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Your support makes all the difference.American voters are heading to the polls on Election Day after Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump made their final pitches on Monday, the last full day of campaigning.
The Republican former president chose to close out his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with personal attacks on Harris, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and their fellow California Democrat Adam Schiff, as well as his own former White House chief of staff General John Kelly, who recently labeled him a “fascist”.
Trump, who received a last-minute endorsement from influential podcaster Joe Rogan, was late on stage and only finished speaking at 2.09am, looking exhausted.
The Democrat, drawing a sharp contrast, was joined in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin and The Roots while Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera supported her in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas, respectively.
Harris set a joyous tone and emphatically told her supporters for the final time: “We’re not going back!”
The first in-person votes were cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, at midnight – a tradition going back almost 65 years – with the town’s six registered voters split evenly between the two candidates.
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Farage claims ‘a lot more Trump signs on lawns’ as he visits US for election
Nigel Farage said he had observed an increase in Donald Trump signs on voters’ lawns as he visited the US for its presidential election on Tuesday, 5 November.
The Reform UK MP for Clacton predicted a victory for the former president, whom he calls his friend, in the election as he told GB News he had been in Pennsylvania since before the polls opened.
“We’re in a very middle-class area here and there are a lot more Trump signs on lawns than there were four years ago or eight years ago. He’s not quite the bogeyman that he was,” Mr Farage went on, adding that he planned to attend Trump’s election party at Mar-a-Lago.
‘Stop talking about that’: Trump asked about abortion amendment
When Trump was asked on Tuesday how he voted on Amendment 4, which would enshrine a right to abortion access in Florida’s constitution, and effectively overturn the state’s bans, he said: “Stop talking about that.”
Here’s some background on the amendment and how Ron DeSantis’s administration is trying to defeat it:
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Georgia polling sites evacuated after ‘non-credible’ bomb threats
Election officials in Fulton County, Georgia were forced to evacuate five polling sites this morning due to “non-credible” bomb threats.
This is Georgia’s most populous county and it was subject to threats in 2020 as well.
The county is now asking a court if they can extend polling hours past 7 p.m. to make up for the fact that there was a delay.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger believes it came from a foreign adversary potentially of “Russian origin.”
Maryland GOP Senate candidate declines to vote for president
Maryland GOP senate candidate Larry Hogan has said that he left the spot for president blank on his ballot.
He said months ago he wasn’t supporting Trump but now it’s official.
“I’ve said all along that I would never vote for somebody I don’t believe in, and I think a lot of people respect that decision,” said Hogan to reporters outside Davidsonvillle Elementary, according to The Baltimore Banner.
Trump says he’ll be ‘first one to acknowledge’ a loss
Trump said that those concerned that he may not concede the election if he loses are “crazy.”
“I think they're crazy. If I lose an election, if it's a fair election, I'm gonna I'd be the first one to acknowledge it,” the former president told reporters in Florida on Tuesday. “So far, I think it's been fair. I think there's been a lot of court cases. Both sides are lawyered up.”
Trump vs Harris: Join the Independent Debate and tell us your US election predictions
Ahead of the polls closing, we’re asking you: Who do you think will win the election?
Can Kamala Harris break barriers as the first female president of the United States? Or will we see the unprecedented return of Donald Trump to the White House, even after his conviction for falsifying business records?
Where do you think the election will be won and lost? Do you think Harris will gain a decisive edge in swing states, or will Trump capitalise on his base’s turnout
Share your predictions here — we will highlight the most thoughtful insights.
Trump: ‘My supporters are not violent people’
Trump spoke to reporters in Palm Beach, Florida as he cast his ballot, saying that he doesn’t believe his supporters are “violent people.”
“I don't have to tell them that there'll be no violence. Of course, there'll be no violence,” Trump said. “My supporters are not violent people. I don't have to tell them that, and I certainly don't want any violence ... these are great people. These are people that believe in no violence.”
“Unlike your question, you believe in violence,” Trump told one of the reporters.
Why the election might come down to a Trump campaign meltdown in Pennsylvania — again
The chaotic final moments of the 2020 presidential election are etched into the memories of every American — especially if they come from Pennsylvania.
After days of counting ballots, lawsuits and protests in the crucial and deciding state, the Trump presidency came to an end in the parking lot of a landscaping company in an industrial suburb of Philadelphia, next to an adult book store, to the desperate cries of Rudy Giuliani.
This year’s race is set to be another nail-biter, and Pennsylvania is the most likely state to decide the result again. So should we expect to see a repeat of that debacle?
The short answer is: Maybe.
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Richard Hall was on the scene in Pennsylvania when Rudy Giuliani gave his infamous speech outside a landscaping center and adult book store. Hall and Alex Woodward report on why it could happen all over again in 2024
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