WASHINGTON (AP) – Latest news about the presidential crusade (every hour):
5:45 p. m.
More than 13,000 votes in a South Carolina county will have to wait a while to be counted due to a printing error.
Dorchester County Election Commissioner Todd Billman said at a news convention Tuesday that ballots by mail did not have the correct bars posted on top, so the scanner used to count votes will not record them.
Votes will have to be counted by hand and will not be counted on Tuesday. Billman says the full effects of Dorchester County will be completed until Friday’s deadline to certify the returns.
County Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The Senate race between Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and his Democratic rival, Jaime Harrison, as well as the House race between Rep. Joe Cunningham and Republican rival Nancy Mace, will be affected by uncontrolled polls.
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HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE:
It’s U. S. Election Day, President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, are competing for the White House. Arizona, Iowa, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin are among the states that will help the candidate get all 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
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HERE’S MORE HAPPENING:
5:25 p. m.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said he voted for Joe Biden as president, which made him the first Republican governor in the country to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee.
The Republican governor told reporters Tuesday after voting in Berlin, Vermont, that he never voted for a Democrat in his life.
“As many of you knew, I was not President Trump. I wasn’t going to vote for him,” Scott said. ” But then I came to the conclusion that it wasn’t enough for me not to vote. vote against it.
He says he “put the country in the party, which, again, is not a simple thing to do in any way. “
Two other existing Republican governors have said they are voting for Trump, but they have also said they are voting for Biden. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said he left his poll blank for the president. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he voted for President Ronald. Reagan, who died 16 years ago.
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5:00
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden makes no predictions about the latest election results as they spend the last few hours of voting.
In statements to reporters Tuesday outside at a Delaware network center, Biden said it was “superstitious” to offer predictions for election night, but that he remained “hopeful. “She says she has heard attendees say there is “overwhelming participation” among young people, black women and older black adults in countries like Georgia and Florida.
He says, “The things that are happening bode well for the foundation that supports me, but let’s see. “Still, he admitted, “it’s so uncertain” because of the number of states at stake.
Biden would also not comment on the effects on election night, even if President Donald Trump took part in the vote. “If I have something to say tonight, I’ll let you know,” Biden said. “Otherwise, I will wait until the votes are counted the next day. “
Biden crowned a last-minute crusade day in Scranton, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia with some local stops in Wilmington, Delaware. He spoke to the executive director of a teen networking center and visited a pool where he worked as a teenager. ending a day that had begun before dawn.
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4:45 p. m.
The Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity firm said the U. S. election had presented the same old technical and regime problems, but without obvious symptoms of malicious cyber activity, at least not yet.
The cybersecurity and infrastructure firm also said it is too early to claim victory, as polls near the country’s closure on Tuesday and counting and certification days approach.
A senior firm official said, “The stage has been quiet and we are confident, but we are still out of danger. “The official spoke on condition of anonymity to inform experts about the follow-up efforts of national elections before any kind of official assessment was published.
The official warned that local and state electoral systems may suffer unrest when the effects are reported, however, the maximum maximum cause would likely be a higher call to place in the system, as others are overwhelmed to verify the effects.
– By AP Ben Fox
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4:30 p. m.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris travels to Wilmington, Delaware, after spending the afternoon campaigning on the Battlefield of Michigan.
She reminded the electorate at a Detroit church on Tuesday how narrow Donald Trump’s margin of victory in the state was in 2016, and suggested that they review for two other people to vote.
He also suggested to others why they vote if they are trapped in long queues.
Early Tuesday, he campaigned with Democratic Senator Gary Peters, who will be re-elected, Senator Debbie Stabenow and Rep. Brenda Lawrence in Southfield. Peter is in a competitive race for Republican John James.
He will sign up for Joe Biden in Delaware on Tuesday night.
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4:25 p. m.
A spokesman for the Iowa secretary of state said hand sanitizer on voters’ hands would get stuck in a voting scanner at a Des Moines polling place.
Spokesman Kevin Hall said some voters’ hands were raining when they manipulated the ballots and the buildup of disinfectant prevented the scanner from working.
The device repaired in about an hour.
At some other interruption, election officials moved the disinfection station further in line to keep voters’ hands dry when they first reached the ballots.
It’s an exclusive challenge from the coronavirus era. Iowa is thought to be one of the states in Tuesday’s election between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.
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2:30 p. m.
A federal ruling in Washington, D. C. , ordered U. S. Postal Service inspectors to stay in washington, D. C. But it’s not the first time Sweep more than two dozen mail processing services for persistent postcards and for ballots to be sent immediately.
The order, which includes centers in central Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta, South Florida, and parts of Wisconsin, occurs after delays in pre-election domestic deliveries and fears that the company may not deliver ballots on time.
The Postal Service’s ability to manage the increase in mail ballots is a fear after its new boss, Post Office Minister Louis DeJoy, a major donor to the Republican Party, implemented a series of policy adjustments that delayed mail hours across the country this summer. recovered, but has consistently failed to meet the agency’s internal goals of delivering more than 95% of first-class mail in five days, and service in some battlefield spaces is far behind, according to postal data.
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2:25 p. m.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted Tuesday to keep 4 polling stations open longer because they opened late, which is expected to curb effects across the state.
The longest extension of forty-five minutes for a site in Sampson County. This means that the state cannot publicly report state-full effects until 8:15 p. m.
The state’s more than 2,600 polling stations are also expected to close until 7:30 p. m. But state election officials said in a press release last week that if hours were extended in polling stations, they would publish any effect until all polling stations were closed.
President Damon Circosta demonstrated at Tuesday’s assembly that extended hours would delay the effects on the public.
Expired polling stations come with one in Cabarrus County, one in Guilford County and two in Sampson County. Delays were due at least in part to problems with printers or other electronic equipment. to others in those counties, the diversity from 17 minutes to forty-five minutes and correspond to the additional time required to open them.
The council’s executive director, Karen Brinson Bell, said at a pre-vote press conference the morning before the vote that voting hours should not be increased on polling day.
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2:05 p. m.
Long queues were reported across the country, which is not unusual, and sporadic reports of opening expired polling stations. There have also been disorders with voting apparatus in Georgia, Ohio and Texas counties.
But overall, things are going well in the top places, with an enthusiastic electorate waiting patiently to vote. Experts expected the total number of votes to exceed 139 million cast in 2016. About 101 million others voted before Election Day, taking into account warnings about the coronavirus pandemic.
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2:00 p. m.
Senator Kamala Harris is on the battlefield in Michigan to vote on Election Day.
Landing in Detroit, a predominantly black city, about six hours before polling stations closed, as Joe Biden’s vice president candidate, Harris has focused heavily on motivating the black electorate to run. He told reporters he was in Michigan to let the Detroit electorate know “they. “are noticed and heard through Me and Joe. “
Trump Michigan in 2016.
When asked how confident she was, Harris said, “Look, the day’s over. “
“I’m just here to remind other people to vote because the election is still ongoing. It’s not over,” he says.
Michigan polls at 8 p. m.
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1:45 p. m.
The most recent early voting count in the United States shows that nearly 102 million Americans voted before Election Day, an astonishing total representing 73% of the overall turnout in the 2016 presidential election.
The Associated Press says early voting in several large states, including Texas and Arizona, has already exceeded the total votes four years ago.
Early voting, whether in person, by mail or by mail, increased the COVID-19 pandemic, as the electorate sought the security and convenience it offers. The biggest profits came in Kentucky, where nearly thirteen times as many voters voted in early 2016.
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1:20 p. m.
Supporters applauded and applauded President Donald Trump at the headquarters of his crusade, where he visited Tuesday to thank dozens of workers running for re-election.
Trump predicted his victory, but declared that he could lose.
“I think we’re going to have a fancy night, but it’s politics and elections and you never know,” Trump said.
He said his crusade is going well in states like Florida, Arizona and Texas, and that he presses on the importance of winning Pennsylvania.
“Winning is easy. Losing is never easy,” he said. “Not for me, that’s not the case. “
The president visited the Annex of the Republican National Committee in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, after days of road campaigning.
“After so many demonstrations, the voice becomes a little choppy,” Trump said with his speech now gravely.
Trump said good fortune will bring unity and indexed what he believes to be his accomplishments with the coronavirus and the economy.
More than a hundred members, almost all dressed in masks, covered the the back wall of the operations center to hear their candidate. Some of the masks had the words “Trump” and “MAGA” for Trump’s crusade slogan “Make America Great Again. “
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12:20 p. m.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is “absolutely sure” that Democrats will “keep their majority solid” in the House.
In a call to the convention with journalists on Election Day, the California Democrat said that “this election is all about getting America’s soul back, whether our country follows the voices of concern or hope. “
Pelosi and Rep. Cheri Bustos say the party is deeply penetrating Trump’s struggle to win seats. Bustos is chairman of the Crusader Arm of House Democrats, who are well placed to seek long-standing Republican posts in Long Island, Arkansas, Indiana and rural Virginia.
Bustos says Democrats “will see victories in those deep red districts. “
Pelosi says she’s Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will win the White House with President Donald Trump.
Biden spent the day traveling in Pennsylvania, Trump had a phone interview on Fox News Channel.
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11 a. M.
The first girl, Melania Trump, cast her vote through prevention at a polling station in Palm Beach, Florida, near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
Trump moved his from New York to Palm Beach County last year and voted as a user on October 24 in early voting. When asked why she didn’t vote with the president, the first girl told reporters Tuesday: “It’s Election Day, so I wanted to come here and vote for the election today. “
The first girl greeted and smiled at the journalists, the only user who didn’t wear a mask to protect he he or she from the coronavirus when she entered the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center to vote, possibly for her husband.
Ms. Trump spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said the first lady, who recovered from COVID-19, the only user at the polling place, with the exception of some election officials and their own employees, all of whom were examined.
Grisham says no one close to the first girl “because of the social distance and intimacy” that other people get when they vote.
Ms. Trump announced in a blog post last month that she had recovered from a combat COVID-19 that included headaches, pains and fatigue and said she had tested negative.
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10:40 a. m.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden returned to his roots on his final day of campaigning with a house from his formative years in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Biden arrived in the small two-story blank space to greet a hero of more than a hundred people clapping across the street. Biden greeted the crowd and said, “It’s smart to be home!”
Biden lived in space until the age of 10. On Tuesday, he climbed the steps of the entrance and spoke with existing owners before entering with their granddaughters. When Biden left, he said that existing citizens had made him point to his wall.
Biden then crossed it to greet the weight of the followers, who applauded and applauded.
Pennsylvania is the key to Biden’s hopes at the White House, and plans to go to Philadelphia later.
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