Immigration was crucial for two Trump voters in the Philadelphia suburbs — 4:10 p.m.
By Jim Puzzanghera, Globe staff
DREXEL HILL, Pa. — Esther and Bob Novak both said immigration was a major reason they voted for former president Donald Trump on Tuesday.
”Kamala Harris, her lack of any kind resolution to the border crisis, it’s just so blatant that she’s incompetent to handle that,” said Esther Novak, 66, a retiree, after voting at the Drexelbrook Community center in this Philadelphia suburb that has been fairly evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.
Her husband said immigration also was a major factor in his vote for Trump, as well as the Republican nominee’s promise to put billionaire Elon Musk in charge of reining in government spending.”
We’ve got to get government under control. Neither side seems to really be too interested in doing that, especially with all of the overspending,” said Bob Novak, 66, a local pastor. “At least with Elon Musk and some of the other [appointees]that they’re talking about, just doing an audit of government to get rid of wasteful spending, that’s important.”
They’re relieved Election Day has finally come to a battleground state where they’ve been bombarded with television ads for months in a bitter campaign. But Bob Novak said that relief is tempered with worry.”
There’s also concern because the political divide is not going away,” he said. “We’re going to be dealing with the aftermath of this.”
First-time Pa., voter glad to cast her ballot for Harris — 4:01 p.m.
By Jim Puzzanghera, Globe staff
PHILADELPHIA — Namtra Wagle, 20, a sophomore at Temple University in Philadelphia, admitted she needed all the battleground state prodding – the flood of flyers, calls and texts – to motivate her to get to the polls. Wearing a pink hoodie, gray sweatpants and pink slippers, she finally did on Tuesday morning so she could vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.
”It’s my first time voting in a presidential election, and I was just really excited to vote for someone who looks like me,” said Wagle, a sociology major from King of Prussia, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb, after casting her ballot a a community center near campus where a DJ was playing music outside for voters.
Wagle also said she was motivated by Harris’s policies and a belief that the Democratic nominee “stands for people like me.” Her friend, David Geise, 20, said he voted for Harris because he believes she’s a much better option than Republican Donald Trump.
”I feel like she has a more optimistic approach for the United States in the future,” said Geise, a Temple junior from Williamsport, Pa., who is majoring in communications. “And I feel like with Donald Trump coming back into the presidency, him being potentially a fascist and his just general outlook for America could be extremely detrimental to us as a society and us as a democracy in general.”
Most of their friends are voting for Harris, they said, and the vice president’s campaign was aggressive in encouraging Temple students to get to the polls. Philadelphia has been a major focus of the Democratic Party’s get-out-the-vote effort in electorally crucial Pennsylvania.
”It’s been overwhelming, but I’m not, like, mad about it,” Wagle said. “They’re trying to get people to vote. And you know what? People like us who waited ‘til the last minute when we could have voted early, I needed them to be on my ass so that I got out.”
Harris urges North Carolinians who haven’t voted to get going — 3:57 p.m.
By the Associated Press
“The path to the White House runs through North Carolina,” Harris said in an interview on Raleigh’s Foxy 107.1. “And it’s a tight race. We are tied. Every vote matters.”
Harris told host Karen Clark she plans to work the phones until polls close to get out every vote she can.
“This is about turning the page and bringing in a new generation of leadership for America,” Harris said.
Harris visits Democratic National Committee phone bank in Washington on Election Day — 3:55 p.m.
By the Associated Press
The phone bank was inside the DNC headquarters just off Capitol Hill in the nation’s capital.
Phone banks run at all times around an election, but on Election Day those phone banks are often focused on reaching people who have yet to cast a ballot or low-propensity voters who could be pushed to the ballot box by a call.
Activists are working to get Georgia absentee ballots to the polls — 3:17 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Voting rights activists were canvassing in Cobb County, Georgia, trying to reach thousands of voters who received their absentee ballots late to tell them Nov. 5 is the deadline to return the ballots or vote in person.
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that the deadline for returning the ballots would not be extended.
Cobb County, just north of Atlanta, didn’t mail out absentee ballots to some 3,400 voters who had requested them until late last week. A judge in a lower court ruled that the ballots at issue could be counted if they’re received by this Friday, three days after Election Day, as long as they were postmarked by Tuesday.
“We have people in Cobb County trying to let people know they need to get their ballots in or get to the polls today,” said Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which filed a lawsuit on behalf of three Cobb County voters.
The 3,400 votes could be significant in a state that was decided by fewer than 12,000 in 2020.
Trump, Vance and allies hurl insults at women as race ends — 3:02 p.m.
By the New York Times
Standing at his final rally of the 2024 campaign, former President Donald Trump in the first minutes after midnight on Election Day used a crude sexist remark to attack Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker who is one of his long-standing political rivals.
“She’s a bad person,” Trump said at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “Evil. She’s an evil, sick, crazy — ” He made an exaggerated face, his mouth open wide to draw attention to the next syllable: “Bi—”
Then he held up a finger dramatically, feigning that he’d caught himself. “Oh, no,” he said. As the crowd of thousands began laughing, Trump mouthed the word into the microphone. “It starts with a B, but I won’t say it,” Trump added. “I want to say it.”
As the crowd roared even louder, some of the attendees began to supply the word he’d barely omitted, shouting, “Bitch!”
In the closing days of the race, Trump has made direct appeals to women as he stares down a gender gap in the polls that has concerned him and his team. He has tamped down mentioning his role in appointing Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, an issue that polls show to be a top concern to female voters.
Yet at the same time, Trump has used misogynistic language to refer to Vice President Kamala Harris and has fostered an environment at his rallies where speakers and attendees feel comfortable making the kind of gendered insults that, in another political era, would have been unthinkable to say in public.
Corrected ballots are en route to an Alabama county after a missing page was discovered — 2:50 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Ballots sent to some polling locations in St. Clair County, Alabama for Tuesday’s election were missing a state amendment and a local amendment, local probate judge Andrew Weathington said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Weathington said that the first round of corrected ballots had been ordered from Birmingham and estimated that they would arrive just before 2 p.m.
“I’m as frustrated as anybody, and I understand that we have to take off work and all that stuff to go vote. And I apologize. I don’t know what else to say other than we’re very, very sorry,” Weathington said.
The local circuit court judge ordered polling locations across the country to stay open for two additional hours this evening, until 9 p.m. to accommodate the error. Weathington said ballots that had already been cast would still be counted.
There are just over 95,000 residents in St. Clair County, according to the 2023 US Census.
Officials warned residents to continue to expect long lines at polling locations. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen said in an email that his office is aware of the delays and stressed that his office is not involved in inspecting and printing the ballots.
FBI says bomb threats to several states came from Russian email domains, deemed non-credible — 2:15 p.m.
By the Associated Press
The FBI did not identify the states in question, but Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said earlier Tuesday that the state’s election process had snuffed out some bomb threats that he said came from Russia.
Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, said they received “multiple calls” and the threats forced a brief closure of two polling places.
The bomb threats were among multiple disturbances that U.S. officials are tracking.
But Cait Conley, a senior adviser to the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told reporters on a call Tuesday there were no national-level security incidents that were threatening to disrupt the election on a wide scale.
Officials continue to warn of what they say is an unprecedented level of foreign influence and disinformation that they expect will persist beyond Election Day.
Police have arrested a man trying to enter the US Capitol with a torch and flare gun — 1:55 p.m.
By the Associated Press
US Capitol Police say the man was stopped Tuesday during a security screening at the Capitol Visitor Center. Authorities say he smelled of fuel and was carrying the flare gun and torch.
Officials have canceled public tours of the Capitol for the remainder of the day.
Police say they are still investigating.
Our officers just arrested a man who was stopped during our screening process at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC). The man smelled like fuel, had a torch & a flare gun.
The CVC is closed for tours for the day, while we investigate. We will provide more information when we can. pic.twitter.com/J5geNud1h2
— The U.S. Capitol Police (@CapitolPolice) November 5, 2024
The arrest comes as authorities are on heightened alert for security issues around the nation’s capital and have increased patrols in areas downtown and near the White House around Election Day. Nearly four years ago, a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Chart: Record number of Mass. residents registered to vote — 1:20 p.m.
By Neena Hagen, Globe Staff
Voter registration in Massachusetts soared to a historic high ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election, with 5.1 million state residents registered to vote.
This marks a 7 percent increase since the record-setting 2020 election, when 4.8 million people were registered, data show. And Secretary of State Bill Galvin says he expects voters to exercise their rights and vote today in record numbers.
In the 2020 presidential election, about 76 percent of registered voters in Massachusetts cast a ballot, marking the highest turnout since 1992.
Trump doesn’t share how he voted on Florida’s abortion ballot measure — 1:10 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Asked about the measure, which would keep the state’s six-week restriction in place, he avoided answering by simply saying he’d done “a great job bringing it back to the states.”
The second time, he snapped at a reporter, saying: “You should stop talking about it.”
Trump had previously indicated he would back the measure, but then changed his mind, saying he would vote against it.
The abortion measure would prevent lawmakers from passing any law that penalizes, prohibits, delays or restricts abortion until fetal viability, which doctors say is sometime after 21 weeks. If it’s rejected, the state’s current abortion law would stand.
Senator Elizabeth Warren votes in Cambridge — 12:45 p.m.
By Samantha J. Gross, Globe staff
Flanked by her husband, Bruce Mann, and her golden retriever, Bailey, Elizabeth Warren strolled from her Cambridge home to the Graham and Parks School to cast her vote Tuesday morning.
”We are in a country where we get to vote and pick our leaders,” she told reporters and a group of voters who gathered to see the senior senator. “So it’s a pretty terrific day all around.”
Warren and Mann left Bailey with campaign staff before voting inside the school gym. The two slid their ballots into the tabulator, thanked poll workers, and walked outside to greet a cadre of elementary school students selling baked goods to benefit their school.
”My sister made the bread!” one girl said.
”My mom made the quiche!” another chimed in.
Warren picked out two homemade Rice Krispies Treats, two slices of vanilla cake, a piece of sesame-seeded bread, and a small broccoli cheddar quiche, which the students packed into paper bags.
”We have the women here doing all the work,” Warren joked as she paid the students.
Warren, who has used her national clout to campaign outside the state, said “the best way I can serve the people of Massachusetts is to help Kamala Harris get elected and keep Donald Trump and Republican extremists out of the White House, out of the Senate, out of our courts.”
She told reporters that while national polls show a tight race, “I’m just hopeful that we’re going to be able to carry it across the finish line.”
Cynthia Enloe, an 86-year-old college professor, watched Warren walk back toward her home with Mann and Bailey.
Enloe, who donned a “Kamala Harris 2024″ zip-up sweatshirt, said she has been a fan of Warren’s since her first primary election in 2012, when she saw Warren speak on a public television program about how people were going bankrupt because of medical debt.
”I’m a neighbor, but I’ve never heard of her,” Enloe said. “I thought, ‘Oh, that’s somebody who really knows how to think about public policy.’ She’s somebody who really knows how to think about the public good.”
Trump is suggesting he won’t challenge the results of the election — as long as it’s fair — 12:25 p.m.
By the Associated Press
“If it’s a fair election, I’d be the first one to acknowledge,” the results, Trump said, though what meets that definition wasn’t clear.
Speaking to reporters after voting in Florida, Trump said that he had no plans to tell his supporters to refrain from violence should he lose.
“I don’t have to tell them,” because they “are not violent people,” he said.
Trump planned to visit a nearby campaign office to thank those working on his behalf.
After software problems, voting hours will be extended in a Pennsylvania county — 12:14 p.m.
By the Associated Press
A Pennsylvania state judge on Tuesday ordered polls to remain open for two extra hours in Cambria County, which sought the extension after a software malfunction affected ballot-scanning machines.
County officials said the problem caused some voter confusion, with some leaving without casting a ballot, as well as long lines at some locations. They stressed, along with state officials, that no one was being turned away from the polls and all ballots would be counted.
First time voter casts ballot in Chinatown on Election Day — 11:45 a.m.
By Izzy Bryars, Globe correspondent
Sophie Bronson voted at Wang YMCA of Chinatown.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
Sophie Bronson, 33, walked out of her polling site at the Wang YMCA of Chinatown with a little American flag on a stick that she stuck in her ponytail. It was the same flag Bronson, who is from Moldova, was given when she was sworn in as a US citizen in July.
When asked why she voted, she said, “Why wouldn’t you.”
She was particularly concerned with the MCAS ballot question regarding standardized testing.
“I think that some people may be left behind if there is no standard,” Bronson said. “Those who go to better schools may be fine, but everyone deserves an equal chance.”
“I feel like it’s very important if you have a kid. We have friends who are less fortunate and I hope both of our children will be able to have that,” she added, referring to her and her partner.
Tufts, Brown, Suffolk, UMass Amherst cancel classes for Election Day — 11:34 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Following years of student advocacy, several colleges in New England are canceling classes on Election Day to make it easier for everyone to vote.
Tufts University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Suffolk University, and Brown University will not hold classes on Tuesday to foster civic engagement and remove barriers that could prevent busy members of their communities from voting.
About 86 colleges and universities around the nation canceled classes Tuesday, many for the first time, according to Day on Democracy, a nonprofit group that helps students advocate for no classes on Election Day. College students in the greater Boston area pushed their institutions to cancel classes for the 2020 presidential election to make it easier for professors and students to cast their ballots. Four years later, it appears those efforts made a difference on several prominent campuses.
An Alabama county is printing emergency ballots after discovering a missing page — 11:10 a.m.
By the Associated Press
St. Clair County Probate Judge Andrew Weathington said the problem was discovered Tuesday morning when packs of sealed ballots were opened at polling places and many were found to be missing the back page, which contains proposed constitutional amendments.
He said it appeared to be a printing error.
The proposed ballots were proofed before printing and were correct, he added. The Alabama Secretary of State’s Office confirmed emergency ballots are being printed.
The ACLU of Alabama has asked the St. Clair probate office to extend voting hours by the number of hours it takes to get new ballots, a spokesman for the organization said. Weathington said he is seeking legal guidance from the Alabama secretary of state and the county attorney.
Alabama voters are deciding local constitutional amendments and one statewide amendment. The statewide amendment relates to allowing a local school board to sell land, located in another Alabama county, to a developer. Voters in the county were also voting on a local amendment related to local school board governance.
Florida’s voter information website is experiencing issues — 11:05 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Florida voters turning to a state-run website to check their voter registration status were getting an error message Tuesday morning.
A spokesperson for Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd confirmed the state’s online Voter Information Lookup tool was experiencing technical issues but did not answer questions about what was causing the problem.
“We’re working to resolve it,” spokesperson Mark Ard said. “We’re providing alternative websites and locations for voters to find their voter information, their precinct.”
Floridians can check their voter registration status and find their polling place by going to their county supervisor of elections website.
Mass. voter turnout expected to surpass state’s 2020 record-setting participation — 10:50 a.m.
By Anjali Huynh, Globe Staff
About 1.7 million Massachusetts voters have already cast their ballots via early and mail-in voting, Secretary of State Bill Galvin said Monday. He expects the number will increase as the state receives and processes more mailed ballots.
This year also marks the first general election in Massachusetts with over 5 million registered voters. According to Galvin’s office, there are more than 5.1 million registered voters as of the Oct. 26 registration deadline — a nearly 7 percent increase from the number of registered voters this time in 2020 and a 13 percent increase from 2016.
He attributed heightened voter interest primarily to the presidential election. While Massachusetts is a reliably blue state, where Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats are heavily favored to win, interest in the presidential race has driven record-high voter turnout around the country.
Why you hear about Dixville Notch every presidential election — 10:30 a.m.
By the Associated Press
It’s practically an Election Day tradition now. The news media gathers in tiny Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, a picturesque town near the Canadian border, to watch the first voters cast their ballots at midnight.
Dixville Notch started its tradition in 1960. Neil Tillotson, who owned the town’s Balsams Grand Resort Hotel, heard about midnight voting from an Associated Press reporter, his son Tom told CBS News. The elder petitioned the legislature to let the community create its own voting precinct.
Even though two other towns had midnight voting — including one that opened early for railroad workers — Dixville Notch was the only one with a hotel that made it convenient for reporters and photographers to file, with phone lines and a dark room. The first polling place was inside Tillotson’s resort.
Per the tradition, AP reporter Nick Perry was on hand when a half-dozen voters cast their ballots at the polling place, which has moved to the living room of the Tillotson home. He documented the scene, and made sure not to miss that the polling place featured ” a couple of very friendly dogs.”
FBI warns of fabricated videos misusing its name and insignia — 9:44 a.m.
By the Associated Press
A news clip that purports to come from the FBI tells voters that they should vote remotely because of a high terror threat at polling stations.
But the FBI said that the clip is bogus, did not come from the bureau and does not accurately represent concerns about safety at polling locations.
Also false is a video depicting a fabricated FBI press release claiming that the management of prisons in several key battleground states rigged inmate voting and colluded with one of the political parties.
The FBI did not identify anyone who it thought might be responsible for the manufactured videos. Over the past two weeks, the agency has blamed Russian influence actors for a variety of manufactured internet postings and videos officials say were released as part of a broader disinformation campaign.
Trump and Harris are on the ballot in Puerto Rico. But it’s symbolic. — 9:34 a.m.
By the Associated Press
As a presidential campaign that engendered fury on the island over a comedian’s incendiary remarks at a Trump rally culminates, Puerto Ricans can support Harris or Trump in a symbolic vote if they wish. While Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, those on the island are not allowed to vote in U.S. presidential elections.
The election is still consequential, as voters will elect a new governor. If Jenniffer González of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party wins, it will mark the first time in the island’s history that the party secures three consecutive terms. If Juan Dalmau, who is running for Puerto Rico’s Independence Party and Citizen Victory Movement, wins, it will be the first win for a candidate not representing either of the two main parties that have dominated the island’s politics for decades. Voters also will be asked for a seventh time about Puerto Rico’s political status.
Nearly 2 million voters in Puerto Rico are eligible to participate in Tuesday’s election, though it remains to be seen how many will do so. Voter apathy has dominated recent elections.
JD Vance casts his ballot in Ohio — 9:26 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance voted in Cincinnati this morning.
“Look, I feel good. You never know until you know, but I feel good about this race,” Vance said after he and his wife cast their ballots.
Vance said he would depart for Palm Beach, Florida, later today to be with Donald Trump as results come in.
Voters fend off stormy weather as they head to the polls — 9:22 a.m.
By the Associated Press
It’s raining across much of the nation’s midsection this morning and forecasters say storms are possible in large swaths of the country later today.
In Houston, local television cameras showed voters huddled together under umbrellas as they waited to enter polling locations. In Miami Lakes, Florida, at least one voter held a sample ballot over his head in a largely futile effort to fend off a quick downpour.
And it’s not just rain in the forecast. Voters in Colorado and Montana might see snow later today, forecasters say.
Federal judge says Missouri can’t block federal election monitors in St. Louis — 8:56 a.m.
By the Associated Press
At issue is a settlement agreement with the St. Louis Board aimed at ensuring people with mobility and vision impairments can access polling places. The 2021 settlement was reached under Trump’s Justice Department after federal officials found problems, such as ramps that were too steep and inaccessible parking, according to the court papers.
Missouri is among several states pushing back against federal election monitors.
On Monday, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft argued in a lawsuit that state law “clearly and specifically limits who may be in polling places.” He also accused the federal government of “attempting to illegally interfere in Missouri’s elections.”
U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk wrote Monday night that the case boils down to two individuals at one polling place to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as has happened at least twice before without any problems.
“Being prevented from enforcing its election laws may also be a harm to the State of Missouri, but that harm also has a counterweight in the United States’ interest in enforcing the ADA,” Pitlyk wrote.
A Palm Beach precinct is preparing for Trump’s arrival at the polls — 8:50 a.m.
By the Associated Press
In Palm Beach, Florida, precinct 5604 had a large police presence Tuesday morning, about an hour after polls opened.
At least 15 officers — from local sheriff’s deputies to Secret Service agents — were seen using the same walkway that voters were utilizing on their walk into the polling location, preparing for Trump’s arrival. The former president is expected to vote there later in the day.
The voting line flowed without interruption, with a steady stream throughout the early hours.
Attorneys general urge a ‘peaceful transfer of power’ — 8:45 a.m.
By the Associated Press
The attorneys general from 47 states and three U.S. territories are urging people to remain peaceful and to preemptively “condemn any acts of violence related to the results.”
The statement, released Tuesday, was signed by chief prosecutors from every U.S. state except Indiana, Montana and Texas. Attorneys general from the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands also signed.
“We call upon every American to vote, participate in civil discourse and, above all, respect the integrity of the democratic process,” they wrote. “Violence has no place in the democratic process; we will exercise our authority to enforce the law against any illegal acts that threaten it.”
Fears of election violence persist nearly four years after Trump supporters rioted at the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the election certification. Rather than condemning the violence during his campaign, Trump has celebrated the rioters, pledging to pardon them and featuring a recorded chorus of prisoners in jail for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack singing the national anthem.
Where are Trump and Harris? — 8:24 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Trump spent the very early hours of Election Day in Michigan, where he wrapped up a late-night rally in Grand Rapids. The Republican candidate plans to spend the day in Florida, where he is expected to vote in person — despite previously saying he would vote early. He’s scheduled to hold a campaign watch party in Palm Beach on Tuesday night.
Harris plans to attend an election night party at Howard University in Washington, a historically Black university where she graduated with a degree in economics and political science in 1986 and was an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Aside from Howard, she has no public schedule announced for Election Day.
Harris said Sunday that she had “just filled out” her mail-in ballot and it was “on its way to California.”
RFK Jr. said Trump will remove fluoride from drinking water if elected. What does that mean? — 8:01 a.m.
By Camilo Fonseca, Globe Staff
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made waves over the weekend when he suggested that big changes could be coming to the nation’s water supply if Donald Trump is elected president.
Kennedy, the former presidential candidate and longtime public health skeptic, made comments on X suggesting that fluoride would be banned from public water supplies under a Trump administration.
Here is an overview of his remarks and the reaction to them.
Analysis: Abortion, a mechanic to upend the Senate, a state flag change, pickleball, and other US election contests that caught our eye — 7:26 a.m.
By James Pindell, Globe Staff
Television screens and nerves on election night will understandably focus on the high-stakes, razor-thin US presidential race with enormous implications for the country and the world.
However, that’s far from the only contest being decided at the polls on Tuesday. Beyond some intriguing ballot questions in Massachusetts, here are additional races I’ve been closely following, or at least giving serious side-eye to, for one reason or another.
Some of these contests could directly or indirectly impact New England, while others are simply compelling in their own right.
Why Pennsylvania matters — 7:15 a.m.
By Globe Staff
With 19, Pennsylvania has the highest number of electoral votes of all the swing states and is considered vital in the electoral landscape. It’s where Trump and Harris have spent considerable time and resources to win over the state’s voters: they’vevisited dozens of times and collectivelypoured more than half a billion dollars into advertisements, making Pennsylvania the most expensive battleground state this cycle, according to an analysis by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Pennsylvania has voted for the winner of the presidential race in every election since Barack Obama won in 2008. Before that, it voted for Democrats in every presidential election dating back to 1992.
It’s not that Trump or Harris can’t win without Pennsylvania, it’s just that it’s a lot harder. This is especially true for Trump.
What time will we know who won? An hour-by-hour guide to Election Night. — 7:08 a.m.
By Alyssa Vega, Globe Staff
As ballot counting begins on Election Night, it may be hard to identify which states to pay attention to.
Results will come in gradually, with some states reporting faster than others, and key swing states may determine the outcome of the closely watched presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump. Each state has its own rules for how officials process and count ballots, which affects how fast results are released.
Polls close at 6 p.m. Eastern time in states like Kentucky and Indiana. Polls in Massachusetts will close at 8 p.m., and results are expected to be reported promptly. States like California, with polls closing at 11 p.m. ET, and Alaska, which wraps up voting at 1 a.m. ET, are likely to report results later into the night or even over subsequent days.
Polls open in Massachusetts — 7:00 a.m.
By Globe Staff
In Massachusetts, polls open from 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m.
Don’t know where your polling station is? The Secretary of State’s website can help you figure that out.
TikTok videos explain the stakes of Mass. ballot questions — 6:20 a.m.
By Globe Staff
There are a lot of decisions to make with the five ballot questions in Mass. this Election Day. The topics range widely: Should the MCAS test be a requirement to graduate? Should the state allow psychedelics under certain circumstances? Should ride share drivers be able to unionize?
Watch these TikTok videos to help guide you as you decide between a “yes” or a “no.”
These maps show where storms could impact some battleground states on Election Day — 5:36 a.m.
By Dave Epstein, Globe Correspondent
As millions of voters head to the polls on Tuesday, a large swath of rainy weather and thunderstorms will fall from the Midwest down into the Southern states. The rain could be heavy at times for certain portions of the coverage area throughout the day, particularly in the two battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin, according to the latest forecasts.
And in a tight race like this, weather could play a role in voter turnout by either helping drive voter turnout or dissuading people from venturing out to cast a ballot.
Research over the years shows that you need to have significantly “anomalous” or atypical weather in a particular location to really impact voter participation in an election, especially the all-important presidential election. In other words, heavy rain, unusual snow or early cold could discourage someone from voting. On the other hand, with early voting and mail-in ballots, a large percentage of folks have already cast their choices for this election, so weather would be less of a factor.
A far cry from ‘shut up and dribble’: In 2024 presidential election, athletes are making their voices heard — 5:14 a.m.
By Emma Healy and Katie McInerney, Globe Staff
There’s a good reason why you won’t be watching the Celtics play Tuesday: Every one of the NBA’s 30 teams is off for Election Day.
The decision to alter the NBA schedule goes back to 2022, when the league sought to keep the focus not on the court but on the crucial midterm elections in which all 435 House of Representatives seats were up for grabs.
“It’s unusual. We don’t usually change the schedule for an external event,” James Cadogan, the executive director of the NBA’s social justice coalition, said at the time. “But voting and Election Day are obviously unique and incredibly important to our democracy.”
While the NBA and other leagues aren’t telling fans whom to vote for, they are sharing a common message: Get out and vote.
Election Day is finally here in Boston and Mass. Here’s what you need to know. — 5:01 a.m.
By Danny McDonald, Globe Staff
Tuesday is Election Day, with a historic presidential contest, a slew of state ballot questions, and a smattering of contested congressional races on tap.
Dominatingthe ballot is the race for the White House, a contest that features Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat hoping to become the first woman elected president, against former president Donald Trump, who is once again the GOP’s nominee.
In Massachusetts, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Monday, the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s Office reported about 1.7 million ballots had been cast through early voting or mail-in voting, a figure representing a third of registered voters in the state.
The final day of voting in the US is here, after tens of millions have already cast their ballots — 4:38 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Election Day 2024 arrived Tuesday — with tens of millions of Americans having already cast their ballots. Those include record numbers in Georgia, North Carolina and other battleground states that could decide the winner.
The early turnout in Georgia, which has flipped between the Republican and Democratic nominees in the previous two presidential elections, has been so robust — over 4 million voters — that a top official in the secretary of state’s office said the big day could look like a “ghost town” at the polls.
As of Monday, Associated Press tracking of advance voting nationwide showed roughly 82 million ballots already cast — slightly more than half the total number of votes in the presidential election four years earlier. That’s driven partly by Republican voters, who were casting early ballots at a higher rate than in recent previous elections after a campaign by former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee to counter the Democrats’ longstanding advantage in the early vote.
Abortion is on the ballot in nine states and motivating voters across the US — 3:11 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Voters in nine states are deciding whether their state constitutions should guarantee a right to abortion, weighing ballot measures that are expected to spur turnout for a range of crucial races.
Passing certain amendments in Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota likely would lead to undoing bans or restrictions that currently block varying levels of abortion access to more than 7 million women of childbearing age who live in those states.
The future legality and availability of abortion hinges not only on ballot measures, as policies could shift depending on who controls Congress and the presidency. Same with state governments — including legislatures that pursue new laws, state supreme courts that determine the laws’ constitutionality, attorneys general who decide whether to defend them and district attorneys who enforce them.
A tiny village in India where Kamala Harris has ancestral roots is praying for her victory — 2:54 a.m.
By the Associated Press
The temple reverberated with rhythmic Sanskrit and Tamil hymns, as a Hindu priest held a flame before the god. As this tiny South Indian village gathered to pray for Kamala Harris, a gaggle of reporters jostled for space and camera angles.
There’s little to distinguish the village of Thulasendrapuram from any other rural community in Tamil Nadu, except its connection to a woman who could become America’s first leader with South Asian roots.
As millions of Americans vote, Harris has people rooting for her from thousands of miles away in a village surrounded by rice paddies and coconut trees, where her mother’s family has ancestral ties. They talk about her at the local tea shop. Banners and billboards bearing her face are seen throughout the community.
Villagers tie a banner featuring Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris outside a temple in Thulasendrapuram, the ancestral village of Harris, in Tamil Nadu state, India, on Nov. 5.Aijaz Rahi/Associated Press
Control of Congress is at stake and with it a president’s agenda — 2:33 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Control of Congress is at stake Tuesday, with ever-tight races for the House and Senate that will determine which party holds the majority and the power to boost or block a president’s agenda, or if the White House confronts a divided Capitol Hill.
The key contests are playing out alongside the first presidential election since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, but also in unexpected corners of the country after what has been one of the most chaotic congressional sessions in modern times.
In the end, just a handful of seats, or as little as one, could tip the balance in either chamber.
It’s Election Day. Here’s what to watch. — 1:24 a.m.
By The New York Times
You might be excited about Election Day, dreading it, or desperate for it to be over.
Regardless, it is here.
But the end of this high-drama presidential campaign on election night may not bring immediate clarity about who has won.
The race itself is unlike any other, pitting former President Donald Trump, a man who has essentially been running for president for nine years, against Vice President Kamala Harris, a woman who has been running for about 16 weeks. The contest, which began as a rare rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden, was reset after a televised debate that ended Biden’s bid for reelection and paved the way for Harris’ midsummer ascendance — and it took a violent turn when two would-be assassins made separate attempts on Trump’s life.
More than 78 million people have already voted. And as we head into the final day of voting, polling suggests that two candidates who could not be more different — who fundamentally disagree on weighty matters of the economy, women’s rights and the very purpose of government — are locked in an excruciatingly tight contest, with all seven battleground states still in play.
Empty seats become a more common sight at Trump’s final rallies — 12:01 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Donald Trump has spent nearly a decade bragging about his crowds. Lately, he’s been making the same boasts to swaths of empty seats.
In his third presidential bid, Trump for the first time is facing an opponent who stages her own massive rallies, calling further attention to the fact that his crowds, however enthusiastic they are, sometimes have failed to fill large venues and often thinned out as he spoke.
In North Carolina this weekend, the former president and Republican nominee spoke at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, where the lower level of the 22,000-seat arena remained unfilled, with the upper level blocked off altogether.
“We’ve had the biggest rallies in history of any country. Every rally’s full,” he falsely claimed anyway. “You don’t have any seats that are empty.”
On the night before Election Day, Kamala Harris brings in celebrities. Donald Trump is unimpressed — 11:38 p.m.
By the Associated Press
On the night before Election Day, at campaign events across the country, celebrities turned out in force for Kamala Harris ‘ presidential bid.
The battleground state of Pennsylvania was particularly starry: In Pittsburgh, the vice president’s rally featured Cedric the Entertainer, Katy Perry and Andra Day. In Philadelphia, the finale of Harris’ daylong dash across Pennsylvania, performers and presenters included DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe and Ricky Martin.
Republican Donald Trump was decidedly unimpressed with Harris’ celebrity lineup.
At his own rally in Pittsburgh, which overlapped with Harris’ event in the city, the former president criticized Harris for one celebrity endorsement in particular: Beyoncé. He spoke dismissively about Beyoncé’s appearance at a Harris rally with Harris in Houston last month, drawing boos for the megastar from his supporters.
Walz: Women will send a message to Trump tomorrow ‘whether he likes it or not’ — 11:19 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Women will be the group to soundly reject former President Donald Trump on Election Day, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said at the final rally of his campaign Monday night in Detroit.
“Folks, this is getting pretty simple now: Kamala and I trust women,” Walz said. “Now tomorrow, women all across America, of every age, both parties, are going to send a loud, clear message to Donald Trump, whether he likes it or not.”
The comment is a callback to Trump telling an audience in Green Bay, Wisconsin, last week that he would protect women as president “whether the women like it or not. I am going to protect them.” Trump acknowledged during the comment that his top aides urged him not to call himself a protector because it is “inappropriate.”
Walz’s comment also hints at numerous polls that show a large gender gap in the 2024 race, with women leaning toward Harris and Walz and men leaning toward Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.
Bon Jovi: ‘Go to the polls tomorrow, let’s elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’ — 11:11 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Jon Bon Jovi gave a slow and soulful rendition of his band’s 1986 working-class anthem “Livin’ on a Prayer” at a Harris campaign rally in Detroit.
Taking the stage just after Tim Walz, Bon Jovi, who recently had major vocal surgery, kept his singing subdued as he played acoustic guitar and left the soaring section to a pair of backup singers.
Jon Bon Jovi performs during a campaign rally for Minnesota Governor. Tim Walz.Charlie Neibergall/Associated PressPuerto Rican singer Ricky Martin performs at Harris rally in Philadelphia — 11:05 p.m.
By Associated Press
Puerto Rican singing star Ricky Martin took the stage with backup dancers, a horn section and his usual energy at Harris’ rally in Philadelphia.
He didn’t mention Harris or the election in his quick appearance, but was introduced by Puerto Rican rapper Fat Joe, who spoke out against Donald Trump and his supporters’ attitude toward Puerto Rico and Latinos more broadly.
Martin performed at an inaugural ball for George W. Bush in 2001.
Ricky Martin performs at a campaign rally supporting Vice President Kamala Harris outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.Matt Slocum/Associated PressHarris campaign spends final hours reminding Pennsylvania of a Trump ally’s joke about Puerto Rico — 10:59 p.m.
By Associated Press
The day before Election Day, 17-year-old girl Carmen Hernandez held a cardboard sign with the Puerto Rican flag outside Trump’s rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, a city that is two-thirds Hispanic.
“What you call trash is our treasure,” the sign read.
While Trump’s campaign had quickly distanced itself from a comic’s slam on Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage,” Kamala Harris’ campaign and other Democrats spent the last hours of the 2024 campaign in the nation’s largest battleground state linking him to the joke.
Harris devoted much of her final full day on the campaign trail to reaching Latino voters in Pennsylvania, a swing state that Democrats consider part of their “blue wall” in the Electoral College. She made multiple stops in what is known as the 222 Corridor, after the highway that connects small cities and towns west and north of Philadelphia.
Trump called Megyn Kelly ‘nasty’ 9 years ago. She just helped deliver his closing message — 10:26 p.m.
By Associated Press
Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly delivered a fiery speech supporting Donald Trump during an event billed as his “closing message” on Monday night, a full-circle moment after the former president and the onetime Fox News star feuded bitterly during Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Invited to the stage in Pittsburgh, Kelly defended Trump against recent controversies, including his repeated pledge to be the “protector” of women, and pressed his case on border security and his opposition to transgender athletes participating in sports.
“He got mocked by the left by saying he would be a protector of women,” Kelly said. “He will be a protector of women and it’s why I’m voting for him. He will close the border and he will keep the boys out of women’s sports where they don’t belong.”
Trump stood to the side, grinning and beaming, as he listened to the commentator he once called “nasty.”
Afterward, she posted a selfie with the former president on X that was captioned in part: “God bless him. Go vote for him!”
Megyn Kelly speaks at a campaign rally with former president Donald Trump at PPG Paints Arena, Nov. 4, in Pittsburgh.Matt Freed/Associated PressHarris takes the stage in Pittsburgh, where she says ‘Momentum is on our side’ — 9:35 p.m.
By Associated Press
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh Monday night. Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press
Vice President Kamala Harris projected the confidence her campaign is feeling at the penultimate event of her presidential run, telling an audience on Monday night in Pittsburgh that “the momentum is on our side.”
“This is it,” Harris said with Carrie Furnaces behind her, a historic steel facility that nodded to Pittsburgh’s history as the heart of the country’s steel industry. “Tomorrow is Election Day, and the momentum is on our side.”
“We must finish strong,” Harris added. “Make no mistake, we will win.”
Harris urged her supporters not to be shy about asking people in their lives to get out and vote.
“Pittsburgh, listen, we’ve got one day left to get this done,” Harris said in the penultimate speech of her campaign. “So now we work to get out the vote. Let’s reach out in these next 24 hours to family and friends and classmates and neighbors and coworkers.”
“I am asking for your vote,” Harris said, adding later, “Your vote is your voice and your voice is your power.”
Harris’ remarks were notably short in Pittsburgh. She spoke for under 10 minutes before singer Katy Perry took the stage to perform.
This isn’t Harris’ final stop of the night. She will head to Philadelphia for the final event of her campaign.
Podcaster Joe Rogan endorses Trump — 9:03 p.m.
By Associated Press
Joe Rogan, the nation’s most-listened-to podcaster, announced on the eve of the election that he’s endorsing Trump.
Rogan, in a post on X promoting his interview with Trump supporter Elon Musk, said Musk made a compelling case for the Republican presidential nominee and that Rogan agrees with him “every step of the way.”
“For the record, yes, that’s an endorsement of Trump,” he added.
Trump late last month sat for a three-hour interview with Rogan for his podcast.
DOJ to monitor polls in eight Mass. cities on Tuesday — 8:32 p.m.
By Tonya Alanez, Globe Staff
Federal election monitors will be at the polls in eight Massachusetts cities on Tuesday as part of a national effort to ensure compliance with voting rights laws, according to the US Attorney’s office.
Everett, Fitchburg, Leominster, Lowell, Malden, Methuen, Quincy, and Salem will have federal monitors from the justice department in place all day, the attorney’s office said in a news release Monday.
The cities are among the state’s most racially diverse. Levy’s office did not say why these specific sites were chosen.
Trump takes stage at penultimate rally in Pittsburgh, promises to solve all of America’s ills if he wins — 8:00 p.m.
By Associated Press
Evan Vucci/Associated Press
Former president Donald Trump is beginning his Pittsburgh speech by painting a bleak picture of America under Democratic leadership and promising to fix it. He says Americans have suffered “catastrophic failure, betrayal and humiliation.”
“We do not have to settle for weakness, incompetence, decline and decay,” Trump said. “With your vote tomorrow, we can fix every single problem our country faces and lead America, and indeed the whole world, to new heights of glory.”
“A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper,” he said. “Your paychecks will be higher, your streets will be safer, your communities will be richer, and your future will be brighter than ever before.”
Trump has claimed his plans to increase energy production will help him lower prices, even as he plans to dramatically raise tariffs.
He’s repeating his campaign’s closing message that: “Kamala broke it. I will fix it.”
The event at PPG Paints Arena is serving as the Trump campaign’s closing message of the race, aides say. It is a redo of sorts after Trump’s first try at a closing message speech went off the rails.
In a rally at Madison Square Garden in Trump’s native New York City, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe spoke first and made a joke calling Puerto Rico a pile of garbage, offending many Puerto Ricans and disrupting Trump’s efforts to build support among Hispanic voters.
At the rally, Trump touted the endorsement of Roberto Clemente Jr., the son of the MLB Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, a prominent Puerto Rican who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Trump hopes Clemente Jr.’s backing can help him with Hispanic voters after Hinchcliffe’s joke.
Trump spoke for an hour and 45 minutes. He mimed hitting a baseball between dancing to Village People’s “YMCA,” the song that closes all his rallies.
Woman convicted of storming Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, prominently positioned on camera at JD Vance rally in N.H. — 7:09 p.m.
By Steven Porter, Globe Staff
Some observers noticed a familiar face in the crowd behind Republican Vice Presidential candidate Senator JD Vance at his rally Sunday night in Derry, N.H.: The woman with short hair and a red hooded shirt standing behind Vance is Kirstyn A. Niemela of Hudson, N.H., who was convicted for joining the crowd that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The government’s sentencing memo recounts the actions that led to Niemela’s prosecution: The 35-year-old construction worker was convicted one count each of Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds, Disorderly or Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds, Disorderly or Disruptive Conduct on Capitol Grounds or in any of the Capitol Buildings, and Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in any of the Capitol Buildings. She was sentenced to 11 months in jail.
The memo said that Niemela “repeatedly called for and supported violence against politicians” before and after Jan. 6, 2021 and was part of three separate breaches of police lines “in which the mob threatened officers and then overran them.” The memo said she “has never expressed remorse for her conduct.”
In August 2023, when former vice president Mike Pence held a town hall in Londonderry, N.H., Niemela brought a handmade protest sign and told the Globe she was headed to prison because Pence was “a traitor” who went along with certifying the 2020 election results. Pence was heckled at the town hall, where he said, “I stood loyally by President Trump every single day … until the day came that my oath to the Constitution required me to do otherwise.”
Former president Donald Trump has said he’ll pardon J6 defendants.
Harris drives over an hour to put focus on disparaging joke told at Trump rally — 6:30 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Harris’s supporters were chanting “Si se puede” and “Kamala” as the vice president’s motorcade pulled up to Old San Juan Cafe, a Puerto Rican restaurant in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Harris’ stop, her third of the day in Pennsylvania, has a clear focus: Call out Trump for allowing a comedian at his recent rally at Madison Square Garden to label Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Trump has not apologized for the comedian’s comment, but his campaign attempted to distance itself from the remark.
That didn’t work, and the comment has dominated the closing days of the campaign.
Harris, who has four scheduled events in the commonwealth, drove over an hour from Allentown to visit the cafe in Reading, a Northeast Pennsylvania city with a large concentration of Puerto Ricans and other Latinos. Supporters lined the streets as Harris arrived at the restaurant.
Who will replace Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader? It remains deeply uncertain. — 6:00 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Senate Republicans vying to replace longtime leader Mitch McConnell have been crossing the country to campaign and fundraise for colleagues, making their final arguments before a consequential ballot the week after the presidential election. But their pitches are mostly behind closed doors, and most GOP senators won’t yet say which lawmaker they are backing.
South Dakota’s John Thune, McConnell’s current No. 2, and John Cornyn of Texas, who held that job before Thune, are the front-runners in the Nov. 13 secret ballot to replace McConnell. The Kentucky senator is stepping aside from the post in January after almost two decades as leader. The winner could steer the direction of the party for years to come and possibly become the next Senate majority leader if Republicans win enough seats in Tuesday’s election.
President Donald Trump brings Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., on stage during a campaign rally in Lexington, Ky., Nov. 4, 2019. Susan Walsh/Associated Press
Thousands await Harris’s arrival at Pittsburgh-area rally — 5:14 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Thousand gathered at the Carrie Blast Furnaces in the Pittsburgh area in anticipation of Harris’ arrival.
They listened to upbeat music as a DJ led in singing “Don’t Stop Believing ” and dancing to “Cupid Shuffle” in the shadow of historic steelworks in Rankin.
“Pittsburgh is the center of America right now,” said attendee Susan Wadsworth-Booth of Pittsburgh. “It’s one of those pivotal places, and we live here. It almost feels like a responsibility to be here and show we care. ”
Ahmad Rudd of Pittsburgh, attending his third Harris rally in western Pennsylvania, said he’s “cautiously optimistic” of undecided voters winning her the presidency.
“I feel it’s going to be enough,” he said.
Randie Pearson, director of Women of Steel, joined other members of the women’s group within the United Steelworkers in handing out stickers proclaiming “We’re Not Going Back.”
“Kamala’s win is important for labor,” she said, citing an array of legislation and policies she said boosted laborers.
“She supports women’s rights, she supports women on the job,” Pearson added.
Rejecting Trump and Harris on Gaza, Massachusetts Uncommitted recommends third-party vote, splitting from national group — 5:09 p.m.
By Emma Platoff, Globe Staff
In a split from its national counterpart, the Massachusetts Uncommitted movement is recommending a third-party vote in Tuesday’s presidential election, rejecting both major party candidates’ positions on Israel’s war in Gaza.
“We, the leadership of the Massachusetts Uncommitted, like millions of people across the country, pledge to vote third-party unless Biden and Harris implement an immediate arms embargo against Israel,” leaders of the organization said in a statement posted online Monday. “Given the choice between genocide and fascism, we choose neither. We are not alone.”
The statement did not urge support for a specific third-party candidate. In interviews with the Globe this fall, many young voters who identified the Gaza conflict their top issue said they planned to back either the Green Party or the Socialist ticket.
Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, Pennsylvania judge says — 5:08 p.m.
By the Associated Press
The $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes that Elon Musk ‘s political action committee is hosting in swing states can continue through Tuesday’s presidential election, a Pennsylvania judge ruled
Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta — ruling after Musk’s lawyers said the winners are not chosen by chance — did not immediately give a reason for the ruling.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner had called the sweepstakes a scam that violates state election law and asked that it be shut down.
The winners of the sweepstakes did not win by chance but are instead paid spokespeople for the group, Musk’s lawyers said in court Monday.
Harris calls Pennsylvania voters election difference makers — 5:00 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Harris dropped the pretense at an event in Allentown on Monday: Pennsylvania voters, she said, would make the difference in the 2024 presidential election.
“We need everyone in Pennsylvania to vote,” Harris said. “You are going to make the difference in this election.”
Both Harris and Trump have put considerable focus on Pennsylvania in the closing hours of the 2024 campaign, with Harris spending all of Monday campaigning across the state. Both Trump and Harris aides see the commonwealth as central to their respective paths to victory.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris departs after speaking during a campaign rally in Memorial Hall at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Jacquelyn Martin/Associated PressTrump brings some of his children on stage in Reading — 4:58 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Trump brought some of his children on stage at his rally in Reading after he gave them a shoutout from the podium and appeared to get wistful in his final campaign events, saying, “This is our last time now, for forever.”
His children Eric, Don Jr. and Tiffany, along with Eric’s wife and Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump, and Tiffany’s husband, Michael Boulos, all appeared with the Republican presidential candidate on stage.
Trump’s children, as well as Lara, each addressed the crowd, including a rare turn speaking from Tiffany.
“They’re kind people,” Trump said. “They have big hearts. They’re strong. They can be nasty. But they have big hearts, those great children of mine.”
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, greets, from left, Donald Trump Jr., Michael Boulos, Tiffany Trump, Lara Trump and Eric Trump at a campaign rally, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Reading, Pa. Chris Szagola/Associated PressHarris touts ‘longstanding commitment’ to Puerto Rico — 4:45 p.m.
By the Associated Press
The vice president contrasted herself with Trump and his recent rally that featured a comedian calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” during an event in Allentown, Penn.
“I stand here proud of my longstanding commitment to Puerto Rico and her people and I will be a president for all Americans,” Harris said to sizable applause, repeating “all Americans” for emphasis.
Harris’ campaign is looking to use that comment to win over voters in Pennsylvania and nationwide. Fat Joe, a rapper of Puerto Rican heritage, spoke shortly before Harris.
“Momentum is on our side,” Harris said. “Can you feel it? We have momentum.”
Attendees holding the flag of Puerto Rico cheer as Allentown, Pa. Mayor Matt Tuerk speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Memorial Hall at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., Monday, Nov. 4, 2024.Susan Walsh/Associated PressSome Alaska voters could face blizzard conditions on Election Day — 4:22 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Wintry weather is forecast for Election Day in parts of Alaska, with blizzard conditions in the southwest and a winter storm warning that could see more than a foot of snowfall in parts of south-central Alaska.
The blizzard warning issued by the National Weather Service until early Tuesday afternoon includes rural villages in the Kuskokwim Delta, with snowfall totals of up to 9 inches along the coast and wind gusts of up to 50 mph possible.
D.C. steps up security ahead of Election Day — 3:52 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Washington D.C. police are increasing patrols in areas downtown and near the White House around Election Day, though officials say there are no known credible threats to the nation’s capital.
D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith told reporters Monday the increased patrols are a “preventative measure.” Police will also be using a helicopter and drones to monitor areas downtown, she said. Police will be working out of a new command center to coordinate other agencies and respond to events from election week through the inauguration in January.
Four years after a mob of Donald Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, D.C. officials say they welcome peaceful protests but will have no tolerance for violence.
“We will hold all offenders accountable,” Smith said. “We will not tolerate the destruction of property, and we will not tolerate threats to public safety as well as this election process.”
Walz says Trump loss means ‘we aren’t ever going to have to see this guy on TV again’ — 3:48 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told an audience in Wisconsin on Monday that if he and Vice President Kamala Harris defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, voters “aren’t ever going to have to see this guy on TV again and listen to him.”
The prediction, which led to roars from the audience of supporters in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, hints at an open question around the 2024 campaign: If Trump loses a second presidential bid in a row, what happens to his political movement and does he run again? Democrats are eager to cast the 2024 campaign as the final battle with Trump after three straight elections with the Republican as their general election competition.
“Just tell yourself how great it is going to be. We get this thing done. … We will win and when that thing is done we aren’t ever going to have to see this guy on TV again and listen to him,” Walz said, referring to Trump.
US officials are bracing for possible disruptions to voting on Election Day — 3:42 p.m.
By the Associated Press
But they say they’re confident it won’t be possible for foreign adversaries or anyone else to alter the results of the election in any meaningful way.
Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told reporters Monday that state governments have already encountered disruptions such as the criminal destruction of ballot drop boxes and cyberattacks that have taken websites temporarily offline.
She said that while assorted problems may continue Tuesday and in the following days, built-in safeguards make it all but impossible to hack voting systems or cause other disruptions that could affect the results of the election.
Easterly said, “We cannot allow our foreign adversaries to have a vote in our democracy.”
Besides physical concerns, officials are also attuned to what they say is an “unprecedented” level of disinformation about the election from Russia and other countries, and are working to call out false claims.
Trump takes the stage in Reading, Pennsylvania — 3:40 p.m.
By the Associated Press
He told his supporters he’s been waiting four years for the election and called it “the most important political event in the history of our country.”
Trump, who’s refused to acknowledge he lost the presidential election four years ago, said of Tuesday’s election: “I’ve been waiting four years for this.”
“One day. You’ve got to show up,” he added. He also told his supporters they need to show up in droves and “just swamp them tomorrow.”
He said that if he wins Pennsylvania, “we win the whole ball of wax.”
Walz: ‘Tomorrow is an important day. No, not NFL trade deadline’ — 3:36 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Football is important to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. But even he can’t put the National Football League trade deadline over Election Day.
Tuesday is both, the last day NFL teams can make trades, and the day the country picks their next president — something not lost on Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, as he spoke in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on Monday.
“Tomorrow is an important day,” he said. “No, not NFL trade deadline. … It is that and we probably need a little help.”
Walz, a Minnesota Vikings fan, was speaking a short 90-minute drive west of Lambeau Field, the home of the Green Bay Packers, the Vikings’ rivals.
British populist and anti-immigration politician Nigel Farage appeared at Trump’s rally in Reading — 3:35 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Farage has long been a Trump ally and is the leader of the right-wing party Reform U.K.
It wasn’t clear if Farage planned to speak but he was seen in the audience Monday afternoon before Trump took the stage.
Harris campaign: This will be ‘the most secure election in American history’ — 3:32 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Harris campaign attorney Dana Remus says efforts by Republican Donald Trump to sow fraud and discord will not work. She says the volume of cases brought by Republicans so far does not mean their claims are legitimate or that there is fraud.
“They know they can’t win at the ballot box because their candidate can’t earn the votes,” Remus said on Monday, so Trump and his allies are instead trying to sow doubt.
She added that the election systems nationwide are stronger than ever.
Trump has arrived in Reading, Pennsylvania, for his second rally of the day — 3:31 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Trump has drawn thousands of supporters to Santander Arena, but once again, many of the venue’s 7,200 seats remain unfilled more than an hour after he was schedule to take the stage.
The campaign has hung a large American flag near the back of the arena, blocking the view of the back sections, behind the press riser, which are empty.
Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places — 3:28 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Some Republican-led states say they’ll block the Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws.
Officials in Florida and Texas have said they won’t allow federal election monitors into polling sites on Tuesday. And on Monday, Missouri filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to block federal officials from observing inside polling places. Texas followed with a similar lawsuit seeking to permanently bar federal monitoring of elections in the state.
The Justice Department announced last week that it’s deploying election monitors in 86 jurisdictions across 27 states on Election Day. The Justice Department declined to comment Monday on the Missouri lawsuit and the moves by other Republican-led states.
The race between Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump is a dead heat, and both sides are bracing for potential legal challenges to vote tallies. The Justice Department’s election monitoring effort, a long practice under both Democratic and Republican administrations, is meant to ensure that federal voting rights are being followed.
Man arrested after punching Illinois election judge — 3:23 p.m.
By the Associated Press
A 24-year-old man was arrested after punching an election judge at a polling place in Orland Park, Illinois, southwest of Chicago.
The man on Sunday walked past people waiting in line to enter the voting area at about 11 a.m. at the township office, Orland Park police said Monday in a news release.
An election judge posted at the entrance told him to go to the back of the line and wait his turn. After the man refused, he tried to push past a second election judge and was prevented from entering, police said.
The man yelled profanities and hit at least one of the election judges, police added.
When officers arrived, he was being being restrained by several other people.
The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved two counts of aggravated battery to a victim over 60, two counts of aggravated battery in a public place — both felonies — and misdemeanor resisting arrest and disorderly conduct against the man. He was jailed overnight.
Harris: ‘Let’s get to work — 24 hours to go’ — 3:19 p.m.
By the Associated Press
“Let’s get out the vote,” Harris chanted at her first event of the day in Pennsylvania, the Democratic nominee throwing her first in the air as she tried to fire up people about to knock on doors for her.
Harris spoke to her supporters at a get-out-the-vote event in Scranton, a key area in Pennsylvania that could go a long way to deciding whether she or former President Donald Trump wins Pennsylvania this year.
Polls have the state tied headed into Election Day.
“All right, let’s get to work — 24 hours to go,” Harris said.
Harris to spend Tuesday calling into drive-time radio shows — 2:58 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Campaign communications director Michael Tyler told reporters that Harris was going to “end this campaign the way she started it: speaking directly to the voters that are going to decide this election.”
Tyler said Harris would do radio interviews in all seven battleground states to make sure “that those final voters who are on their way to work, on their way home, taking a lunch break, understand the stakes” of the election and where Harris intends to take the country if elected.
Harris harkens back to campaign memories while in Pennsylvania — 2:37 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Harris, on the precipice of an Election Day featuring her name atop a major party’s presidential ticket, recalled the more humble kind of campaigning that started her political career.
“When I first ran for office as DA, I started out at 6 percent in the polls, so anyone who knows that is six out of 100. No one thought I could win. And I used to campaign with my ironing board,” she told supporters at an event in Scranton on Monday.
“I’d walk to the front of the grocery store, outside, and I would stand up my ironing board because you see, an ironing board makes a really great standing desk,” Harris added, recalling how she would tape posters to the outside of the board, fill the top with flyers and “require people to talk to me as they walked in and out of the grocery store.”
“That is how I love to campaign. I don’t do it as much anymore, obviously,” Harris said, sounding wistful.
Harris was elected as District Attorney of San Francisco in 2003.
Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a canvass kickoff event on Nov. 4, 2024 in Moosic, Penn. Justin Sullivan/Getty‘Are you ready to do this?’ Harris asks voters — 2:26 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Harris kicked off election eve with a get-out-the-vote event in Scranton, Penn., urging supporters who were about to knock on doors for her to “enjoy” the final 24 hours of her campaign.
“Are you ready to do this?” Harris yelled on Monday, with a large handmade “VOTE FOR FREEDOM” sign behind her and a similar “VOTE” banner to her side.
Tables near the vice president were full of campaign literature, including door hangers that will be left on doors across the Scranton area. She urged supporters to understand “there’s a huge difference between me and the other guy,” referring to Trump.
Harris’ final day of campaigning will be about one state — Pennsylvania — with the Democratic nominee covering the commonwealth over four events. Polls have the candidates tied heading into Election Day.
“Over these next 24 hours, let’s enjoy this moment to knock on a neighbor’s door,” she said.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Bojangles Coliseum, in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press‘It’s a system,’ Trump says about the election on a podcast hosted by former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick — 2:22 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Trump appeared on the podcast hosted by former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and sportscaster Jim Gray in which he said he feels “great” about the election and said he’s going up against “a system” with the Democratic Party.
“It’s a system. It’s just the way it is. And it’s very interesting to watch,” Trump said. “Let’s see if I can take down that system. I did it once, very successfully.”
The former president also noted how many rallies he’s doing in the final days, with three or four daily.
“It’s been an amazing experience for me,” he said. “I think we’re doing really well.”
44 percent of registered Michigan voters have already cast ballots, the secretary of state says — 1:46 p.m.
By the Associated Press
It’s the first presidential election since Michigan in 2022 added days of early voting to the calendar.
“Some [were] waiting in line for up to an hour,” said Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who noted that more than 189,000 people voted Sunday. Voters have cast ballots either in person or with an absentee ballot.
The presidential campaigns clocked 80 visits to Pennsylvania since March — 1:30 p.m.
By the Associated Press
As with previous elections, the candidates have largely stuck to the swing states they’ll need to try to reach the 270 electoral votes required to claim the presidency. The US’s unique Electoral College method of electing the president forces the candidates to appeal to voters in the states that could go either way, rather than trying to win the nation’s popular vote.
Seven states are considered in play this year, representing less than 20 percent of the US population. Of those, the Democratic and Republican presidential tickets have focused most on Pennsylvania, the swing state with the greatest number of electoral votes.
Going back to March, when President Joe Biden was the presumed Democratic nominee, here are the number of visits the campaigns have made to those seven states through Monday, according to Associated Press tracking of the campaigns’ public events:
Pennsylvania — 80Michigan — 63Wisconsin — 50North Carolina — 45Arizona — 27Georgia — 26Nevada — 25Walz at first event of election eve: ‘The thing is upon us now, folks’ — 1:06 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Walz ratcheted up the pressure on the next 24 hours at his first event of election eve Monday, arguing that keeping Trump out of the White House would have implications far beyond the next four years.
“The thing is upon us now, folks,” Walz said at a rally in La Crosse, Wisconsin. “I know there is a lot of anxiety, but the decisions that are made over the next 24-36 hours when those polls close, will shape not just the next four years, they will shape the coming generations.”
Walz was joined at his event by his wife, Gwen, and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar.
How has voter turnout been in North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene? — 1:01 p.m.
By the Associated Press
North Carolina’s elections chief says voter participation so far in the western counties harmed by Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding continues to outpace turnout statewide.
State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell said in a news conference Monday that 59% of registered voters from the 25 counties affected by the storm have cast ballots through traditional absentee voting or at early in-person voting sites that closed Saturday afternoon.
That compares to the 57 percent turnout — or 4.45 million ballots cast — so far statewide, according to board data.
“That’s just a testament to the dedication and the extraordinary effort by the election officials, by our partners at the state, local and federal levels to make sure that even when devastation struck, that that did not stop voting,” Brinson Bell said.
More than 2,650 polling places will be open on Election Day. Brinson Bell said seven sites in four counties among the hardest hit by Helene are temporary tents that were acquired with help from emergency officials. She says there’s road access to every one of those sites.
In surprise, Harris has slight lead over Trump in Iowa poll — 12:54 p.m.
By Washington Post
A well-regarded poll released Saturday shows Harris with a slight lead over Trump in Iowa, a state that analysts have regarded as so solidly red that neither candidate has focused on it in final pitches and one that prognosticators have viewed as having virtually no chance of flipping.
Released Saturday, three days before Election Day, the latest Des Moines Register-Mediacom poll shows Harris with an edge over Trump at 47 percent to 44 percent, an unexpected finding after the former president held the lead in the mid-September Iowa Poll.
In the June Iowa Poll, Trump held an 18-point lead over President Joe Biden before he abandoned his reelection campaign.
Trump is hailing his relationship with the US island territory Puerto Rico — 12:40 p.m.
By the Associated Press
That’s two weeks after a comedian who spoke at a Trump rally in New York referred to it as a “floating island of garbage.”
“I mean Puerto Rico is great,” Trump said Monday at a rally in North Carolina on the last full day of campaigning.
“We helped Puerto Rico more than anybody,” he told his Raleigh audience.
Commedian Tony Hinchcliffe, among the speakers at the Madison Square Garden rally, known for his podcast “Kill Tony,” said: “There’s a lot going on. I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”
Puerto Ricans cannot vote in the U.S. election, but there are more people of Puerto Rican descent in the United States who can than are of voting age who populate the island. In the battleground states, Pennsylvania’s Lehigh County is home to the state’s largest population of Puerto Rican voters.
In September 2020, after criticism for a slow response to Hurricane Maria in 2017, Trump released $13 billion in assistance to repair years-old hurricane damage. It took Trump two weeks to visit the island after the storm and he was criticized for an appearance where he threw rolls of paper towels into a crowd.
Harris supporters will be taking the campaign to the phones on Election Day — 12:24 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Harris supporters are banding together on Election Day for what they’re claiming will be the largest phone bank operation of all time.
Participants will include celebrities such as John Legend, Jessica Alba, and Bradley Whitford, as well as politicians including Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and California Representative Eric Swalwell.
Entrepreneur Mark Cuban is also participating in the initiative, which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET. “Let’s work together to make important calls to swing states and get out the vote!” he posted on social media.
Trump says he’d impose tariffs on Mexican imports if they don’t stop migrants and drugs from entering the US — 12:08 p.m.
By the Associated Press
Trump announced that if elected, he would inform Mexico’s new president Claudia Sheinbaum on day one that she must stop the flow of migrants and drugs into the US or risk a 25 perecent tariff on Mexican imports.
Mexico is the United States’ main trading partner.
“If they don’t stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I am going to immediately impose a 25% tariff on everything they send into the United States of America,” Trump announced to supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Trump hasn’t met Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former Mexico City Mayor, but said he heard she was “a very nice woman.” He often speaks about how he threatened Mexico’s former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador similarly to adopt his “Remain in Mexico” policy, where migrants have to wait south of the U.S. border to apply for asylum. Biden ended that program.
Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump wraps up a campaign rally at J.S. Dorton Arena, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. Evan Vucci/Associated Press
By the Associated Press
That comes nine years after Trump criticized the one-time Fox News host as “nasty.”
Kelly’s scheduled appearance at Trump’s Monday evening rally scheduled for PPG Paints Arena marks a long way from the first debate of Trump’s 2016 campaign, when he criticized Kelly, a moderator for the event, as being harsh toward him, using sexist language.
“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her – wherever,” Trump told then-CNN anchor Don Lemon after the August 2015 debate in Ohio.
Today, the conservative podcaster, famous for her pointed questioning of Trump in 2015, has said she’ll vote for Trump.
Kelly’s appearance with Trump comes as early voting suggests a gender gap that favors Harris and the work Trump needs to do to shrink it.
Social Security becomes an effective angle for unions working on turnout for Harris — 11:48 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Unions knocking on doors on behalf of Harris are finding what they say is an effective line of attack against Trump — that he’ll defund Social Security.
The former president has said he would make Social Security income tax-free. That’s problematic because those revenues help to fund the program and the loss of that money means Social Security would be unable to pay out its full benefits in fiscal year 2031, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a fiscal watchdog.
“That’s one of the big issues for our folks,” said Laura Dickerson, the United Auto Worker’s Region 1A director in Michigan. “People need to think about that they do not want to fully fund Social Security.”
The UAW has twice as many staff working on turnout compared to 2020 and 2016, enabling the union to directly contact all of its members and retirees and families of its members in support of Harris.
Trump seems to reference ‘Access Hollywood’ video during Raleigh event — 11:43 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Trump seemed to reference the video that nearly sank his 2016 campaign as he expressed amazement at how two giant mechanical arms caught Elon Musk’s reusable rocket — “like you grab your beautiful baby.”
“See, I’ve gotten much better. Years ago I would have said something else. But I’ve learned,” Trump said, prompting laughs from his crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina. “I would have been a little bit more risqué.”
Trump’s 2016 campaign was nearly derailed by the “Access Hollywood” tape, in which he was caught bragging about grabbing women by their genitals.
On Saturday, Trump made a similar remark, saying that in the old days, he would have said the movement of the rocket-catching arms was “like you grab your … girlfriend.”
Trump has been expressing amazement at Musk’s engineering feat in which mechanical SpaceX arms caught a Starship rocket booster after it returned to Earth.
Musk has spent tens of millions of dollars helping to elect Trump.
Adviser won’t rule out Trump declaring election victory before winner is determined — 11:30 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller would not rule out the possibility that Trump once again might declare victory in the election before news outlets have determined the winner.
News organizations, including The Associated Press, will call the winner of the election when a candidate has won at least 270 Electoral College votes needed to be elected president.
Pressed by reporters, Miller only said Trump “will declare victory when we’re confident we have 270 electoral votes that we need.”
In 2020, Trump falsely declared victory from the White House before the final result was known. Trump lost the 2020 election but has refused to accept it.
Trump rails on Harris and Biden over immigration — 11:24 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Trump took the stage in Raleigh, N.C., calling the Southeast state “ours to lose,” on a marathon final day of campaigning.
He began by railing against the Biden administration over immigration, attacking the Democratic president and Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s opponent, for crime he attributes to illegal immigration.
Trump sounded confident, telling his audience, “With North Carolina, I’ve always gotten there.”
“Here’s my only purpose in even being here today: Get out and vote,” Trump said, loudly but hoarsely.
After Raleigh, he is expected to head to Pennsylvania, perhaps the biggest prize on the electoral map, for rallies in Reading and Pittsburgh.
Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at J.S. Dorton Arena, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. Evan Vucci/Associated PressTop state election officials say Americans can ‘have confidence the election is secure’ — 11:05 a.m.
By the Associated Press
The joint statement Monday by the National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors said election officials have been working for four years to prepare for the Nov. 5 presidential election and have devoted “extensive time, energy and resources to safeguard America’s elections.”
They cautioned that “operational issues” could happen, such as polling places opening late or long lines at voting locations, but election officials have contingency plans to address these.
They also urged the public to be patient, saying “accurately counting millions of ballots takes time” and noting recounts may be needed for close races.
Trump: The presidential race is ‘ours to lose’ — 10:58 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Trump has taken the stage to roaring applause in Raleigh, North Carolina — and the arena is now much fuller than it was an hour ago, with only a smattering of empty seats.
He sounds a little hoarse after a busy campaign schedule that will include another three stops later today
Trump says of the presidential race: “It’s ours to lose.”
A presidential campaign unlike any other ends on Tuesday. Here’s how we got here. — 9:42 a.m.
By the Associated Press
It’s the election that no one could have foreseen.
Not so long ago, Donald Trump was marinating in anger at Mar-a-Lago after being impeached twice and voted out of the White House. Even some of his closest allies were looking forward to a future without the charismatic yet erratic billionaire leading the Republican Party, especially after his failed attempt to overturn an election ended in violence and shame. When Trump announced his comeback bid two years ago, the New York Post buried the article on page 26.
At the same time, Harris was languishing as a low-profile sidekick to Biden. Once seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, she struggled with both her profile and her portfolio, disappointing her supporters and delighting her critics. No one was talking about Harris running for the top job — they were wondering if Biden should replace her as his running mate when he sought a second term.
Star power to fuel Harris’ final day of campaigning — 9:12 a.m.
By the Associated Press
The vice president is holding a rally in Allentown with rapper Fat Joe before visiting a Puerto Rican restaurant in Reading with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
She’ll also hold an evening Pittsburgh rally featuring performances by DJ D-Nice, Katy Perry and Andra Day, before rallying at Philadelphia’s Museum of the Arts’ “Rocky Steps,” featuring a statue of the fictional boxer.
The final event includes remarks from DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe, Freeway and Just Blaze, as well as Lady Gaga, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ricky Martin, The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan and Adam Blackstone, and Oprah Winfrey.
Where will Trump be on the eve of Election Day? — 8:47 a.m.
By the Associated Press
Trump is closing out what he says will be his last campaign day for the White House with a jam-packed schedule that includes four rallies across three battleground states.
He’ll begin Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina, underscoring the significance of a state he has visited the past three days.
He then heads to Pennsylvania — perhaps the biggest prize on the electoral map — for rallies in Reading and Pittsburgh.
He will end his night — and likely spend the early hours of Election Day morning — in Grand Rapids, Michigan. That’s a campaign tradition for the former president who also held last-day rallies there during his 2016 and 2020 campaigns.
In Governor’s Council races, voters could make history by electing first women of color — 7:52 a.m.
John Hilliard, Globe Staff
Massachusetts voters could make history Tuesday by electing two Haitian American women to serve on a board that vets nominations for judges in the state court system.
The eight-seat Governor’s Council, which is a vestige of Colonial government, also considers the appointments of parole board members and serves as the hearing board for pardons and commutations of jail sentences.
Membership on the council is a part-time job; it meets weekly and pays about $36,000 a year. But several candidates in contested races said they are trying to make the case to voters that they should pay close attention to the board because of its role in judiciary appointments.
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