Nevada, the place Joseph R. Biden Jr. held a slender lead early Wednesday, won't announce any new updates on election outcomes till 9 a.m. Pacific
Nevada, the place Joseph R. Biden Jr. held a slender lead early Wednesday, won’t announce any new updates on election outcomes till 9 a.m. Pacific time on Thursday, state election officers stated.
Thus far, all in-person votes and all mail-in ballots by means of Nov. 2 have been counted, the election division of the secretary of state’s workplace stated in a tweet on Wednesday morning. Mail-in ballots acquired on Election Day, mail-in ballots acquired over the following week and provisional ballots nonetheless have to be counted.
“Ballots excellent is troublesome to estimate in Nevada as a result of each voter was despatched a mail poll,” the election division wrote. “Clearly, not all will vote.”
As of the latest replace on Wednesday, Mr. Biden held a slender lead within the state, some of the contested within the presidential race. It has been shading blue in latest elections as its voters turns into extra numerous, however President Trump has fought exhausting to flip the state. Hillary Clinton received the state in 2016 by simply over 2 proportion factors, 10 factors lower than Barack Obama’s margin of victory within the state in 2008.
Democrats hope that their efforts lately to raised attain Latino voters within the state will assist them win there once more. However the coronavirus pandemic has hammered Nevada’s economic system, crippled its tourism business and despatched its unemployment charge hovering, and a few Democratic strategists fear that would-be Democratic voters will likely be extra targeted on speedy issues, like feeding their households, than voting.
Isabella Grullón Paz and Sydney Ember contributed reporting.