A legal challenge to Nevada’s vote count leveled by President Trump’s campaign ended with a settlement granting ballot observers additional access at a Las Vegas facility.
The Trump campaign, state Republicans, Democrats, and state attorneys agreed to dismiss an appeal pending in the Nevada Supreme Court to modify Clark County’s processing of mail-in ballots, according to a legal filing submitted late Thursday.
More than 190,000 ballots remain to be counted in Nevada, Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske said on Thursday. About 90% are from Clark County, a Democratic stronghold that includes Las Vegas.
This includes more than 120,000 ballots received by mail or dropped off. About 66,000 were cast in person on Election Day.
The state announced earlier Thursday that election officials would accept mail-in ballots postmarked as late as Election Day until Tuesday.
At a morning press conference, Trump campaign and local Republican officials charged that at least 10,000 “illegal votes” were cast and said they would issue a new lawsuit.
“We warned for the last few weeks we could end up in a situation where Nevada decides the presidency,” said Adam Laxalt, the state’s former attorney general and the president’s campaign co-chairman in the state. “We’re asking for emergency relief. We’re asking for the judge to stop the counting of improper votes.”
Nevada Democrats argue that Republicans are seeking to suppress the vote in one of the state’s most diverse counties.
Trump narrowly lost the state and its six electoral votes to Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Trump’s campaign has filed additional lawsuits seeking access to observe the vote count in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Michigan and is calling for a recount in Wisconsin.
