Published 07:18 IST, November 3rd 2020

US Election 2020: Trump's plea to halt mail-in ballot counting in Nevada rejected by judge

President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s plea to temporarily halt the counting of mail-in ballots in Nevada's Clark County has been rejected.

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United States’ President Donald Trump and Republican Party’s plea to temporarily halt counting of mail-in ballots in Nevada's Clark County has been rejected by a US judge. According to ANI reports, Nevada's Attorney General Aaron Ford, in a statement said, “ president's deliberate attempts to undermine Nevada's elections have failed yet again”. He added that ruling by judge has made it clear that officials of Nevada followed proper procedures in keeping up with polls. 

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Trump warns about election fraud 

Ford said, “He has made every attempt to control outcome of this election without any regard for health and safety of residents of Nevada's state laws designed to protect sanctity of ballot”. This happened after Trump campaign and Nevada Republican Party filed a lawsuit registrar of Clark County, Joseph Gloria, failed to submit a plan related to delivery, counting, handling, and processing of ballots by assigned date of April 15. However, this is t first time that Trump has expressed his concern over mailing-in ballots. At various public rallies, he has warned that this can lead to fraud. 

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Just a day before US presidential election, Joe Biden was seen leading President Donald Trump by 10 percent points as per NBC News poll. survey showed that Biden’s support stands at 52 percent to Trump’s 42 percent among national registered voters. new poll released on vember 1 found that Democratic minee was ahead of Trump by six points, 51 percent to 45 percent, in 12 combined battleground states of Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, rth Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. As over 256 million Americans are set to decide next US President between Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Tuesday, vember 3, Republican leader campaigned in battleground states seeking support just two days before US Election 2020.

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07:18 IST, November 3rd 2020