Live election updates: 80 million have voted early as Trump, Harris sprint to finish

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Last updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 10:06AM GMT
Presidential candidates make final pitch to voters on Election Day Eve
Presidential candidates make final pitch to voters on Election Day EveKamala Harris and Donald Trump made a final pitch to voters on Monday night ahead of 2024 Election Day.

Election Day has arrived with the race for the White House still very tight -- with the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll out Sunday showing Kamala Harris slightly ahead nationally but Donald Trump ahead in some key swing states -- and the two candidates deadlocked in Pennsylvania.

Harris spent her last full day campaigning in battleground Pennsylvania while Trump hit the trail in North Carolina and Pennsylvania before ending the day in Michigan.

Watch ABC News on Election Night for full coverage of the 2024 presidential election. Coverage starts Tuesday night at 7 p.m. ET.

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Nov 04, 2024, 11:07 PM

Over 80 million Americans have voted early

On the eve of Election Day, over 80 million Americans have voted early, according to the University of Florida Election Lab.

The tally includes both early in-person voting and absentee ballots.

People stand in line during the last day of early voting, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.
People stand in line during the last day of early voting, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.
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Nov 04, 2024, 6:53 PM GMT

'Swifties for Kamala' target 250,000 Pennsylvania voters via mailers in closing push

"Swifties for Kamala," the grassroots organization of Taylor Swift fans working to elect former Vice President Kamala Harris, announced over the weekend they had sent over 250,000 mailers to Pennsylvania voters encouraging them to pledge their support to Harris, make a voting plan and encourage their friends to do the same.

Included in 50,000 of the mailers were friendship bracelets beaded with the words "voting era," a reference to the bracelets fans trade at Swift's Eras Tour.

Taylor Swift arrives before the start of an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New Orleans Saints Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo.
Taylor Swift arrives before the start of an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New Orleans Saints Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo.

"Every vote in this election matters, especially in Pennsylvania, which could be the state that makes the planets and the fates and all the stars align for VP Harris," the mailers read. "We think you belong in the voting booth because we are never going back, like ever."

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Nov 04, 2024, 6:43 PM GMT

Former Rep. Liz Cheney responds to Trump's violent rhetoric about her, compares him to an autocrat

Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney responded to former President Donald Trump's attacks on her in an interview with ABC's "The View" on Monday, including a remark he made suggesting she should "have guns trained on her face."

"He knows what he's doing," Cheney said. "He knows it's a threat with the intent to intimidate. Obviously, the intimidation won't work."

Cheney emphasized Trump's history of violent rhetoric, including how he responded to the violence on Jan. 6.

"For over three hours, he watched police officers be brutally beaten. He was told the vice president had been evacuated, he said, 'So what?'" Cheney said. "People were rushing in, pleading with him, 'Tell the mob to leave,' and he wouldn't."

"That level of depravity, he knows he has no defense to that, and he knows that the American people will not entrust again with power anyone who would do something that cruel," she continued. "And so because he can't respond to that, he tries to change the subject, he tries to threaten. It's what autocrats do to try to get their political adversaries to be silent."

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Nov 04, 2024, 6:40 PM GMT

Vance: 'Tomorrow is our last chance'

JD Vance addressed voters in Wisconsin during a rally in La Crosse on Monday.

"Tomorrow is our last chance," Trump's running mate said. "Tomorrow is the big day when we are going to vote in very big numbers in the state of Wisconsin. We're going to vote for change. We're going to vote for American prosperity."

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is also campaigning in Wisconsin on Monday. Vance called it "tough work" to "convince the American people" that Harris can be president.

"I think that's the toughest job in the United States of America," Vance said, saying Harris is "more of the same" high grocery prices, unaffordable housing and "wide open border."

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Nov 04, 2024, 6:10 PM GMT

Elon Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance

A lawyer for Elon Musk's political action committee told a judge in Philadelphia on Monday that so-called "winners" of his $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes in swing states are not chosen by chance but are instead chosen to be paid "spokespeople" for the group.

GOP lawyer Chris Gober also said that the recipients Monday and Tuesday will come from Arizona and Michigan, respectively, and therefore will not affect the Pennsylvania election.

A lawyer for Elon Musk's political action committee said winners are not chosen by chance but are instead chosen to be paid "spokespeople" for the group.

He said the recipients are chosen based on their personal stories and sign a contract with the political organization, America PAC.

"The $1 million recipients are not chosen by chance," Gober said Monday. "We know exactly who will be announced as the $1 million recipient today and tomorrow."

Musk did not attend the hearing, held on the day before the presidential election. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner took the witness stand Monday and called the sweepstakes a scam as he asked the judge to shut it down.

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