9m ago
19:40
With Wisconsin in Joe Biden’s column, the Democratic
nominee could win the election solely by holding onto his leads in Nevada and
Michigan.
If Biden
won both Nevada and Michigan after securing Wisconsin, his electoral vote count
would be 270, the exact number needed to capture the White House.
Michigan
officials continue to count valid ballots, although Donald Trump’s reelection
campaign said it has filed a lawsuit to “halt counting” in the state.
Nevada is
expected to provide an update on its vote count tomorrow morning.
19:19
Biden wins Wisconsin
The AP has
called Wisconsin and its 10 electoral college votes for Joe Biden. It is the
second state to be flipped from Republican to Democrat, following the call of
Arizona for the Democratic nominee early this morning. (Biden has also flipped
the lone electoral vote from Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district.)
Meagan
Wolfe, the administrator of the Wisconsin elections commission, said in a
briefing that the state believed it had all unofficial results, except for a
small township of 300 people. (Biden currently leads by about 20,000 votes.)
The
announcement from Wisconsin aligns with the Biden campaign’s statements that
they are optimistic the race is moving in their direction. Biden’s electoral
vote count is now up to 248, meaning he will win the election if he can
maintain his leads in Nevada and Michigan.
Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has already said it
will “immediately” call for a recount in Wisconsin, but given the margin in the
race, a recount is unlikely to change the final result.
Earlier
today the Democratic chair in the state, Ben Wikler, had a tweet labelled as
misleading by Twitter when he claimed the state had been won by Biden at around
7:20am ET.
Incidentally
Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has said they expect an unofficial
vote count by the end of the day. The state is, she said, still counting “tens
of thousands” of ballots.
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