Commitment 2024: Trump, Harris notch early victories; voting continues in most of the country

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(All times eastern)7 p.m. ETThe AP has projected victories for Donald Trump in Kentucky and Indiana while Kamala Harris is projected to win Vermont as polls close in those states.Polls have also closed in Florida, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia, an important swing state that fueled Biden’s 2020 win. It is too early to call for a winner in these latter states.This is the first large swath of poll closings tonight. Results will continue to come in and paint a picture of how tonight may go.6:50 p.m.Officials associated with both political parties are denying Trump’s claim of “massive cheating” in Philadelphia.On social media, one of three Philadelphia election board members, Seth Bluestein, a Republican, said there is “absolutely no truth to this allegation. It is yet another example of disinformation.” Voting in the city is “safe and secure,” he said.Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Department of State said, “Pennsylvania counties, including Philadelphia, are running a safe and secure election.”Trump provided no details about the alleged cheating. His spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment about what he meant.6:45 p.m.Another metro Atlanta county has seen voting disrupted by bomb threats. About an hour before polls were to close, officials in DeKalb County said they received bomb threats against five polling places.Officials in the overwhelmingly Democratic suburb said voting had been suspended at those locations until police confirm there are no bombs. County officials say they’re seeking a court order to extend voting, which is routine in Georgia when a polling place is disrupted. Some polling places in Fulton and Gwinnett counties were targeted earlier Tuesday. Those threats were found to be false.“Rest assured that we are working quickly to ensure every voter will have an opportunity to cast their ballot despite these bomb threats,” DeKalb elections director Keisha Smith said in a statement.6:40 p.m.Trump’s allies appeared worried about turnout among men today, urging them to vote as Election Day drew to a close.“If you know any men who haven’t voted, get them to the polls,” Stephen Miller, a longtime adviser to the Republican nominee, posted on X at 5:58 p.m.Charlie Kirk, the leader of the conservative group Turning Point, seemed concerned earlier in the day. “Turnout is mixed and not where we want it to be,” he wrote on X. “We need more people to vote. We can’t let turnout flatline.”He struck a more positive note at 4:11 p.m. “The men are arriving,” he posted. “Turnout is SURGING.”6:25 p.m.A technical glitch in ballot printers at more than a dozen polling places in Arizona’s rural Apache County meant long waits for voters. Rita Vaughan, the Apache County elections director, said technicians fixed the problem after it emerged early Tuesday. She said polling places stayed open and people voted with paper ballots or accessible voting devices used by people with disabilities or language issues. 6:20 p.m.A federal judge Tuesday scolded Republican Party attorneys for what he called a “frivolous” lawsuit that accused election officials in seven Georgia counties of breaking the law by letting voters hand-deliver their absentee ballots over the weekend.An attorney for the Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party told U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker he wasn’t trying to stop the 1,300 ballots from being counted but wanted them kept separate from other ballots.The groups previously indicated they wanted the ballots as potential evidence for future litigation.The GOP lawyers argued it was illegal for county election officials to accept mail ballots dropped off in person after early voting ended Friday. Baker said Georgia law clearly states that county election officials are required to accept absentee ballots until the polls close on Election Day.6:18 p.m.A judge has declined to grant a two-hour extension of voting hours in Kentucky’s most populous county after problems with electronic poll books led to delays at some precincts.Election officials in Jefferson County, which includes Louisville, said delays involved loading poll books to include the 113,000 early voters who cast ballots before Election Day.Ashley Tinius, a spokesperson for the Jefferson County Clerk, said no voters were turned away and the electronic issues were resolved later Tuesday morning.6:15 p.m.The Empire State Building lights will mark swing state winners as results roll in.The lights on the Manhattan icon will change color every time The Associated Press declares a victor in one of the decisive swing states, according to a post on its official account on X, formerly Twitter.The 103-floor skyscraper’s tower lights will shine blue for five minutes if Harris claims one of the battlegrounds and shine red for five minutes if Trump wins one.When one of the candidates reaches the winning threshold of 270 electoral votes, the Art Deco landmark will again be lit up to correspond to the victorious political party: red for Republican Trump or blue for Democrat Harris.Barring a major surprise, the seven states where the race for the White House will likely be decided are Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.6:10 p.m.A white substance was found on a ballot envelope in Salt Lake County, Utah The envelope was sequestered, tested and found to not be harmful, according to police. Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, who oversees elections statewide, commended the county clerk and her employees for acting swiftly to ensure the safety of those in the area.“This incident will be fully investigated. Anyone attempting to intimidate election workers or disrupt election administration in any way can expect to face criminal charges,” Henderson said.6:05 p.m.A Pennsylvania county has gone to court to block a local judge of elections from doing a unilateral hand count of ballots in violation of the state’s election code.Marybeth Kuznik, director of the Fayette County Bureau of Elections, says in a court filing that Washington Township Judge of Election Vincent Manetta “reported that after polls close today, he intends to remove the ballots from the ballot box and audit or hand count the votes cast for each presidential candidate.”Completed ballots are supposed to be run through tabulating equipment.Kuznik asked a judge to order Manetta to comply with state election law. The judge has yet to rule.6 p.m.Polls in a few Indiana districts across the state and polls on the eastern side of Kentucky are the first to close in the nation.The first large poll closing comes at 7 p.m. EST. That closure includes most of Florida, all of Georgia and Virginia, among others.5:55 p.m.Non-credible bomb threats disrupted voting at several polling places in Georgia. As a result, some polling places in the state will see extended hours.CNN reports that five polling places in Fulton County that were affected by the bomb threats will have their hours extended. Additionally, two Gwinnett County election precincts, which share the same physical space, will remain open until 7:58 p.m. ET, a county spokesperson told CNN.The precincts in Gwinnett County were evacuated for approximately an hour while the bomb threat, which was deemed non-credible, was investigated, CNN reported.An FBI statement said it was aware of the threats but did not address their source.5:40 p.m.Election officials in Milwaukee are recounting more than 30,000 absentee ballots because doors on the ballot tabulators were not properly sealed.The recounting was being done “out of an abundance of caution,” said Melissa Howard, spokesperson for the Milwaukee Election Commission.There was no reason to believe that any ballots already counted had been tampered with, she said.Howard said they were taking the step of recounting all of the ballots in an effort to be “completely, fully transparent.” The problem was due to human error, she said.The decision will delay the reporting of about 105,000 absentee ballots that could determine whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump win Wisconsin.5:35 p.m.A polling location in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Hyde Park was evacuated on Election Day due to an abandoned backpack at the site.According to the Hamilton County Board of Elections, The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer was evacuated Tuesday afternoon. Cincinnati police said an abandoned backpack at the site forced the evacuation. Police investigated the backpack and gave the all-clear. Voters who use that polling site were instructed to report to a different nearby church to cast their ballots.5:20 p.m.Two counties in battleground North Carolina will delay turning in their results by 30 minutes after the State Board of Elections agreed to extend the close of voting at two precincts due to technical problems there on Tuesday morning.The board voted to push the closing time at one precinct in Burke County and another precinct in Wilson County to 8 p.m.According to election officials, likely voters at the Wilson County precinct were unable to cast ballots for almost an hour and a half because a printer needed to generate voter authorization forms wasn’t working. And in Burke County, people couldn’t vote for potentially 30 or 40 minutes when a precinct laptop computer with the official pollbook had a problem.The state board won’t publish unofficial results from Burke and Wilson counties until voting ends at the precincts. Results in the state’s other 98 counties can be reported at the normal closing time.5:10 p.m.Voters arriving at a polling place in Jacksonville, Florida, were diverted to another voting location for a short time Tuesday after a suspicious package was found outside.Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland said in an email that about 20 voters were sent to other locations for about 40 minutes before operations at the polling place resumed. The package ended up being the personal belongings of a homeless person, he said.5 p.m.Authorities in the Denver area are investigating after election officials discovered “discrepancies” with signatures on several mail ballots sent from an adult day care facility in the city.That’s according to Denver clerk and recorder Paul Lopez in a statement.Election workers in Colorado check the signatures on mail ballots against voter signatures on file to make sure they’re submitted by the voter the ballot was sent to. Lopez said his office notified law enforcement and the Denver district attorney’s office was investigating. He also said law enforcement in nearby counties were also investigating but did not explain why.Denver’s KMGH-TV, which first reported the investigation, said ballots from the facility were sent to six counties.Colorado overwhelmingly votes by mail.4:45 p.m.In Central Iowa’s Story County, home to about 100,000 people and the city of Ames, voting machines at some precincts malfunctioned, portending possible delays to reporting results.“We are aware of technical issues regarding tabulators in some precincts in Story County,” said Ashley Hunt Esquivel, a spokesperson for Iowa Secretary of State’s Office. “The auditor is working with the vendor and our office to resolve it. It is not stopping anyone from casting a single ballot. It may impact how quickly we can report results.”Story County Auditor Lucy Martin told the Des Moines Register that machines did not read “certain ballot styles” at about 12 of the county’s 45 polling locations. Election workers would have to count ballots at those locations by hand, according to local Democratic and Republican Party officials. The machines were tested and the cause of the technical difficulties was unknown, Martin added.4 p.m.In Richmond, Virginia, the local Electoral Board held an emergency meeting to remove a precinct chief.Board Chair Starlet Stevens said in a telephone interview that 11 voters were given ballots that only had the presidential race and not local races.Because they cast the ballots, they were unable to redo their votes with the correct ballots.Stevens said the Board voted to remove the precinct chief not for the error but because the chief was being “disrespectful.”The Board also received a complaint that the precinct chief refused to help a person who wanted to vote curbside, something that Virginia law allows for anyone 65 and older or physically disabled.3:50 p.m.Kamala Harris used her visit to a phone bank hosted by the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday to both thank the supporters working to turn out the vote and make calls herself.“This truly represents the best of who we are,” Harris told the supporters making calls at the phone bank. She was then handed a cell phone and joined in the phone bank.“I am well,” Harris told the person. “Have you voted already?”The person responded, to which Harris said, “You did? Thank you.”3:35 p.m.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told reporters Tuesday that his experience as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate “restored” his faith in the nation.“This is truly a remarkable thing we do every four years,” he said in a conversation with reporters outside his campaign plane. “It’s democracy. It’s messy. It’s beautiful. It’s the people.”“My faith in this country has been so restored,” he added.Walz said he had not talked with Harris on Election Day but projected confidence that they would prevail over former President Donald Trump.“I just can’t describe the difference in the vibe that is out there with folks and how hungry they are for something different,” he said. Video below: Gov. Tim Walz visits Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Election Day3:25 p.m.State Police officials in Maine said reports of active shooter situations at schools made on Election Day are not credible.Various crisis lines in Maine received threats on Tuesday morning of armed individuals on multiple school campuses throughout the state, police said.Maine State Police said it is working with various partners and has confirmed the initial calls were swatting incidents intended to provoke an emergency response. “There is presently no known threat to the students, staff or public at this time,” reads a statement from the Maine State Police.Swatting involves making a hoax call about a false threat with the purpose of trying to get SWAT teams and other law enforcement agencies to respond.3 p.m. Officials in Northville, Michigan, closed a polling place at midday and sent voters to another precinct in the Detroit suburb because of a natural gas leak. Consumers Energy was investigating the leak. 2 p.m.The U.S. Capitol Police said its officers arrested a man Tuesday who was stopped during a screening process at the Capitol Visitor Center. The man smelled like fuel, had a torch and a flare gun, according to police. The visitor center is closed for tours while police investigate. 1:20 p.m.Former President Donald Trump refused to say how he voted on Florida’s abortion ballot measure.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.1:15 p.m. In the small county seat of Butler, Pennsylvania, voter turnout was brisk at city center precincts, just a few miles from where Trump survived an assassination attempt on July 13.Voters and an elections official said the process was going smoothly.Several voters were about evenly split between Trump and Harris, even as surrounding neighborhoods and countryside were overwhelmingly marked with Trump signs and flags, some depicting a photo of him raising his fist in the moments after the shooting.Elizabeth Nanni said she voted for Harris, saying the candidate is “infinitely smarter “ than her opponent, though she voted Republican in some down-ballot races.Like others, she said Butler still feels the trauma of July 13.“We’re not used to having people shot and killed in Butler,” she said. “Hopefully that will be the first and last time anything like that happens here.”Louis Fell, who voted for Trump, said he didn’t think the shooting changed anyone’s decision about whom to vote for, but it affected the community.“I feel more connected to the whole thing. We’re not just a small town in the middle of nowhere,” he said.1:10 p.m. In a new video posted early Election Day, Beyoncé cosplays as Pamela Anderson in the television program “Baywatch” — red one-piece swimsuit and all — and asks viewers to vote.In the two-and-a-half minute clip, set to most of “Bodyguard,” a cut from her 2024 country album “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé channels the blonde bombshell before concluding with a simple message, written in white text: “Happy Beylloween,” followed by “Vote.”At a rally for Donald Trump in Pittsburgh on Monday night, the former president spoke dismissively about Beyoncé’s appearance at a Kamala Harris rally in Houston last month, drawing boos for the megastar from his supporters.“Beyoncé would come in. Everyone’s expecting a couple of songs. There were no songs. There was no happiness,” Trump said.She did not perform — unlike in 2016, when she performed at a presidential campaign rally for Hillary Clinton in Cleveland — but she endorsed the vice president and gave a moving speech.“I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother,” Beyoncé said. “A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we’re not divided.”The Harris campaign has taken on Beyonce’s track “Freedom,” a cut from her landmark 2016 album “Lemonade,” as its anthem.12:45 p.m. A man was arrested in upstate New York on Tuesday for threatening to burn down a polling site after he was told his registration wasn’t current, police said.The man went to vote in the town of Fowler near the Canadian border around 6:30 a.m., New York State Police said in a news release.The man, who had previously been convicted of a felony, was told he was ineligible to vote because he had not re-registered after being released from prison.The man became irate and began threatening to return with a gun or to burn the place down, police said.The man fled but was later picked up by state police and brought to the station for questioning. Charges against him were pending.12:40 p.m.Several non-credible bomb threats that briefly disrupted voting at two Georgia polling places originated from Russia, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters Tuesday.“We’ve heard some threats that were of Russian origin. I don’t know how to describe that that’s viable – we don’t think they are, but in the interest of public safety, we always check that out, and we’ll just continue to be very responsible when we hear about stuff like that,” Raffensperger said. “We identified the source, and it was from Russia.”“They’re up to mischief, it seems, and they don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election,” he added. “Anything that can get us to fight amongst ourselves – they can count that as a victory.”Raffensperger, a Republican, did not elaborate on how exactly state officials determined the bomb threats came from Russia.The non-credible threats caused the temporary closure of polling places at the Etris Community Center and Gullatt Elementary in Union City, just outside of Atlanta, according to Fulton County police.12:30 p.m. In a joint statement, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russia and Iran remain active threats to undermine public confidence in the election. “Influence actors linked to Russia in particular are manufacturing videos and creating fake articles to undermine the legitimacy of the election, instill fear in voters regarding the election process, and suggest Americans are using violence against each other due to political preferences, judging from information available to the IC,” the statement reads. “These efforts risk inciting violence, including against election officials. We anticipate Russian actors will release additional manufactured content with these themes through Election Day and in the days and weeks after polls close.”The CISA is reminding voters to seek out information from trusted sources.12:02 p.m.Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump cast his ballot in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, saying that his latest presidential campaign was the best yet.”I ran a great campaign. I think it was maybe the best of the three. We did great in the first one. We did much better in the second one but something happened. I would say this is the best campaign we’ve run,” he said, standing next to his wife, Melania Trump.”It seems that the conservatives are voting very powerfully,” Trump told reporters. “It looks like Republicans have shown up in force.”When asked if he had any regrets about his campaign, Trump responded, “I can’t think of any.”11:50 a.m.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 say the problem caused voter confusion, with some people leaving without casting a ballot, as well as long lines at some locations. They stressed, though, that no one was being turned away from the polls and all ballots would be counted, as did state officials.11:18 a.m.An Alabama county is printing emergency ballots after discovering a missing page, according to St. Clair County Probate Judge Andrew Weathington.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. 10:30 a.m. The Electoral College map may look a little different this year than the one you’re used to seeing — or at least the map from the last three presidential elections.Every 10 years, congressional districts are reapportioned based on population numbers reported in the U.S. census. Since each state’s number of electoral votes is equivalent to its number of Congress members, states that lost or gained members in the House of Representatives based on the 2020 Census will experience the same change in their Electoral College votes. In total, seven votes got shuffled around, impacting 13 states. This includes three swing states, two of which lost a vote (Michigan and Pennsylvania) and North Carolina, which picked up one. Texas was the big winner, earning two more Electoral College votes.10 a.m.Voters in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, are voting by paper after there were problems with machines scanning.The Pennsylvania Department of State posted the following on X at 9:45 a.m. “The Department of State is in contact with county officials in Cambria County. Voters are continuing to vote by paper ballot, in accordance with normal operations, while the county resolves the issue with in-precinct scanning. We are working with the County to resolve this technical matter and remain committed to ensuring a free, fair, safe, and secure election.”9:30 a.m. 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. 9:15 a.m. The District 31, Precinct 3 polling place in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood opened late Tuesday when the election judge did not arrive on time.According to election workers on-site, a fill-in judge was brought in, and at approximately 8:15 a.m., efforts were being made to open the polling place.Provisional ballots were also being used.Polls were scheduled to open at 7 a.m. A constable on scene reported to sister station WTAE that the polling place was now up and running. 9 a.m.In Scranton, Pennsylvania, Liza Fortt, a 74-year-old Black woman, arrived at her polling location in a wheelchair and not feeling well.But she ventured out anyway to vote for Harris.“It means a lot to me and my grandkids, my granddaughters, my nieces. … I was just waiting for this day to come,” Fortt said.She said she never thought she’d have such an opportunity, to cast a ballot for a Black woman in a presidential race.“I’m proud, to see a woman, not only a woman, but a Black woman,” Fortt said. 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. 8 a.m. Polls are now open in the following locations: Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Portions of South Dakota, Portions of North Dakota, Oklahoma, Portions of Texas, Wisconsin7:45 a.m.In Black Mountain, North Carolina, soil conservationist JD Jorgensen, 35, did not reveal what his presidential choice was after he voted around 7 a.m.But when asked how he voted, he said, “Carefully.”“I tried to do it as informed as I could be,” he added. “I tried to stick to my values and just tried to pick candidates that align to those values and who I thought were going to be best for the offices they were running for.”Jorgensen said the choice he made was “not really that tough.”“I think that the candidates, both being in the public eye for as long as they have been, if you were on the fence you’re not really paying attention,” Jorgensen said.7:15 a.m.Polls are now open in the following locations: Portions of Alabama, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Portions of Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Portions of Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Portions of Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Portions of Tennessee7 a.m.A tiny village in India where Kamala Harris has ancestral roots is praying for her victory.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. 6:30 a.m.Polls in three more states — Ohio, West Virginia and North Carolina — have opened. North Carolina is among the battleground states both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump heavily focused on during the campaign.A presidential campaign marked by upheaval and rancor approached its finale on Election Day as Americans decided whether to send Donald Trump back to the White House or elevate Kamala Harris to the Oval Office.Voters on Tuesday faced a stark choice between two candidates who have offered drastically different temperaments and visions for the world’s largest economy and dominant military power.Harris, the Democratic vice president, stands to be the first female president if elected. She has promised to work across the aisle to tackle economic worries and other issues without radically departing from the course set by President Joe Biden. Trump, the Republican former president, has vowed to replace thousands of federal workers with loyalists, impose sweeping tariffs on allies and foes alike, and stage the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.The two candidates spent the waning hours of the campaign overlapping in Pennsylvania, the biggest battleground state. They were trying to energize their bases as well as Americans still on the fence or debating whether to vote at all.6:15 a.m.Former President Donald Trump has landed back in Florida after finishing his last rally after 2 a.m. 6 a.m.The first polls have opened as Election Day voting gets underway across the country. Voters in Connecticut, parts of Indiana, parts of Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, and Virginia are now able to cast their ballots. Voters in parts of Vermont were able to vote starting as early as 5 a.m.12 a.m. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have tied with three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch, kicking off Election Day in one of the first places in the country to report its presidential preference.The unincorporated township, located along the U.S.-Canada border in New Hampshire’s northern tip, opened and closed its poll just after midnight ET in a tradition that dates back to 1960. Four Republicans and two undeclared voters participated.Only two presidential candidates have secured every vote in Dixville Notch: Richard Nixon in 1960 and Joe Biden in 2020.The Associated Press and CNN contributed to this report