Election Day 2024 live results: Trump projected to win the presidency

Abortion is already legal in Maryland, but tonight voters will decide whether they want to enshrine the right to an abortion and "reproductive freedom" in the state's constitution. If there are enough yea votes on Ballot Question 1, there would be an amendment to the state's constitution guaranteeing "the ability to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end one's own pregnancy." Polling ahead of tonight suggests that the initiative should easily pass. A September UMBC survey found that 69% of likely voters plan to vote in favor of Question 1, while only 21% said they planned to vote against it. Of course, in a solidly blue state like Maryland, support for abortion rights isn't all that surprising. The same poll found that 57% of likely voters preferred Harris, compared with 35% who said that they backed Trump.

Beyond that, I'll also be keeping an eye on the congressional race taking place in Maryland's 6th District. The seat is now up for grabs after Rep. David Trone abandoned his post to run for U.S. Senate — where he lost in the Democratic primary. Tonight, Democrat April McClain-Delaney and Republican Neil Parrott will go head-to-head, and polling suggests the race will be a tight one. According to the Washington Post, an early poll of the race showed Delaney and Parrott deadlocked in the district, which has a partisan lean of R+1. Delaney's husband — John Delaney — once represented the now-swing district and is marketing herself as the best candidate to address issues affecting women. To that end, she's repeatedly attacked Parrott for a vote he took while serving as a state delegate that made spousal rape harder to prosecute. Parrott, however, has defended this vote and argued that "having workplace sexual harassment laws in marriage doesn't make sense." His campaign is largely focused on issues important to Republican voters, including border security and stricter immigration reform.

The vice president is preparing to deliver a speech tonight, sources close to Harris' campaign team told ABC News.

The sources said they are expecting her to speak, but what she says depends on the results that are known at that time.

Regardless, one source says the Harris wants to thank everyone.

The plans are subject to change, according to the sources.

ABC News is projecting that independent Sen. Bernie Sanders has won reelection in Vermont, and it's also projecting that Republican Gov. Phil Scott has won reelection. Sanders sits to the left of most Democrats in the Senate (but is part of that party's caucus), so it's fascinating to see such a split result in one of the country's bluest states. However, Scott is incredibly popular and is one of the only high-profile Republicans left in office who has turned against Trump — so much so that he said he voted for Harris in the presidential election.

Georgia is one of the seven most important swing states in this presidential election, and the early returns there don't reveal much about the direction it may be headed. Now, Trump leads with about 60% to Harris' 40% with only 9% of the state's expected vote reporting. But notably, the two Atlanta-area metro counties that have reported at least 70% of their expected vote are both notably bluer than they were in 2020, while many other more rural counties in the state that have reported that much are notably redder. Still, around three-fourths of Georgia's vote so far is estimated to be early in-person or absentee, which should be at least somewhat more favorable to Democrats than Election Day votes. However, the extent of that partisan split in preferred vote method — so apparent in 2020 — remains to be seen.

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Early benchmarks in Georgia show division between urban and rural areas

ABC News' Rick Klein breaks down the early voting trends in Georgia and how several counties are leaning in the 2024 presidential election.

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