WASHINGTON – The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):9:40 a.m.With Joe Biden edging closer to unseating him from the White House, President Donald Trump says he wants to put a halt to vote counting.The extraordinary statement by an incumbent president to voice support for ceasing the count of legally cast votes came in a Thursday morning tweet, saying only: “STOP THE COUNT!”Elections are run by individual state, county and local governments.
Trump’s public comments have no impact on the tallying of votes across the country.So far, the vote count across the country has been conducted efficiently and without evidence of any misconduct, despite Trump’s public complaints.Trump’s comments come as his campaign has filed legal.