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The office told Fox News earlier that it was on pace for 1.2 million voters on Tuesday alone.

Polls close at 7 p.m. ET, meaning 68% of the state's voters have now voted. The early voting tally was 4 million ballots cast and 55% turnout.

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"I am cautiously optimistic. Rural turnout is steady," McKoon said on Tuesday afternoon. "Urban turnout appears to be lower than 2020 or 2022 at the moment."

Both the Trump and Harris campaigns have poured enormous time, energy and resources into Georgia, a state the former president lost by less than 12,000 votes in 2020.Rural turnout was unusually high during Georgia's early voting period from Oct. 15 through Nov. 1, fueling GOP confidence that they could retake the state after Democrats made significant gains in the previous two elections.

Earlier, a judge in Cobb County, Georgia - part of the Atlanta suburbs - extended voting hours at two polling places after they delayed opening on Tuesday morning.

Georgia's secretary of state promised the battleground's elections would be "fair and fast."

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Voter turnout in Philadelphia has been "extremely high" on Election Day, local Democratic Party Chairman Bob Brady told Fox News.

"Voter turnout in Philadelphia is extremely high," he added. "We are predicting very high turnout - much higher than 2020. The African American numbers are coming in high - a lot of women. The Puerto Rican vote is also extremely high. We hope to get to Obama's numbers."

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:53:22 -0500

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"I just want to say hi and thank everybody for all you are doing," she told collected staff before manning the phones to contact potential voters. 

Reporters attempted to ask the vice president questions, but she responded, "Gotta talk with voters." 

Harris spoke to multiple people on the phone and urged them to follow through with their plans to vote on Tueday.

"I am well," she could be heard saying. "I just wanted to call you and check in and make sure you know where you can go vote today if you haven't already." 

"Thank you so very much. You know, it's so important that everybody participates. And I thank you because I'm sure you've got a lot of other things you could be doing," she said. 

Harris exited the room at 3:42 p.m.

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Harris earned her bachelor's degree in political science and economics from the private, historically Black university.

Former President Donald Trump and Harris spent Monday night rallying in critical swing states for a final play at American voters.

Fox News' Patrick Ward contributed reporting.

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Wisconsin's importance in the election was underscored by Republicans choosing Milwaukee for their nominating convention in July. The Badger State was also the site of Vice President Kamala Harris' first top-of-the-ticket rally. 

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Additionally, a Pennsylvania judge has ordered polling place hours in Laflin Borough to be extended until 9:30 p.m. after polls opened late and some voters could not cast their ballots earlier.

Local news station WNEP reported that the judge of elections was not present at the Laflin location when polls were supposed to open at 7:30 a.m. The first ballots were not cast until 8:30 a.m. Some voters said they had waited in line for nearly two hours before they were able to vote.

Both Georgia and Pennsylvania are key battleground states in the 2024 presidential election, viewed as must-win by former President Trump's and Vice President Kamala Harris' campaigns, respectively. 

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:42:08 -0500

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Trump later in the evening will host a larger audience at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. 

The former president has already cast his ballot Tuesday in Palm Beach, Fla., where his Mar-a-Lago residence is located. 

Musk, following the first assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pa., in July, wrote on X "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery."

Musk has since campaigned for Trump heading into Election Day.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:24:54 -0500

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Harris visited Old San Juan Café in Reading with Ocasio-Cortez and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Monday night. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Penn., and Reading Mayor Eddie Moran also joined.

Supporters chanted "Si, se puede" and "Kamala" as the vice president's motorcade pulled up to the café. Harris chatted with some diners inside and later ordered cassava, yellow rice and pork, saying, "I'm very hungry" as she noted that she has been too busy campaigning to find time to eat.

Diana de La Rosa, owner of the café, told the Reading Eagle that she was glad the vice president took the time to visit her business.

"[Harris] said she was very proud of me, that my restaurant is beautiful, and that she is very proud of women in business," de La Rosa told the outlet.

While in Reading, Harris also canvassed with supporters, knocking on doors. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Stephen Sorace.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:09:30 -0500

Three years ago, Fisher led the BLM Rhode Island's effort to demand Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse resign or sever ties with an all-White and exclusive Newport Beach club.

This is an excerpt from an article written by Fox News' Joshua Q. Nelson.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:57:54 -0500

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Harris defeated Trump 49-46%, claiming 13,510 votes to Trump's 12,624. Guam does not have any Electoral College votes and these results are symbolic. However, even though Harris won the results show a 10-percentage point swing away from the Democrats compared to the results in 2020.

In the 2020 election, Biden won Guam with 55% of the vote compared to Trump's 42%. 

Though the straw poll has no impact on the election, the winner of every Guam straw poll between 1980 and 2012 went on to win the presidency. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won the poll in 2016, but Trump was elected president that year.

The unofficial results from Guam's election also indicate that Republicans will claim the majority in the territory's legislature, Pacific Daily News reported.

Republican Del. Jim Moylan will remain Guam's delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. 

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:37:01 -0500

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The pro-Trump group is one of several organizations former President Trump's campaign has partnered with to run voter turnout operations.

"Turnout is mixed and not where we want it to be. We need more people to vote. We can't let turnout flatline," Kirk posted Tuesday on X.

"Text everyone you know. Make more noise. We need more," he added.

Turning Point has spent millions of dollars on a get-out-the-vote campaign in swing states including Arizona and Wisconsin, the Associated Press reported. The organization set a goal to raise $108 million for its "ballot chasing" operation in the 2024 election but fell short, according to NPR.

The group developed a voter mobilization app that grants access to detailed personal information of voters who can then be targeted by outreach efforts. The app has been criticized for lax security protocols to protect voters' information. 

The Associated Press contributed to this update.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:47:05 -0500

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"There's never been a movement like this, and we're going to turn our country around," Trump told his staff. "We're going to not let people that murder people come into our country. We're not going to let drug dealers come into our country and terrorists come into our country. Little things like that. People are not going to stand them. And that's why we're doing well. But you know what? We still have a time to go. So let's make sure that let's make sure that we have this under control. And some of you are going to see tonight, I would imagine. I hope all of you. So I'll be seeing it tonight and it'll be great." 

Trump will host an election watch party at his Mar-a-Lago residence tonight. 

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:02:33 -0500

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"The citizens of this country are not garbage for wanting to be able to afford groceries and a nice place to live. But in two days we are gonna take out the trash in Washington, D.C., and the trash's name is Kamala Harris," Vance declared.

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe faced criticism after cracking a joke in which he referred to Puerto Rico as "a floating island of garbage." He made the joke while speaking at Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden.

This is an excerpt from an article written by Fox News' Alex Nitzberg.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:00:41 -0500

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Later, in 2016, Trump narrowly flipped the state in favor of Republicans by beating out Hillary Clinton by a margin of .2%. The state returned to voting for a Democrat in 2020, when Joe Biden beat Trump by a margin of 2.8%. 

Margins of victory for either candidate have narrowed since the "blue wall" era as well. In 2012, the margin of victory for Barack Obama was almost 10%. Meanwhile, the combined margin of victory for both the 2016 and 2020 elections was 3%. 

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:51:43 -0500

Hagerty has written to all federal agencies, in letters obtained by Fox News Digital, warning of applicable provisions in laws regarding appropriations that limit departments' ability to transfer funds or change programs during the transition period.

"Compliance with these requirements must be a priority for the outgoing administration, given the criminal and administrative consequences of failing to do so," he said.

He argues that the law limits moving funds, altering programs and prohibits employees from obligating federal dollars - with potential criminal sanctions or firing. 

This is an excerpt from an article written by Fox News' Adam Shaw.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:57:57 -0500

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At least two polling places temporarily closed in Fulton County, Georgia, on Tuesday after authorities received "non-credible" bomb threats.

"The Fulton County Department of Registration & Elections will seek a court order to allow these polling places to remain open for the same period as the temporary closure," police said. 

"So they're up to mischief, it seems. And they don't want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election," he said of Russia.

"And they think they can get us to fight among ourselves. They can count that as a victory. So that's as you talked a little bit about, the Russians. They're not our friends. Anyone that thinks they are hasn't been reading the newspapers." 

The FBI said it was "aware" of the threats and agreed that they "appear to originate from Russian email domains."

"None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far," the FBI said Tuesday.

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She's the author of the current New York Times No. 1 bestseller, "Melania." 

Whether she's enjoying personal success or dealing with political chaos, whether she's celebrating family triumphs or weathering times of national turbulence, she figured out long ago how to stay calm, even-keeled and focused on what matters most, she reveals.

"Life's circumstances shape you in many ways, often entirely beyond your control - your birth, parental influences and the world in which you grow up," she writes.

This is an excerpt pulled from an article written by Fox News' Maureen Mackey.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:29:49 -0500

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With that influx came a more liberal populace: while Republicans dominated the state from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, it became a swing state after that. Democrats won in every election from 1976 to 2020 - except in 2000 and in 2004, when the state went for George W. Bush.

Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump in 2016 48 to 46%, while in 2020, Joe Biden beat Trump by about 2.5%.

Barack Obama won the state by particularly large margins - 12.5 points against John McCain in 2008 and 6.7 points ahead of Mitt Romney in 2012.

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Meanwhile, Georgia voted Democrat in every presidential election up until 1960.

However, amid the arrival and growth of the civil rights movement, Republicans deployed something known as their "Southern strategy" in order to recruit unhappy Democrats. From 1964 to date, Georgia has voted for 10 Republican presidents, four Democrats and one Independent. 

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:14:46 -0500

"I feel very confident," Trump said. "I have felt, you know, we went in with a very big lead today and it looks like Republicans have shown up in force. So we'll see how it turns out." 

"I ran a great campaign. It was maybe the best of the three. We did great in the first one. We did much better in the second one, but something happened. And this was the best, I would say this was the best campaign we ran." 

The Republican nominee acknowledged that the results of the election may not be known Tuesday night and complained about mail-in ballots. Asked if he could see a world where he does not declare victory on Tuesday, Trump said, "Yeah." 

"I mean, I'm hearing the same things that you're hearing. I'm hearing states where I'm up by a lot but they won't have a final number for a long time."  

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:14:07 -0500

Before Biden's victory, the last Democratic presidential candidate Arizona voted for was Bill Clinton in 1996, when he secured a win over Republican Bob Dole by a margin of 2.2%.

Arizona holds 11 electoral votes for whoever wins the state and its propensity to pick correctly has given it the reputation of being a bellwether for the rest of the country. 

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:39:15 -0500

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published the latest update on its website on Monday evening. Speaking on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the ODNI detailed the latest intelligence findings.

"The IC expects these activities will intensify through election day and in the coming weeks, and that foreign influence narratives will focus on swing states," the statement read.

Of all the foreign adversaries seeking to impact the election, the ODNI said that Russia "is the most active threat."

"Influence actors linked to Russia in particular are manufacturing videos and creating fake articles to undermine the legitimacy of the election, instill fear in voters regarding the election process, and suggest Americans are using violence against each other due to political preferences, judging from information available to the IC," the ODNI continued. "These efforts risk inciting violence, including against election officials."

"We anticipate Russian actors will release additional manufactured content with these themes through election day and in the days and weeks after polls close."

This is an excerpt from an article by Andrea Margolis.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:38:00 -0500

Elections officials emphasized that no one who wishes to cast their ballot will be turned away and that all votes will be counted. 

"In summary, all votes will be counted and we continue to encourage everyone to vote." 

The Pennsylvania Department of State said it was working with local officials to resolve the issue.

"The Department of State is in contact with county officials in Cambria County. Voters are continuing to vote by paper ballot, in accordance with normal operations, while the county resolves the issue with in-precinct scanning. We are working with the County to resolve this technical matter and remain committed to ensuring a free, fair, safe, and secure election."

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:36:30 -0500

The party will be held at his personal residence at Mar-a-Lago. 

"It is now officially ELECTION DAY! This will be the most important day in American History. Voter enthusiasm is THROUGH THE ROOF because people want to Make America Great Again," Trump posted on social media. "That means lines are going to be long! I need you to deliver your vote no matter how long it takes. STAY IN LINE! The Radical Communist Democrats want you to pack up and go home. Together, we are going to have a tremendous victory and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Trump returned to Florida after concluding his third and likely final campaign for president in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Monday night. He bid farewell to his trademark rallies, thanking his supporters and urging them to vote.

Fox News Digital's Michael Lee contributed to this update.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:35:52 -0500

With the ailing steel industry a vital part of the Rust Belt state's economy, many old school, union Democrats were drawn to Trump's talk of bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. in 2016. 

The state's two major metropolitan hubs - Pittsburgh and Philadelphia - which sit on the opposite ends of the state - reliably vote Democratic, but the vast span of rural cities and towns in between tend to lean Republican.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:35:28 -0500

Vice President Kamala Harris has been a vocal supporter of codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections into federal law and expanding abortion access in every state. The Democratic presidential nominee also said in September she supports eliminating the 60-vote filibuster requirement in order to reinstate the controversial 1973 decision.

Even prior to Harris replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic frontrunner, Harris made a push within the administration to restore Roe v. Wade protections.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:32:32 -0500

Former President Donald Trump won about half of the 50 states in 2020 but it was not enough to get him across the finish line as far as the Electoral College is concerned.

Trump won about 47% of the popular vote and 232 electors, to Joe Biden's 306 electors.

Two states, Nebraska and Maine, divvy up their presidential electors by congressional district.

Biden's victory largely hinged on his very narrow victories in Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania -- states where Trump upset his 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton.

This cycle, Trump also has eyes on otherwise outlier states like New York and Virginia.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:34:20 -0500

In 2020, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris won 25 states, the District of Columbia and part of one state which divides its electoral votes. The Democratic ticket that year swept the Lower 48's Pacific coast, winning California, Oregon and Washington - as well as Hawaii.

Biden-Harris performed well in the upper Midwest, winning Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as the swing states of Pennsylvania and Georgia.

Biden and Harris also won the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and every electoral vote in New England except one in Maine - which, like Nebraska, divvys-up its votes.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:33:49 -0500

"I feel good," Vance said. "You never know until you know. But I feel good about this race. I felt good about my own race a couple of years ago, when I voted in this exact same spot. Hopefully it goes as well for President Trump and me as it went for me a couple of years ago in the state of Ohio." 

"I certainly hope you vote for Donald Trump today. I think that his policies are going to promote peace and prosperity for our citizens. But if you vote the wrong way, in my view, I'm still going to love you. I'm still going to treat you as a fellow citizen. And if I am lucky enough to be your vice president, I'm going to fight hard for your dreams and for your family over the next four years."

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:48:44 -0500

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Ultimately, Trump received 304 electoral votes and Clinton 227: he flipped six states won by Democrats in 2012: Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Maine's 2nd congressional district. 

He lost Nevada - which Republicans are trying to flip in their favor this year - but won virtually every other state that could potentially be up for grabs in this election, including Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Texas.

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Farage, the leader of the Reform UK party, made the remark this week in an interview with The Telegraph, during which he declared that "I still think he is going to win."

"If she gets in on Tuesday I hope she pardons him. She could look magnanimous and it would dampen down potential tensions," Farage said.

In September, Judge Juan Merchan decided to postpone Trump's sentencing in New York v. Trump until after the presidential election. Trump had been found guilty in an unprecedented criminal trial on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

Fox News Digital's Greg Norman contributed to this update.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:28:38 -0500

But for the past two days, we've received few hard numbers on young, Black, and Latino early turnout - instead they've been sharing numbers for doors knocked and calls made.

The Harris campaign maintains they still have multiple pathways to 270 - but publicly they're projecting less confidence than in previous cycles at this point. It may be that the GOP embracing early voting wound up increasing turnout among lower propensity Republican voters, which is giving Dems heartburn.

Harris is obviously animating a different swath of the electorate than Biden did in 2020, but it's also but it's also interesting that the final two weeks of Biden's 2020 campaign included 4 stops in Florida, 3 in Ohio, and 1 in Iowa. Harris is spending more of her time in Dem strongholds, trying to lock down and turn out the base.

Another challenge for anyone trying to read the tea leaves: polls have not accurately measured either the impact of Dobbs or support for Trump in past elections.

This post originally appeared on X.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:27:20 -0500

He said he thinks there will be a demographic shift towards Republicans from voters who believe "the Democratic Party has abandoned the values of their community." 

"My gut tells me that we are going to outperform the polls," Johnson added. "The polls have him about even everybody says it's a coin toss, if that's true. Trump always outperforms the polls. I believe it. But I want to say every single vote counts, especially in the swing states. Take nothing for granted. We need every single vote today." 

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:26:19 -0500

Of the swing states, the Democrats' "blue wall" is considered the lynchpin of Democratic victory. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan were all reliably blue states until Trump won them in 2016, and the gap has been closing ever since as blue collar Rust Belt voters trend rightward. Biden recaptured all three states in 2020.

Nevada has flip flopped somewhat regularly in the past but has gone reliably blue since 2008.

According to recent Fox News polling, Harris is up by one point in Arizona and two points in Georgia and Nevada, with Trump maintaining a one-point lead in North Carolina. Harris leads Trump by four points in Wisconsin, two in Pennsylvania, and Michigan is a dead heat between the two.  

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:25:52 -0500

Appearing on "Fox & Friends," Buttigieg said Harris has "been very clear about her policies down to the percentage point level," citing her proposal to raise the capital gains tax to 28%. He contrasted Harris with Republican nominee former President Trump, who he argued "to this day can't even say what his health care plan is, just a 'concept of a plan.'"

"Look, we know the fundamentals of the differences in economic vision. He's going to do tax cuts for the rich and he's going to do this import tax, the tariff that will add $4,000 for a typical family. She's going to do a child tax credit expansion and middle class tax cuts," he said.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:24:26 -0500

As of 8 a.m. ET, polls are open in 38 states and the District of Columbia. 

Polls opened in certain parts of Vermont at 5 a.m. ET on Nov. 5, quickly followed by Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, New York and Virginia at 6 a.m.

North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia began voting at 6:30 a.m. 

At 7:00 a.m., polls opened in Alabama, Delaware, the District of Columbia, eastern Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Wyoming.

At 8 a.m., polls opened in Arizona, western Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

Arkansas is next to open at 8:30 a.m. 

Polls will be open nationwide by 12 p.m. ET. 

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:23:55 -0500

The chief among them, with special relevance this year due to a series of brutal hurricanes hitting the southeast, is weather and other environmental impacts. During the 2024 Republican primaries, a blizzard in Iowa was feared to affect turnout by all sides and, in 2020, whether or not the coronavirus pandemic would affect turnout was closely monitored. Additionally, multiple studies have affirmed that bad weather conditions can negatively affect turnout among less determined voters.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:09:37 -0500

States have long allowed at least some Americans to vote early, like members of the military and people with illnesses unable to get to the polls. Many states expanded eligibility in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of Monday evening, over 81 million ballots have been cast nationwide.

This is an excerpt from an article by Morgan Phillips and Rémy Numa.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:03:04 -0500

The frontal boundary will mean cities such as Chicago, St. Louis and even Tulsa, Oklahoma, will be in the rain zone, and behind the front, cooler air will exist over much of the Rockies and Plains. Those in the Northwest could have snow in the forecast for Election Day.

According to the FOX Forecast Center, some battleground states, including Michigan and Wisconsin, are likely to see rain on Election Day. Meanwhile, temperatures in northern Nevada are expected to dip below freezing, where snow is possible.

Political experts contend weather conditions on Election Day - whether rainy or sunny - can influence voter enthusiasm. However, with over half the country voting in advance of Nov. 5, Election Day increasingly resembles an extended election season rather than just a single, important day.

A 2007 university study found that Republican-leaning voters turned out more than those voting for Democrats during rainy weather. Researchers found that voter participation dropped off about 1% per inch of rain, and snowfall decreased turnout by nearly half of a percent for every inch of accumulation.

With the majority of the electorate taking advantage of early voting methods, millions will have little to do on Election Day other than relax and watch the results come in.

This is an excerpt from an article by FOX Weather's Andrew Wulfeck.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:45:13 -0500

The reason for the delay primarily had to do with mail-in voting and the methods by which it is counted. When someone votes by machine, everything is automatically tracked and logged by the computer. When one votes by mail, every aspect of that needs to be handled manually - letters need to be opened, signatures verified, voting sleeves inserted into machines, etc. The unprecedented amount of mail-in votes that were submitted, mostly due to the coronavirus pandemic, bogged down the system and led to delays. 

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:44:34 -0500

While the 2024 election is set to take place on November 5, it can take days, or even weeks, for every state to certify their election results. 

Arizona, which did not certify its 2020 election results for several weeks, usually experiences a delay in ballot counting. The state enacted a new step in the ballot counting process this cycle, which could add even more time to the process, to require ballot counters to hand count ballot envelopes dropped in ballot boxes before they are tabulated.

This year, however, several swing states are implementing new rules for counting ballots in an effort to certify the results sooner.

Nevada ballot counters will be able to begin counting votes in the morning on Election Day, as opposed to years prior when they could not begin until early voting closed. 

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:44:01 -0500

Immigration - Millions of illegal immigrants have come through the southern border after the Biden-Harris administration halted the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy. Harris has described the issue at the southern border as a "crisis" and top issue of concern during her campaign, frequently mentioning her support for a bipartisan border bill as reference to her support for border legislation.

Health care - The Democratic nominee has highlighted creating what she calls an "opportunity economy," if elected. She touted expanding the Affordable Care Act and making permanent the Biden-Harris tax credits. 

Guns - Harris has said that if elected, she would ban semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines, require universal background checks and support red flag laws. She also said she would crack down on unlicensed gun dealers.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:43:26 -0500

With less than 24 hours to go before the election, podcaster and comedian, Joe Rogan formally endorsed Trump for president, ending speculation. 

Posting on X, Rogan highlighted his nearly three hour interview with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who has already supported Trump. 

"The great and powerful @elonmusk. If it wasn't for him we'd be f---ed," Rogan said. "He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way." 

And leaving no room for doubt, Rogan wrote: "For the record, yes, that's an endorsement of Trump." 

Earlier Monday, Robert Clemente Jr., son of the Puerto Rican baseball legend, formally endorsed Trump in the city where his father played. 

"For the first time, I had to take a step forward. It is very important for me to support this man, because I believe tomorrow is a change of time," Clemente Jr. said. "My father, the name Clemente, what it means is goodwill and unity. I believe that your team is going to bring it all home. I believe in everything that you stand for right now," he told Trump.

And earlier Monday, Randi Mahomes, the mother of star Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, endorsed Trump during a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Bradford Betz.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:41:29 -0500

Since launching his re-election campaign, Trump has focused heavily on the issue of illegal immigration and has blamed the Biden-Harris administration for the influx of migrants that have come through the southern border after they halted the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy. 

The former president has also made the economy a focal point of his race, frequently pointing out high prices and referring to the state of the economy under his administration during campaign stops. 

Energy has also been one of Trump's top issues this cycle. The former president has made various campaign stops in key oil dominant states, such as Pennsylvania and Michigan, to tell voters that he wants to "unleash energy dominance," if elected.

Throughout his campaign, Trump has advocated for "free and open trade." He vows to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and end reliance on countries like China.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:40:51 -0500

The first Election Day was held on November 7th, 1848 when Whig party candidate Zachary Taylor defeated Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. This was the first time that a presidential election was held on a fixed date thanks to legislation passed by Congress in 1845 to deter voter fraud.

The Constitution does not say when election day was to be held and Election Day was decided by farming communities and the harvest season. Election Day was held in November because in the 1800s most citizens worked as Farmers and lived far from polling places, often having to travel a day or two to vote in a single election and in November the busy harvest season came to an end which gave time for farmers to vote which varied throughout the states.

Fox News'  Emma Woodhead contributed to this report.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:40:13 -0500