. 04, 2020, in Philadelphia.
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-ABC News' Eva Pilgrim

Nov 05, 2020, 1:52 PM EST

Judge says she will deny Trump campaign effort to stop ballot count in Michigan

A judge in Michigan said Thursday afternoon she would deny a plea from the Trump campaign to stop the processing and counting of absentee ballots in the state, mainly citing the fact that the counting is already largely done.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin and Olivia Rubin

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