Trump campaign suing in Nevada, claiming voter fraud
It is unclear on what evidence the president’s team are making their allegations
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Your support makes all the difference.The Trump campaign is planning to sue in Nevada, alleging that 10,000 people voted in the state despite no longer living there, Fox News reported.
According to an announcement from the president’s team, Ric Grenell, the former acting Director of National Intelligence, will hold a press conference in Las Vegas at 8.30am, local time.
It is unclear on what evidence the president’s team are making their allegations. The Independent has contacted the Trump campaign for comment.
He will be joined by former Nevada attorney general Adam Laxalt, Chairman of the American Conservative Union, Matt Schlapp, and Nevada GOP chair Michael McDonald.
Joe Biden is holding a slim lead over Donald Trump in Nevada, which accounts for six electoral college votes. As of Thursday morning, eastern time (ET), around 75 per cent of the vote was counted.
There will be an update from Clark County, the most populous county and where Las Vegas is located, at noon (ET) on Thursday.
The top elections official said that more results will be released that include mail-in ballots received on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Results released so far have not included mail-in ballots received on Election Day, along with any mail ballots postmarked later than 3 November that arrive over the next week and any provisional ballots.
The number of outstanding mail ballots is difficult to estimate, the state elections office said, because Nevada opted to mail ballots to all active registered voters this year and it’s hard to predict how many will choose to return them.
No Republican presidential candidate has carried Nevada since 2004. But the state has remained a battleground.
Mr Trump fell just shy of winning Nevada four years ago, and this year he campaigned hard in the state, hoping for a win.
Republicans and Democrats said they have seen high enthusiasm in recent weeks. Turnout results showed 1 million plus-ballots cast by mail or through in-person early voting had already surpassed the total turnout in Nevada in 2016.
AP contributed to this report
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