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Arizona GOP Sues State To Force ‘Hand Count’ Of Ballots As Trump Narrows Biden Lead

Tim Pearce
Arizona GOP Sues State To Force ‘Hand Count’ Of Ballots As Trump Narrows Biden Lead
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The Republican Party of Arizona sued the state on Thursday to force a “hand count” of ballots after several media outlets joined Fox News and The Associated Press in calling the state for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump has narrowed Biden’s lead in the state to roughly 11,000 votes as outstanding ballots still being counted tend to favor the president over his Democratic challenger. Trump has likely not won enough of the ballots to overtake Biden and win the state’s 11 electoral votes, however.

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