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Amid election uncertainty, prominent figures continue to push the message of counting every vote Wednesday: "Waiting is hard, but democracy is worth waiting for."

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00:00As the 2020 presidential election remains undecided as of Wednesday afternoon, Hollywood

00:04clings to hope, with stars tweeting hashtag count every vote and urging patience for the

00:09full vote count. According to the Associated Press, neither President Donald Trump nor Joe

00:14Biden has secured the 270 electoral college votes needed for a victory, with a tightly

00:19contested face-off coming down to key battleground states where absentee mail-in ballots are still

00:24being counted. The coronavirus pandemic led to a historic number of absentee mail-in ballots,

00:29emerging data on the key remaining states has revealed what political experts had believed

00:33ahead of the election, that Democrats would vote disproportionately by mail, while Republicans

00:38would vote disproportionately in person. On Wednesday morning, Lady Gaga tweeted,

00:42Every single vote in this country matters, will be counted and will matter. It is the

00:46emblem of our democracy. I have so much faith in the human spirit. We've got this America,

00:52sending everyone a big hug. And showrunner Shonda Rhimes posted,

00:55Waiting is hard, but democracy is worth waiting for. Hashtag count every vote.

00:59The hashtag count every vote became a rally cry overnight with Katy Perry, Uzo Aduba, James Corden,

01:06Kerry Washington, Chelsea Handler, George Takei, and Josh Gad among those using the hashtag with Gad

01:12writing, Trump is scared. He knows he is going to lose. If he even dares try to steal this election

01:17before every vote is counted, we take to the streets in numbers never witnessed before.

01:22Activists and actresses Debra Messing and Alyssa Milano have thrown their support behind the group

01:27Protect the Results, which is, quote, building a coalition of voters ready to mobilize if Trump

01:32undermines the results of the 2020 presidential election. Filmmaker Michael Moore also called out

01:37the group Protect the Results in a Facebook post on Wednesday morning. He urged voters to join the

01:41movement and demand that every single vote be counted. For the latest updates on this ongoing story,

01:47go to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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