Democratic nominee Joe Biden continues to lead the presidential race in several battleground states.

Reports said the former vice president is reportedly planning to address the nation tonight. Biden's campaign aide said that Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Dr. Jill Biden, and Harris' husband, Dough Emhoff, will be attending the primetime speech as well.

Biden is currently standing at 264 electoral votes, while President Donald Trump has 214. Biden is also ahead in swing states Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada.

Should one of the states call on his favor, he will pass the 270 electoral votes to become president. However, the state of Georgia said they would have to do a recount due to the slim election margin. 

Georgia Recount

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that Georgia remains too close to call as of the moment. Raffensperger, a Republican, added that there would be a recount. 

Under Georgia's law, candidates can request a recount if the margin of election is less than 0.5 percent.

Biden gained a lead over Trump early Friday morning, with around 1,600 votes separating the two presidential hopefuls.

Gabriel Sterling, the state's voting system implementation manager, said they are looking at a margin of less than a large high school.

Sterling noted that the recount could take until the end of the month, USA Today reported.

Nevada Ballot Count

Biden added another 8,000 votes to his lead over Trump in Nevada, making him closer to winning the perennial presidential battleground. 

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State officials released around 51,000 late-arriving mail-in ballots cast in the contest. Biden won about two-thirds of the first batch of around 30,000 votes.

Nevada has the remaining six electoral votes. Nevada has yet to declare the winner, as well as Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia.

Pennsylvania Vote Count

Biden has also taken the lead in Pennsylvania on Friday. Biden leads Trump by more than 13,000 votes, which is a difference of 0.2 percent.

Votes are still being counted, and Biden has not been called the winner yet in the state.

Trump got an early lead in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. However, Biden has been closing the gap after a pile of mail-in ballots were counted.

Polls had suggested that more Democrats decided to vote by mail due to concerns on the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Transfer of Power

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that he believes there would be a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses the seat.

"We've had a peaceful transfer of power going back to 1792, every four years, we've moved on to a new administration," McConnell said in a The Hill report.

Reports earlier said that Trump would accept a peaceful transition of power despite wanting to win the election.

Trump has offered baseless claims that election is being stolen from him, particularly in states where Biden is leading.

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Through his tweets, McConnell said that every legal vote should be counted, and all sides must get to observe the process. McConnell did not directly mention Trump in his tweets.