Trump campaign claims voter fraud in Nevada; protests continue in Pennsylvania

The campaign of US President Donald Trump has alleged that 10,000 Americans voted in the state of Nevada despite no longer living there, while pro and anti-Trump continue in Pennsylvania.

The Trump campaign was planning to sue the Democratic administration of Nevada over the issue of voter fraud, Fox News reported.

It is unclear on what evidence Trump’s team were making their allegations. Joe Biden was holding a slim lead of less than one percent over Trump in Nevada, which accounts for six Electoral College votes. As of Thursday afternoon, eastern time (ET), around 76 percent of the vote was counted.

Meanwhile, the counting of mail-in ballots in Philadelphia, the capital of Pennsylvania, has been temporarily halted as Democrats ask the state's top court to reverse a lower court ruling on ballot count observers, MSNBC reported.

Election workers had been processing ballots for 24 hours a day since Election Day.

The Trump and Biden campaigns see the state’s 20 electoral votes as essential to clinch victory. Trump is leading Biden.

Meanwhile, pro- and anti-Trump protesters continued to face off throughout the morning outside the Pennsylvania convention center, where Philadelphia election officials were counting mail-in ballots.

A small pro-Trump group gathered on the sidewalk across the street while a second group of demonstrators demanded every vote be counted.

One of the people who attended the protests was Elio Fortina. He came to Philadelphia from New York City and said he was concerned there were illegal votes being mailed in.

Elio Fortina came to Philly from NEw York City to join the pro-Trump rally outside of the convention center. He says he doesn’t think election officials are equipped to handle the count (officials have been regularly counting since Tuesday with no major problems) pic.twitter.com/TSGXZMjWuq

— Sam Levine (@srl) November 5, 2020

“There’s no way of actually counting whether or not the mail-in votes are correct,” he said. “Unless they have a way to actually vet those votes are accurate, I don’t believe the board of elections is equipped to do that.”

Twitter flags Trump election tweet as misleading

Twitter on Thursday flagged and restricted as disputed and possibly misleading a post by Trump that says votes received after Election Day in the United States will not be counted.

“Any vote that came in after election day will not be counted,” Trump tweeted on Thursday.

ANY VOTE THAT CAME IN AFTER ELECTION DAY WILL NOT BE COUNTED!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2020

A Pennsylvania state Supreme Court decision allows the counting of ballots received up to three days after the election, even if there is no legible postmark.

"All of the recent Biden claimed States will be legally challenged by us for Voter Fraud and State Election Fraud. Plenty of proof - just check out the Media. WE WILL WIN! America First!" Trump said in another tweet. 

All of the recent Biden claimed States will be legally challenged by us for Voter Fraud and State Election Fraud. Plenty of proof - just check out the Media. WE WILL WIN! America First!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2020

Meanwhile, Trump seems to be trying to get around Twitter’s misinformation rules by sharing short statements in all caps through his campaign.

The Trump campaign just released one such statement, making claims of fraud in the presidential election.

A lot of Trump’s tweets since Election Day have been labeled as misinformation by Twitter.

Press TV’s website can also be accessed at the following alternate addresses:

www.presstv.ir