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More than 40 million people have voted as of Sunday.

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Harris, Trump hit the battleground states ahead of Election Day
Harris, Trump hit the battleground states ahead of Election DayHarris, Trump hit the battleground states Saturday ahead of Election Day

The race for the White House is heading into the final stretch with most polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck-and-neck in key states with less than two weeks to go.

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Oct 27, 2024, 3:27 PM

Over 40M voters have cast a vote

As of 8:30 a.m. PT on Oct. 27, over 40.1 million Americans have cast a vote through early voting methods, as of Saturday evening, according to data from the University of Florida's Election Lab.

The majority of those early votes come from mail ballots with over 20.8 million mail ballots returned nationally, the data showed. The remaining 19.2 million come from votes cast at in-person early voting polling sites across the country.

Early voting options are now open to voters in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Many early voting periods will last until the weekend before Election Day.

Oct 23, 2024, 11:19 AM GMT

Harris to answer questions at town hall in Delaware County, Pa.

Vice President Kamala Harris will face questions from undecided and persuadable voters on Wednesday as she looks to capitalize in the key battleground state in the waning days of the presidential election.

The town hall will feature a live audience in Aston, Pennsylvania. The Democratic presidential nominee will field questions from audience members, according to CNN, who is moderating the event.

Vice President Kamala Harris will be back in our area today for a town hall.

The audience of Pennsylvania voters will be composed of Democrats, Republicans and independents - all of whom confirmed they intend to vote in November and remain undecided or persuadable on the presidential candidate for whom they will cast a ballot.

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Oct 23, 2024, 11:12 AM GMT

Suspected drunken driver heading wrong way passes Harris' motorcade in Milwaukee

A suspected drunken driver drove toward Vice President Kamala Harris' motorcade while going the wrong way on an interstate in downtown Milwaukee Monday night.

Just before 8:30 p.m., a 55-year-old Milwaukee man driving an SUV traveled westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 at the Marquette Interchange, approaching the motorcade, according to James Burnett, spokesperson for the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. As it drew closer to the motorcade, deputies stopped the SUV, Burnett said.

Deputies, who suspected the driver was impaired and saw an open container of alcohol in the car, conducted field sobriety tests and took other investigative measures, according to Burnett. They then took the driver into custody on recommended charges of operating while intoxicated and recklessly endangering safety.

Oct 23, 2024, 9:15 AM GMT

Harris tells Telemundo how her economic plan will benefit Latinos

Telemundo, the Spanish-language television network, released clips on Tuesday of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris - part of a more extensive conversation that will be aired on Wednesday.

In the clips, she comments primarily on her economic position and plan, describing herself as a "pragmatic capitalist."

"I am a capitalist. I am a pragmatic capitalist," she can be heard saying in one of the clips.

She went on to describe the need for leadership in America that actively works with the private sector "to drive new industries and build up small-business owners, to allow us to increase home ownership, to allow people and their families to build intergenerational wealth."

She also stated that a new approach would need to understand "that some of the best jobs that we have available don't necessarily require a college degree."

In a separate clip, when asked how that plan might affect Latino men, Harris answered, "A lot of my agenda is about creating opportunity for people to succeed. So, for example, part of the agenda that I've already presented, I am very aware how it would affect Latino men."

She explained that it involved building a strong economy that supports working people, and especially small-business owners, and added: "I know that Latino men often have a more difficult time having access to the big loans from the big banks because of relationships, because of things that are not necessarily grounded in their qualifications. So, I am focused on what we can do to bring more capital to community banks that will understand the community and be able to give those kinds of loans."

Returning to her thoughts on the importance of families establishing generational wealth, she also said that part of her economic plan that would impact Latinos would be $25,000 down payment assistance for first-time homeowners.

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Oct 23, 2024, 2:45 AM GMT

Biden says of Trump: 'We gotta lock him up. Politically, lock him up'

President Joe Biden said former President Donald Trump poses a "genuine threat" to American democracy, during a visit to New Hampshire Democratic Party headquarters, saying, "We gotta lock him. Politically lock him up."

The remarks came after Biden listed Trump's proposals such as doing away with the Department of Education, taking on the federal civil service and the Supreme Court's recent decision granting presidents broad immunity. Biden said: "I mean, so I know this sounds bizarre. It sounds like - if I said this five years ago, you'd lock me up."

Then Biden said, referring to Trump, "We gotta lock him up. Politically lock him up. Lock him out, that's what we have to do."

"Lock her up" was an oft-repeated line by Trump and his supporters in 2016, a reference to Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information on her private email server.

Trump's campaign quickly seized on Biden's comments, calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to condemn the remarks and pushing claim that it shows Trump's legal battles are purely political -- charges prosecutors have repeatedly denied.

"Joe Biden just admitted the truth: he and Kamala's plan all along has been to politically persecute their opponent President Trump because they can't beat him fair and square," Karoline Leavitt, national press secretary of the Trump campaign, said in a statement. "The Harris-Biden Admin is the real threat to democracy. We call on Kamala Harris to condemn Joe Biden's disgraceful remark."

- ABC News' Justin Gomez, Lalee Ibssa, Soorin Kim, Kelsey Walsh