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Election security updates: Officials brace for Election Day under cloud of threats

Follow the latest election-related security issues and legal challenges.

ByAlexandra Hutzler, David Brennan, Meredith Deliso, Julia Reinstein, and Lucien Bruggeman
Last Updated: November 5, 2024, 10:10 AM EST

From the polling place to the courtroom, ABC News tracks the latest election security developments 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

How to watch ABC News coverage of Election Day

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.

Here's how to watch ABC News live coverage of 2024 election results.

Nov 04, 2024, 11:26 AM EST

Alabama GOP mobilizes 400 poll workers in Georgia and Alabama

The Alabama Republican Party announced on Monday it has launched its most comprehensive poll watcher deployment, with more than 400 poll watchers and election lawyers in Georgia and Alabama.

Over 200 Alabama poll watchers and dozens of election lawyers will be stationed in targeted districts across Alabama, which the party says is part of an effort to ensure a “secure and transparent election process.” The Alabama GOP added that the placement of election lawyers across the state "provides an extra layer of security and real-time responsiveness."

The Alabama GOP is also deploying more than 200 poll watchers to Georgia, supporting the critical southern battleground state on behalf of former President Donald Trump's campaign.

-ABC News' Beatrice Peterson

Nov 04, 2024, 11:18 AM EST

Trump speaks at campaign rally in Raleigh

At a campaign rally Monday in Raleigh, former President Donald Trump urged his supporters to turn up to the polls on Election Day.

"If we get everybody out and vote, there's not a thing they can do," Trump told the crowd of North Carolinians, saying the state was "ours to lose."

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at J.S. Dorton Arena, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C.
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Trump smeared the Democratic Party as a "horrendously dangerous party that's going to destroy our country."

"We cannot let that happen," he said. "So here's my only purpose in even being here today: Get out and vote."

Nov 04, 2024, 10:41 AM EST

Musk doesn't show at hearing on Philly DA's challenge to $1 million giveaways

Elon Musk was a no-show at the hearing over his $1 million voter sweepstakes in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on Monday.

Entering court without his client, Musk’s attorney, Chris Gober, criticized Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner for wanting to "silence Elon Musk for supporting Donald Trump."

"We don't allow our rights to be trampled upon bipartisan agendas masquerading as legal arguments," Gober said.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at a rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Oct. 27, 2024.
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In a late filing this morning, Krasner’s attorney continued to push for Musk to attend the hearing in person because his testimony would demonstrate "he is the beating heart of America PAC’s unlawful lottery and deceptive/unfair practices scheme."

"Musk cannot distract from his central role by saying that he wants to be busy out campaigning, rather than attending to his responsibilities to this Court," attorney John Summers said in the filing.

Earlier this morning, America PAC announced that the newest winner of their daily $1 million giveaway is a registered voter from Phoenix. One day remains until the sweepstakes ends on Election Day.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous and Chris Boccia

Nov 04, 2024, 10:34 AM EST

How Nebraska’s 'blue dot' could prove pivotal in the Electoral College

Amid an increasingly tight election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in several key swing states, Nebraska, and more specifically, its 2nd Congressional District, has taken on an outsize role in this year's presidential election.

Because Nebraska currently awards three of its five Electoral College votes based on the results in each of its three congressional districts, the so-called "blue dot," as the 2nd district has come to be known, could be critical to either campaign's path to 270 electoral votes.

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