2024 election updates: With 1 week to go, Harris speaks in Washington, Trump stumps in Pennsylvania

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Last updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 3:53AM GMT
Harris speaks in DC as Trump stumps in Pa.
Harris speaks in DC as Trump stumps in Pa.Kamala Harris is urging voters to reject Donald Trump's efforts to sow division and fear, declaring, "It doesn't have to be this way."

As the race reaches one week until Election Day, Kamala Harris delivered her "closing argument" on The Ellipse -- in the same spot where Donald Trump allied his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, to march on the U.S. Capitol nearby.

Trump tried to preempt Harris's remarks, speaking to reporters Tuesday morning at Mar-a-Lago after declaring he's "the opposite of a Nazi" on Monday night in Georgia. He holds a rally later in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where there is a large population of Puerto Rican Americans.

Kamala Harris will promise to "put country above party and above self" in the closing argument of her presidential campaign. Trump is trying to recast his NYC rally marked by raci
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Oct 29, 2024, 9:56 PM

More than 51 million Americans have voted early

As of 4:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday, more than 51 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 26,855,025 were cast in person and 24,573,128 were returned by mail

There is now just one week until Election Day.

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Oct 29, 2024, 11:51 PM GMT

Harris takes the stage in Washington, sets the stakes for the election

Harris opened her speech in Washington by setting the stakes of next week's general election.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to deliver remarks during a campaign event near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to deliver remarks during a campaign event near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
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Oct 29, 2024, 11:48 PM GMT

Harris' backdrop on Tuesday is the office she hopes to hold

The backdrop to Harris' closing argument speech on Tuesday will be the office she hopes to hold: The White House.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during a campaign event at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during a campaign event at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

The event is thick with symbolism. Held on The Ellipse, the park just south of the White House, the event will represent Harris' clearest attempt to show why she deserves to be the person sitting in the Oval Office next year. The site of the speech also harkens back to the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol: It is where Trump gave a speech filled with lies about the election immediately beforehand.

Harris specifically mentioned in interviews before her remarks on Tuesday that the backdrop was picked to help voters envision having her in the Oval Office instead of Trump.

People attending the event have been standing in line for hours and are now waiting for Harris to take the stage. The back of the stage is lined with American flags, and large signs that read "Freedom" in block letters flank the set-up.

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Oct 29, 2024, 11:03 PM GMT

Transition teams met with both candidates' reps: Sources

Federal agency transition members met with representatives from both the Harris and Trump campaigns, sources with knowledge of the meetings confirmed to ABC News.

Up until now, the Trump team has been very reticent to conduct any formal meetings with Biden White House staff and had blown past ethics and funding agreement deadlines.

A spokesperson for the White House confirmed the meeting, which took place in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

"The ATDC has been meeting regularly for months to prepare for a transition, and the meeting this week included representatives from both transition teams," the spokesperson said in a statement. "The meeting focused on post-election readiness to ensure agencies and the transition teams are ready to execute responsibly and efficiently."

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Oct 29, 2024, 10:58 PM GMT

Trump holds roundtable in Drexel Hill, Pa. ahead of Allentown rally

Former President Donald Trump was back in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, where he held a roundtable in Drexel Hill with Mike Huckabee.

He spoke about what he believes are the most important issues in the upcoming election.

"Every poll has inflation and economy as the number one thing, and the third is the border. I think inflation is horrible. I think it's wrong. I think the number one is the border," he said.

1 week until Election Day: Trump holds roundtable in Drexel Hill, set to rally in Allentown

Trump is also expected to hold a rally in Allentown Tuesday night, which has a majority Latino population.

That remains an important factor as the former president and his campaign try to distance themselves from disparaging comments made about Puerto Rico by a speaker at his rally in New York City over the weekend.

On Tuesday morning at Mar-A-Lago, Trump called the rally at Madison Square Garden a "love fest."

He also held a rally on Monday on the campus of Georgia Tech, in Atlanta, after attending the National Faith Summit. There, Trump blasted the Democrats for using what he says is disgusting rhetoric, and told the crowd that his administration would stop inflation and bring back the American dream.

Read more about the rally in Allentown here.