乔·拜登即将成为美国第46任总统，结束了在历史性的大流行病期间针对唐纳德·特朗普总统的动荡和充满紧张的竞选。美国广播公司新闻把乔·拜登描述为明显的赢家这使他超过了获得总统职位所需的270张选票的门槛。
与总统的艰苦斗争是以背景为背景种族动乱和冠状病毒选民中的流行病和激烈分歧。
特朗普在选举之夜错误地宣布，当他在几个关键州领先时，他赢得了竞选，并在没有证据的情况下，在伯爵开始转向另一个方向后，声称选举被偷了从他那里，欺诈已经发生了。
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绘画选举为拜登赢得了一场“国家灵魂之战”团结战胜分裂的信息对愤怒的同情，以及他称特朗普的“一厢情愿”为冠状病毒大流行的现实投下阴影竞选期间。
2020年的选举总计1 . 47亿张选票打破了投票记录，超过了2016年投票的1 . 38亿人。
巴尔授权对选举违规行为的可信指控进行调查
周一晚上，司法部长威廉·巴尔(William Barr)向美国司法部长发送了一份备忘录，授权他们“对投票和选票列表违规行为进行实质性指控”，尽管迄今为止几乎没有证据表明2020年选举中存在任何广泛的选民欺诈行为。
巴尔在备忘录中说，这种调查“如果有明确和明显可信的违规指控，如果属实，可能会影响一个州的联邦选举结果，就可以进行。”
但巴尔在信中强调，这不应被视为DOJ认为存在广泛的欺诈——这是毫无根据的说法由特朗普的律师制作和RNC。相反，他是在向美国律师授权，以防他们发现任何可信的证据在选举结果被证实之前，可能影响投票表格的欺诈阴谋。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统的支持者在一次抗议中举着一张写有“这是一场骗局”的标语牌
巴尔写道:“这里的任何内容都不应被视为国务院得出投票违规影响了任何选举结果的任何迹象。”。“相反，我提供这种权威和指导是为了强调及时和适当地处理投票违规指控的必要性，以便所有美国人民，无论他们喜欢的候选人或政党，都能对我们的选举结果充满信心。”
巴尔在备忘录中说:“虽然及时有效地处理可信的指控是当务之急，但同样重要的是，国防部人员要保持适当的谨慎，并保持国防部对公平、中立和无党派的绝对承诺。”“虽然严肃的指控应该小心处理，但似是而非、臆测、异想天开或牵强附会的指控不应成为启动联邦调查的依据。”
拜登将谈论奥巴马医改，此案正在最高法院审理
拜登将发表讲话，重点是《平价医疗法案》和特朗普政府推翻该法案的诉讼。拜登将谈论他自己的“扩大获得高质量、负担得起的医疗保健”的计划。
特拉华州威尔明顿的活动定于下午2点举行
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一个人爬上华盛顿最高法院的台阶，星期三，2020年11月4日。
最高法院定于上午10点听取特朗普和18个共和党领导的州提出的要求完全取消《平价医疗法案》的案件的辩论。
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Ga。参议员抨击共和党国务卿
共和党参议员大卫·濮培德和凯利·雷夫勒正在抨击同样是共和党人的佐治亚州国务卿布拉德·拉芬伯格在这次选举中的“管理不善和缺乏透明度”，并呼吁他辞职。
“虽然责任肯定也在别处，但责任最终还是落在了国务卿身上。国务卿的管理不善和缺乏透明度是不可接受的，”参议员们在一份声明中说。“诚实的选举对我们民主的基础至关重要。国务卿未能举行诚实和透明的选举。”
“他辜负了格鲁吉亚人民，他应该立即下台，”声明继续说道
对此，拉芬伯格表示不会辞职。
“我知道情绪高涨。现在一切都与政治有关。如果我是参议员濮培德，我会在决选时被激怒。我和参议员都对我们总统的潜在结果感到不满，”该州最高选举官员拉芬伯格在一份声明中说。“但我是正式当选的国务卿。我的职责之一是帮助格鲁吉亚所有选民进行选举。我已经发过誓，我会履行我的职责，遵守佐治亚州的法律。”
彭斯:“直到结束才算结束。”..这还没有结束，”
副总统公开站在总统一边，在他的个人账户上发推说，他周一告诉他的工作人员:“直到结束才算结束..这还没有结束!”
除了副总统的推特之外，一名高级政府官员表示，副总统一直非常参与正在进行的法律斗争，在上周与白宫和竞选总部的顾问会面后，于周五参加了竞选法律基金的筹款活动。
这位官员说:“副总统一直非常积极地与竞选团队和白宫的高级工作人员讨论关于重新计票和法律努力的战略。”
Election 2020 live updates: Biden warns of 'dark winter,' pushes masks in pandemic plan
Joe Bidenis 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 theapparent winnerof his home state of Pennsylvania, putting him over the 270 vote threshold needed to capture the presidency.
The hard-fought battle against the president wasset against the backdropof racial unrest and thecoronaviruspandemic and bitter divisions among the electorate.
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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 theelection was being stolenfrom him and that fraud had been committed.
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Paintingthe election asa "battle for the soul of the nation," Biden won on amessage of unity over division, compassion over anger, and reality over what he called Trump's "wishful thinking" as the coronavirus pandemiccast a heavy shadowover the campaign.
The 2020 election hasshattered voting records with votes totaling 147 million and counting,surpassing the 138 million who voted in 2016.
Barr authorizes investigations of credible allegations of election irregularities
Attorney General William Barr sent a memo to U.S. attorneys Monday evening authorizing them to "pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities," despite little evidence surfacing thus far of any widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
In the memo Barr says that such inquiries "may be conducted if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State."
But Barr emphasized in the letter that this should not be taken as the DOJ believing there was widespread fraud -- a baseless claim beingmade by attorneys for Trumpand the RNC. Rather, he's doling authority out to U.S. attorneys in the event they might uncoverany such credible evidenceof a fraud conspiracy that might affect vote tabulations before election results are certified.
"Nothing here should be taken as any indication that the Department has concluded that voting irregularities have impacted the outcome of any election," Barr wrote. "Rather, I provide this authority and guidance to emphasize the need to timely and appropriately address allegations of voting irregularities so that all of the American people, regardless of their preferred candidate or party, can have full confidence in the results of our elections."
"While it is imperative that credible allegations be addressed in a timely and effective manner, it is equally imperative that Department personnel exercise appropriate caution and maintain the Department's absolute commitment to fairness, neutrality and non-partisanship," Barr said in the memo. "While serious allegations should be handled with great care, specious, speculative, fanciful or far-fetched claims should not be a basis for initiating federal inquiries."
Biden to talk about Obamacare, case being heard in Supreme Court
Biden is slated to give remarks focused on the Affordable Care Act and the Trump administration's lawsuit to overturn it.Biden will talk about his own plan "to expand access to quality, affordable health care."
The event in Wilmington, Delaware, is slated for 2 p.m.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments at 10 a.m. in the case brought by Trumpand 18 Republican-led states asking that theAffordable Care Act be eliminatedin its entirety.
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Ga. senators blast Republican secretary of state
RepublicanSens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are now attacking Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, also a Republican, for his "mismanagement and lack of transparency" with this election andhave called on him to resign.
"While blame certainly lies elsewhere as well, the buck ultimately stops with the Secretary of State. The mismanagement and lack of transparency from the Secretary of State is unacceptable,"the senators said in a statement. "Honest elections are paramount to the foundation of our democracy. The Secretary of State has failed to deliver honest and transparent elections."
"He has failed the people of Georgia, and he should step down immediately," the statement continued
In response, Raffensperger said that he will not resign.
"I know emotions are running high. Politics are involved in everything right now. If I was Senator Perdue, I'd be irritated I was in a runoff. And both Senators and I are all unhappy with the potential outcome for our President," Raffensperger, the state's top elections official, said in a statement. "But I am the duly elected Secretary of State. One of my duties involves helping to run elections for all Georgia voters. I have taken that oath, and I will execute that duty and follow Georgia law."
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Pence: 'it ain’t over til it’s over.. and this AIN’T over!'
The vice president is publicly standing by the president's side, tweeting from his personal account that he told his staff Monday: “it ain’t over til it’s over.. and this AIN’T over!”
In addition to the vice president's tweet, a senior administration official said the vice president has been very involved in the ongoing legal fight, participating in a fundraising call for the campaign's legal fund on Friday, after meeting with advisers at both the White House and campaign headquarters last week.
"The vice president has been very actively engaged with senior staff both from the campaign and the White House in discussing strategy with regard to both the recount and legal efforts," the official said.
