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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, November s, 2020
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N.C. too close to call, Bid
Forsyth County
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Although polls closed
around 7:30 p.m. on Elec
tion Day, the nail-biting
carried over well into
Wednesday morning here
in North Carolina and
other battleground states
across the country, where
the race for the White
House was deemed “too
close to call.”
Ballots from precincts
started to come in around
9 p.m. here in N.C. and
Biden held a small lead
over Trump. By midnight
Biden led the race by less
than 2% and just a few
hours later, Trump had tak
en a 2% lead. According
to experts here, early vot
ing and absentee numbers
did lean Biden’s way, but
Tramp supporters had a far
better turnout on Election
Day.
As night turned into
early morning, both can
didates seemed to realize
that a winner wouldn’t be
named anytime soon and
decided to call it a night.
While addressing voters
at a drive-in rally just after
midnight in Wilmington,
Del., former Vice Presi
dent Biden told supporters
Voters at Pine Grove Recreation Center cast their ballots on Election Day.
and in a statement released
Democracy NC had several signs at voting precincts encouraging voters.
by his campaign that he
believed he would win,
but every vote had to be
counted.
“Now I believe that
we will win tonight, and
I intend to see this fight
through to the very end—
on that, I give my word as
a Biden,” he wrote. “But
no matter the outcome
of this race, I’m so proud
of what we have accom
plished together.”
In true Tramp fashion,
the commander-in-chief
immediately claimed voter
fraud when he spoke to his
supporters and claimed
victory in several states
where votes are still being
tallied, including North
Carolina, Pennsylvania
and Georgia. While he
spoke to supporters in
side the East Room of the
White House, Trump also
threatened to get the Su
preme Court involved.
“This is a fraud on the
American public,” Tramp
continued. “This is an em
barrassment to our coun
try, we were getting to win
this election ... frankly, we
did win this election. So
our goal now is to ensure
the integrity for the good
of this nation. ...We want
the law to be used in the
proper manner so we’ll be
going to the U.S. Supreme
Court. We want all vot
ing to stop, we don’t want
them to find any ballots at
4 o’clock in the morning
and add them to the list.”
It is important to
note that all polls closed
on Tuesday. The ballots
Tramp is referring to are
mail-in ballots that some
states didn’t begin count
ing until Election Day that
may take several days to
count. While elections’
boards in N.C. began
counting mail-in ballots
before Election Day, there
are more than 117,000 ab
sentee ballots that have not
been returned.
While the state is still
up for grabs, unofficial re
sults show Biden winning
in Forsyth County by more
than 27,000 votes. The re
sults show Biden carrying
56% of all voters in For
syth County compared to
only 42% for Tramp.
To view the results for
the race for president or
any local or statewide race
visit www.ncsbe.gov and
click the “Results & Data”
tab.
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