Election security: Officials say 2024 election saw only 'minor' disruptive activities

Voting hours were extended at a number of polling sites due to technical issues.

ByLuke Barr, Peter Charalambous, Olivia Rubin, Lucien Bruggeman, Laura Romero, Alexandra Hutzler, David Brennan, Patricio Chile, Julia Reinstein, and Meredith Deliso
Last Updated: November 6, 2024, 12:27 AM EST

From the polling place to the courtroom, ABC News tracks the latest election security developments on Election Day 2024 as experts warn about the spread of misinformation and disinformation from within the U.S. and abroad.

Security experts stress that the nation's voting infrastructure is highly secure, and that isolated voting issues do not indicate widespread election fraud.

For coverage of each race, see our election updates.

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Nov 4, 10:33 am

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On Election Day, voters around the country will eagerly wait to hear if former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris comes out on top in the race for the White House.

ABC News will have full coverage of the presidential election results and many other key down-ballot races on Election Day and the days afterward as votes continue to get counted.

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Nov 04, 2024, 6:58 AM EST

Candidates vie for every vote in key swing states

Highlighting how important Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes are to her campaign, Kamala Harris is spending her last full day on the trail with multiple events in the state.

Her search for voters includes a rally in Allentown and then she ends with an event in Philadelphia.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Jenison Field House on the campus of Michigan State University, Nov. 3, 2024, in East Lansing, Mich.
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Donald Trump is trying to shore up support in battleground North Carolina – where Harris has made inroads – for a rally in Raleigh, before he, too, heads to Pennsylvania for events in Reading and Pittsburgh before ending his final day campaigning in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump smiles at a campaign rally at Kinston Regional Jetport, Nov. 3, 2024, in Kinston, N.C.
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Nov 04, 2024, 6:45 AM EST

Early vote tops 78 million

As of 5:30 a.m. ET on Monday, more than 78 million Americans have voted early (a combination of absentee and early, in-person totals), according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

The total breaks down into 42,654,364 in-person early votes and 35,348,858 mail ballots returned.

The number of in-person early votes has surpassed 2020's total number of in-person early votes. However, the overall number of early votes so far (including mail-in and absentee ballots) is still lower than 2020’s overall number.

-ABC News’ Oren Oppenheim

A mother and son join other residents of Mecklenburg County waiting in a line to cast their ballots at a polling site on the last day of early voting in the state, in Charlotte, N.C., Nov. 2, 2024.
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