Kamala Harris supporters at a campaign event in Washington Crossing in the battleground state of Pennsylvania say they are concerned about democracy and the possibility of Donald Trump going back to the White House in a close election.

Compared with the previous general election in 2020, the ratio of returned absentee ballots is slightly down for this time period. At the three-week horizon before the 2020 election, 977,694 voters had returned an absentee ballot.

The latest news and live updates on the 2024 election as Harris and Vance campaign in Pennsylvania and Trump holds a town hall with Univision in Miami.

However, Courtney Trimble, the deputy clerk of Marquette County, where Westfield is located, was appointed last week as interim clerk to oversee elections in the town and remains confident in her ability to train election workers even given the short time period.

G.O.P. candidates in critical House districts have sought to moderate or gloss over their past questioning of the 2020 election results, as well as hard-right positions on social issues.

An analysis shows that Allegheny County is much faster at processing mail ballots than Philadelphia, likely because of differences in equipment and staffing.

American officials expect Israel will retaliate against Iran for its attack earlier this month before November 5, sources tell CNN, a timeline that would thrust the growing volatility in the Middle East squarely into public view within days of the American presidential election.

Donald Trump has said he gets along “very well with Putin”. Speaking at a town hall event in Oaks, eastern Pennsylvania, the former president reaffirmed his relationship with the Russian leader and claimed the invasion of Ukraine would never have happened on his watch.

Harris and Trump have three weeks to convince voters they should be the next president, tackling issues ranging from inflation to the southern border.