Biden holds lead over Trump in Nevada

President-elect Joe Biden maintained his lead in the presidential race in Nevada.

In numbers updated Tuesday afternoon by the Nevada secretary of state’s office, Biden has 671,427 votes to President Donald Trump’s 634,701 — 50.24 percent to 47.49 percent.

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On the final day that mail ballots postmarked by Election Day were accepted, the Clark County Elections Department received seven on Tuesday, according to Registrar Joe Gloria.

Now all that remains to be counted are small numbers of mail ballots that must be cured or require ID, and as many as 60,000 provisional ballots, Gloria said during a news conference.

Curing refers to the process wherein the county contacts a voter whose mail ballot envelope contains a missing signature or an illegible one, and that voter confirms her or his identity before the ballot is counted.

Gloria, who has been forced to defend the office against attacks by Republicans, reiterated that his confidence level was “very high” that all votes would be counted by the deadline Thursday and that they would be from qualified voters.

“I would ask the general public to take into consideration where you’re getting your information because unfortunately there are groups out there who are working to discredit our office,” he said.

He noted that communications to voters from unofficial sources have made false claims including that votes do not count if it was a provisional ballot or because a person’s voting history only shows that a ballot was received — all misconceptions he said his office has sought to regularly clarify.

Gloria added that voters should only trust official communications from the county or secretary of state’s office.

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