{"id":124070,"date":"2024-11-10T02:50:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T19:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124070"},"modified":"2024-11-10T02:50:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T19:50:08","slug":"arizona-endures-tense-wait-for-final-election-result-in-last-battleground-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124070","title":{"rendered":"Arizona endures tense wait for final election result in last battleground | US news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Arizona remained in a tense waiting game on Saturday for its election results, even as neighboring Nevada declared for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a> overnight, giving the president-elect six out of seven swing states after election day on 5 November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In Arizona, official tallies were 83% complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2024\/nov\/06\/us-election-results-map-2024-live-donald-trump-kamala-harris-president\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">by mid-morning<\/a> on Saturday with Trump leading at 52.7% and Harris at 46%, or about 180,000 votes ahead. But enough ballots remain uncounted \u2013 602,000 as of late Friday night \u2013 for the state to remain undeclared. The state sensationally flipped to Joe Biden and the Democrats in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In the key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-senate\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">US Senate<\/a> race there between Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Ruben Gallego, Lake, who always denied that Biden won the White House fairly in 2020, was trailing the Democrat 48.5% to 49.5%, or by around 33,000 votes, mid-morning on Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"98bc0f0a-cd7b-4513-af15-2dc5260b35dc\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Election deniers use Trump victory to sow more doubt over 2020 result&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;98bc0f0a-cd7b-4513-af15-2dc5260b35dc&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/07\/election-deniers-trump-victory-senate-races&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The contested primary for the seat sprang from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/kyrsten-sinema\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kyrsten Sinema<\/a>, who was elected in 2018 for the Democrats, switched to become an independent and then announced she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/mar\/05\/kyrsten-sinema-not-running-reelection-senate-arizona\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">wasn\u2019t seeking<\/a> re-election this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Other Arizona races remain close, including the sixth congressional district battle between incumbent Republican Juan Ciscomani and Democratic challenger Kirsten Engel, as the Democrats nationally wait to see if they can come from behind to flip control of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/house-of-representatives\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">House of Representatives<\/a> in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The delay in reporting the races falls largely on Maricopa county, the fourth largest in the US, where the state capital, Phoenix, lies. The county on Friday evening reported 351,000 ballots yet to count. Some have not been through the first step of verifying the voter signature on the outside of the envelope. Officials expected ballot counting would continue for 10 to 13 days after election day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The long process for counting ballots is in part explained by the lengthy two-page ballot itself with election workers taking nearly double the usual amount of time to separate the two sheets from the mail-in envelope, lay them flat and check for damage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebeat.org\/arizona\/2024\/11\/08\/arizona-results-delayed-problems-opening-counting-ballots\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">according to Votebeat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In Cochise county, a mechanical problem with tabulators caused them to work more slowly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/arizona\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Arizona<\/a> Republic newspaper, part of the state\u2019s problem is \u201cearly-late\u201d votes \u2013 early voting ballot papers that were filled in don\u2019t get dropped off to be counted until election day itself.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-10\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-10et71f\">\n<p class=\"dcr-rsfwa\">Sign up to <span>The Stakes \u2014 Presidential Transition<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">We will guide you through the aftermath of the US election and the transition to a Trump presidency<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;the-stakes-us-election-edition&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;We will guide you through the aftermath of the US election and the transition to a Trump presidency&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-10\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe have a substantial number of voters who take their early ballot and they kind of keep it on their kitchen counter for, like, three weeks,\u201d state representative Alexander Kolodin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/11\/07\/why-does-arizona-take-so-long-to-get-election-results\/76097091007\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">told AZ Central.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Kolodin, a Republican, is considering a proposal that would require early ballots to be returned in advance of election day, giving time for election officials to go through the process of verification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/04\/election-office-security-threats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">heightened security<\/a> in Arizona, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/31\/arizona-political-violence-election\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">with fears<\/a> of violence, there has so far been no repeat of unrest over counting and long, drawn-out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/apr\/22\/arizona-republicans-begin-audit-2020-election-ballots\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">challenges<\/a> that followed the 2020 election in Maricopa county \u2013 and no claims of election worker intimidation there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/09\/arizona-vote-tally-wait\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona remained in a tense waiting game on Saturday for its election results, even as neighboring Nevada declared for Donald Trump overnight, giving the president-elect six out of seven swing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124070\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}