The race for the White House is heading into the final stretch with most polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck-and-neck in key states with less than two weeks to go.
Roughly 13.7 million people voted early in person, the lab reported, and more than 17.7 million returned their ballot by mail.
A man votes on the second day of early voting in Wisconsin at the American Serb Hall Banquet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 23, 2024.
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Oct 21, 2024, 5:16 PM EDT
More than 1.5M have voted early in battleground Georgia
The office of the Georgia Secretary of State announced Monday that more than 1.5 million voters have voted early in person in Georgia as of Monday afternoon.
“Georgia voters know we’ve made it easy to cast a ballot. It’s really that simple,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement.
In-person early voting started in the key battleground state on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
As of Monday afternoon, more than 15 million early votes have been cast nationally, including almost 5 million in-person early votes, according to an analysis by the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim
Oct 21, 2024, 3:52 PM EDT
Harris reiterates she worked at McDonald's after Trump stunt
On her way to her moderated conversation in Michigan, Harris was asked if she had worked at a McDonald’s while deplaning Air Force 2.
“Did I? I did," she said.
Her past experience at McDonald's has become a fixation of Trump's, who over the weekend worked the fryer at one of the chain's restaurants in the Philadelphia area.
Trump has claimed Harris never worked at the fast food giant. Harris, in introducing herself to voters this campaign, has told the story of working there between her freshman and sophomore years at Howard University in an effort to contrast her working-class roots with Trump's background.
-ABC News' Gabrielle Abdul-Hakim
Oct 21, 2024, 3:42 PM EDT
Cheney gives Harris backup on abortion
Harris got backup on a hot-button cultural issue from an unlikely source Monday -- conservative former Rep. Liz Cheney.
Cheney -- who has broken with Trump over the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot -- still boasts a conservative record. But Monday, she waded into an issue that Democrats hope will help them win over voters on Election Day.
"I think there are many of us around the country who have been pro-life but who have watched what’s going on in our states since the Dobbs decision and have watched state legislatures put in place laws that are resulting in women not getting the care they need," Cheney said, referencing the Supreme Court decision that scrapped federal abortion protections.
"In places like Texas, for example, the attorney general is talking about suing, is suing, to get access to women’s medical records. That’s not sustainable for us as a country, and it has to change."
The remarks, made in a Philadelphia suburb, were notable as Harris looks to cement support among suburban female voters.
Oct 21, 2024, 3:23 PM EDT
Harris works to earn Pennsylvania's Republican votes alongside Liz Cheney
Harris is doing a series of moderated conversations with former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney in suburban cities in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin on Monday.
While in Pennsylvania, Harris and Cheney worked to pick off Republicans disaffected with their party's nominee who may vote for the vice president and focus on the dangers Trump poses to the country and to democracy.
"There are months in the history of our country which challenge us, each of us, to really decide when we stand for those things that we talk about, including, in particular, country over party," Harris said.
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris holds a moderated conversation with Former Rep. Liz Cheney at People's Light performing arts theater Malvern, Pa., Oct. 21, 2024.
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Cheney, a staunch Trump critic who endorsed Harris in September despite their party and policy differences, said "every single thing in my experience and in my background has played a part" in her supporting Harris.
"In this race, we have the opportunity to vote for and support somebody you can count on. We're not always going to agree, but I know Vice President Harris will always do what she believes is right for this country. She has a sincere heart, and that's why I'm honored to be in this place."
