Election Day is just three weeks away.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are addressing voters across the United States as the 2024 election draws to a close. Harris spoke with radio host Charlemagne the God in key states such as Detroit, Michigan.
President Trump spoke in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday night while visiting another key battleground state that could decide the race for the White House.
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President Trump urges supporters to ‘get out and vote’ in Georgia
Donald Trump headed to Atlanta on Tuesday night to give his standard stump speech and commemorate a special day: the first day of early voting in the key state of Georgia.
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At one point during his roughly 75-minute speech, Trump said he only wanted one thing from his supporters: “I don’t want money or anything. I just want you to go out and vote and get your money.” Only,” he said. Friends to vote. ”
The operation of polling stations could be the deciding factor in the close 2024 race. President Trump praised Georgia for setting a record for first-day early voting on Tuesday. At least 252,000 voters in the Peach State had cast their ballots at early voting locations as of 4 p.m. EDT, nearly double the 136,000 who participated on the first day of early voting in the 2020 election. There is.
− David Jackson, Reuters
Kamala Harris sits down for interview with Divine Charlamagne
Kamala Harris dismissed criticism that she was too scripted in an interview with Charlamagne the God on Tuesday.
“It would be called discipline,” she said. Harris added that there are parts of her message that she must repeat to ensure voters are aware of her platform, adding, “Repetition is key.”
Harris also took questions, some live and some taped, from listeners on her show about reparations for African Americans, reiterated the need for research and announced Monday He also answered about his policies toward black men.
In a conversation about immigration, Charlamagne asked Harris why she would “allow” Trump to call her “border czar” when she is tasked with addressing the root causes of immigration. asked. Mr Harris replied: “You know I’m not giving him permission to do that.”
Harris added, “If I were to respond to every name he called me, I wouldn’t be able to focus on actually helping the American people.”
– Francesca Chambers
MORE: 5 big moments from Kamala Harris’ interview with Charlamagne the God
Georgia judge appears skeptical of election commission’s hand-counting rules
A Georgia judge expressed skepticism during a hearing Tuesday about allowing the Georgia Board of Elections’ controversial hand-counting rules to be implemented in the November election. .
The rules, passed on Sept. 20, require three separate poll workers to manually count the number of ballots in each voting precinct in Georgia and ensure that the numbers match. Mandatory. Poll administrators are then supposed to verify that those tallies match the machine-generated numbers and correct any discrepancies by the state’s Nov. 12 deadline for county certification.
“Given what appears to be a fairly solid record that is sowing confusion, why not pause, especially on the hand count rule?” Judge Robert C.I. McBurney said in Tuesday’s hearing. I asked. The lawsuit was brought by the Cobb County Board of Elections, near Atlanta, which is one of several litigants suing over the rule.
Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at least 2,400 voting precincts are expected to be affected, with hand-counting rules and recent changes by the state election board resulting in “errors, lost or stolen ballots.” , it provides an opportunity for wrongdoing.” . ”
Supporters of the rule, passed by three Republicans on the state commission, say it strengthens the election certification process.
− Aisha Bagki
When will we know the results of the 2024 election?
It’s not clear. Voters across the country will want to know on Election Day whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will win the 2024 White House election, but that seems unlikely.
Election officials must follow specific procedures to count millions of votes, and in some states candidates may face legal challenges.
– Marina Pitovsky
North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson files defamation lawsuit against CNN
Mark Robinson’s campaign announced Tuesday that it will sue CNN for defamation after it published an article on a porn message board alleging that he made sexual and racist comments.
The defamation suit seeks $50 million in damages from the defendants, including claims that Mr. Robinson purchased the pornography that appears in the music video, “The Lt. Government Owes me Money,” which was released on YouTube. This includes Lewis Love Money, a North Carolina resident who claimed to have done so.
CNN declined to comment. Mr. Money said he would not hire a lawyer and joked that he hopes the lawsuit will give his band Trailer Park Orchestra “10,000 more views on YouTube.”
– Sarah Gleason
President Trump responds to questions at Chicago Economic Club, but declines to answer some questions
Donald Trump took questions during an interview at the Chicago Economic Club on Tuesday, but declined to answer some questions from Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Mickelthwaite.
For example, President Trump did not directly answer questions about whether he would seek to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, break up Google, or whether he was meeting regularly with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mr. Michelthwaite also pressed Mr. Trump on the usefulness of tariffs, the centerpiece of Mr. Trump’s economic proposals, and whether he would accept the results of the election against his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
At one point, President Trump claimed that there was a “peaceful transfer of power” in early 2021. “Come on, President Trump,” Mickelthwaite said, referring to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
– David Jackson
Charlamagne Tha God Hosts Harris Town Hall
Radio personality Charlamagne Tha God will host a town hall-style conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday.
The host of “The Breakfast Club,” which has 8 million monthly listeners, asked Michiganders to submit questions ahead of his talk with Harris. The special will air at 5pm ET. Listeners nationwide can listen to the discussion for free online, on iHeartRadio, and on the iHeartRadio app.
Before Harris rose to the top, Charlamagne the God criticized Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.
–Rachel Barber
Trump allies disagree with Republican candidate’s proposal to deploy troops in the country
Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donald told CNN on Monday that he disagrees with former President Donald Trump’s proposal to deploy U.S. troops in the country to secure the election.
“This is a long-standing law since the founding of our country,” Donald told CNN’s Casey Hunt.
Comments from a powerful Trump ally, the Republican candidate who told Fox News on Sunday that the military should be called up “if really necessary” to deal with “the lunatics of the radical left” and “the enemy from within” It shows a break with.
–Rachel Barber
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Harris punches Trump at City Hall
A video of Donald Trump bouncing for nearly 40 minutes to the beat of his own music playlist (from Luciano Pavarotti to Village People) raised further questions Tuesday about the former president’s mental state.
“I hope he’s okay,” Trump’s opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, said in a post on social media platform X.
President Trump called the impromptu concert a success, suspending the town hall and calling for a musical break after two medical emergencies interrupted the event.
“While we were waiting, we started playing music and kept it going. It was very different, but it turned out to be a great night!” Trump said on the Truth social platform, referring to the medical treatment of attendees. said.
– David Jackson
Georgia judge rules counties must certify November election results
Local election officials in Georgia have no choice in certifying the results of this November’s election, a state judge ruled Tuesday.
Judge Robert C. I. McBurney ruled against Julie Adams, a Republican on the Atlanta-Fulton County Board of Elections, that she had discretion in deciding whether to certify the election results. did. She argued that because she was sworn to prevent fraud and abuse, she should have the right to withhold certification if she found the results unreliable.
But McBurney wrote that if officials like himself were “free to play investigator, prosecutor, jury, and judge,” “Georgia voters would be silent.” McBurney added that Adams can report concerns about fraud or errors to prosecutors.
The ruling comes amid concerns that local officials could sow chaos and confusion in this November’s election by refusing to certify the results by the state’s deadline of Nov. 12, one week after the election. It was released in the midst of growing demand.
Adams’ attorney did not respond to a request for comment.
– Aisha Bagki
Justice Department sues Virginia for removing non-citizen voters from rolls within 90 days of election
Another controversy over how to prevent non-citizens from voting Nov. 5 has erupted in Virginia, where the U.S. Department of Justice claims the state is canceling registrations too close to the election and Republican Glenn Governor Youngkin claims this has been state policy for 18 years.
The department on Friday sued the state for violating the 1993 federal voting law by removing voters from registration rolls within 90 days after an election, known as a “quiet period.”
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clark, who heads the civil rights division, said in a statement that the policy “puts eligible voters at risk of being removed from the rolls and creates a risk of voter confusion.”
Yonkin said a state law approved in 2006 requires the removal of voters who state they are non-citizens while filling out their motor vehicle records and then accidentally or intentionally register to vote.
“This is unprecedented, and I am committed to ensuring fair, secure, and accurate elections in Virginia without exception,” Youngkin said in a statement on X.
A study by the Brennan Center for Justice and the liberal Cato Institute found no widespread fraud due to non-citizen voting. But Republicans have made blocking non-referendum votes their rallying cry in close elections.
–Bert Jansen
How many days until Election Day?
Election day is 20 days later, on November 5, 2024.
Latest presidential poll: Where do Harris and Trump stand?
The 2024 election is shaping up to be incredibly close. An average of national polls conducted Monday by Real Clear Politics showed Ms. Harris leading Mr. Trump by 1.7 percentage points, which was within the margin of error in many polls.
Harris and Trump are also tied in battleground states. For example, Real Clear Politics’ average Pennsylvania poll on Monday showed Mr. Trump leading Ms. Harris by 1 percentage point, while Ms. Harris led by 0.3 percentage points in Wisconsin.
− Marina Pitovsky
What are Mr. Harris’s plans for today?
Harris is expected to arrive in Detroit late Monday night. On Tuesday, she will participate in a conversation with radio host Charlemagne the God in Detroit, which will be aired at 5 p.m. ET on the radio station that airs “The Breakfast Club” show. will be broadcast live, the radio host said in a video promoting the event. Harris will also make on-site stops with Black entrepreneurs in Detroit, her campaign said.
She will return to Michigan on Friday, making stops in Grand Rapids, Lansing and Oakland counties, her campaign said.
– Clara Hendrickson
What are President Trump’s plans for today?
The former president is scheduled to visit the Peach State on Tuesday to speak in the key battleground state. He is also scheduled to participate in a pre-recorded televised town hall hosted by Fox News on Tuesday. The event will have an all-female audience as she seeks to win support from a key voting base that Harris gravitates towards.
– Rachel Barber
