PHOENIX — President Donald Trump continues to gain ground on President-elect Joe Biden's lead in Arizona as more votes are counted, but the number of ballots left to count is dwindling.
Biden currently leads Trump by 11,635 votes in Arizona. His lead has been shrinking since Election Day, but the president is falling short of targets needed to catch up.
According to the state, there are about 24,738 ballots left to be counted in Arizona. Trump would need to win 71% of those votes to tie Biden, which is increasingly becoming unlikely.
Maricopa County has been releasing updates of around 5,000 to 6,000 votes per day over the past few days in the evening.
Biden was named president-elect by multiple news outlets on Saturday after he was projected to win both Pennsylvania and Nevada, putting him over the required 270 electoral college votes needed to be declared president.
The president continues to push back against the election results, claiming widespread fraud.
It is not immediately known when Arizona would complete the ballot tabulation. According to Arizona law, the election results have to be certified within 20 days after an election.
You can watch Maricopa County election workers count ballots live here.
Maricopa County will continue updates "until all valid ballots are counted," the department announced in an email.
Maricopa County Elections Department spokeswoman Erika Flores said, "We have not had any issues with any of the vote counts. We are continuing to count those votes and continuing with our process. We are making sure that every valid ballot is counted.”
The Associated Press, Fox News and Decision Desk HQ have already determined that Biden had enough votes over Trump to win Arizona. NBC News, the decision desk that 12 News is primarily using, has not called the race yet.
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