Joe Biden widens lead in Nevada – which could give him enough votes to become president
New vote counts in Nevada are showing that Joe Biden is starting to pull away from Donald Trump and widen his lead in the state.
The results that came in on Thursday showed that Biden had a 1% lead over Trump, according to AP News.
New ballots came in from Las Vegas and Reno, which helped Biden.
Biden has 49.4% of the vote in Nevada, while Trump has 48.5%.
Trump’s campaign announced a lawsuit suing the Democratic pocket of Clark County in Nevada, claiming that people cast ballots from there who no longer live in the state.
This is similar to the lawsuit he filed in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
A judge struck down the lawsuit in Georgia, but the counting of mail-in ballots has been temporarily halted in Pennsylvania due to Trump’s appeal.
The president has been tweeting that the voting process is ‘rigged,’ although there is no evidence to support these claims.
Twitter has also flagged many of his tweets for having misleading and false information.
Meanwhile, Biden leads in electoral college votes with 264, while Trump has 214 votes. In order to be elected president, a candidate must have 270 votes.
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada are still up for grabs, with many votes still being counted.
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