Election eve has arrived with the race for the White House still very tight — with the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll out Sunday showing Kamala Harris slightly ahead nationally but Donald Trump ahead in some key swing states — and the two candidates deadlocked in Pennsylvania.
Harris is spending her last full day campaigning in battleground Pennsylvania while Trump is hitting the trail in North Carolina and Pennsylvania before ending the day in Michigan.
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Nov 4, 5:39 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. would be ‘very supportive’ of VP Harris, son says
In an interview with ABC News Live on Monday, Martin Luther King III — the son of Martin Luther King Jr. — said his father would “be very proud of the message that the vice president is advocating” and “very supportive” of her campaign.
Arndrea Waters King echoed her husband’s sentiment, saying it would be “a celebratory day for all of us.”
“[Harris] is very clear that she will be a president for all of us,” she added. “And so she’s continuing to take that message every place that she goes.”
The Kings also pushed back on the notion that the Black community, specifically Black men, are supporting Trump over Harris.
“There has always been this excitement around the vice president as the nominee amongst the entire Black community,” Arndrea said. “The excitement is there, the numbers are there. And what we are seeing is that the exact opposite is true, that we are seeing Black men actually coming and voting and organizing and literally being on the forefront.”
-ABC News’ Kellymarie Braun, Kyra Phillips, Joshua B. Ascher, Adisa Hargett-Robinson and Ayanna Martinez
Nov 4, 5:29 PM
Over 80 million Americans have voted early
On the eve of Election Day, over 80 million Americans have voted early, according to the University of Florida Election Lab.
The tally includes both early in-person voting and absentee ballots.
-ABC News’ Brittany Shepherd
Nov 4, 5:07 PM
Illinois man arrested for punching election worker
An Orland Park, Illinois, man was arrested Sunday after he got into a violent confrontation with a poll worker, punching them in the face, according to police.
Daniel Schmidt, 24, allegedly walked into the building and passed other voters waiting in line to enter the voting area, Orland Park police said. An election judge told Schmidt to go to the back of the line and called another judge to assist, officials said. Schmidt tried to push past that election judge and was stopped from entering the voting area by the judge and other employees, according to police.
Schmidt then allegedly started yelling profanities and punched the election judge in the face, knocking their glasses off, witnesses told officers.
He also then resisted while being placed under arrest, police said.
He has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery of a victim of at least 60 years old, two counts of aggravated battery in a public place, five misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct.
-ABC News’ Tonya Simpson
Nov 4, 4:58 PM
Harris courts Puerto Rican voters in Latino-heavy Allentown, Pennsylvania
Vice President Kamala Harris continued her Monday swing through Pennsylvania with a rally targeted in large part at Puerto Rican voters in Allentown, a majority-Latino city, where the Harris campaign sees an opportunity to woo voters turned off by the racist joke Tony Hinchcliffe told at former President Donald Trump’s New York rally last month.
When Mayor Matthew Tuerk mentioned Hinchcliffe’s “garbage” comment, the crowd at the Muhlenberg College gymnasium booed, and at least two Puerto Rican flags were unfurled.
Rapper Fat Joe, who spoke shortly before Harris, called upon Latino voters to have “pride” and reject Trump.
“They said they needed a Puerto Rican in Allentown, and I was more than honored to come speak to my people,” he said.
In her own remarks, the vice president touted her “long-standing commitment to Puerto Rico and her people.”
She promised that she would be “a president for all Americans” and added that her campaign has “momentum” in the closing hours of the race.
“It is my pledge to you, if you give me a chance to fight on your behalf as president, there is nothing in the world that will stand in my way,” Harris said.
-ABC News’ Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Fritz Farrow
Nov 4, 4:54 PM
Judge denies Philly DA’s request to block Musk’s giveaway
Following a six-hour hearing on Monday, a Philadelphia judge is allowing Elon Musk’s America PAC to continue its million-dollar giveaway to registered swing state voters.
Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta denied Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s request for an injunction to stop the giveaway, which has handed out $17 million to voters across the swing states. According to defense attorneys, America PAC plans to announce their 18th and final prize winner tomorrow in Michigan.
Nov 4, 4:43 PM
Georgia Supreme Court reverses deadline extension for voters who received ballots late
In a win for the Republican National Committee, the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ruled that thousands of voters whose mail-in ballots were delayed will not have extra time to send them back.
The ruling from the court reversed a lower judge’s ruling that had granted 3,000 voters an extension of the mail-in-ballot deadline, after Cobb County election officials admitted they missed the deadline to ship them out.
The deadline for mail-in ballots to be received in Georgia is Election Day — but the lower judge had given those voters an extension for them to be postmarked by election day and received by Nov. 8, the same deadline for overseas ballots.
The RNC had appealed the ruling, saying it was a violation of the election code and that voters still had other ways they could vote, including in person.
The Georgia Supreme Court ordered the Cobb board to “keep separate” the absentee ballots of those voters that are received after the deadline on Election Day but before Nov. 8 “in a secure, safe, and sealed container separate from other voted ballots.”
Cobb County had previously been ordered to ship out all of the delayed ballots by Nov. 1 with express shipping and overnight return envelopes.
The court also ordered the board to notify the voters by email, text or public announcement of the change.
-ABC News’ Olivia Rubin
Nov 4, 4:37 PM
Trump: ‘If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole ball of wax’
At a rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, on Monday, Trump called on residents to turn out and vote tomorrow.
“If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole ball of wax,” he said. “It’s over. It’s over.”
“We’re just one day away. Oh, we’ve been waiting for this. I’ve been waiting four years for this,” he said.
Nov 4, 4:24 PM
DC mayor says no known threats, but not taking any chances
Washington, D.C., officials say they have no credible threats to the city, however, they will be fully activating police and have received support from Virginia and Maryland law enforcement agencies.
“I feel very strong about the district’s preparation,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday. “I feel very sad that this is the state of things to be honest with you, but the way that I deal with anxiety is to work and to make sure that we are as prepared as we can be, and that people, all people, win or lose, do the right thing.”
D.C. police will have increased patrols in key areas downtown and around the White House, Police Chief Pam Smith told reporters Monday.
“[The] proactive presence is a preventive measure, and while there is no credible threat to the District of Columbia, we want residents and visitors alike to feel sure that MPD is here prepared and dedicated to keep communities safe across all seven districts.,” Smith said.
The mayor said before Jan. 6 and the inauguration she expects to make a National Guard request for additional assistance, but no request will be made for election week.
-ABC News’ Beatrice Peterson