Biden angers GOP associating 'garbage' with Trump supporters

The remark is being compared to Hillary Clinton's 2016 "deplorables" comment.

Last Updated: October 30, 2024, 7:45 AM EDT

As the race reaches one week until Election Day, Kamala Harris delivered her "closing argument" on The Ellipse -- in the same spot where Donald Trump rallied his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, to march on the U.S. Capitol nearby.

Trump tried to preempt Harris's remarks, speaking to reporters Tuesday morning at Mar-a-Lago after declaring he's "the opposite of a Nazi" on Monday night in Georgia. He holds a rally later in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where there is a large population of Puerto Rican Americans.

Oct 30, 3:03 am

More than 53 million Americans have voted early

As of 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, more than 53 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 27,765,237 were cast in person and 25,686,627 were returned by mail

There is now just one week until Election Day.

Voters make selections at their voting booths inside an early voting site on Oct. 17, 2024 in Hendersonville, N.C.
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Oct 29, 2024, 9:14 PM EDT

Nikki Haley says she hasn't talked to Trump since June but is on 'standby'

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley told Fox News' Bret Baier on Tuesday evening that she hasn’t spoken with former President Donald Trump since June — but she's prepared to support his campaign, if asked.

“Last time I talked to him was back in June,” Haley said. “They're very aware that we're on standby. They know that we would be there to help.”

“But look, we're on the same team," Haley continued. "It is their campaign's decision on what he needs in these last final days, it does not bother me at all.”

ABC News has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.

In the same interview, Haley denounced the messaging at Trump's rally in New York earlier this week, calling it "overly masculine" and "edgy." She said it was "harmful" to allow a comedian to disparage Puerto Ricans, and she thought that the choice of speakers might have made women feel "uncomfortable."

"This is not a time for them to get overly masculine with this bromance thing that they’ve got going," she said. "Fifty-three percent of the electorate are women. Women will vote. They care about how they’re being talked to."

Despite those criticisms, she said, "There's no bad blood between me and the president. We want Donald Trump to win."

Haley stressed that she is not voting for Trump for his personality, but rather for his policies, adding: “I don't agree with Trump 100% of time, but I don't agree with Kamala Harris on anything.”

-ABC News' Soorin Kim

Oct 29, 2024, 9:14 PM EDT

Colorado accidentally put voting system passwords online, no threat to election: Officials

The Colorado Secretary of State's office posted partial voting system passwords online but the error did not pose an immediate security threat to the state’s elections, officials said on Tuesday.

"The Colorado Department of State is aware that a spreadsheet located on the Department’s website improperly included a hidden tab including partial passwords to certain components of Colorado voting systems," Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office said in a statement. "This does not pose an immediate security threat to Colorado’s elections, nor will it impact how ballots are counted."

The Colorado GOP first announced the incident on Tuesday and released an affidavit from an individual purporting to find the hidden tab. The individual’s name was redacted.

"We hear all the time in Colorado from Secretary Griswold and Governor Polis that we represent the 'Gold Standard' for election integrity, a model for the nation," said Dave Williams, chairman of the Republican Party of Colorado in a press release. "One can only hope that by the Secretary of State posting our most sensitive passwords online to the world dispels that myth," said Williams

According to Griswold's office, there are two unique passwords for every election equipment component which are kept in separate places, held by different parties and can only be used with physical in-person access to a voting system.

Under Colorado law, voting equipment must be stored in secure rooms that are under 24/7 surveillance.

"No person may be present in a secure area unless they are authorized to do so or are supervised by an authorized and background-checked employee," Griswold said. "There are also strict chain of custody requirements that track when a voting systems component has been accessed and by whom."

-ABC News' Laura Romero

Oct 29, 2024, 9:01 PM EDT

2 people arrested near Harris' campaign rally in DC, sources say

Two people were arrested at the Harris campaign rally at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, sources told ABC News.

One adult male and one adult female were arrested for assault on a police officer near the intersection of 17th St. and Constitution Ave. near the site of the rally.

Oct 29, 2024, 8:36 PM EDT

North Carolina appeals court rejects RNC's challenge to overseas ballots

A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Republican-led effort to block ballots cast by overseas voters unless they could provide additional proof of their residency in the state.

The Republican National Committee sued the North Carolina State Board of Elections earlier this month over a policy that allows voters living abroad to cast their ballot in the state if their parents previously lived in North Carolina, even if the voter never resided in the state themselves.

A trial judge last week denied the RNC's request to stop the policy, and their appeal of that decision was unanimously rejected by a panel of three judges on the North Carolina Court of Appeals Tuesday.

The Republican National Committee -- joined by the state party and two voters -- argued that the policy "flies in the face of the state constitution" by allowing non-residents to participate in the state’s elections.

"North Carolina has notoriously close elections," the lawsuit said. "Now more than ever, counting every legitimate vote from every eligible voter -- and only legitimate votes from eligible voters -- matters."

The North Carolina State Board of Elections highlighted that the policy has been in place for over a decade without issue, arguing the injunction requested by the RNC would "disenfranchise an entire class of lawful voters."

PHOTO: Early Voting Begins In Western North Carolina As Residents Continue Recovery From Hurricane Helene Devastation
BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 17: Voters wait in line and review sample ballots outside of an early voting site on October 17, 2024 in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Several counties effected by Hurricane Helene saw a large turnout of residents for the first day of early voting in Western North Carolina. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)
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"Petitioners’ petition represents an unwarranted and unprecedented effort to disrupt an ongoing election by throwing countless voters’ duly cast ballots into question with no actual proof of any problem with them," the state said in their filing.

The case is yet another legal setback for Republicans, who lost a similar case in Pennsylvania earlier Tuesday.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous

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