Georgia's top election official warns of fake online video

The video purports to show a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted.

ByAlexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Tal Axelrod, and Meredith Deliso
Last Updated: November 1, 2024, 8:03 AM EDT

With five days until Election Day, Kamala Harris attacked 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 continued their whirlwind campaigns in the West.

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures as he walks with former first lady Melania Trump at an election night watch party, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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    Oct 31, 11:41 pm

    More than 65 million Americans have voted early

    As of 11:40 p.m. ET on Thursday, more than 65 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

    Of the early ballots cast, 34,277,250 were in person and 30,685,094 were returned by mail.

    An early voting sign is seen outside of a polling station, Oct. 31, 2024, in Stockbridge, Ga.
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    Oct 31, 2024, 11:20 AM EDT

    Harris pushes inclusivity in final days of campaign

    Harris, while speaking to reports before departing Wisconsin, said she found Trump's comments about women "offensive to everybody" and that, in contrast, her campaign is about unifying people.

    "You've been following me and you will see that in the tens of thousands of people who attend our rallies ... there are men, women, young people, people of every race, every background," she said.

    Harris said her campaign is "about bringing people together, people of very different and diverse backgrounds, around a common theme that is about love of country, defending the Constitution of the United States, investing in our future and rejecting the notion that we are divided."

    Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to members of the media in Madison, Wisconsin, Oct. 31, 2024.
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    Oct 31, 2024, 11:17 AM EDT

    Harris rips Trump over his comments about women

    Harris, speaking with reporters before departing Wisconsin, continued to slam Trump for his comments that he will protect women "whether they like it or not."

    "It actually is, I think, very offensive to women in terms of not understanding their agency, their authority, their right and their ability to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies," Harris said.

    "He does not prioritize the freedom of women and the intelligence of women to make decisions about their own lives and bodies and health care for all Americans is on the line in this election," she added.

    Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to members of the media in Madison, Wisconsin, Oct. 31, 2024.
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    Oct 31, 2024, 10:50 AM EDT

    Elon Musk not in attendance at hearing on his controversial giveaway

    Musk is a no show in court in Pennsylvania for a hearing over the legality of his $1 million a day giveaway.

    The hearing has been derailed after Musk late Wednesday sought to remove the civil case to federal court. While discussions in court are ongoing, all parties essentially agree the hearing can't go forward until federal court decides on the issue.

    -ABC News' Olivia Rubin

    Oct 31, 2024, 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