选举日变成了选举周计票初步结果显示激烈的比赛在几个关键方面战场州。
候选人需要270张选举人票才能保住总统职位。美国广播公司新闻项目唐纳德·特朗普总统目前有214个，而前副总统乔·拜登有253个。拜登的票数包括威斯康星州，美国广播公司新闻称他是明显的赢家，因为投票非常接近，尚未得到认证。
周三上午早些时候，共和党现任总统特朗普和民主党挑战者拜登都在全国发表讲话，表达了对白宫竞选的信心。但特朗普后来改变了态度，对选民欺诈进行了毫无根据的指控，甚至谎称自己参加了竞选。他的律师进行法律斗争在关键州停止计票。
2020年的选举破碎的投票记录，超过了2016年投票的1 . 38亿人。拜登还打破了美国总统候选人获得最多选票的记录，超过7300万张选票还在统计中。截至周四晚上，拜登拥有美国历史上最高的支持率，其次是特朗普。
拜登对特朗普在宾夕法尼亚州的领先优势越来越不满
周五上午早些时候，拜登在宾夕法尼亚州继续以微弱优势领先特朗普，两位候选人现在仅以18229票的优势分开
截至美国东部时间凌晨3点，特朗普在Keystone State拥有3286171张选票，拜登拥有3267942张选票。
特朗普在2016年入主白宫的路上把蓝色的州变成了红色。他赢得了宾夕法尼亚州选举团的20张选票，在那里以44292张选票击败了希拉里·克林顿。
在那一年之前，宾夕法尼亚州已经连续六次选举民主党总统候选人。
特朗普在佐治亚州的领先优势缩小到只有665票
周五早上，特朗普在佐治亚州的领先优势缩小到只有665票。
截至美国东部时间凌晨3点，特朗普拥有2448183张选票，而拜登以2447518张选票紧随其后。
佐治亚州长期以来一直是共和党的大本营，该州有16张选举团的选票可供争夺。自1992年比尔·克林顿以来，这个深南方州的选民一直没有支持民主党总统候选人。
特朗普竞选团队在内华达州提起诉讼
特朗普竞选团队终于在内华达州提起诉讼，此前近12个小时，周四上午举行了一次奇怪的新闻发布会，其中包括没有任何证据的指控。
该诉讼包括他们已经向法院提出的投诉，但没有成功，例如试图将签名匹配验证机扔在克拉克县，并试图停止计票，直到他们有更多“有意义的机会”进行计票。
这起诉讼是在联邦地区法院提起的，针对内华达州国务卿芭芭拉·塞加夫斯基。
该诉讼还重申了前国家情报局代理局长里克·格雷诺和前内华达州共和党司法部长亚当·拉萨尔特周四上午提出的新指控。
“克拉克县的选举一直存在违规行为，包括邮件选票认证程序松懈，以及超过3000次不合格的个人投票。甚至有人为已故的选民投票。此外，公众经常被禁止观察邮寄选票的处理过程，导致他们的许多工作在没有公共责任的情况下秘密进行，”该诉讼称。
总的来说，没有任何证据证明这些说法。
特朗普竞选，内华达州共和党要求司法部长巴尔调查该州的投票
特朗普竞选团队和内华达州共和党周四晚上援引关于潜在选民欺诈的毫无根据的指控，要求司法部长比尔·巴尔调查不清楚的违反联邦法律的行为。
该党已经确定了他们声称的3062名“在选举中似乎不正当地投了邮件票”的人。
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任何官方机构都可以提出这种被称为“刑事移交”的请求，本质上是向司法部或联邦调查局发出通知，提醒联邦官员注意潜在的联邦犯罪。但近年来，这一通知越来越多地被寻求给政敌蒙上疑云的党派人士所利用。刑事转介的门槛很低。
为了让联邦政府介入，必须有违反联邦法律的嫌疑，因为各州负责监督选举。
他们没有提供任何可以核实的可识别信息。
隆达·丘吉尔/法新社，通过盖蒂图片
周四晚上，当美国广播公司首席新闻主播乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯问及他是否知道该州有任何选民欺诈的情况时，内华达州司法部长艾伦·福特回答说:“没有。”
福特说:“事实上，例如，我们从克拉克县的县登记处听到的是，他们唯一看到的选民欺诈的例子是特朗普的支持者试图投两次票。”“归根结底，我们在寻找它——如果你这么做了，我们将起诉你。”
Election 2020 live updates and results
Election Day is turning into election week asthe counting of votescontinues across the United States, with preliminary results showingtight racesin several keybattleground states.
Candidates need 270 Electoral College votes to secure the presidency. ABC News projectsPresident Donald Trumpcurrently has 214, whileformer Vice President Joe Bidenhas 253. Biden's count includes Wisconsin, where ABC News is characterizing him as the apparent winner because the vote is very close and has not yet been certified.
Both Trump, the Republican incumbent, and Biden, the Democratic challenger, addressed the nation in the early hours of Wednesday morning and expressed confidence in the race for the White House. But Trump has since changed his tune, making baseless claims of voter fraud and even falsely calling races for himself. His lawyers havewaged legal battlesto halt vote counting in crucial states.
The 2020 election hasshattered voting records,surpassing the 138 million who went to the polls in 2016. Biden has also broken the record for obtaining the most votes ever cast for a U.S. presidential candidate, with more than 73 million and counting. As of Thursday night, Biden has the highest popular vote total in U.S. history, followed by Trump.
Biden chips away at Trump's lead in Pennsylvania
Biden continued to chip away at Trump's lead in Pennsylvania early Friday morning, with the two candidates now separated by just 18,229 votes
As of 3 a.m. ET, Trump has 3,286,171 votes in the Keystone State while Biden has 3,267,942.
Trump flipped the blue state red on his path to the White House in 2016. He won Pennsylvania's 20 Electoral College votes, defeating Hillary Clinton there by 44,292 ballots.
Prior to that year, Pennsylvania had voted for Democratic presidential candidates in six consecutive elections.
Trump's lead in Georgia dwindles to just 665 votes
Trump's lead in Georgia dwindled to just 665 votes early Friday morning.
As of 3 a.m. ET, Trump has 2,448,183 votes while Biden isn't far behind with 2,447,518.
Sixteen Electoral College votes are up for grabs in Georgia, a longtime Republican stronghold. Voters in the Deep South state haven't swung for a Democratic presidential candidate since Bill Clinton in 1992.
Trump campaign files lawsuit in Nevada
The Trump campaign has finally filed a lawsuit in Nevada, almost 12 hours after holding a bizarre press conference Thursday morning that included claims without any evidence whatsoever.
The lawsuit includes complaints they've already put before the courts and that were unsuccessful, like trying to get the signature matching verification machines thrown out in Clark County and trying to stop the count until they had more "meaningful access" to ballot counting.
This lawsuit was brought before the federal district court, against Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske.
The lawsuit also reiterates the new claims former acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell and former Republican Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt made Thursday morning.
“Irregularities have plagued the election in Clark County, including lax procedures for authenticating mail ballots and over 3,000 instances of ineligible individuals casting ballots. Ballots have even been cast on behalf of deceased voters. Moreover, the public has often been prohibited from observing the processing of mail ballots, resulting in much of their work being done in the shadows without public accountability," the lawsuit alleges.
Overall, there is no evidence of any of these claims.
Trump campaign, Nevada GOP ask Attorney General Barr to investigate voting in state
The Trump campaign and the Nevada GOP -- citing unfounded allegations regarding potential voter fraud -- Thursday evening requested Attorney General Bill Barr investigate unclear violations of federal law.
The party has identified what they allege are 3,062 individuals "who appear to have improperly cast mail ballots in the election."
Any official body can make this kind of request, known as a "criminal referral," essentially a notice to the Justice Department or FBI alerting federal officials of a potential federal crime. But the notice in recent years has been increasingly utilized by partisan actors seeking to cast a cloud of suspicion over their political enemies. The bar to make a criminal referral is very low.
In order for the federal government to get involved, there must be suspected violations of federal law, as states are responsible for overseeing elections.
They have not provided any identifiable information that can be verified.
When asked Thursday night by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos if he was aware of any instances of voter fraud in the state, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford responded, "None."
"In fact, what we heard from our county registrar down in Clark County, for example, is that the only instance they've seen of voter fraud was a Trump supporter trying to vote twice," Ford said. "At the end of the day, we’re looking out for it -- if you do it, we're going to prosecute you."
