On Tuesday’s main election day in the US, polling stations will begin to open en masse at 06:00 EST (12:00 CET) and in the westernmost states voting will close 24 hours later. The official results will be known a few days later when the totals are approved by the relevant electoral authorities. The winner of the presidential (now Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump) and other elections (now the full House of Representatives and a third of the Senate) in the US are announced by the major media based on incomplete results and estimates regarding uncounted votes.
05.11.2024 06:30 , updated: 08:45
8:45 The candidate of the Democratic Party for the US president, Kamala Harris, will spend today’s election night at Howard University in Washington. Her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, will watch the vote count at a convention center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Referring to the campaigns of both presidential candidates, public radio NPR reported on this.
Vice President Harris studied political science and economics at Howard University and later spoke about how the traditionally black school inspired her desire to become a lawyer and shaped her identity. When Harris started her presidential campaign in the last election in 2019, she announced it officially at Howard University. Harris’ campaign told CNN that the Democratic nominee has several radio interviews scheduled for today.
8:35 In the small community of Dixville Notch in the American state of New Hampshire, the first results of the presidential election in the United States were announced on Tuesday. Both candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, received three votes each. TASR informs about it according to the report of the DPA agency.
Polling stations in Dixville Notch near the border with Canada in the northeastern USA opened at midnight local time (06:00 CET). The community has just six registered voters — four Republicans and two unaffiliated. Their electoral participation reached 100 percent.
Voting in this small town in New Hampshire began the day of the American presidential election. In the race for the White House, the current Democratic Vice President of the USA Kamala Harris and the Republican ex-President Donald Trump meet.
8:24 Billionaire Elon Musk’s lobbying group America PAC can continue to distribute $1 million each to voters in undecided states until the presidential election. A court in the US state of Pennsylvania decided on this on Monday, TASR reports, according to a BBC report.
America PAC’s distribution of money is set to end on Tuesday and the final recipient has already been determined, Musk’s attorney Chris Chrober said at the hearing.
At the same time, according to the BBC, he surprisingly admitted that the people who received or will receive money were not chosen randomly, as many believed, but were chosen by the group itself.
6:30 More than 81 million people voted early in the US presidential election, according to data from the University of Florida’s election monitoring center published on Monday, reports the BBC.
Almost 45.5 million people voted in person, while just under 37 million voted by mail, the latest figures show. That number is lower than the 101.5 million early votes cast during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. But early turnout is significantly higher than in 2016 (47.2 million) or 2012 (46.2 million).
Although the official election day is November 5, many Americans have the opportunity to cast their votes earlier in their states – in person or by mail. A week ago, US President Joe Biden also voted in person in Wilmington, Delaware. The American vice president and candidate for the US president, Kamala Harris, announced on Sunday that she had cast her vote by mail.
Both main presidential candidates are spending the last hours before the official election day for the post of US head of state at rallies in undecided states. The winner is likely to be decided by voters in the seven most evenly matched states: Nevada, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia. Polls indicate an extremely tight race.
Source: spravy.pravda.sk
