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A Nevada election official said that the state is unaware of any improper ballots being cast, but is concerned for the vote counters' safety amid recent political unrest and claims of voter fraud.
"We are not aware of any improper ballots that are being processed," said Joe Gloria, Clark County Registrar of Voters during a news conference Thursday.
Amid the recent political unrest and claims of voter fraud that have swept the nation since Tuesday, Gloria stated he is concerned his staff's safety.
"I am concerned for the safety of my staff," said Gloria. "We're putting measures into place to make sure that we have the security that's necessary."
The registrar continued to note that the county will be monitoring vehicles as they enter and exit vote-counting facilities to ensure staff safety.
"We're going to be okay," said Gloria. "We're going to continue to count. We will not allow anyone to stop us from doing what our duty is in county ballots."
The registrar's statement follows a recent lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign Thursday morning. The suit alleges that up to 10,000 people voted fraudulently by mail in Nevada.
The lawsuit was based on allegations from Nevada's former Attorney General, Adam Laxalt.
"We firmly believe that there are many voters in this group of mail-in people that are not proper voters," said Laxalt in a Thursday morning news conference.
Laxalt also claimed that there have been dead voters counted in the state, and some voters received up to 18 ballots at their homes.
The Trump campaign announced they are filing a lawsuit in a federal district court in Las Vegas to "stop the counting of improper votes" due to these allegations.
Gloria said on Thursday that the county has measures in place to ensure votes are not fraudulent or miscounted.
"We make sure that our data is being updated because we need to prevent people from voting twice in the system," said Gloria. "We have to scan those in as mail is received so that it updates the database or in-person voters can tap voted twice."
Gloria continued: "Our goal here in Clark County is not to count fast. We want to make sure that we're being accurate. The results in the state of Nevada obviously are going to be very important to the entire country and that is our number one goal."
Democratic candidate Joe Biden is the current front runner in Nevada as of Thursday afternoon, according to the Associated Press. Of the 76 percent of votes reported, Biden has 604,251 votes, while Trump trails with 592,813 votes.
