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2024 election updates: Mark Cuban clashes with Trump's team

Entrepreneur said earlier Trump is intimidated by "strong, intelligent women."

ByAlexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Tal Axelrod, and Meredith Deliso
Last Updated: October 31, 2024, 5:15 PM EDT

With five days until Election Day, Kamala Harris is attacking Donald Trump for saying Wednesday night in Wisconsin that, against his advisers' advice, he is going to keep saying he will "protect the women" "whether the women like it or not."

Both candidates continue their whirlwind campaigns in the West.

In photos: The road to Election Day 2024 across the U.S.

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First-time voter Kayria Hildebran holds baby Kayden Hildebran as she fills out her ballot during in-person early voting at Hamilton County Board of Elections, Oct. 31, 2024, in Cincinnati.
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    Here's how the news is developing.
    Oct 31, 3:23 pm

    More than 62 million Americans have voted early

    As of 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, more than 62 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

    Of the early ballots cast, 33,036,441 were in person and 29,720,798 were returned by mail.

    People wait in a line around city hall to cast their ballot on the last day of early voting, Oct. 29, 2024, in Philadelphia.
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    9:47 AM EDT

    Philadelphia hearing today on Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway

    Elon Musk in a filing late Wednesday sought to have the civil lawsuit against his $1 million giveaway moved into federal court, arguing the claims "turn principally on the allegation that Defendants are somehow unlawfully interfering with a federal election."

    Though District Attorney Larry Krasner has accused Musk and his political action committee of running an illegal lottery and violating state consumer protection laws, Musk's court filing notes the repeated references to the upcoming presidential election in the lawsuit.

    The filing comes before a 10 a.m. ET hearing scheduled in Philadelphia on the issue.

    Read more about Krasner's lawsuit here.

    PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk joins former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., October 5, 2024
    Tesla CEO Elon Musk joins former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., October 5, 2024.
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    -ABC News' Lucien Bruggeman and Olivia Rubin

    9:21 AM EDT

    Where the candidates are campaigning 5 days out from Election Day

    Vice President Harris will hold events at 4:20 p.m. ET in Phoenix, Arizona, and at 8:25 p.m. ET in Reno, Nevada.

    Her final event of the day in Las Vegas will include remarks by Jennifer Lopez and a performance by Maná.

    Trump is holding a 2:00 p.m. ET rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a 6:30 p.m. ET rally in Henderson, Nevada, before joining Tucker Carlson for a hurricane relief benefit in Arizona.

    8:43 AM EDT

    Harris seizes on Trump's comment about protecting women 'whether the women like it not'

    Harris seized an opportunity to criticize Trump on abortion after for his comments at his rally Wednesday night in which he said he would protect women “whether the women like it or not.”

    “Donald Trump thinks he should get to make decisions about what you do with your body,” Harris posted on X. “Whether you like it or not.”

    Harris’ campaign clipped Trump’s comments and edited it into a loop with a split screen of headlines about Trump saying “he could prosecute women for abortions,” “might monitor pregnancies,” and other abortion-related headlines.

    Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump watches a video featuring Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris as he speaks at a campaign rally, Oct. 29, 2024, in Allentown, Pa.
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