US election mail-in ballots tallied in key state of Michigan
05 November 2020 |
5:18 pm
Election workers in the city of Detroit, in the battleground state of Michigan, count mail-in ballots submitted in the US election, where no clear winner has yet emerged as votes in six key states are still being counted.
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