Donald Trump called for vote counting to be halted in several swing states as the US waited for results from a handful of battlegrounds that will decide the presidential election.
As of early Thursday afternoon, Democratic challenger Joe Biden was within six electoral votes of victory while Mr Trump’s thin lead in two swing states, Georgia and Pennsylvania, appeared to be narrowing.
Victory in Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday pushed Mr Biden to 264 in the race for the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the presidency.
Mr Trump leads his rival in Georgia but Democrats were increasingly optimistic about the southern state because the remaining votes to be counted were mostly from heavily Democratic counties.
“STOP THE COUNT!” Mr Trump tweeted on Thursday, as his campaign pressed lawsuits in several states in an effort to stop the processing of postal…