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Lingering uncertainty still surrounds the 2020 presidential election as the day after the election draws to a close, but Democratic candidate Joe Biden is within a few electoral votes of being the unofficial winner of the contest, with news outlets varying between reporting 253 and 264 Electoral College votes for Biden out of the 270 required to win.
Even if he achieves that, questions remain about the finality of the outcome, as President Donald Trump has demanded recounts in close states and kicked off legal challenges. By Wednesday night, the Trump campaign had filed three lawsuits, one each in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, contesting the process for counting ballots, joining lawsuits that Republicans had already filed in Pennsylvania and Nevada.
The campaign also called for a recount in Wisconsin. That process could last weeks, with experts pointing to similarities with the contested 2000 presidential election, which was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court 36 days later.For now, the country’s short-term uncertainty isn’t likely to have much of an impact on…
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