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2024 election updates: 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: October 31, 2024, 9:15 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.

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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.

    An early voting sign is seen outside of a polling station, Oct. 31, 2024, in Stockbridge, Ga.
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    6:14 PM EDT

    Philly DA requests Musk case to be sent to state court

    The ongoing court battle between Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and billionaire Trump surrogate Elon Musk over his controversial $1 million voter giveaway has taken another turn.

    On Wednesday, Musk filed a motion to move Krasner's lawsuit to federal court, claiming the DA's allegations "turn principally on the allegation that Defendants are somehow unlawfully interfering with a federal election."

    Krasner filed an emergency motion in federal court Thursday asking the judge to "immediately" send the case back to state court -- asking them to do so by the end of day "if at all possible" so it can continue in state court.

    In the filing, the DA's team said Musk's claims are "meritless" and reiterated that their lawsuit makes "only state law claims," therefore making it not subject to federal removal.

    The DA said Musk's last-minute effort is "a stunt to obtain a procedural advantage to avoid a ruling ... and run the clock until election day."

    Judge Gerald J. Pappert ordered Musk to respond to the DA's filing by 10 a.m. Friday, meaning the case will remain halted until then.

    -ABC News' Olivia Rubin

    6:08 PM EDT

    Supreme Court denies Cornel West's request for PA polling site signs

    Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito denied Thursday third-party presidential candidate Cornel West's request for Pennsylvania election officials.

    West sought to put up signs at all polling places that say he is a candidate for president and can be written in.

    Alito did not refer the request to the full court and did not explain the decision.

    -ABC News' Devin Dwyer

    6:02 PM EDT

    Harris attacks Trump as 'unstable, obsessed with revenge'

    Harris told a Phoenix crowd Thursday that they should picture the difference between her and Trump occupying the Oval Office, describing him as "unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance, and out for unchecked power."

    Harris sought to capitalize on recent comments from Trump himself, on reproductive rights, and from House Speaker Mike Johnson, on health care.

    Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the press before departing her hotel on Oct. 31, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin.
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    "He does not believe women should have the agency and authority to make decisions about their own bodies. This is the same man who said women should be punished for their choices," Harris added.

    The vice president was interrupted by pro-Palestinian supporters during her speech. She sought to describe to them the work she would put in to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of hostages.

    "Hey guys, you know what? Here's the thing. Let's talk for a moment about Gaza. We all want this war to end and get the hostages out. And I will work on it full time when I am elected president, as I've been," she said.

    -ABC News' Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Fritz Farrow

    5:34 PM EDT

    Vance pushes anti-vax, anti-trans messages during Joe Rogan interview

    Sen. JD Vance appeared on the "Joe Rogan Experience" Thursday and discussed a wide range of topics regarding his experience and the campaign.

    During the three-hour conversation, Vance talked about his skepticism about the COVID-19 vaccine to Rogan, who has pushed false claims about vaccines on his show.

    The COVID-19 vaccines have been proven effective in preventing serious illnesses and death from the virus. Some side effects of the vaccine include "pain, redness or swelling at the injection site, tiredness, headache, muscle pain, chills, fever, and nausea," and typically resolve themselves in a few days, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    Vance claimed on the show he was "red pilled" after he had side effects following taking an unidentified COVID-19 vaccine.

    "We're not even allowed to talk about the fact that I was as sick as I've ever been for two days, and the worst COVID experience I had was like a sinus infection. I'm not really willing to trade that," Vance claimed.

    Vance also said he's worried that there may be a "conflict" in 30 to 40 years with developing countries because they have a negative perception of westerners for "giving them health care that isn't actually health care," referring to vaccines.

    The senator also claimed that people become trans or gender nonbinary to reject their white privilege and participate in DEI programs to get into Ivy League colleges.

    -ABC News' Hannah Demissie