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.

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.

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 05, 2024, 12:22 AM EST

Dixville Notch, New Hampshire votes split evenly between Harris and Trump

The first six ballots of the 2024 presidential election have officially been counted in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.

A woman writes on a board showing vote tallies during the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, Nov. 5, 2024.
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Of the six registered voters in the town, three votes were cast for Vice President Kamala Harris and three votes went to former President Donald Trump.

Nov 05, 2024, 12:20 AM EST

Oprah joins Harris onstage for final campaign rally in Philadelphia

Vice President Kamala Harris' final campaign rally in the 2024 presidential election was a star-studded event outside of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Monday.

Oprah Winfrey holds up US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' hand as she arrives onstage during a campaign rally on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 2024.
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Famed talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, joined Harris onstage where they aimed to motivate voters ahead of Election Day.

"One more day, just one more day in the most consequential election of our lifetime," Harris said. "And momentum is on our side."

Nov 04, 2024, 11:22 PM EST

Joe Rogan and Elon Musk defend Trump's controversial Liz Cheney comments

On Joe Rogan’s podcast, Elon Musk defended various comments Donald Trump has recently faced backlash for, saying he’s being misunderstood.

The two defended Trump’s recent violent rhetoric against former Rep. Liz Cheney, suggesting she should have a rifle "with nine barrels shooting at her," claiming the former president’s comments have been misconstrued.

"A lot of people reached out to me -- they're like, oh, Trump says he wants to execute Liz Cheney. I'm like, that is utter b---s---. That’s not what he said at all. It's not what he said at all," Musk claimed.

"What he's saying is that, look, if Liz Cheney actually had to fight at the front lines, [she] should think twice about going to war. It's easy to be a warmonger if you don't have to, you know, risk dying at the front lines,” Musk said, despite the fact that the backlash Trump faced was about the violent rhetoric itself.

Cheney, a Republican who was once a rising star in her party but lost reelection largely over her vocal criticism of Trump, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

The two women have appeared together at several events as Harris works to woo disaffected Republican voters.

Nov 04, 2024, 10:53 PM EST

Harris rallies Pittsburgh to cross the finish line with her: 'Momentum is on our side'

For her second rally of the day, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed a crowd of about 15,000 against the backdrop of an old steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Accompanied by Katy Perry’s power vocals, Harris encouraged supporters to utilize their hard-earned momentum to cross the finish line.

“Pittsburgh, this is it. Tomorrow is Election Day. Tomorrow is Election Day, and the momentum is on our side," she said. "Our campaign has tapped into the ambitions, the aspirations and the dreams of the American people, and we know it is time for a new generation of leadership in America, and I am ready to offer that leadership as the next president of the United States.”

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reacts during a campaign rally, in Pittsburgh, Nov. 4, 2024.
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She urged the crowd to “turn the page” to chants of “We’re not going back.”

“And we have an opportunity in this election to finally turn the page on a decade of politics driven by fear and division. We are done with that," she said. "We're done. We're done. We're exhausted with it, and Pittsburgh, we are not going back. We're not going back.”

She continued: “Ours is not a fight against something. It is a fight for something. It is a fight for the future, and it is a fight for freedom, like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own life and not let the government tell her what to do.”

Harris’ fairly brief speech was nearly line-for-line the same as her one in Allentown, Pennsylvania, earlier in the day. Her campaign has said that the speeches are being timed ahead of her next and final stop in Philadelphia.

Harris continued to avoid directly using former President Trump’s name, barely referring to him at all except to acknowledge that voters are ready for a president who doesn’t stew over an “enemies list.”

“We are ready for a president who knows the true measure of a leader is not based on who you beat down, it is based on who you lift up," she said. "And instead of stewing over an enemies list, I will spend every day working on my to-do list. All full of priorities to improve your life.”

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie