Good Friday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing. And I'm Jake Sherman. Joe Biden is continuing his steady march toward the White House. We don't quite know when the race will be called or even how, but he's ahead by 917 votes in Georgia. He's also up in Arizona and Nevada. In Pennsylvania, he's in the hunt, as CNN's filmatically said in the 5 a.m. hour this morning, it's not a matter of if, but when the Keystone state will be called for Biden. Biden sources told us they became aware of a batch of 85,000 votes in Philadelphia that'll put the former VP over the top in the state. The campaign didn't have anything to say about that. Biden Whirl has started to mobilize in D.C. They have called around to business groups in town suggesting a call on the election is imminent

and requested that statements include a reference to legitimate democratic processes.

But that doesn't mean there won't be turbulence between now and election day, should Biden pull it out.

Of course, there are court cases that President Donald Trump and his team have launched,

but let's assume those fall flat.

On January 6th, the House and Senate will come into joint session to count the electoral college votes.

VP Mike Pence will preside, as vice presidents always do.

But mischief can break out.

Here's what the Congressional Research Service says.

While the tellers announced the results, members may object to the returns from any

individual state as they are announced. Objections to individual state returns must be made in

writing by at least one member, each of the Senate and House of Representatives. If an objection

meets these requirements, the joint session recesses, and the two houses separate

and debate the question in their respective chambers for a maximum of two hours.

The two houses then vote separately to accept or reject the objection.

They then reassemble a joint session and announce results of their respective votes.

An objection to a state's electoral vote must be approved by both

houses in order for any contested votes to be excluded. So it could get interesting and the process

can get dragged out, but it would just be a nuisance because both houses will never agree to an

objection. At about 425, Joe Biden took the lead in Georgia, as we said,

by 917 points, powered by outstanding votes in Clayton County, the home of former Congressman

John Lewis. In all, about 10,000 absentee ballots remain to be counted in Georgia, including

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