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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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Here's how election week unfolded. All times Eastern.
Nov 06, 2020, 2:51 PM EST

Michigan judge denies Trump campaign effort to stop ballot count

Judge Cynthia Stephens issued a formal order Friday denying the Trump campaign's request to stop counting in Wayne County, Michigan, home to Detroit.

Counter-protesters debate a supporter of President Donald Trump during demonstrations outside of the TCF Center in downtown Detroit, Nov. 5, 2020.
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Stephens specifically cited the lack of evidence and detail provided by the campaign in the case.

"As stated on the record at the November 5, 2020 hearing, plaintiffs are not entitled to the extraordinary form of emergency relief they have requested," she wrote.

The suit tried to stop the vote count in based on allegations that the campaign was not given adequate access to observe the vote counting process. It was also seeking access to review any ballots that were opened which they were unable to witness.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin and Allison Pecorin

Nov 06, 2020, 2:41 PM EST

PA Republicans seek emergency order from SCOTUS mandating late-arriving ballots not be counted

With Trump trailing Biden in the Pennsylvania vote count, state Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order to ensure that no late-arriving mail ballots are added to the totals. 

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar has already confirmed to ABCNews that those ballots are not showing up in the tally. 

But in the attached filing, the GOP argues that Boockvar's guidance is non-biding on county boards and claims that 25 of 67 counties haven't indicated whether or not they are abiding by it and in fact segregating the late-arriving votes.

"Without an immediate order from this Court, [Republican Party of Pennsylvania] could lose its right to 'a targeted remedy' if the State Supreme Court’s decision is ultimately overturned," they write.

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer

Nov 06, 2020, 2:22 PM EST

Trump leading North Carolina by 76,701 votes

In North Carolina, where 95% of the expected vote is in, Trump is leading by 76,701 votes. Trump has 50% (2,732,084 votes) while Biden has 48.6% (2,655,383 votes).

Demonstrators hold signs as they march for voting rights on Election Day in Graham, N.C., Nov. 3, 2020.
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About 99,000 of voters who requested an absentee ballot have not yet returned a ballot. The 99,000 number does not yet account for voters who requested an absentee ballot but voted in person on Election Day instead. 

Ten local county boards are meeting Friday night to review and approve mail-in ballots that arrived since Election Day. 

-ABC News' Tonya Simpson

Nov 06, 2020, 2:03 PM EST

Philadelphia has over 40K ballots to be counted, city commissioner says

Philadelphia City Commissioner Lisa Deeley said results from another 2,000 to 3,000 mail-in ballot are expected Friday afternoon.

Deeley estimates there are upwards of 40,000 ballots that remain to be counted and noted it may take “several days to complete."

PHOTO: People celebrate Joe Biden's lead outside of the Philadelphia Convention Center as the counting of ballots continues in the state on Nov. 06, 2020, in Philadelphia.
People celebrate Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden's lead outside of the Philadelphia Convention Center as the counting of ballots continues in the state on Nov. 06, 2020, in Philadelphia. Biden took the lead in the vote count in Pennsylvania on Friday morning from President Trump, as mail-in ballots continue to be counted in the battleground state.
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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney on Friday slammed Trump for spewing “baseless claims of fraud…for which his team has not produced one iota of evidence."

Kenney said he hopes for a peaceful transition of power, adding, "I think what the president needs to do is put his big boy pants on."

-ABC News' Armando Garcia

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