Election Day 2024 Live Updates: Voters cast their ballots today as Trump and Harris keep low profiles
No major incidents impacting U.S. election infrastructure so far, CISA says
As of 9:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, federal cybersecurity officials have not identified any significant national-level incidents impacting the security of U.S. election infrastructure, Cait Conley, senior advisor to the director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told reporters in a briefing.
“We are tracking instances of extreme weather and other temporary infrastructure disruptions in certain areas of the country, but these are largely expected, routine and planned-for events,” Conley said.
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Financial advisors urge investors to take a long-term view
Voters line up outside of a polling station in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on Nov. 5.
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What’s Trump doing on Election Day?
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump holds up a fist at a campaign rally at the Santander Arena on November 04, 2024 in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Trump closed out his campaign on Monday with four rallies in three swing states: Two in Pennsylvania, plus one each in North Carolina and Michigan.
On Election Day, the only officially announced event is the Trump-Vance watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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More than 77 million have cast early votes
Duke University students wait in line with residents of Durham County to cast their ballots at a polling site on campus during the penultimate day of early voting in the state, in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. November 1, 2024.
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More than 77 million Americans have already cast their ballots by mail or in person, according to NBC News’ tally of the early vote.
That’s far less than in 2020, when more than 100 million Americans voted early. But those results came in the middle of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, when many Americans avoided public gatherings and states had greatly expanded absentee and early voting rules.
Trump criticized early voting in 2020 — a stance that may have helped President Joe Biden clinch several key swing states.
While Trump has at times waxed nostalgic about single-day voting in the 2024 cycle, both his campaign and Harris’ have mostly encouraged their supporters to vote as soon as they can.
NBC’s data, provided by TargetSmart, show Democrats slightly leading Republicans in the early vote tally, 41% to 39%.
Among the seven key battleground states, more registered Democrats appear to have voted early in three — Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — while registered Republicans lead in Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia.
Voters fill out their ballots for the presidential election during early voting ahead of the polls closing November 5 at the Detroit Elections Office in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. October 28, 2024.
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What it all means for the final result is far from clear.
While early-vote figures are often viewed as a signal about certain voters’ enthusiasm or expected turnout, it’s hard to predict how many more voters will show up on Tuesday. It is also difficult to know ahead of time whether a party’s early vote share is “cannibalizing” its Election Day turnout.
An NBC analysis found that among early voters in 2024 who did not vote in 2020, Democrats outpace Republicans in Pennsylvania, and female Democrats are the biggest group of new voters in the state.
In Arizona, however, there were more Republican new voters than Democratic ones, and male Republicans led the way.
— Kevin Breuninger
What’s Kamala Harris doing on Election Day?
Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris smiles during her campaign rally, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 4, 2024.
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After storming Pennsylvania on Monday, Harris’ Election Day schedule is relatively sparse — at least for now.
The only item on her agenda is an election night watch party at Howard University, her alma mater in Washington, D.C.
The campaign will hold an event at “the Yard,” the main quadrangle on campus.
Walz and his wife, Gwen Walz, are also set to participate in a political event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, NBC News reported.
— Kevin Breuninger