Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - Updated vote figures released Friday morning by Nevada's Secretary of State office failed to bring good news for President Trump.
New numbers show that Democratic challenger Joe Biden nearly doubled his lead in the state, picking up another 10,000 votes to stretch his lead to more than 21,000.
How it stands: Joe Biden: 49.76% (626,211) - Donald Trump: 48.13% (605,669). The difference in votes is 20,542
After vote tabulations were finished on Election Night, Biden held an 8,000 vote lead on Trump. The number increased to more than 11,000 votes on Thursday. Voting figures are also being released on a county by county basis.
Where we're at in Nevada: Joe Biden has picked up 21,960 votes today to Donald Trump's 12,856, which means +9,104 net Biden. Biden leads by 1.63%, or 20,542 votes.
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) November 6, 2020
- Joe Biden: 49.76% (626,211)
- Donald Trump: 48.13% (605,669)
NEW: Clark County just posted 30,322 new votes, 19,995 for Joe Biden and 9,357 for Donald Trump. That WIDENS Biden's margin over Trump in Nevada to 1.76% or 22,076 votes.
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) November 6, 2020
- Joe Biden: 49.83% (624,246)
- Donald Trump: 48.07% (602,170)
Lander County, another rural county, just dropped a grand total of five votes, one for Joe Biden, three for Donald Trump and one for none of these candidates. Biden still leading Trump by 1.63%.
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) November 6, 2020
Douglas County, another rural county, just dropped a sizable 5,199 votes, 3,252 for Donald Trump and 1,663 for Joe Biden. That's slightly narrowed Biden's lead to 1.63% or 20,552 votes. Statewide numbers:
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) November 6, 2020
- Joe Biden: 49.76% (626,202)
- Donald Trump: 48.13% (605,650)
And now 308 votes roll in from Churchill County, conservative, rural county, 104 for Joe Biden and 172 for Donald Trump. Biden's 1.77% margin remains unchanged, 22,141 votes ahead.
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) November 6, 2020
- Joe Biden: 49.84% (624,539)
- Donald Trump: 48.07% (602,398)
We just got a tiny batch of 251 Washoe votes in, 189 for Joe Biden and 56 for Donald Trump. Biden's lead is now 1.77%, or 22,209 votes. Statewide numbers:
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) November 6, 2020
- Joe Biden: 49.84% (624,435)
- Donald Trump: 48.07% (602,226)
Lander County, another rural county, just dropped a grand total of five votes, one for Joe Biden, three for Donald Trump and one for none of these candidates. Biden still leading Trump by 1.63%.
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) November 6, 2020
Rural Storey County just reported two votes, both for Donald Trump. The president does well in the rurals... but there just aren't that many votes left out there.
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) November 6, 2020
Lyon County, another rural, posted 23 votes, eight for Joe Biden, 14 for Donald Trump and one for none of these candidates. Trump has gained +1,667 in the rurals so far, but not enough compared to the +10,771 Biden picked up in Clark/Washoe.
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) November 6, 2020
State law allows the count of mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day (November 3) and received no later than 5:00 pm on November 10th.
All ballots in the state must be counted by November 12th.
In Clark County, Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria says the media will be briefed on new vote totals each morning until all votes are tallied.
Thursday morning, the Trump campaign and Nevada Republicans announced it would file a lawsuit in federal district court asking a judge to stop the count of mail in ballots in Nevada. The campaign alleges thousands of people voted in Clark County that either no longer live here or were dead. There’s a 30-day residency requirement in Nevada or you can’t cast a vote here.
The Trump campaign says they’re filing the lawsuit to protect legal voters, saying Clark County officials aren’t answering their questions.
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