1:13 AM EST
Carbon emissions cap in Washington state to stay?
Washington state has on its ballot a measure to repeal the cap on carbon emissions. With lots of votes still to be counted, the "no" side is up 62% to 38% on Initiative 2117.
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Election Day 2024 live results: Trump projected to win the presidency
We tracked races for president, Senate, House and more across the country.
By538 and ABC News 
Last Updated: November 5, 2024, 11:56 PM EST
With projections made in most states across the country, ABC has projected that former President Donald Trump will win the high-stakes presidential match-up against Vice President Kamala Harris. Early Wednesday morning, Trump secured enough Electoral College votes to set himself up for a second presidency, including by flipping the key swing states of Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Plus, Republicans are set up to take back the Senate majority, with at least 51 seats locked down — while control of the House remained up in the air.
Throughout the evening and into Wednesday morning, reporters from 538 followed along every step of the way with live updates, analysis and commentary on these races and all the others down the ballot. Follow our live election-night coverage in full below.
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Here's how the news is developing.
1:04 AM EST
It’s a dead heat in Arizona
In the presidential race, it’s 50% Trump to 49% Harris. Looking at the benchmarks tells us that while Trump is performing very well in some of the less-populated counties, Harris is able to hang on by hitting her benchmarks in Maricopa county, and slightly overperforming in Pima county. That being said, only about half of the vote has been counted, so there’s still plenty of time for a gap to appear — and given Trump’s performance in other swing states, it might not be in the Democrat’s favor.
1:01 AM EST
Attempts to reform American democracy seem to be going nowhere in 2024
Across the country, ballot measures to change how elections are run in various states seem to be running into hard times. Ballot measures in Colorado, Idaho, Arizona, South Dakota, Oregon and Montana that would either implement a ranked-choice voting system such as the one in Maine or an all-party primary such as in Alaska or California all appear to be on track to fail (only one such measure, in Washington, D.C., has passed so far).
In addition, Ohio's Issue 1, a ballot measure that would reform the way district lines are drawn in the state by implementing a nonpartisan commission to draw lines (rather than leaving the maps in the hands of the legislature), is also projected to fail. Potentially confusing ballot wording may have impacted voters' decision on the measure.
Moreover, eight states featured ballot measures that would restrict local municipalities from allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections, which is permitted in some more liberal cities like San Francisco. Every one of those measures is on track to pass, including one in Missouri that would also ban municipalities in the state from implementing ranked-choice voting for local races.
1:00 AM EST
Polls closing at 1 a.m.
It's now 1 a.m. Eastern, which means all polling places have closed in Alaska. And with that, polls are closed across the nation! Here are our forecasts for the races in the Last Frontier:
