2024 election updates: Harris, Trump continue campaign blitz with 5 days until Election Day

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With five days until Election Day, Kamala Harris is attacking Donald Trump for saying Wednesday night in Wisconsin that, against his advisers' advice, he is going to keep saying he will "protect the women" "whether the women like it or not."

Both candidates continue their whirlwind campaigns in the West.

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Oct 31, 2024, 11:17 PM

More than 62 million Americans have voted early

As of 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, more than 62 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the early ballots cast, 33,036,441 were in person and 29,720,798 were returned by mail.

The voting line wraps around the building at Philadelphia City Hall after a Party to the Polls Purple Tour event.
The voting line wraps around the building at Philadelphia City Hall after a Party to the Polls Purple Tour event.
Oct 31, 2024, 11:00 AM GMT

Harris responds to Trump's comments on protecting women

Vice President Kamala Harris seized an opportunity to criticize former President Donald Trump on abortion after the Republican presidential nominee told a rally Wednesday night that he would protect women "whether the women like it or not."

"Donald Trump thinks he should get to make decisions about what you do with your body," Harris wrote on X. "Whether you like it or not."

Harris's campaign clipped Trump's comments and edited it into a loop with a split screen of headlines about Trump saying "he could prosecute women for abortions," "might monitor pregnancies" and other abortion-related headlines.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Will McDuffie

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Oct 31, 2024, 11:17 PM GMT

More than 62 million Americans have voted early

As of 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, more than 62 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the early ballots cast, 33,036,441 were in person and 29,720,798 were returned by mail.

The voting line wraps around the building at Philadelphia City Hall after a Party to the Polls Purple Tour event.
The voting line wraps around the building at Philadelphia City Hall after a Party to the Polls Purple Tour event.
Oct 31, 2024, 11:02 AM GMT

Harris slams Trump after reports he promised RFK Jr. public health role

Vice President Kamala Harris commented late Wednesday night on the promises former President Donald Trump has allegedly made to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

"Putting an anti-abortion conspiracy theorist in charge of our public health agencies says everything you need to know about how Donald Trump would govern," Harris wrote on X.

"He is more unhinged than ever, and if he wins, he'll have no one to hold him back."

Trump said Sunday of RFK Jr.: "I'm going to let him go wild on health, I'm going to let him go wild on the food, I'm going to let him go wild on medicines."

In response, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said, "No formal decisions about cabinet and personnel have been made, however, President Trump has said he will work alongside passionate voices like RFK Jr. to make America healthy again."

-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Kelsey Walsh, Soo Rin Kim and Lalee Ibssa

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Oct 31, 2024, 2:19 AM GMT

'We all want the war in Gaza to end,' Harris responds to 'cease-fire now' chants

A few chants of "cease-fire now" broke out as Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage during a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday night.

"Listen, we all want the war in Gaza to end and get the hostages out as soon as possible," Harris said in response to the chanting. "And I will do everything in my power to make it heard and known."

As the chants continued, she said, "And everyone has a right to be heard. But right now I am speaking." The remark garnered loud cheers.

The event was billed as a "Get Out the Vote" rally and took place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison featuring performances by Gracie Abrams and Mumford & Sons.

With less than a week before Election Day, Harris is taking her "closing argument" to voters on the road after a big speech at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night. (Pro-Palestinian protesters were also escorted out of that speech)

Harris' remarks in Wisconsin lasted about 25 minutes. In them, she did not address President Joe Biden's controversial comments Tuesday that seemed to refer to Trump supporters as "garbage."