2024 election updates: Harris, Trump continue campaign blitz with 5 days until Election Day

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With five days until Election Day, Kamala Harris is attacking Donald Trump for saying Wednesday night in Wisconsin that, against his advisers' advice, he is going to keep saying he will "protect the women" "whether the women like it or not."

Both candidates continue their whirlwind campaigns in the West.

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Oct 31, 2024, 11:10 AM

More than 59 million Americans have voted early

As of 5:45 a.m. on Thursday, more than 59 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 31,018,125 were cast in person and 27,952,363 were returned by mail.

The voting line wraps around the building at Philadelphia City Hall after a Party to the Polls Purple Tour event.
The voting line wraps around the building at Philadelphia City Hall after a Party to the Polls Purple Tour event.
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Oct 30, 2024, 10:29 PM GMT

Michigan authorities charge 'non-US citizen' with illegal voting

Authorities in Michigan charged an unidentified non-U.S. citizen with allegedly illegally registering to vote and casting a ballot.

FILE - Voters fill out their ballots for the Michigan primary election, Feb. 27, 2024, in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
FILE - Voters fill out their ballots for the Michigan primary election, Feb. 27, 2024, in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.

The case was referred to law enforcement by a clerk, according to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit.

"We are grateful for the swift action of the clerk in this case, who took the appropriate steps and referred the case to law enforcement. We are also grateful to law enforcement for swiftly and thoroughly investigating this case," they said in a joint statement.

"Noncitizen voting is an extremely isolated and rare event. Investigations in multiple states and nationwide have found no evidence of large numbers of noncitizens registering to vote. Even less common is a noncitizen actually casting a ballot," they added.

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Oct 30, 2024, 10:13 PM GMT

Voters, Dems ask Supreme Court to reject RNC appeal of Pennsylvania ballot case

Two Pennsylvania voters and the state's Democratic Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject a Republican request to block counting of provisional in-person ballots cast by people whose mail-in ballots were not put into a required security envelope.

People wait in line outside the Bucks County government building to apply for an on-demand mail ballot on the last day to request one in Doylestown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
People wait in line outside the Bucks County government building to apply for an on-demand mail ballot on the last day to request one in Doylestown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

The Democrats argued the Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a "straightforward" decision that state law permits voters whose mail ballots were not counted to "exercise their statutory right to vote provisionally rather than be disenfranchised altogether."

The party contends that the RNC has no standing to bring a challenge in the case because it involves two ballots from the 2024 Democratic primary in which the Republican Party could not have been "injured."

A judge has granted a request from the Trump campaign to extend the deadline to apply for mail-in or absentee ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

They also argued that the so-called Purcell principle -- of nonintervention by courts close to a voting period -- does not apply to state courts.

The Democrats also said the Republicans' request for segregation and non-counting of provisional ballots would be a "sweeping" intervention and imposition on county boards of election which are not even parties to the case.

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Oct 30, 2024, 7:57 PM GMT

Philly DA asks for more security for Elon Musk hearing

The Philadelphia district attorney who is bringing a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway asked the judge overseeing the case Wednesday to "enhance its security" for an upcoming hearing in the matter.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner takes part in a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, March 11, 2024.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner takes part in a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, March 11, 2024.

DA Larry Krasner said in a new court filing Musk's post about the case on X has "triggered an avalanche of posts." including "antisemitic attacks" against the prosecutor.

One account was "inviting political violence" and posted Krasner's home address, according to the filing.

"These posts, which unquestionable are criminal.... and remain posted on Musk's X website today," the filing states.

Another post read "Krasner loves visitors. Mask up and leave all cellphones at home," according to the filing.

"The directives to 'mask up' and to 'leave all cellphones at home' are to prevent identification of illegal actors by video, by eyewitnesses, and by cellphone geolocation," the filing states.

Representatives for Musk did not immediately respond to ABC News for comment.

The hearing in the case is set for Friday at 10am.

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Oct 30, 2024, 7:48 PM GMT

Harris stresses unity in Raleigh speech

Vice President Kamala Harris held her first of three Wednesday rallies in Raleigh, hammering a message of unity.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C.

Harris encouraged North Carolinians to take advantage of early voting, which ends Saturday in the state.

"We have just six days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime, and we have work to do," she said.

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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris talks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris talks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

"It is time for a new chapter where we stop ... pointing fingers at each other and instead let us lock arms with one another, knowing we have so much more in common than what separates us," she said.

When a protestor began shouting, Harris spoke about bringing people with opposing views into her tent.

"Unlike Donald Trump, I don't believe people who disagree with me are the enemy. He wants to put them in jail. I'll give them a seat at the table, and I pledge to be a president for all Americans and to always put Americans before myself," she said.

Harris also gave a shoutout to Gen-Z supporters.

"I see the promise of America in all the young leaders who are voting for the first time," she said.