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Election 2024 live updates amid neck-and-neck polls as Harris and Trump make push in battleground states

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What to know about the 2024 election today

  • CBS News' most recent polling analysis still shows an even race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the seven battleground states.
  • Election Day is three days away.
  • Vice President Kamala Harris is hitting the Southern battleground states Saturday, with rallies in Georgia and North Carolina. In an effort to turn out as many base voters as possible, she's going to the cities in those states with the highest concentration of Democrats: Atlanta and Charlotte. 
  • Former President Donald Trump is also in the South, with campaign stops in Gastonia and Greensboro, North Carolina 
 

Trump criticizes pro-Harris ad about women voting

Former President Donald Trump criticized a pro-Harris ad that assures female voters that their husbands don't need to know who they voted for. The ad is narrated by actress Julia Roberts, who Trump said he was "so disappointed in." 

"She's going to look back on that and she's going to cringe. 'Did I really say that?'" Trump said, in part, during a call into Fox News' "Fox & Friends Weekend." "It doesn't say much about her relationship, but I'm sure she has a great relationship. But the wives and husbands, I don't think that's the way they deal."

He added: "Can you imagine a wife not telling a husband who she's voting for? Did you ever hear anything like that? Even if you have a horrible, if you had a bad relationship, you're going to tell your husband. It's a ridiculous ad. So stupid."

Trump then said that he has "surrounded (himself) with women," naming his wife Melania, his former press secretary Kellyanne Conway and adviser Susie Wiles. 

During his call into the Saturday show, Trump also repeated the claim that he didn't know the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who made the racist joke about Puerto Rico at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally a week ago

"They took out this gorgeous, unbelievable, patriotic evening, and they sort of stained it a little bit by a comedian that I have no idea who he is," Trump said.

By Kerry Breen
 

Court denies request to force count of votes for Green Party's Jill Stein in Ohio

Votes cast for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in Ohio will not be counted despite her name appearing on the state's ballot in Tuesday's election after an appeals court panel denied her motion seeking to force the election chief to tally them.

The three-judge panel on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday against her request for an injunction targeting Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose on Friday in a dispute over the person listed as her running mate on the ballot.

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. Ross D. Franklin / AP

Stein filed as an independent presidential candidate in Ohio because the Green Party lost state recognition several years ago. She listed Anita Rios — the party's 2014 nominee for governor — as a placeholder running mate until Butch Ware was nominated at the national convention on Aug. 17.

Ware's nomination happened after an Aug. 12 state administrative deadline for replacing an independent vice presidential candidate, according to elections officials. LaRose's office granted a request to remove Rios' name but said Ware could not be added.

LaRose has instructed Ohio's 88 county election boards to inform the electorate that votes for Stein "will be void and will not be counted," according to court documents.

By The Associated Press
 

Inside Viktor Orbán's not-so-secret mission to elect Trump

During a speech this summer in front of thousands of supporters, Hungary's far-right prime minister, Viktor Orbán, detailed the close connections he has nurtured with former President Donald Trump.

"We have entered the policy-writing system of President Donald Trump's team," Orbán said. "We have deep involvement there." 

File: Former President Donald Trump, left, and Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, stand for photographers at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2019.   Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The former president speaks highly of the Hungarian leader, too. During his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump described Orbán as one of the world's "most respected men" — a "strong man" and "a tough person."

Beneath the close public relationship between the two leaders are what sources have described as frequent and detailed exchanges that delve deeply into political and governing strategy. Should Trump win the election next week, theirs could become a defining foreign policy relationship for a second Trump term.

Click here to read more.

By Flora Garamvolgyi and Madeleine May

 

Spike Lee, Kerry Washington, Jon Bon Jovi and others join Harris on campaign trail

With just three days until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris is making her final push in two battleground states – Georgia and North Carolina – as she seeks to strengthen turnout among voters in the South.

At a rally and concert in Atlanta, Georgia, Harris will be joined by director Spike Lee. Singer Victoria Monét will deliver remarks. There will be performances by 2 Chainz, Big Tigger, Monica and Pastor Troy.

Harris will then head to Charlotte, North Carolina, where she will be joined by actress Kerry Washington, who will deliver remarks. There will be performances by Brittney Spencer, Jon Bon Jovi, Khalid and The War and Treaty.

Actress Kerry Washington campaigns for Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Joshua Applegate / Getty Images

No Democratic presidential candidate has carried North Carolina since Barack Obama in 2008, although it has been decided by less than 3 points in every election since.

Harris is planning to make multiple stops in Michigan on Sunday, shifting to a Democratic-leaning state in the so-called Blue Wall where her allies believe she is vulnerable.

By Lucia Suarez Sang
 

On the state of the presidential race

CBS News senior White House correspondent Ed O'Keefe and CBS News Congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane have covered some of the biggest stories of this election cycle. Now, with just three days before Election Day, both give their opinions on the state of the race.

Ed O'Keefe, Scott MacFarlane on the state of the race
By Kerry Breen
 

Was your ballot received and counted? How to check your 2024 election vote

While voting by mail has become more common since the pandemic, a few recent mishaps have shaken some voters' faith in the system. Just this week, ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington were set ablaze, while in Miami, a stash of sealed ballots fell out of an election worker's truck, stoking concern among voters.

A woman in Irvine, California seen holding an Official Vote-By-Mail Ballot.  Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

If you already cast your vote by mail, or are planning to in the coming days, but are worried about it reaching its final destination, your state might allow you to track your ballot's status online. Beyond reducing call volume to local election offices, these tracking systems can restore faith in the voting process, said national election expert Amber McReynolds.

Read here for steps on how to track your ballot.

By Mary Cunningham
 

Nicole Wallace, George W. Bush's former communications director, calls on her old boss to denounce Trump

Nicole Wallace, on her MSNBC show "Deadline: White House," made a public plea Friday night to her old boss, former President George W. Bush, to speak out against former President Donald Trump before Election Day.

Wallace, who was White House communications director in the Bush administration, said she understands better than most that after his presidency, he prefers to speak through his actions, his work with veterans and his presidential library.

But after Trump's insults and use of violent language about former Rep. Liz Cheney, the daughter of his vice president, Wallace said she contacted his office to see if "anything would change his mind about staying silent before the election."

An adviser told her Bush did not want to insert himself into the election.

After playing on air some of Bush's own words about what Americans do to defend liberty in the face of threats, Wallace said, "We have a right to hope that those who have stood for freedom and celebrated those who have protected it might have a last-minute change of heart in the closing hours of this campaign." 

By Ellen Uchimiya
 

Texas won't allow federal monitors in Texas polling locations, says top state election official

Texas' top election official, Secretary of State Jane Nelson said the state will not be allowing federal monitors into Texas polling locations. 

"Texans can be confident in the state's strong measures to ensure election integrity," Nelson said in a post on X, where she also posted her letter to the Justice Department.

The Justice Department enforces federal voting rights laws that protect the rights of all eligible citizens to access the ballot. The department regularly deploys its staff to monitor for compliance with federal civil rights laws in elections across the U.S. 

The Justice Department, in its enforcement of federal voting rights laws, regularly sends monitors to ensure voting rights compliance. It had announced plans Friday to send monitors to 86 jurisdictions in 27 states, including eight locations in Texas.

 

Supreme Court denies GOP request to block counting of certain provisional ballots in battleground Pennsylvania

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to freeze a decision from Pennsylvania's highest court that required election officials to count provisional ballots cast by people whose mail ballots are invalid because they lacked mandatory secrecy envelopes.

The order from the justices means that election officials in the key battleground state must tally provisional ballots submitted on Election Day by voters who returned defective mail ballots, either because they didn't include secrecy envelopes or failed to sign or date the outer envelope.

By Melissa Quinn
 

Trump holds final Wisconsin rally of campaign

Former President Donald Trump hits the microphone stand at a campaign rally at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Nov. 1, 2024. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images

Donald Trump held his final Wisconsin rally of the 2024 campaign Friday night, returning to Fiserv Forum, in Milwaukee, the site of the Republican convention, to deliver his closing message to the Badger State. In 2016, he narrowly won Wisconsin but he lost the state's 10 electoral votes to Joe Biden in 2020.

The rally was plagued by microphone problems. People in the upper sections in the back of the arena couldn't hear Trump, and he expressed frustration with the technical issues. 

"I'm seething. I'm working my ass off with a stupid mic," Trump said. 

He then made crude gestures toward the mic stand, complaining it was too low. He held the microphone for the rest of the rally but complained about how heavy it was several times. He also threatened not to pay the contractor. 

"Do you want to see me knock the hell out of people backstage?" Trump asked. "I don't ask for much. The only thing I ask for is a good mic. And this is the second time today that this happened."

He loosely blamed campaign manager Susie Wiles for the microphone issue. 

By Olivia Rinaldi and Katrina Kaufman

 

Harris and Trump both rally in Milwaukee area Friday night

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at a campaign rally on Nov. 1, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin.  Andrew Harnik / Getty Images

Both Donald Trump Trump and Kamala Harris campaigned in the Milwaukee area Friday night, going into the final weekend of the 2024 campaign. Harris didn't deviate much from her standard stump speech in West Allis, Michigan, a Milwaukee suburb of Milwaukee. She urged people to vote who haven't yet cast their ballots.

"No judgment, no judgment at all — but do get to it," Harris said, before reviewing the list of her campaign promises and litany of grievances against Trump.

Music star Cardi B says she will vote for Kamala Harris at a campaign rally in West Allis, Wisconsin, on Nov. 1, 2024. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images

Cardi B, who spoke shortly before Harris, told the crowd she didn't intend to vote this year, but "Kamala Harris changed my mind." 

She called Trump a "bully" and said, "I can't stand a bully, but just like Kamala, I stand up to one." Cardi B repeatedly said she was nervous about speaking at the rally. Women, she said, have to work 10 times harder than men "and still, people question us."

By Kristin Brown
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