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9:50 AM ET, November 4, 2020

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Election Needles: President — If Joe Biden wins one of these three states, he is likely to win the presidency. — If President Trump wins all three, it could be days or more before a winner is declared.

Discussion: Vox, Breitbart, Fox News, Mother Jones, The Guardian, The Week, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, TheBlaze, Power Line, The Daily Signal, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite, justoneminute.typepad.com, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and DraftKings Nation

New York Times:

Presidential Election Results — Editors at The Times will take into account a number of factors before declaring a winner, including race calls made by The Associated Press and Edison Research, as well as analysis of the votes that have been reported so far.

Discussion: The Nation, No More Mister Nice Blog, IJR, The Last Refuge, crooksandliars.com, TheBlaze, Raw Story, Manual RedEye, Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Week, USA Today, CBS News, OutKick, The Post Millennial and Common Dreams

New York Times:

Can Biden Still Win? Can Trump Still Win? Yes. Here Are the Remaining Paths. — The president was able to close off several avenues to an early Biden win, but the former vice president still has a number of options. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. started election night with many paths …

Discussion: MyWabashValley.com, Bloomberg, abc7NY, CBS Philly, Raw Story, Mediaite and KRDO

Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wins Key States, Florida and Ohio, Biden Tells Supporters 'We Believe We're on Track to Win'

Discussion: New York Times, Guido Fawkes, Twin Cities, Deadline, Associated Press, Bloomberg, KLAS and Washington Times, more at Techmeme »

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Says Vote-Counting Should Only Continue in States Where He's Behind

Discussion: The Guardian, The Diplomat, Spectator USA, New York Post, redstate.com, CBS Miami and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:

Donald Trump Is Lying About The Early Election Results — Trump could still win the election legitimately, with votes still being counted. Early Wednesday morning, he tried to steal it. — Copy — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in a 2:30 a.m. address during …

Discussion: CNN, HillReporter.com, The Verge, Variety, The Week, Full Feed, The Gateway Pundit, Rolling Stone, The Wrap, Washington Examiner, TheGrio, Mediaite, Just The News and Washington Times

Anita Kumar / Politico:

Trump's Supreme Court vow was what he planned all along — This was always Donald Trump's plan. — He said it in the spring. He said it over the summer. And he hinted at it again in the early hours of Wednesday: Votes shouldn't be counted after Election Day.

Discussion: CBS News, Associated Press, Washington Post, Metro.co.uk, Florida Politics and CBS Philly

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: What blue wave? — DRIVING THE DAY — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and JOE BIDEN are locked in the tightest presidential contest in decades, with TRUMP threatening to drag the race to the Supreme Court. BIDEN is ahead by a sliver in Wisconsin, TRUMP is up in Michigan and Pennsylvania …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, The Week, Associated Press and CANNONFIRE

Zachary Basu / Axios:

Trump falsely and prematurely claims election victory — Addressing an election party in the East Wing of the White House early Wednesday morning, President Trump falsely and prematurely claimed victory in key swing states and pledged to go to the Supreme Court to stop votes from being counted.

Discussion: Business Insider, Washington Post, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, Slate, The Root, Raw Story, The Post Millennial, CBS Philly, Fox News, CBS News and Townhall

Brad Heath / Reuters:

Trump, Biden's paths to victory in U.S. presidential election — (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Wednesday each faced narrow paths to potential victory in a close-fought U.S. presidential election that will be determined by a razor-thin margin.

Discussion: Washington Post, Associated Press, Politico, The Philadelphia Inquirer, CNBC, The Week and The New Arab

Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Biden: The election 'ain't over until every vote is counted'

Discussion: WFXRtv, LewRockwell, Spectator USA, POLITICUSUSA, CNBC, National Review, Breitbart and The Guardian

Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Trump seeks to stop voting, but only counting remains

Discussion: hotair.com, WFXRtv, New York Times, Mediaite, CNN, The Hill, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Forbes, NBC News, Raw Story, Associated Press, Foreign Policy, Liberty Unyielding, The Sun, Florida Politics, Los Angeles Times and The Week

New York Times:
Americans Conclude an Election Like No Other, and It's a Tight One

Michael Stratford / Politico:

Kellyanne Conway says Trump may lose ground in Electoral College from 2016 — The president earlier on Tuesday predicted he would outperform his prior electoral vote count. — Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said that President Donald Trump was “feeling great” …

Discussion: Reuters, Washington Examiner, IJR and Raw Story

Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:

Here's how Alaska's congressional race could determine our next president — If Donald Trump wins Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, and Iowa, while Joe Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada, we could have a 269 to 269 Electoral College tie, depending on who wins Maine's and Nebraska's 2nd Congressional Districts.

Discussion: USA Today, Reuters, Politico, Mother Jones, redstate.com, Power Line, National Review and CBS News

Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
Trump campaign pushes back on projections of Biden winning Arizona's 11 electoral votes

Discussion: National Review, Washington Post, Telegraph, PBS NewsHour, Politico, Forbes, Mother Jones, Metro.co.uk, The Daily Caller, CNN, Mediaite and The Week

Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton retweets her own message from the day after Election Day 2016

Discussion: New York Times, USA Today, Politico, Courier-Journal, hotair.com, The Bulwark, Reuters, Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, The Sun, NBC News, The Federalist, National Review and Don Surber

John F. Harris / Politico:
Once Again, a Nation Cuts It Too Close for Comfort

Discussion: Fox News, Twin Cities and Washington Examiner

Washington Post:

USPS disregards court order to conduct ballot sweeps in 12 postal districts after more than 300,000 ballots cannot be traced — A federal judge ordered mail service and law enforcement agents to comb processing plants for votes as delays continue — The U.S. Postal Service turned …

Discussion: alicublog, VICE, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Raw Story, Common Dreams, HillReporter.com, crooksandliars.com, The Guardian, UPI, Law & Crime, Washington Examiner, Forbes, Axios, The Week, The Intellectualist and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Dinah Voyles Pulver / USA Today:
USPS Service blows deadline to check for missing ballots. About 300,000 can't be traced

Discussion: Detroit Free Press and Breitbart

Tracey Tully / New York Times:

Recreational Marijuana Legalized by New Jersey Voters — Voters approved a constitutional amendment to legalize cannabis in New Jersey, putting pressure on neighboring states like New York. — After years of legislative failures, New Jersey voters on Tuesday authorized the legal use …

Discussion: Business Insider, The Guardian, Marijuana Moment, Vox, LewRockwell, The Hill, Reason, Mother Jones and New York Post

New York Times:
Florida Amendment 2 Election Results: Raise Minimum Wage

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Vox, Washington Examiner, Mother Jones and The Week

Ryan Randazzo / Arizona Republic:
Arizona voters approve Proposition 207, making recreational marijuana legal in state

Discussion: New York Post and The Hill

David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Future voting rights, marijuana laws at stake in states

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

The Remaining Vote in Pennsylvania Appears to Be Overwhelmingly for Biden — The president leads by nearly 700,000 votes, but there are 1.4 million absentee votes outstanding. — Joe Biden has won absentee ballots counted in Pennsylvania by an overwhelming margin so far, according to data from the Secretary of State early Wednesday.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Beast and Forbes

Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Biden: ‘We believe we are on track to win this election’

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Bloomberg:

Trump's Road to Supreme Court Is Neither Fast Nor Certain — President didn't lay out any grounds for a possible challenge — Republican lawyer says Trump may have hard time blocking votes — President Donald Trump said he will go to the U.S. Supreme Court because he wants …

Discussion: Salon, Metro.co.uk, Bangor Daily News, Raw Story, Law & Crime, MIT Technology Review, Business Insider and WOOD-TV, more at Techmeme »

Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
Pennsylvania's Democratic AG sparks outrage from Trump supporters for saying president may have already lost the battleground state before the votes have even been counted

Discussion: The Atlantic, 6abc and Forbes

Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
While You've Been Watching the Election, the Supreme Court Is Set to Transform ‘Religious Freedom’ and America

Discussion: Raw Story

Politico:

These races will tell you who's winning — HOW TO NERD OUT TONIGHT — The Nightly asked POLITICO reporters across the country how they will be watching election returns tonight, as we wait to learn whether President Donald Trump will win reelection or Joe Biden defeats him. Here are their answers:

Discussion: NBC News, TheGrio and Twin Cities

Politico:
Republicans clinging to Senate majority as Dems under-perform

Discussion: Washington Examiner, National Review, Denver Post, Georgia Recorder, hotair.com, Washington Times, texastribune.org and Associated Press

Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats' majority hopes narrow after disappointing election night

Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit

Geoff Pender / Mississippi Today:

Mississippians adopt new state flag after Confederate emblem flew for 126 years — Mississippi voters, after decades of debate and a failed ballot effort 19 years ago, adopted a new state flag on Tuesday, according to NBC News and Associated Press projections.

Discussion: New York Times

April Siese / CBS News: Mississippi votes in favor of adopting new flag

Ben Brasch / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Fulton, Gwinnett counties struggle to count absentee ballots — The most populous counties in the state, on the biggest stage imaginable, are having trouble counting their absentee ballots. — As of press time, neither Fulton nor Gwinnett counties had finished tallying their early and Election Day results.

Discussion: Politico

Ben Brasch / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton election results delayed after pipe bursts in room with ballots

Discussion: Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, New York Post, Breitbart, Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, Business Insider, Washington Examiner, Wired, Mediaite and electionlawblog.org, more at Techmeme »

Dan Balz / Washington Post:

Trump has attacked democracy's institutions, but never so blatantly as he did overnight — For four years, President Trump has sought to undermine the institutions of a democratic society, but never so blatantly as in the early morning hours of Wednesday. His attempt to falsely claim victory …

Discussion: CBS News, Orlando Sentinel, Raw Story, Issues & Insights, Spectator USA, American Prospect, Houston Public Media, One America News Network and The Guardian

Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:

The Worst-Case Election Scenario Is Happening — Biden may yet win, but it's already clear that Trump's dangerous rhetoric about the “rigged election” was a self-fulfilling prophecy. — For months, Joe Biden has been campaigning with endless variations on a simple theme: vote and we can end this.

Discussion: PRESS RUN, The Guardian and ImmigrationProf Blog

Kyle Smith / New York Post:

Media has a meltdown as Biden fails to deliver a landslide — Ever sat next to somebody who's afraid to fly? That combination of freaking out, embarrassment and asking when the drinks cart would come around again was what we all saw in the lefty telepundit class last night.

Stephen Kruiser / pjmedia.com:

The Morning Briefing: RIP America, The Mail-In Voter Fraud Fix Is In — Your Freedom Vote Has Been Lost In the Mail — Well, it's Wednesday. I do hope you're all having a good one so far, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing Friends. — It's going to be a quick one this morning after yesterday's festivities.

Spencer Neale / Washington Examiner:

Tucker Carlson: Early Hispanic vote in Florida shows election is ‘not what we were told to expect’ — Fox News host Tucker Carlson condemned pollsters who proclaimed a big polling advantage for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden — especially in Florida, where early numbers look favorable for President Trump.

Discussion: Axios, Babalú Blog, Townhall and Politico

Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:

Madison Cawthorn, 25, to be the youngest sitting congressman after winning election — At age 25, Republican Madison Cawthorn is set to be the youngest congressman in recent history after winning a dramatic election for White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows's former seat.

Discussion: Fox News, Forbes, The Daily Caller and National Review

Lara Seligman / Politico:

Sarah McBride of Delaware becomes first transgender state senator in U.S. history — Sarah McBride, national press secretary at the Human Rights Campaign, has become the first openly transgender state senator in U.S. history after winning a state Senate seat in Delaware on Tuesday night.

Discussion: New York Times, Fox News, Breitbart, Mother Jones, USA Today, Vox, ABC News and New York Post

Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:

Mississippi Votes to End Jim Crow Electoral College-Like System; Popular Vote to Choose Governor — Mississippi has voted to end a Jim Crow-era constitutional provision intended to dilute the Black vote and ensure white voters would be able to choose governors and other statewide officials.

John Wagner / Washington Post:

Election 2020 live updates and results: Presidential race hangs in balance as votes are counted in key states — The Washington Post is providing this important election information free to all readers. Get election results and other major news delivered to your inbox by signing up for breaking news email alerts.

Discussion: Vox, Metro.co.uk, The Daily Caller, Sean Hannity, The American Conservative and NPR