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Tight security measures are in place at Howard University, where Vice President Kamala Harris will spend election night.
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Trump and Musk to watch election results together
Elon Musk plans to spend election night with former President Donald Trump, according to the New York Times.
Specifically, the billionaire is expected to attend the events in Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump’s estate is located.
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Donald Trump’s latest message:
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Extension of voting in Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Voting has been extended in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, following a “software malfunction” that disrupted voters’ ability to scan their ballots, the County Commissioners’ Office announced on Tuesday.
Election officials in the county stated that “there is a process in place for issues of this nature,” and that the malfunction “should not discourage voters from casting their ballots at their polling stations.”
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Betting on the US Elections – Odds for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a “neck-and-neck” race, which is also reflected in the betting odds.
While polls have shown a close contest, betting companies have long favored Donald Trump.
In fact, in some cases, the odds shifted after the polls opened in the US, with the gap widening in favor of the Republican candidate.
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Trump: “I feel very confident”
“We have a great country, but we have a country facing problems… We need to put it back on the right track,” Trump said after voting in Florida.
Wearing his signature red cap, Trump stated that he feels “very confident” about his chances in this election, mentioning that he approached Election Day “with a very strong lead.”
“It seems that Republicans have come out strong, so we’ll see how things unfold,” he emphasized.
“I ran a great campaign. I think it was possibly the best of the three. We did great in the first one, even better in the second, but something happened. This one was the best.”
When asked about the possibility that neither he nor Kamala Harris might reach 270 electoral votes by the end of tonight, he remarked, “That should never happen.”
Additionally, he mentioned that he would be watching the results from his home at Mar-a-Lago.
Asked if he had told his supporters that there should be no violence around the election results, he responded, “I don’t need to tell them that. Of course, there won’t be any violence. My supporters are not violent people.”
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Donald Trump votes in Florida
The former U.S. president arrived at his polling station in Palm Beach with his wife, Melania, and made statements to reporters after casting his vote.
“It is my great honor to see that the lines are long; the Republican lines are very long,” Trump stated. He went on to say that they arrived in Florida “very late last night” after “four incredible rallies,” adding, “I hear we are doing very well.”
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Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein told CNN that he expects ballot counting to proceed faster than in 2020.
Bluestein explained that the process will likely be quicker this time because more people have returned to in-person voting at polling locations, meaning there will be fewer mail-in ballots to count compared to 2020.
He also added that the city has purchased additional equipment to speed up the opening of ballot envelopes and that “we have more people working than in the past.”
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Joe Rogan openly endorsed Donald Trump right after an interview in his show with Elon Musk.
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What time the polls close
- 5:00 PM Tuesday (Eastern Time) / 12:00 AM Wednesday (Greece Time): The polls will still be open, but this is when the first exit poll reports are expected to begin.
- 6:00 PM ET / 1:00 AM (Greece): Polls close in eastern Kentucky and much of Indiana. Both are Republican-leaning states, with no surprises expected.
- 7:00 PM ET / 2:00 AM (Greece): Polls close in six states, including Georgia. Georgia is one of the seven key swing states. In 2020, Joe Biden won it by a narrow margin of just 0.2%. A win here would be a strong start for Kamala Harris. Other states closing at this time include Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Virginia, and Vermont.
- 7:30 PM ET / 2:30 AM (Greece): Polls close in North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia. North Carolina is expected to be highly competitive: if Donald Trump wins, he stands a strong chance of winning the election, while Harris’s chances would diminish.
- 8:00 PM ET / 3:00 AM (Greece): Polls close in 18 states, including Illinois, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Alabama, Missouri, and Mississippi.
- 8:30 PM ET / 3:30 AM (Greece): Polls close in Arkansas. This state is also considered safely Republican.
- 9:00 PM ET / 4:00 AM (Greece): Polls close in 15 states, including New York, Arizona, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Michigan, and Wisconsin. According to The Guardian, this is a critical moment for Kamala Harris: a win here would boost her chances, but a loss would reduce her prospects for the White House. Trump won these states in 2016 (along with Pennsylvania) and secured the election, and Biden won them in 2020. This year, Trump only needs one of these three states.
- 10:00 PM ET / 5:00 AM (Greece): Polls close in Nevada, Montana, and Utah. Here, Harris might hope for a win, reversing initial polls that showed Trump leading.
- 11:00 PM ET / 6:00 AM (Greece): Polls close in four states: Washington, California, Idaho, and Oregon.
- 12:00 AM Wednesday ET / 7:00 AM (Greece): Polls close in Hawaii. Past elections show that, in 2020, AP declared Biden the winner on November 7, nearly four days after the election. In 2016, however, Trump was declared the winner at 2:29 AM Wednesday by the news agency.
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“We expect to win,” stated Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance after casting his vote in Cincinnati, Ohio.
He thanked the American people for their votes and for the opportunity to run for vice president.
“We can have a golden era of prosperity,” he said, referring to the potential Trump-Vance administration.
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Biden to watch election results from the White House. The American president has kept a relatively low profile in recent days and is expected to do the same today. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will watch the election results from the White House with close advisors, according to a U.S. official.
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Biden urged citizens to go vote. “Go vote. Let’s make history by electing Kamala Harris,” he wrote in a post on “X.”
Go vote.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 5, 2024
Let’s make history by electing @KamalaHarris. https://t.co/Hy8C4mIL2M
Before the polls opened this morning, approximately 80 million Americans had already voted. According to the Election Department at the University of Florida, 82 million Americans voted early, with just under 45 million voting in person and about 38 million voting by mail.
