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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Election workers continue counting votes in battleground states. What’s the latest?

    Nevada could be the state that gets Joe Biden to the necessary 270 electoral votes to be declared the next president of the United States. As of noon today, the Associated Press says Biden has 264 electoral votes. Nevada has six electoral votes.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 5, 2020 • 11m Listen

    Nevada could be the state that gets Joe Biden to the necessary 270 electoral votes to be declared the next president of the United States. As of noon today, the Associated Press says Biden has 264 electoral votes. Nevada has six electoral votes.

    But there are other bigger states where the election is still too close to call, like Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina. The Trump campaign is also waging multiple legal battles to stop the vote count in several of these undecided states.

    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Ballot counts continue, Trump campaign files lawsuits
    1. 0:00Election workers continue counting votes in battleground states. What’s the latest?You’re reading this
    2. 11:43Trump campaign files lawsuits in states where vote margins are close. What’s the strategy?
    3. 20:53Trumpism will likely survive, even if Biden wins election. What that means for the US
    4. 31:22Oregon approves some of the biggest drug policy rollbacks in the nation
    5. 39:30UC Davis’ new program for students with intellectual disabilities could become a statewide model
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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Ballot counts continue, Trump campaign files lawsuits
    1. 0:00Election workers continue counting votes in battleground states. What’s the latest?You’re reading this
    2. 11:43Trump campaign files lawsuits in states where vote margins are close. What’s the strategy?
    3. 20:53Trumpism will likely survive, even if Biden wins election. What that means for the US
    4. 31:22Oregon approves some of the biggest drug policy rollbacks in the nation
    5. 39:30UC Davis’ new program for students with intellectual disabilities could become a statewide model
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