Election workers count ballots in key swing states as Trump team pushes legal fights
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A camera on a computer records as Lehigh County workers count ballots as vote counting in the general election continues, Thursday, Nov. 5, in Allentown, Pa.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Lehigh County worker count ballots as vote counting in the general election continues, Thursday, Nov. 5, in Allentown, Pa.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monroe County municipal workers handle ballots as vote counting in the general election continues, Thursday, Nov. 5, in Stroudsburg, Pa.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monroe County municipal workers count ballots as vote counting in the general election continues, Thursday, Nov. 5, in Stroudsburg, Pa.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lehigh County ballots that arrived after the closing of voting are seen and separated from other ballots as vote counting in the general election continues, Thursday, Nov. 5, in Allentown, Pa.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Lehigh County uses a machine to open ballot envelopes as vote counting in the general election continues, Thursday, Nov. 5, in Allentown, Pa.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A county election worker scans mail-in ballots at a tabulating area as an observer watches at the Clark County Election Department, Thursday, Nov. 5, in Las Vegas. Election officials in key battleground states pushed back on claims by the Trump campaign that Republican poll watchers were being improperly denied access to observe the counting of ballots, saying Thursday that rules were being followed and they were committed to transparency.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A county election worker moves boxes of mail-in ballots at a tabulating area at the Clark County Election Department, Thursday, Nov. 5, in Las Vegas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A county election worker scans mail-in ballots at a tabulating area at the Clark County Election Department, Thursday, Nov. 5, in Las Vegas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An election worker examines ballots as vote counting in the general election continues at State Farm Arena on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Atlanta.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An election personnel examines a ballot as vote counting in the general election continues at State Farm Arena, Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Atlanta.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An election worker handles ballots as vote counting in the general election continues at State Farm Arena on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Atlanta.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Election workers examine ballots as vote counting in the general election continues at State Farm Arena on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Atlanta.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A election worker hands out ballots to be counted at State Farm Arena on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Atlanta.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Election officials arrive for work at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, Thursday, Nov. 5, in Phoenix. Hundreds of pro-Trump protesters gathered outside the ballot counting facility on Wednesday evening as outstanding votes were counted after Democratic challenger Joe Biden was reported to have flipped the Republican stronghold of Arizona.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An official at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office reaches for ballots after votes were counted for the Arizona primary election Tuesday, Aug. 4, in Phoenix.JOSH GALEMORE/ARIZONA DAILY STAR VIA AP
An election worker scans a ballot while doing the first check of the signature while processing ballots at the Pima County Elections Office located in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday, Nov. 4. If the signature matches what the office has on file the ballot will move on to be counted. If the signature does not match it will be moved to a special desk where workers investigate the signature by following up with the voter.