Federal judge DENIES Trump campaign’s bid to halt Philadelphia vote counting as state could seal presidency for Biden
A FEDERAL judge denied the Trump campaign's attempt to stop the vote count in Philadelphia but allowed both sides to observe the fraught tally.
US District Judge Paul S. Diamond suggested on Thursday that each party should be allowed 60 observers inside a hall at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia.
Trump is locked in a nail-biting battle with former Vice President for PA's 20 electoral votes tonight.
There are 208,876 mail-in ballots and an unknown number of provisional ballots left to be counted there.
Biden and Trump need 270 electoral votes to become the 46th president of the United States.
In , which has 16 electoral votes, Potus is at 2,497 points ahead – but Biden could soon lead there.
Both the Peach State and Louisiana in a general election when no candidate receives a majority of the vote.
If neither Senate candidates received 50 percent +1 vote in Georgia on November 3, they will face off again in a runoff election set to be held January 5.
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Elsewhere, in, which was previously called for Biden, Trump is at 46,257 with more data expected tomorrow.
However, Biden has 11,438 over Trump in , a state that has six electoral votes.
HOLDING A RECOUNT
Joe Biden has a slender lead over Donald Trump in the race to 270 electoral votes.
The Democrat has so far flipped three states that Trump won in 2016 – Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona.
But the President wants a recount of votes in Wisconsin and has filed lawsuits to stop vote counting in both Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The recount of votes can be complicated because the guidelines are set at state and sometimes local levels.
THE RULES
Wisconsin – a recount cannot be requested until election results are verified on December 1. State rules also dictate that a recount can only be requested by a candidate if the race is separated by a margin of one per cent or less.
Michigan – the state conducts an automatic recount if candidates are separated by a margin of 2,000 total votes or less. To get a recount by request, a campaign must submit a petition over alleged fraud or counting errors within 48 hours.
Pennsylvania – the state only provides an automatic recount if the race is separated by a margin of 0.5% or less, or if election officials find irregularities in the results