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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.

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.

    An early voting sign is seen outside of a polling station, Oct. 31, 2024, in Stockbridge, Ga.
    Jason Allen/AP

    3 hours ago

    Possible ranked choice recount could delay Maine election results: Source

    Maine is one of two states in the country that uses a ranked choice voting (RCV) method to determine its federal elections and that method could lead to a delay in getting the results from the state, a source with knowledge of proceedings told ABC News.

    If neither Trump nor Harris get 50% in the state's 2nd Congressional District, "it's going to be chaos," as the recount and retabulation process could last well into the next week, the source said.

    In 2018, Rep. Jared Golden wasn't declared the winner in the 2nd Congressional District race until Nov. 15, 11 days after Election Day.

    Ballots from every town in Maine will have to be driven to the state capital, requiring involvement from local law enforcement. Ballots will be fed into a machine in Augusta as an Election Day precaution as security is heightened, according to the source.

    -ABC News' Beatrice Peterson

    3 hours ago

    Trump slams 'insecure' Cuban in Truth Social post

    Trump lashed out against Mark Cuban in a Truth Social post on Thursday, hours after the billionaire Harris surrogate said on "The View" that Trump is never seen "around strong, intelligent women."

    Trump called Cuban a "really dumb guy" and claimed Trump surrounds himself with "the strongest of women." The former president added, "ALL women are great, whether strong or not strong."

    Calling Cuban a "fool," Trump claimed Cuban called him "incessantly," and at one point he told him, "Look Mark, I've got a lot of things to do, I just can't be taking so many pointless calls from you."

    Trump claimed that's why Cuban is attacking him, calling him an "insecure" man.

    -ABC News' Soo Rin Kim, Kelsey Walsh and Lalee Ibssa

    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