The presidential election remained unsettled Wednesday as key states continued to count ballots, in particular those cast by mail in unprecedented numbers. To the consternation of President Donald Trump, the day-after counting was giving a boost to Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the few battleground states where the results remained in flux. Both candidates retained potential paths to victory.
Nevada won’t provide any new unofficial election results from its major urban areas until roughly noon or later New York time on Thursday, based on announcements from the secretary of state’s office and county officials. That leaves a nail-biting race in limbo for another night.
A Biden victory in Nevada would nail the 270 votes he needs -- assuming other states’ unofficial results hold.
So far, Biden leads the state by fewer than 8,000 votes in returns that represent all in-person votes on Election Day and early voting as well as most mail-in ballots received before Nov. 3. Remaining ballots include all other mail-in and provisional ballots cast by same-day registered voters.
The total number of outstanding ballots is unknown, said Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske.
While Cegavske said her office may post some results to its website before a full announcement on Thursday, those results won’t include new information from Clark County, home to Las Vegas, and Washoe County, home to Reno. Both counties said they’ll update their election results on Thursday about 1 p.m. New York time.
No matter what, the numbers won’t be final on Thursday. Nevada allows mail-in ballots postmarked on Election Day to be received by clerks until Nov. 10; rejected ballots may be “cured” by voters until Nov. 12.
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