Trump supporters pray in front of Nevada counting centre as crucial ballots tallied
Clark County Electoral Department has also been targed by Trump-supporting protesters as Joe Biden holds narrow lead in the state
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Your support makes all the difference.A group of Donald Trump’s supporters gathered outside a Nevada counting centre as votes were being tallied to pray for the president’s re-election.
A video broadcast by ABC News showed several Trump supporters kneeling in prayer on the ground outside the Clark County Election Department as counting continued in the potentially pivotal state on Thursday.
It came with the president’s Democratic challenger Joe Biden narrowly ahead in Nevada and just one or two state victories away securing enough electoral college votes to enter the White House.
Nevada where election results have been delayed, is the smallest state yet to yield clear results but could still be crucial in propelling Mr Biden to the presidency.
Thousands of mail ballots still need to be counted in Clark County, home to Las Vegas, which accounts for almost three-quarters of Nevada’s population and has so far seen a majority of votes to Mr Biden.
The Clark County Election Department has also been the site of protests this week, with dozens of Trump supporters rallying outside the counting centre on Wednesday night chanting “Stop the Steal”, a reference the president’s lies about electoral fraud.
The Trump team has repeatedly made the baseless claims about vote-rigging and on Thursday announced plans to launch a lawsuit in Nevada on Thursday over unsubstantiated allegations of thousands of people casting ballots in the state despite no longer living there.
"We are confident that when all legal votes are tallied, and only legal votes are tallied, President Trump will win the state of Nevada,” campaign official Ric Grenel, the former Director of National Intelligence, said at the press conference.
The Trump campaign insisted it did not wish to stop the vote but wanted to ensure that only “legal" ballots are being counted.
Yet there is no evidence to suggest any election fraud or illegally cast ballots.
Officials in Nevada have asked the public to be patient as ballots continue to be counted.
“The timeline for counting ballots in Nevada comes from the legislatively approved process, and this process dictates that all properly received ballots will continue to be counted for up to nine days after the election,” the state’s election office said in a statement Wednesday night.
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