President Trump’s fruitless calls Thursday morning to “Stop the count” underscored a major problem for the president: He needs some states to keep counting ballots if he has any shot of winning reelection. During the campaign, Trump insisted the outcome needed to be settled on election day, Nov. 3, even though most elections require days to count ballots. Even as Trump demanded that counting stop, Kellyanne Conway told Fox News that there was no hurry to declare a winner. Bill Stepien, Trump’s campaign manager, denied that the president was in danger of losing. Trump’s campaign planned to file another lawsuit Thursday in Nevada, where the race remains too close to call.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 05, 2020 17:12 UTC