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

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Last updated: Monday, November 4, 2024 11:31PM GMT
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Election eve 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 is spending her last full day campaigning in battleground Pennsylvania while Trump is hitting 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, 5:29 PM GMT

Donald Trump addresses supporters in NC

Former president Donald Trump was back in North Carolina a day before Election Day and his campaign looks to rally any last-minute support for the Republican ticket on Tuesday.

Early voting ended in NC on Saturday.

Trump has made numerous trips to the battleground state over the last few days.

On Sunday he visited Kinston. It was his 62nd straight day he had a rally and he has a few more left before Tuesday.

Recent polling shows both Trump and Harris neck and neck going into November 5.

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Nov 04, 2024, 6:26 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.

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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Nov 04, 2024, 2:06 PM GMT

Jeffries says Republicans 'will take a blow torch' to social security

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told "Good Morning America" on Monday that Democrats are "on the right side" of the presidential election's most pressing issues.

"The extreme MAGA Republicans have clearly and unequivocally articulated what they will do to America moving forward," Jeffries said.

"They will take a blow torch to social security, they will take a blow torch to Medicare, they will take a blow torch to the Affordable Care Act," Jeffries said.

Vice President Kamala Harris, Jeffries said, is "closing with a positive vision" while former President Donald Trump and his Republican party are "trying to tear us apart."

Jeffries will become House speaker if Democrats win back control of the chamber this week.

"The majority of current House Republicans voted not to certify the election in 2020," Jeffries said. "My colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't seem to be capable of unequivocally saying that they will certify the election and the verdict that is rendered by the American people."

"As House Democrats, that's what we will do," Jeffries added.

"We believe in democracy even when we disagree with the outcome. That's been part of what's made America the greatest democracy in the history of the world."

Nov 04, 2024, 2:09 PM GMT

Candidates vie for every vote in key swing states

Highlighting how important Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes are to her campaign, Kamala Harris is spending her last full day on the trail with multiple events in the state.

Her search for voters includes a rally in Allentown and then she ends with an event in Philadelphia.

Donald Trump is trying to shore up support in battleground North Carolina - where Harris has made inroads - for a rally in Raleigh, before he, too, heads to Pennsylvania for events in Reading and Pittsburgh before ending his final day campaigning in Grand Rapids, Michigan.