Welcome to the Moderate Voice of America. My name is Derek Gutierrez. Our story today begins with transparency in American democracy.
On Saturday, November 7th, after four days of waiting, America now has its President-elect. Or at least, we think we have a president-elect. Joe Biden was declared victorious after winning Pennsylvania, a state worth 20 electoral votes. It was a state that President Trump won back in 2016 with 48.18% of the popular vote and by 44,000 voter margin. On the contrary, he lost this year after claiming 49.1% of the popular vote but losing by 34,000 according to the Associated Press. However, the election is not over yet.
President Trump has filed lawsuits against five states, claiming there was vote fraud, as well as illegally counting mail-in-ballots arriving after the election.
Why should we have election recounts?
How does it protect our democracy?
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