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A House Democratic incumbent running in a tight race is touting his agreement with Republicans about President Biden’s responsibility on the border crisis.

Rep. Pat Ryan, D-N.Y., released a new ad his campaign called his “closing message” emphasizing his willingness to break from his own party.

“My first commander in the Army always said, ‘You’re not doing your job right if you don’t piss a few people off.’ I guess you could say I took his advice,” Ryan began in the minute-long clip. 

“Even my own party — when I stood with Republicans and demanded Biden take action to secure our border. It’s a mess. He needs to clean it up.”

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Rep. Pat Ryan called out President Biden in a new ad. (Getty Images)

He then accused Republicans, including his opponent Alison Esposito, of walking in lock-step with former President Donald Trump.

“Their loyalty is to big donors and Trump. The only flag I pledge allegiance to is the one I wore on my shoulder in combat,” Ryan said.

Esposito campaign manager Ben Weiner blasted Ryan in response, “Pat Ryan has been an open-border, pro-sanctuary proponent his entire career.”

“This is a lame attempt from Pat Ryan to run away from his pro-illegal migrant record two weeks before an election. Pat Ryan is wrong on all the issues. He has voted against lifting the SALT Cap, supports the radical Green New Deal, and thinks New Yorkers will not recognize that he is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Hudson Valley voters know the real Sanctuary Pat and won’t be fooled,” Weiner told Fox News Digital.

Weiner also pointed out that Ryan signed an order in 2019 as Ulster County executive stopping local agencies from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Local reports from the time suggest Ryan did halt most cooperation of county employees with ICE, but the Mid Hudson News reported his order “avoids controversial ‘Sanctuary’ language,” and the Daily Freeman reported it did not stop law enforcement from working with immigration agents investigating crimes.

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NYPD veteran Alison Esposito is running against Ryan. (Getty Images)

New York’s 18th Congressional District includes part of New York City’s northern suburbs and is anchored by the city of Poughkeepsie. It also includes West Point Military Academy, Ryan’s own alma mater.

Republicans, whose 2022 House majority win was driven by victories in the Big Apple’s suburbs, have eyed Ryan’s seat as a prime pickup opportunity.

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates his seat D+2.

Esposito is a 25-year veteran of the New York Police Department (NYPD).

Her own campaign emphasized the border in a recent ad warning her district is “paying the price of an open border.”

“DC politicians are funding illegal immigrants. Who’s fighting for us?” she asked.

FORMER REPUBLICAN US SENATOR ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS, SAYS ELECTION OFFERS ‘STARK CHOICE’

Border Patrol picks up a group of asylum seekers from an aid camp at the US-Mexico border near Sasabe, Arizona, US, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (Justin Hamel/Getty Images)

Her campaign also created a website using the “Sanctuary Pat” label to point out Ryan taking softer stances on the border in the past.

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But the issue has become a political lightening rod in this election.

What’s long been a hot-button issue for Republicans has now become a metric of moderation for Democrats who are working to appeal to middle-ground voters.

The paradigm shift shows the effects the border crisis has had on cities and towns throughout the country, with apprehensions between ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border hitting record levels under the Biden administration.

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Vice President Kamala Harris’ top campaign climate adviser is walking back comments she made last week that Harris would not support an expansion of fossil fuel drilling as president.

“I didn’t explain myself clearly,” Camila Thorndike, Harris’ climate engagement director, said in a post on X Monday. “Contrary to Trump’s claims, the VP has not banned fracking, doesn’t support banning fracking, and in fact cast the tie-breaking vote on the biggest pro-climate law ever, which, yes, opened new fracking leases.”

The comments come after Thorndike said in an interview with Politico last week that the vice president would not “promote” new fossil fuel drilling, comments that raised eyebrows as Harris has tried to alleviate fears over her previous positions on fracking.

HARRIS WON’T SUPPORT EXPANDING FOSSIL FUEL DRILLING, CAMPAIGN SAYS

Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on the campus of East Carolina University on Oct. 13, 2024 in Greenville, North Carolina. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

“Just to be clear, Vice President Harris hasn’t said anything that the administration hasn’t already said. She is not promoting expansion [of fossil fuel drilling]. She’s just said that they wouldn’t ban fracking,” Thorndike said.

Harris has faced continued pressure to clarify her stance on energy production over the last few months, most notably in the swing state of Pennsylvania, where support for fracking is high.

But Thorndike’s comments seemed to go against Harris’ new theme on the trail, which has included boasting that the “largest increase in domestic oil production in history” happened during her time as vice president.

Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris walks out with former US representative Liz Cheney during a rally at Ripon College on Oct. 3, 2024 in Ripon, Wisconsin. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

HARRIS TOUTS OIL PRODUCTION DURING 2024 RUN AFTER SAYING COMPANIES NEED TO ‘PAY THE PRICE’ FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

“We have had the largest increase in domestic oil production in history because of an approach that recognizes that we cannot over rely on foreign oil,” Harris said during a debate with former President Trump in Pennsylvania.

“I am proud that as vice president over the last four years, we have invested a trillion dollars in a clean energy economy while we have also increased domestic gas production to historic levels,” Harris said.

The campaign’s evolving position has drawn the scorn of proponents of fossil fuel production, with the U.S. Oil & Gas Association taking to social media after Thorndike’s initial comments and accusing the vice president of making a “change in her prior, prior, position.”

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a watch party after a presidential debate with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 10, 2024.  (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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“So Harris’s new position in Oct is she now opposes fracking and no longer supports her position in July when she changed her position to support fracking, which was subsequently a change in her prior, prior position of June, which was to oppose fracking? Got it,” the organization said.

The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other Republicans are coming to the rescue of Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., who faces a legitimate threat to her re-election from independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn, a union leader and mechanic. 

Millions of dollars have been poured into Fischer’s Nebraska Senate race in the last month as Republicans look to prevent an upset that could hurt their chances of taking the upper chamber’s majority. 

The McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund recently launched a $3 million ad buy in the state to shore up the Nebraska Republican’s support. 

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Republicans are coming to the rescue of Deb Fischer in Nebraska.  (Reuters)

“California and New York Democrats are putting crazy money into Dan Osborn’s campaign. They’re not going to succeed, especially as Nebraska voters learn about Osborn’s Democrat ties and Bernie Sanders’ ideology. We’re just closing the gap a bit,” Senate Leadership Fund President and CEO Steven Law said in a statement. 

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has also gotten involved, putting more than $500,000 into ad reservations as of the beginning of October, according to AdImpact.

Additionally, Fischer is getting help from well-known top Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley in neighboring Iowa. In a new radio ad, he tells voters, “This is your neighbor Chuck Grassley,” adding, “my friend Deb Fischer needs your vote.”

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Osborn challenged Fischer’s re-election bid, running as an independent. (Reuters)

Grassley’s radio ad in Nebraska went out over the airwaves last week and will run through Election Day. The Iowa senator’s five-figure ad buy covers 90% of the state, according to a source familiar with his political operation. 

The ad is on both FM and AM radio and plays during the University of Nebraska’s football games to reach farmers, families and football fans. 

Osborn’s popularity in Nebraska has appeared to take the Fischer campaign by surprise, given the seeming last-minute efforts to fortify her support. It’s frequently difficult for independent candidates to gain traction, especially against an incumbent. However, without a Democratic candidate nominated in the Senate race, Osborn has a much larger pool of potential voters. 

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Fischer has served two terms as senator. (Reuters)

Republicans are heavily favored to regain the Senate majority in the next Congress, with expected gains in both West Virginia and Montana, as well as several other competitive races that could build a larger advantage for the GOP over Democrats in the upper chamber. 

However, those expectations rely on incumbents in relatively safe races winning their re-election matches. Fischer’s Senate race has been shifted away from Republicans by top political handicapper the Cook Political Report two times in the past month, indicating a quickly tightening battle.

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Dan Osborn, independent candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during a news conference May 15, 2024, at his Omaha, Neb., home. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

In the most recent rating shift by Cook, the race is considered “Lean Republican,” putting it in the same category as Sen. Ted Cruz’s re-election bid in Texas against Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas. 

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Osborn has criticized Fischer in ads as being beholden to lobbyists and special interest groups that have donated to her, likening her to a race car driver with sponsors on her jacket. The independent candidate has claimed he would not caucus with Democrats or Republicans in the Senate if elected. 

Osborn has faced some controversy during his campaign, with revelations that groups backing him heavily in the election are funded in part by a dark money group that has received tens of millions in grants from billionaire George Soros’ group, the Open Society Foundations. 

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Former Democratic candidate for president and independent Tulsi Gabbard formally announced she is joining the Republican Party at a Trump rally on Tuesday.

The rally was held in Greensboro, North Carolina, a key swing state in the upcoming election.

TULSI GABBARD SAYS SHE WOULD BE ‘HONORED’ TO JOIN A POTENTIAL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Gabbard cited her admiration for President Trump’s leadership “to transform the Republican Party and bring it back to the party of the people and the party of peace” in part for her decision.

Gabbard announced her official support of the Republican Party during Tuesday nights Trump rally. (Getty Images)

“I’m proud to stand here with you today, President Trump, and announce that I’m joining the Republican Party. I am joining the party of the people,” said Gabbard. “The party of Equality. The party that was founded to fight against and end slavery in this country. It is the party of common sense and the party that is led by a president who has the courage and strength to fight for peace.”

FORMER DEMOCRAT TULSI GABBARD ENDORSES TRUMP IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Gabbard represented Hawaii’s Second District in Congress from 2019 through 2021 as a Democrat. She serves in the U.S. Army Reserves with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

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Representatives for Tulsi Gabbard did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Welcome to the Fox News’ Politics newsletter, with the latest political news from Washington, D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. 

Here’s what’s happening…

– New Fox News Power Rankings: Voter outreach, ballot efficiency and a little housekeeping

– FBI investigating classified docs leak of US intel on Israel’s planned attack against Iran

– Legal experts question Harris’ backing from donors with government ties

Peachy Poll for Former POTUS

Former President Trump holds a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the key swing state of Georgia, according to a new poll.

The poll, conducted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the University of Georgia, found Trump at 47% support in the state, compared to Harris’ 43%. A sizable 8% of respondents said they remain undecided, however.

The Georgia poll surveyed 1,000 of the state’s likely voters from Oct. 7-16. The poll advertises a margin of error of 3.1%…Read more

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – MARCH 12: A voter holds up her sticker after casting her ballot for the Primary election on March 12, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. President Biden (D) and Former president Donald Trump (R) are the front runners. (Megan Varner/ Washington Post)

White House

‘UNMISTAKABLE MESSAGE’
Harris’ political career full of snubs and swipes at Catholic faithful, critics charge… Read more

‘THE FACTS’: Harris touts growing up in middle class while pushing mandate most ‘won’t be able to afford’: economist…Read more

‘I’VE NOT SEEN THAT’: KJP denies that Kamala Harris has had difficulty distinguishing herself from Biden: …Read more

Capitol Hill

OLD SCHOOL: Anonymous GOP senator concerned about Grassley, 91, reclaiming key judiciary committee chair…Read more

BATTLE BREWING: GOP NY congressman accuses Dem of refusing to let him cosponsor contraception bill for political reasons…Read more

UNITED STATES – MARCH 6: Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-N.Y., speaks during a news conference with members of the House Republican Conference in Cannon Building on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, ahead of Thursday’s State of the Union address.  (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Tales from the Trail

‘INDEPENDENT THINKERS’: Swing state GOP chair reveals voter enthusiasm for Trump is something ‘we’ve never seen before’…Read more

FLYING HIGH: : Left-wing climate groups silent after Harris campaign drops millions on private jet flights since July…Read more

VOTING UNDERWAY: Millions of voters have already cast ballots for Nov. 5 election…Read more

EFFICIENT MARKET: What are election betting odds? Expert explains why Trump is the current favorite…Read more

ABSENTEE IMPACT: Jewish American group urges US citizens in Israel to vote as absentee ballots can impact swing states…Read more

An Israeli flag is displayed in front of a building near a road sign for the US embassy in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. The United States said on September 27 it would start letting Israelis visit without visas, after what it said were successful efforts by its ally to address concerns it discriminates against Arab Americans, an assessment contested by some lawmakers.  (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Across America

OFF SIDES: Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft  — who says he’s ‘a conservative’ — plans to vote for Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown…Read more

‘LEFT BEHIND’: ‘Left behind’: Vulnerable Dem incumbent in key swing state slammed for putting ‘knife in back’ of workers…Read more

WEED ON THE BALLOT: Votes for Arkansas ballot measure on medical marijuana will not be counted, court rules…Read more

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple-effects across the country. The DEA’s proposal still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

MUM’S THE WORD: Harris senior spokesman silent on whether he still thinks Liz Cheney is ‘crazy,’ a ‘warlord’…Read more

VOTING: Hawaii, Utah, Missouri, Wisconsin kick off in-person early voting…Read more

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WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis lasered in on the high-stakes abortion amendment on the ballot for voters in the Sunshine State, calling the measure a “bait and switch.”

Amendment 4, which would end Florida’s six-week abortion ban by enshrining abortion in the state’s constitution, has been a pressure-point as Election Day nears. 

On Tuesday, DeSantis held a press conference at the Grove Bible Chapel in Winter Garden, called “Doctors Against Amendment 4,” to urge voters to vote “No” on the abortion amendment. The governor was joined by nearly a dozen doctors against the amendment.

“When people actually peel back the onion and see what this amendment is, they don’t like it,” he said. “And it loses a lot of support.”

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke about Amendment 4 at the Grove Bible Chapel in Winter Garden, FL on Oct. 22, 2024. (WOFL)

DeSantis put the amendment on blast, condemning the legislation’s “vague language,” noting it could be read to allow elective abortion throughout a woman’s pregnancy as deemed necessary by employees of abortion clinics, rather than solely doctors. 

“It’s interesting because it’s written with no definitions,” he said. “It’s intentionally vague and deceptive… All they’re doing is lying about Florida policies and laws about respecting life, both the life of the mother and the health of the mother, of course, but also the life of the child.”

The amendment also does not define viability, typically understood to be around 20 to 25 weeks, DeSantis said.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urges voters to vote “No” on Amendment 4. He said that the language in the amendment was “vague” and affects parental rights. (WOFL)

DeSantis also said that the amendment does not define “health care provider.”

“[Amendment 4] It says that an abortion can be greenlit all the way to the moment of birth by a ‘health care provider’,” he said. “That’s the term that they used. Well, a health care provider is not the same as a licensed physician.”

“Florida law has always required that licensed physicians be the ones to be involved in performing these procedures. Some of them are very, very high risk. Sometimes there are a lot of complications that can happen,” he said. “So you will have nonmedical doctors doing this. 

“I don’t know that there’s any other state that has ever gone down that road.”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis attends the drivers meeting prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 19, 2024 in Daytona Beach, Florida.  ((Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images))

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DeSantis said that another concern brought by the amendment is its language regarding minors getting abortions. 

The text says that the amendment would not change the legislature’s ability to require parents to be notified about a minor’s abortion. However, it leaves out the legislature’s authority to require parental consent for such a procedure.

DeSantis has criticized the proposed amendment as a “bait and switch” when it comes to parental rights. 

“This amendment, if adopted, would be the first amendment in the history of the state of Florida to actually repeal a right. It will repeal the right of a parent to have to provide consent before their child undergoes an abortion,” he said. “Right now in Florida, we have parental consent, not just for abortion, but for anything involving medical treatment for a minor. They can’t give your kid an aspirin unless you consent.”

Pro-abortion rights activists in Florida participate conduct a rally to protect abortion rights for Floridians.  (Chandan Khanna / AFP)

“And that’s the way it should be for parents. And yet, this amendment would permanently take this one issue and say the parents do not have the right to be in that decision-making process or to provide consent.”

DeSantis pointed to the difference between parental notification and parental consent.

“What this amendment does, it gives a little bait and switch. The legislature says it requires parental notification, but that’s not the same as consent,” he said. “Notification can be sent via a postcard.”

“The parent knows this is happening, but the parent can’t stop it,” DeSantis said. “The parent doesn’t have the authorization and is not required to provide authorization. So it is repealing the right of a parent to provide consent for the minor.”

Abortion and the 2024 election

Florida is one of the nine states with a measure on the Nov. 5 ballot to protect access to abortion. In Florida, the hot-button issue has been the most expensive – with about $150 million in ads, according to the media tracking firm AdImpact.

The amendment’s language states, “No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.”

Trump and Harris campaign separately in Pennsylvania.  (Getty Images)

Trump

Former President Trump has shifted his stance on abortion during the election cycle, with the Republican nominee hoping to attract independents and some disillusioned Democrats, but running the risk of alienating his pro-life base.

Trump has countered Democratic attacks on the former president’s abortion stance by stating he would leave abortion access to the states, as determined by the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Trump notably opposes a federal abortion ban, but has remained opposed to late-term abortions. In July, the Republican Party abandoned its long-standing position of advocating for abortions. 

Harris

Throughout Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, she has argued that Trump — who nominated three conservative justices to the Supreme Court who later voted to overturn Roe v. Wade — is responsible for worsening medical care for women and that he would seek further restrictions.

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Harris has cast her position on the topic as creating legislation to restore the national abortion right that was eliminated following Roe v. Wade. 

She has also vowed to protect access to the abortion drug mifepristone, calling the drug “essential medication.”

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President Biden on Tuesday called for his predecessor to be “politically” locked up during an event in New Hampshire’s capital, a phrase similar to former President Trump’s 2016 call to imprison Hillary Clinton, then his Democratic opponent. 

Biden was in Concord to tout his health care and prescription drug cost legislation when he said Trump wants to eliminate his political adversaries and detractors. 

“He thinks he has a version of the Supreme Court ruling on immunity to be able to, if need be, if it was the case, to actually eliminate, physically eliminate, shoot, kill someone who is, he believes to be a threat to him,” Biden told his supporters. 

A TRUMP MYSTERY MAKES ELECTION OUTCOME EVEN MURKIER

President Joe Biden visits a New Hampshire Democratic coordinated campaign office in Concord, NH, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

“I know this sounds bizarre. It sounds like if I said this five years ago, you’d lock me up,” he added. “We got to lock him up. Politically lock him up. Lock him out. That’s what we have to do.”

Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris have repeatedly warned voters that Trump poses a threat to democracy. Trump’s supporters have blamed similar rhetoric for the two failed assassination attempts on his life.

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HARRIS SUPPORT FOR EVS COULD TANK CAMPAIGN IN CRITICAL SWING STATE, EXPERT SAYS

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – SEPTEMBER 04: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News Town Hall with Sean Hannity at the New Holland Arena on September 04, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden’s remarks were similar to Trump’s often-repeated plea during his 2016 campaign against Clinton to imprison her. 

“Lock her up! Lock her up!” chants became commonplace at Trump rallies.

Biden also said that Trump-supporting Republicans have anti-democratic attitudes. 

Trump and Harris campaign separately in Pennsylvania.  (Getty Images)

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“We’re dealing with a totally different breed of cat now,” he said. “That was— the civil rights era was terrible. But we got a group now that is just literally, and I’m not one that is prone to hyperbole, but we have a a group running the MAGA Republicans who are have an anti-democratic attitude toward the way the Constitution functions.”

Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., blasted billionaire X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, calling him a “dip—-” during a rally in swing state Wisconsin on Tuesday with former President Barack Obama. 

“I’m not going to waste all the time on him,” Vice President Harris’ running mate told the crowd in Madison, Wisconsin. 

“I’m going to talk about his running mate,” he said. “Elon Musk.” 

MCCONNELL, GOP DESCEND ON NEBRASKA TO SAVE DEB FISCHER’S ENDANGERED SENATE SEAT

Walz called Musk a ‘dip—-‘ on Tuesday. (Reuters)

The remark was met with laughs from attendees. 

“Seriously? Where is Senator Vance?” Walz asked. 

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Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign event with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

“Elon’s on that stage, jumping around, skipping like a dip—- on these things,” he said, likely referencing Musk’s appearance at a rally for former President Donald Trump. 

“That guy is literally the richest man in the world, spending millions of dollars to help Donald Trump buy an election,” the Minnesota governor told the crowd. 

PENNSYLVANIA SENATE RACE LABELED ‘TOSS UP’ IN LAST-MINUTE SHIFT BY TOP HANDICAPPER

Gov. Tim Walz speaks to his supporters at Grand Rapids Public Museum on Sep. 12. (Detroit Free Press/Adam Vander Kooy / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

According to Walz, Trump is “promising corruption” in front of Americans, claiming he has promised to put Musk in charge of the regulatory bodies that oversee his businesses. 

The Minnesota Democrat was seemingly referring to a report that Trump plans to create a government efficiency commission and tap Musk to run it, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

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Elon Musk jumps on the stage as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump reportedly said the commission would conduct “a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government.”

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Musk has been increasingly involved in politics and the 2024 election in particular, working to help Republicans win races down-ballot. The billionaire has spearheaded a voter turnout PAC, donated substantial amounts to other groups, and started a controversial million dollar giveaway to battleground voters, among other things.

“Here’s the good news, Madison,” Walz said on Tuesday. “Donald Trump is never going to be president. Elon Musk is never going to run anything.”

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The U.S. election might hinge on voters currently residing tens of thousands of miles away, according to new estimates from the Democratic National Party – prompting a flurry of new efforts to mobilize voters abroad and, they hope, swing the election in Vice President Kamala Harris’ favor. 

According to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), an estimated 1.6 million U.S. voters living overseas are currently eligible to vote in one of seven swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin. The states, which carry a combined total of 93 Electoral College votes, are considered to be crucial in deciding the next president in an increasingly tight race. 

Now, with Harris and former President Donald Trump locked in a virtual dead heat just two weeks before Election Day, this bloc could carry more influence than ever. 

Democrats, for their part, are wasting little time in seizing upon what they see as a crucial demographic of U.S. voters overseas. 

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A woman drops off her ballot into a ballot box in Norwalk, California. (Frederic J. Brown)

Earlier this year, the DNC announced a $300,000 investment in the group “Democrats Abroad,” aimed at helping mobilize U.S. voters overseas. 

The investment is a first-of-its-kind donation from the DNC during a presidential campaign cycle, a spokesperson told Fox News. 

It seeks to ramp up voter registration efforts by U.S. voters overseas, educate residents about registration and mail-in voting operations, and widely mobilize the population. They have also taken out ads on social media.

Voters living overseas do face additional challenges in casting their votes, which must be submitted – often by mail – to the state in which they are registered. 

U.S. voters abroad do historically vote at a much lower rate in national elections when compared to their counterparts on U.S. soil.

Additionally, 47% of military voters living abroad participated in the 2020 election but just 8% of non-military voters cast their ballots from overseas – a statistic Democrats are hoping to change.

In an email to Fox News, a spokesperson for the DNC noted that President Biden’s narrow 44,000-vote advantage in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin helped carry him to victory in 2020. 

Georgia is weighing new election measures even as early voting is underway. (Getty Images)

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Abroad voters had a notable difference in at least two of those states – Georgia and Arizona – and also played a key role two years later in the outcome of the close 2022 midterm races.

Now, as the race tightens even further in its final weeks, Democrats see this bloc as potentially offering Harris a winning edge.

“This election will be won on the margins, and every single vote counts,” DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman told Fox News in a statement.

The push comes as Republicans in at least three swing states have sought to crack down on overseas voting in the final sprint to Election Day. The Republican National Party and state-level groups in Pennsylvania, Michigan and North Carolina have filed lawsuits this month seeking additional restrictions on a vetting and verification process they argue is devoid of proper safeguards.

Absentee ballots are prepared to be mailed at the Wake County Board of Elections on Sept. 17, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina will send out absentee ballots to military and overseas citizens by Sept. 20. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Though federal law defers to individual states to establish their own election rules, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act tasks the secretary of Defense with implementing the registration and voting for U.S. service members and government employees living abroad. 

As of this writing, two judges in Michigan and North Carolina rejected the lawsuits, which they described as devoid of evidence and said risk disenfranchising voters. 

Democrats, for their part, have criticized the legal push as a last-minute effort by Republicans to restrict voter turnout from a demographic that has until recently been a fairly reliable bedrock of GOP support. 

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“We’re going to win this election by engaging every eligible voter, no matter where they live,” Rahman told Fox News, adding that their investment “shows our commitment to leaving no stone left unturned.” 

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Fox News Exclusive – Republican Sen. Tim Scott, a top surrogate for former President Trump, made a pitch for Republicans to embrace early voting as he cast his own ballot on Tuesday in his home state of South Carolina.

“Donald Trump is for early voting. I’m for early voting. Every Republican should be for early voting. So let’s just go do it, and that’s what I’m doing today,” the senator said in an exclusive national news outlet interview with Fox News Digital before casting his ballot.

Scott emphasized that “we’re going to continue to see more Republicans vote early, vote often, and take advantage of every option on the table to vote.”

The former president was a very vocal early voting critic, blaming it in part for what he has repeatedly claimed – without offering proof – was massive fraud that led to his 2020 election defeat at the hands of President Biden.

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Republican Sen. Tim Scott prepares to cast a ballot in early voting at the library in Hanahan, South Carolina, on Oct. 21, 2024. (Great Opportunity PAC)

As he runs to win back the White House this cycle, Trump has sent mixed messages on early voting, even as the Republican National Committee and the GOP have worked hard the past year to encourage Republicans to embrace the practice of casting their ballots before Election Day. 

But in recent weeks, Trump apparently has listened to his advisers as he’s implored Republicans to vote early. And while Democrats still have the clear edge when it comes to early voting, Republicans appear to be narrowing the gap.

Asked about whether Trump has helped or hurt the GOP effort, Scott emphasized that “this cycle the president has been crystal clear. He wants every Republican voting every single way they can. We’re going to make sure we win this election, and I’m glad that President Trump and I are on the same page once again.”

States vastly expanded early voting – by absentee ballot, voting by mail or early in-person voting – during the 2020 election, due to health concerns amid the coronavirus, the worst pandemic to strike the globe in a century. And four years later, most states have similar rules.

Sen. Tim Scott takes a selfie as he arrives to cast his ballot in Hanahan, South Carolina, on Oct. 21, 2024. (Great Opportunity PAC)

Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, last year launched an unsuccessful bid for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.

After ending his White House bid, Scott endorsed Trump in January at a campaign event in New Hampshire, ahead of the state’s first-in-the-nation Republican presidential primary. And Scott became a leading surrogate for the former president.

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Scott was also considered to be among a handful of politicians in contention as Trump’s running mate, before the former president named Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his junior partner on the GOP national ticket.

Former President Trump and Sen. Tim Scott during a Fox News Channel town hall, Feb. 20, 2024, in Greenville, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

The conservative senator, who remains a very popular figure in the GOP, is also known for his fundraising prowess, and has helped raise money for Trump as well as for Republican Senate candidates, as the GOP works to win back the chamber’s majority in the 2024 elections.

Asked about his campaign efforts in the final two weeks leading up to Election Day, Scott said he’ll be campaigning in key battleground states – including Pennsylvania and Michigan – for Trump and Republican Senate candidates.

“I’ll be talking about President Trump and four more years and why that matters and in addition to that, I’ll be talking about the importance of winning the Senate, and I’m excited about where we are,” he emphasized.

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The Democratic Party is losing its edge over the GOP in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania, with Democrats changing their party affiliation at more than twice the rate of Republicans, according to state data released after voter registration ended Monday evening.

A total of 9,088,583 registered voters were tallied across the state when the sign-up period ended at midnight on Monday. Registered Democrats maintained a lead over registered Republicans, at 3,971,607 registered Democrats to the GOP’s 3,673,783. 

More than 1.4 million voters are registered as third-party or independent voters in the Keystone State. 

Though the Democratic Party accounts for nearly 44% of registered voters compared to the GOP’s 40%, it has seen its advantage over Republicans dwindle this year. 

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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Getty Images)

In 2020, there were 9,090,962 registered voters across the parties in Pennsylvania, only slightly more than the 9,088,583 voters registered this cycle. 

President Biden won the state in 2020 by 1.17 percentage points​. That year, Democrats had a larger margin of registered voters compared to their Republican counterparts, at 4.2 million to 3.5 million. The data show that Democrats had a registration advantage over Republicans by 685,818 voters during an election Biden won by 80,555 votes.

The GOP has whittled down that lead this year to a 297,824 margin. When comparing registered voters this election year to 2020, Democrats face a net loss of 257,281 voters, while Republicans have a net gain of 428,537 registered voters. 

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More than double the number of previously registered Democrats changed their party affiliation this cycle compared to the number of registered Republicans who left the party: 54,668 registered Democrats changed their party affiliation compared to 25,634 Republicans, Pennsylvania Department of State data shows.

The data is broken down by county, with Philadelphia notably reporting 18,928 Democrats changed their party affiliation compared to just 3,401 Republicans doing the same. Bucks County, which sits outside of the City of Brotherly Love, reported 2,089 Democrats changed their party affiliation compared to 1,624 Republicans. In Allegheny County, home to the state’s second-largest city of Pittsburgh, 6,564 Democrats changed their party affiliation while 2,202 Republicans did the same. 

A voter fills out a mail-in ballot at the Board of Elections office in the Allegheny County Office Building on Nov. 3, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

The registered voter data comes after reports surfaced that concerns were mounting within the Democratic Party that the Harris campaign is failing to effectively connect with voters in Pennsylvania. 

Poor campaign management and staffers lacking relationships with Democratic political leaders in the Keystone State are allegedly rocking the campaign, Politico reported last week. The outlet reported that Democrats are worried that the campaign’s state manager lacks an understanding of Philadelphia, the state’s largest city, while campaign staffers have allegedly not invited local Democratic politicians to events in the state, and have not effectively deployed surrogates. 

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Politico reported that it spoke with 20 Democratic politicians, allies and party leaders for the story, who reported they are restless over Harris’ campaigning efforts. 

“Our campaign is running the largest and most sophisticated operation in Pennsylvania history,” Harris’ national campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodriguez said in comment to Fox News Digital when asked about the report last week. “While Trump’s team still refuses to tell reporters how few staff they have in the state, we have 50 coordinated offices and nearly 400 staff on the ground.”

“While the Trump campaign closed its ‘minority outreach offices,’ we invested in targeted advertising to Black and Latino voters starting in August of 2023 and have now spent more than any previous presidential campaign on outreach to these communities. The Vice President is also campaigning aggressively in Pennsylvania – spending 1 out of 3 days in the state in September.”

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at Divine Faith Ministries International on Oct. 20, 2024, in Jonesboro, Georgia. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Vulnerable incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey made national headlines last week when he distanced himself from Democratic Party leaders and launched a campaign ad detailing how he “bucked Biden” and “sided” with former President Trump. 

The ad features a married couple – Republican Marygrace and her Democrat husband Joe – praising Casey as an “independent,” citing his support for Trump’s trade policies and efforts to “protect fracking” from the Biden administration.

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“Our marriage – pure bliss! But on politics, we just don’t agree. Except for Bob Casey. He’s independent,” Marygrace says, with her husband chiming in, “That’s right!”

“Casey’s leading the effort to stop corporate greedflation and price-gouging,” Marygrace continues. “Casey bucked Biden to protect fracking and he sided with Trump to end NAFTA and put tariffs on China to stop them from cheating. So in this house, we agree, it’s Bob Casey who’s doing right by Pennsylvania.”

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger Dave McCormick (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

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Casey has served in the Senate since 2007, ultimately becoming a stalwart within the Democratic Party, voting on legislation Biden supported, for example, 98.5% of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight data. He is now facing his toughest re-election effort yet, as he squares up against Republican challenger Dave McCormick. 

The Fox News Power Rankings score the presidential contest in Pennsylvania as a toss-up, with the Senate race a lean Democrat designation. The Cook Political Report, this week, however, shifted the Senate contest from a leans Democrat race to a toss-up race, underscoring Casey’s difficult re-election battle. 

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Pennsylvania is touted as the state that will likely determine the outcome of the general election on Nov. 5. A Fox News survey of Pennsylvania voters published late last month found Harris narrowly ahead of Trump by 2 points (50-48%) among registered voters, while the race is tied at 49% each among likely voters. 

Fox News Digital’s Chris Pandolofo and Brooke Singman contributed to this report. 

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More than $538 million in advertising dollars spent by former President Trump and Vice President Harris’ presidential campaigns and their allies have been poured into the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania ahead of Election Day, according to a new report. 

The figure comes from an analysis published by the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday. 

That makes Pennsylvania, which has 19 electoral votes considered critical to securing the presidency, the most expensive battleground state. According to the analysis, Democrats spent more than $294.7 million in Pennsylvania, and Republicans spent $243.6 million. 

Both campaigns and their respective allies spent about $185 million – or 52% – more collectively in Pennsylvania than the second most expensive swing state of Michigan, according to AdImpact. 

The top presidential candidates and their running mates have visited Pennsylvania 76 times since January, the Inquirer reported, though that jumps to 90 when including the stops President Biden made before he discontinued his re-election bid and endorsed Harris in July. 

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Donald Trump participates in a Fox News Town Hall with Sean Hannity at the New Holland Arena on Sept. 4, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Most of those visits to Pennsylvania have happened since the beginning of August. 

Of Trump’s 25 campaign visits, 18 have been outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as the Republican nominee has focused on Rust Belt towns like Wilkes-Barre and Johnstown. 

In recent weeks, his strategy has shifted to the suburbs of Philadelphia in Montgomery County, as he and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, court more undecided voters in areas that can lean blue. 

Kamala Harris speaks at a watch party after the presidential debate at the Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

“The blue-collar Trump voter, the union member Trump voter, the person who is concerned about the border Trump voter, the person concerned about his job in fracking, energy or manufacturing,” Trump senior adviser Tim Murtaugh told the Inquirer. “All of those people are Pennsylvania Trump voters.”

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Harris has prioritized population hubs, making three-quarters of her visits to the state in Philadelphia and its suburbs and Allegheny County, which combined account for 44% of registered Pennsylvania voters. She and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, have also paid visits to smaller towns. 

Supporters at a campaign rally for President Trump at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on Oct. 20, 2024, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“The strategy has always been, throw the kitchen sink at campaigning everywhere and not taking any voters for granted,” Harris senior adviser Brendan McPhillips told the Inquirer. “Our unofficial motto is go everywhere, talk to everyone.”

Biden for President and Harris for President have spent more than $123.7 million since January on Pennsylvania’s airwaves, while Democratic PACs and issue groups bought another $171 million worth of ads supporting Harris that will air until Nov. 5. 

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Harris and her allies have focused on Philadelphia’s media market, outspending Trump and his allies on streaming, cable, digital and radio ads. Trump dropped more on broadcast buys, the Inquirer reported. 

Trump’s campaign spent $52.5 million on advertising in Pennsylvania, and super PACs supporting the president spent another $191.2 million in the battleground state.

A deepfake video disparaging vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was created by “Russian influence actors” who are trying to undermine Kamala Harris’ campaign, U.S. intelligence community officials told Fox News. 

The video circulating on social media purports to show former Mankato West High School student Matthew Metro claiming that he was groped and kissed by Walz in 1997 when the Minnesota governor was a teacher there. Except the allegations are completely fabricated. 

“Based on newly available intelligence analysis conducted over the weekend, Russian influence actors manufactured and amplified the content,” the officials told Fox News, adding that the video fit a pattern used by Russian actors in which the subject was “staged direct to camera and trying to make them go viral.” 

These intelligence community officials also pointed out that they believe Russia is likely to be more aggressive in its efforts to sow division in the U.S. post-election if Harris wins, because Russia prefers that former President Trump win the 2024 race. 

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Vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz greets people at Mankato West High School in Mankato, Minnesota, on Friday, Oct. 11. Gov. Walz, who was a defensive coach for Mankato West’s 1999 state championship team, visited the Mankato East-West rivalry game.  (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

The real Matthew Metro – who is now living in Hawaii – told The Washington Post that he has never met Walz. 

“It’s obviously not me: The teeth are different, the hair is different, the eyes are different, the nose is different,” he said. “I don’t know where they’re getting this from.” 

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Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appears with former President Bill Clinton at a campaign rally in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 17. (AP/Steve Helber)

Metro called the deepfake “an invasion of my privacy and my personal life.” 

It so far has been viewed more than 5 million times, The Washington Post reported, citing engagement data from the social media platform X. 

Metro told the newspaper that he suspects his dormant accounts on Facebook and other social media platforms might have been raided for images and information about his background to create the deepfake. 

Tim Walz speaks to players on the Mankato West football team on Friday, Oct. 11. The real Matthew Metro told The Washington Post that he has never met Walz. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

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Both the Harris and Trump campaigns did not immediately respond Tuesday to requests for comment from Fox News Digital. 

The Georgia Supreme Court is reviewing a judge’s decision to nullify new rules, including a hand-count ballot measure, passed by the Republican-majority State Elections Board (SEB).

The Peach State’s highest court said it will hear the Republican National Committee’s (RNC’s) appeal late last week after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Cox, Jr. ruled the measures were “illegal, unconstitutional, and void.”

The RNC filed a subsequent request asking the court to temporarily block Cox’s ruling and allow the rules to go into effect while the decision was weighed, according to Democracy Docket. 

His decision covered a requirement for ballots at each precinct to be hand counted by three separate county officials to ensure the total matches the machine-tabulated number, as well as a provision directing county boards to certify election results only after “a reasonable inquiry” into their accuracy, among others.

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Georgia is weighing new elections’ measures as early voting is underway. (Getty Images)

Plaintiffs in the case included civil rights groups like the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and Eternal Vigilance, as well as a current and a former state official.

The state Supreme Court noted it “lacks jurisdiction over this motion” but said it would take the case due to the “issues of gravity and public importance” it presents. The RNC and its allies, including the Georgia state GOP, requested an emergency expedition of the appeals process.

It comes as Election Day approaches in exactly two weeks, though Georgia has already shattered early voting records just seven days after the process began last Tuesday.

The SEB voted to pass the rules in a 3-2 decision on Sept. 20, with three Republican-appointed members voting for the change and one against.

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The Georgia Supreme Court said it would hear the appeal. (Supreme Court of Georgia)

In addition to the two aforementioned rules, the SEB measures struck down by Cox included an ID requirement and heightened documentation requirements for people delivering absentee ballots to drop boxes, and a rule requiring video surveillance of drop boxes for votes cast there to be counted.

The plaintiffs in the case argued the SEB did not have the authority to make such rules.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which represented the plaintiffs in the case, said the measures were “injecting chaos into the democratic system in the immediate run-up to the November election.”

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“Early voting has begun and over 1 million Georgians have already cast their ballots. Judge Cox’s ruling prevented a rule change in the middle of the game,” the ACLU said in response to the Republicans’ appeal.

Even if the court rules in the GOP’s favor, however, the hand-count ballot rule would still be blocked due to a separate Fulton County Superior Court ruling temporarily delaying its implementation. Another earlier ruling mandated that the elections must be certified by a certain date, regardless of county officials’ inquiries.

Democrats had accused the GOP officials of trying to sow doubt and chaos in the election process with the new rules.

The RNC, led by Chair Michael Whatley, filed an emergency appeal in the case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican skeptics, including State Secretary Brad Raffensperger, have argued their implementation is unworkable this close to the election.

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However, party officials like Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon argued the rules are necessary guardrails to ensuring election security.

“If his decision were upheld, it would severely curtail the ability of the state elections board to regulate our elections and to do the job,” McKoon said.

The Harris campaign referred Fox News Digital to a response to an earlier ruling temporarily blocking the hand-count ballot rule when asked for comment, “From the beginning, this rule was an effort to delay election results to sow doubt in the outcome…We will continue fighting to ensure that voters can cast their ballot knowing it will count.”

Journalist Maria Shriver admitted during a town hall event for Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan that only questions that had been “predetermined” would be allowed to be asked.

When asked by a member of the audience during the Monday event if voters would be able to ask questions to the presidential candidate directly, Shriver admitted that those in attendance would have to settle for her asking questions that “might be in your head.”

“You’re not, unfortunately. We have some predetermined questions, and hopefully, I’ll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head. I hope so,” Shriver told the audience.

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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at Divine Faith Ministries International on Oct. 20, 2024 in Jonesboro, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

The Michigan event also featured a long-time adversary of former President Donald Trump, former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, who has hit the trail for the vice president in hopes of winning over Republican moderates who are still skeptical of the former president.

The former Republican lawmaker joined Harris for a three-state battleground tour Monday, according to The Associated Press, telling voters in Wisconsin that the vice president was the candidate people from both parties could trust.

“We might not agree on every issue,” she said at an event near Milwaukee. “But she is somebody you can trust.”

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, center, sits with former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) for a town hall with Maria Shriver, left, at the Royal Oak Music Theatre on Oct. 21, 2024 in Royal Oak, Michigan. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

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Nevertheless, some critics piled on Harris for holding a town hall, which typically features a more open question and answer session, with mostly predetermined questions.

“They’re not even hiding it anymore,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung wrote in a social media post along with a video of the exchange.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, fields questions during a town hall style campaign event with former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) on Oct. 21, 2024 in Brookfield, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Harris has faced accusations of avoiding interviews and questions throughout the campaign, though the Democratic candidate has looked to put those issues to bed during a string of high-profile media appearances, including interviews with Fox News and CBS’ “60 Minutes” and appearances on popular radio shows and podcasts such as “The Breakfast Club” and “Call Her Daddy.”

The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.

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Election night is two weeks away. As Vice President Harris and former President Trump dash to the finish line, this week’s forecast looks at their outreach efforts and the latest evidence of a smaller divide between national and state polling. 

Plus, rankings changes in six competitive House districts.

Harris and Trump meet voters where they are

Last week’s Power Rankings showed that both parties’ coalitions have changed meaningfully since 2020.

Fox News Power Rankings presidential map.

For Democrats, the chief concern is that Harris still has fewer Black voters in her corner than President Biden.

To help fix that problem, the campaign dispatched its strongest surrogate, former President Obama, to Arizona and Nevada, and Harris spent an hour with Charlamagne Tha God to talk about policy, race, and religion.

Fox News Channel’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris moderated by “Special Report” anchor Bret Baier drew a whopping 7.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched interview of the 2024 election season. (Fox News Channel)

The Vice President also went head-to-head with Fox News’ Bret Baier, part of an effort by her campaign to frame the candidate as tough and pragmatic. It was Harris’ highest-profile interview yet, but it will take another week before the effects show up in polls.

Meanwhile, Trump’s coalition has fewer women than in the last election, so the former President participated in a town hall with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner and an all-female audience.

“The Faulkner Focus” town hall featuring former President Trump drew 2.9 million viewers in the 11 a.m. ET timeslot. (Fox News Channel )

Trump also continues to search for young and working-class voters. His appearance at a local McDonald’s in Pennsylvania produced some compelling imagery and was designed to paint Trump as an energetic and likable candidate.

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Right-wing voters with reservations about Trump could also make the difference on election night. 

That is why Harris spent the beginning of the week with Republican former congresswoman Liz Cheney, who urged conservatives to vote for the Democratic ticket this year. It also explains why there are rumblings about Nikki Haley joining Trump on the campaign trail.

Inefficient vote could keep Harris in the game

Polls show a tight national race…

Two polls of the national popular vote released last week show a uniquely tight race. Suffolk has Harris one point ahead of Trump at 50% to 49%; the Fox News Poll has Trump up by two, with the former president at 50% and Harris at 48%.

Results like that should make this Trump’s race to lose. 

In 2020, Biden won the national vote by 4.5 points (51%-47%). That translated to very thin margins of victory in the battleground states. The president won Georgia, for example, by 0.2 points, and his largest victory in any battleground was by 2.8 points in Michigan.

Close national polls should therefore put Trump in the lead in the battlegrounds. But the statewide polls are close too.

…and a tight race in the battlegrounds too.

A new set of polls show Harris ahead by 2-4 points in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia, a tied race in Nevada, and Trump ahead by 3 in Arizona and North Carolina (Washington Post/Schar).

The Power Rankings call all those states toss-ups.

Last week, the same Fox poll that put Trump ahead by two points nationally had Harris up six points among voters who live in the battleground states (52%-46%, with a 6.5-point subgroup margin of error).

The latest Fox News national poll.

Trump’s advantage primarily came from a larger share in counties he won by more than 10 points in 2020 (64-35%) than Harris had in counties Biden won by more than 10 points (58-39%).

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The results suggest that Trump could be banking “inefficient vote.” In other words, while the former president is performing better nationally than he was four years ago, the gains are concentrated in places he is already winning, like Florida, or rural counties.

While Harris may have lost some ground in safe Democratic states like New York, she remains competitive in the battlegrounds that decide the presidential election.

Other polls have raised the same question, but the most compelling evidence comes from the midterms.

Inefficient Republican vote in the midterms.

Republicans received about 3 million more votes than Democrats in the national House vote (Cook), but eked out a balance of power win, with 222 seats to Democrats’ 213.

Put another way, the GOP banked a lot of votes in areas where it didn’t need them, and just enough in the battleground House races that would give them victory (a problem that has plagued the Democrats in the national vote for years).

The polls are all within the margin of error, and this is just one theory about the direction of the race. But on election night, a Trump blowout in Florida or a narrower spread in Virginia may not mean the race is over.

Six House races shift directions

The House is still a toss-up, with 208 seats in the Republican columns, 205 for the Democrats, and 22 districts that could go either way.

Fox News Power Rankings House chamber.

In today’s forecast, six races move to new categories:

First, New York’s 17th district, in the Hudson Valley, is home to one of the most competitive races on the map. Incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Lawler has a strong bipartisan brand in a centrist district. While Democratic challenger and former Rep. Mondaire Jones has tried to head in the same direction, he’s still dogged by his previous support for defunding the police and a spat with the Working Families Party (Jones will not appear on the ballot under that party’s name, though the party is now telling voters to support him anyway). This race moves from Toss Up to Lean R.

House district shifts in New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

New York’s 1st district, home to both the Hamptons and rural farmland on Long Island, remains a competitive race between Republican Rep. Nick LaLota and the Democrat, former CNN anchor John Avlon. But the majority of this district’s voters backed Trump in 2020 and 2016, and Avlon has faced questions over the extent of his residency in the district. The race moves from Lean R to Likely R.

In the battleground Rust Belt states, a pair of districts held by pro-Trump Republicans have become even more competitive. First, Wisconsin’s 3rd district flipped to Rep. Derrick Van Orden in the midterms by a tight margin. The incumbent’s presence at the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 riots is a theme in his opponent’s ads. This race moves from Likely R to Lean R.

Meanwhile, Pennsylvania’s 10th district has been held by Freedom Caucus Rep. Scott Perry since 2013. Perry is the only sitting member of Congress whose cellphone was seized by the FBI in its investigation into efforts to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and that has also become a theme in television ads. It moves from Lean R to Toss Up.

House district shifts in Maryland, Nevada, and New York.

Nevada’s 3rd district is still the best opportunity for Republicans to flip a seat in the Silver State, but a hotly competitive presidential race hasn’t so far translated into downballot success, particularly in the Senate race. This district almost touches Las Vegas, and includes Henderson. That’s favorable territory for Democratic Rep. Susie Lee in this Biden-majority district. She faces Republican Drew Johnson. It moves from Lean D to Likely D.

Finally, a sleeper race to watch in the northeast: Maryland’s 6th district, where Democrat April McClain Delaney faces Republican Neil Parrott. This should be safe territory for the left, but the party is investing here, and even made it part of one of its frontline programs. It moves from Solid D to Likely D.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics

As an anxious electorate counts down to election night, the political class is filling the void with data. Some numbers are more useful than others.

Harris dominates in fundraising and the ground game. Her campaign raised more than $1 billion this quarter and more than double what Trump raised in the last month, and Democrats have a much stronger get-out-the-vote operation. These are important advantages. In a tight race, they may get Harris over the line. On the other hand, Trump has won with deficits in both areas.

Voters are casting ballots.

Comparing early vote figures to previous cycles is generally unhelpful. We expect fewer Americans to vote early, Democrats and Republicans are less likely to be divided on how they cast ballots, and breakdowns tell us the party registration of some voters, not how they voted.

Finally, since internal polls survey the same electorate as any other poll, they’re unlikely to produce a clearly different result. When they do, people should question whether the poll is an outlier, or whether the campaign that paid for the poll has a motive to characterize the race differently. 

Two weeks until election night

Two weeks to go until election night.

Early voting is underway in every state, with more than fifteen million voters now casting a ballot.

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Next week, check back for the final Power Rankings forecast.

Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft described himself as “a conservative” while declaring his plan to vote for incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in the Buckeye State’s 2024 U.S. Senate race.

Taft, who served as governor from early 1999 through early 2007, is the great-grandson of the late President William Howard Taft, who, years after his presidency, went on to serve as chief justice of the Supreme Court, making history as the only person ever to serve in both of those prestigious positions.

“I have always run for office under the banner of the Republican Party, am a conservative and usually vote a straight Republican ticket. Although still a Republican, I will be making an exception this year in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race by supporting Sherrod Brown,” Taft wrote in a piece posted by the Dayton Daily News.

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Governor Bob Taft of Ohio, addresses the opening session of the Republican National Convention in New York, on Aug. 30, 2004.  (Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“In doing so, I will be joining most voters who make judgments about candidates based not just on party affiliation but, often more importantly, on the candidate and his or her character, experience and expertise,” he continued.

Taft noted that he does not agree with Brown on all policy issues, but believes “Ohioans very much need a highly effective, experienced advocate in the U.S. Senate – someone who is squarely focused on both Ohio’s and America’s needs. This is the kind of leader Sherrod Brown has been.”

Brown, who has served in the Senate since 2007, is facing a challenge from Republican candidate Bernie Moreno. 

VULNERABLE DEM SENATOR TIED TO ‘RADICAL GROUPS’ WORKING TO CLOSE MASSIVE POWER PLANT IN SWING STATE

Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio and chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, speaks during a nomination hearing in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Brown acknowledged the endorsement on social media, noting, “Bob Taft is the only guy to beat me in an election. Despite our political differences, I’m grateful to have his support in this race.”

Taft defeated Brown in the 1990 Ohio secretary of state contest.

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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and  his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance celebrate as he is nominated for the office of Vice President alongside Ohio Delegate Bernie Moreno on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Currently, Ohio’s other U.S. Senator, J.D. Vance, is former President Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate in the 2024 presidential contest.

Former President Donald Trump holds a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the key swing state of Georgia, according to a new poll.

The poll, conducted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the University of Georgia, found Trump at 47% support in the state, compared to Harris’ 43%. A sizable 8% of respondents said they remain undecided, however.

The Georgia poll surveyed 1,000 of the state’s likely voters from Oct. 7-16. The poll advertises a margin of error of 3.1%.

The poll further found that 60% of respondents say the country is on the wrong track, and their top issues were inflation/cost of living (19%), the economy/jobs (17%), preserving democracy (17%), immigration (14%) and abortion (8%).

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Former President Donald Trump is leading Vice President Kamala Harris slightly in Georgia. (Getty Images)

The poll comes as Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is facing pressure to release the results of a voter roll audit he announced this summer.

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“Millions of illegal immigrants have flooded our country since 2021, and it’s well-documented that thousands of them have successfully registered to vote in multiple states. But even with early voting now underway, Georgia voters are still waiting for confirmation that non-citizens are not casting ballots in our elections,” former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who now serves as the chairwoman for the group behind the effort, Greater Georgia, said in a release obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is facing pressure to release the results of a voter roll audit.

The comments come more than three months after Raffensperger announced the state was conducting a “SAVE audit” of noncitizens who may have registered to vote, which he called a “vital step in maintaining election security and integrity in Georgia.”

“We are double-checking to make sure that if any non-citizens attempt to register to vote, they will not be able to vote unless they prove that they are U.S. citizens,” Raffensberger said in a release at the time, which also warned of prison sentences of up to 10 years and fines of up to $100,000 for noncitizens who register to vote in the state.

A voter holds up her sticker after casting her ballot for the primary election on March 12, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Raffensperger told NewsNation just a few weeks later that the audit was complete, boasting that he could promise residents of the state that “only American citizens are voting.”

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Reached for comment by Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for the Georgia Secretary of State’s office said that Raffensperger will hold a press conference on Wednesday to announce the results of the audit.

Fox News’ Michael Lee contributed to this report.

U.S.-based Jewish organizations are working to get out the vote among Americans living in Israel ahead of the November election, which comes weeks after the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks. 

Nathan Diament, the executive director of public policy for the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, said his organization has coordinated with the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and partnered with Yeshiva University, a private Orthodox Jewish university in New York, on outreach instructing young Americans taking their gap years in Israel on how to request their absentee ballots and vote from abroad.

“First of all, it’s important, from our point of view, for every American citizen, no matter where they are, to hopefully participate in the election,” Diament told Fox News Digital. “You know, this past year has obviously been a very intense, serious and historic year in terms of what’s going on in Israel as it continues to battle against Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran itself. We have friends and family who are there, whose lives are really on the line. And so it’s really important for Americans there who have the right to vote to, again, participate, because the United States is Israel’s most important ally.”

He estimated that there are a few thousand Jewish Americans currently in Israel taking their gap year, typically done between high school and college. His own son is one of those students this year.

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A sign points the way to the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Sept. 27, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (or Orthodox Union), which represents more than 1,000 Orthodox Jewish synagogues around the U.S. as well as several hundred Jewish K-12 schools, also works on educational resources targeting another demographic – the few hundred thousand Jewish American immigrants who permanently relocated to Israel – so they, too, can participate in the 2024 election. 

The deadline to request absentee ballots is approaching for several battleground states. Of the about 420,000 Jewish Pennsylvanians, Diament said that some studying or living in Israel “could have an impact on the vote” in their communities around Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and even Scranton.

“Joe Biden won Pennsylvania in the last election by an 80,000 vote margin,” Diament said. “So, you know, a shift in the American Jewish vote in Pennsylvania by, you know, several thousand or 10,000 or more votes could be very, very significant in this election.” 

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem in January urged Americans living in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza to check their voter registration to provide for enough time to participate in the upcoming 2024 federal elections. As the U.S. does not offer in-person voting at embassies or consulates abroad, U.S. citizens are encouraged to vote by absentee ballot if they cannot meet their state’s in-person voting requirements. 

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Israeli army soldiers stand near a sign signifying the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

At the time, the embassy noted how “many U.S. federal elections for the House of Representatives and Senate have been decided by a margin smaller than the number of ballots cast by absentee voters.” 

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem said all states are required to count every absentee ballot “that is valid and reaches local election officials by the absentee ballot receipt deadline.”

A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department told Fox News Digital that U.S. citizens living outside the United States can register to vote and vote absentee while living overseas. Students living overseas for an extended period during an election season need to vote absentee and complete a Federal Post Card Application at FVAP.gov to request an absentee ballot, the spokesperson said, adding that voting residency will continue to be the student’s last legal residence prior to leaving the U.S. to study abroad.

The State Department spokesperson said U.S. citizens voting from overseas should check FVAP.gov for their state’s deadlines and more information about how to return their ballot.

“An American living abroad can most easily request an absentee ballot either through the team that we have set up at our center in Jerusalem or, again, they could go to the U.S. embassy or consulate in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv,” Diament said. “And as long as you show your ID and you get your absentee ballot appropriately, then you just need to send it in a timely way. It’s really not that complicated.” 

Absentee ballots are prepared for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C., on Sept. 17, 2024. U.S. citizens voting from abroad are encouraged to request their ballots as soon as possible. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Jeremy Kazzaz, executive director of the Beacon Coalition, a nonprofit focused on getting out the Jewish vote locally on the ground in Pittsburgh, said U.S. citizens, whether traveling out of state or abroad during an election season, should send their absentee ballots as soon as possible to be included in initial counts.

“The mail system gets bogged down around election time because it’s not just all the ballots that are going through the mail, but it is the 5 billion pieces of political mail that everybody is getting on a day-to-day basis,” Kazzaz told Fox News Digital. “And then you add to that the chaos and disruptions of multiple hurricanes going through the Eastern Seaboard at this time. And so the best practice is to do all of this as early as humanly possible.”

While Diament said it is confidential which candidates who members of the Orthodox Union support, he pointed to polling done by Israeli outlets and pollsters on the ground among Israelis and Americans as signaling a shift toward Republican Donald Trump, especially in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.

“You know, frankly, that is not matched in the American Jewish population as a whole. The American Jewish population, by and large, is pretty liberal. And so, traditionally, the Democrat wins a majority, sometimes a very, very large majority. But we’ve done polling and others have done polling this year among American Jews here in the United States,” Diament said. “What we’ve seen, at least so far, is that while Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate is ahead among the American Jewish vote in general, she’s not ahead by as large a margin as the Democratic candidate, you know, has been traditionally.”

Diament argued that rising antisemitism in the U.S. could be one contributing factor.

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“It’s a different kind of election in the wake of what’s going on over the past year for American Jews,” Diament said. “We’ve seen the terrible surge in antisemitism in the aftermath of the Oct. 7th terrorist attacks. And that’s another dimension, which American Jews have to really stand up and hold government officials accountable and make sure that they are being responsive to us, to make sure we’re guaranteed our rights of freedom of religion in this country.” 

Regarding his son and his sons’ friends taking their gap year in Israel, Diament said that “in some ways, they feel more comfortable and secure than some of their friends who are on some American university campuses.” 

“Their lives are not being threatened, obviously, the way people on the ground in Israel are by foreign militaries,” he said. “But there are a lot of campuses where young American Jews are really being … psychologically threatened and personally threatened.”

Early in-person voting kicks off in Hawaii, Utah, Missouri and Wisconsin this week as candidates have begun urging their supporters to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day.

Here is everything you need to know.

Wisconsin is one of the most competitive states this cycle

Wisconsin is one of three Rust Belt states that voted for former President Trump in 2016, then flipped back to the Democrats in 2020. President Biden won the state by just 20,682 votes, or 0.7 points.

Like the other competitive Midwestern states, it is defined by its White working class population. Fifty-eight percent of the state’s voters are White without a college degree, according to the Fox News Voter Analysis. That is 15 points higher than the national electorate.

Those voters favored Trump by 11 points in the last presidential cycle, and he will look to build on that margin to put this state back into the GOP’s column.

For Democrats, the goal is to keep turnout high in the cities and surrounding areas by activating Black and suburban voters. There are highly populated pockets of deep-blue voters in Milwaukee and Madison, and the counties that those cities call home make up nearly a quarter of the statewide vote.

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In the Senate race, incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin faces Republican banker Eric Hovde as she seeks a third term. The race is ranked “Lean D” in the Fox News Power Rankings.

A voting booth at the Gates of Heaven Synagogue in Madison, Wisc., on Nov. 8, 2022.

Key down-ballot races in today’s early voting states

Voting begins today in several battleground House districts. For a full list of competitive races, see the latest Senate and House rankings.

• Wisconsin’s 1st District: Republican Rep. Bryan Steil has held this southeastern district, which includes Kenosha, since 2019. This time, he’s up against local Democrat Peter Barca. This race is “Likely R” in the Power Rankings.
• Wisconsin’s 3rd District: Rep. Derrick Van Orden was one of a handful of Republicans to flip a seat in the midterms. His district includes a handful of blue-leaning areas like Eau Claire and La Crosse. This time, he faces Democratic small business owner Rebecca Cooke. It’s also “Likely R” in the Power Rankings.
• Washington’s 3rd District: This southwest Washington district offers a rematch between first-term Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Blue Dog Democrat who recently suggested that Biden resign from office, and Republican challenger Joe Kent. It is a “Toss Up” in the Power Rankings.

How to vote in Hawaii

This is a guide to registration and early voting. For comprehensive and up-to-date information on voter eligibility, processes and deadlines, please go to Vote.gov and the election website for Hawaii.

Voting by mail

Hawaii has begun absentee voting. The state began delivering ballots to eligible voters on Oct. 18, and those ballots must be delivered to election officials by Nov. 5.

Residents do not need to provide an excuse to receive a ballot.

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Early in-person voting

Some Hawaii counties offer early in-person voting beginning Tuesday, but it varies by location. Check the state’s website for more information.

Voter registration

Hawaii residents can register to vote by mail through Oct. 28. They can register in person or online at any point through Election Day.

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How to vote in Utah

This is a guide to registration and early voting. For comprehensive and up-to-date information on voter eligibility, processes and deadlines, please go to Vote.gov and the election website for Utah.

Voting by mail

Residents do not need to provide an excuse to receive a ballot in Utah. State officials will send ballots to eligible voters beginning Oct. 15 through Oct. 29, and those ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 4 if sent by mail or delivered in person to state officials by Nov. 5.

Early in-person voting

Utah offers early in-person voting starting Tuesday in some locations, but the start dates vary by county. Check the state’s website for more information.

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Voter registration

Utah residents can register to vote online or by mail through Oct. 25. They can also register in person during early voting, Oct. 22 through Nov. 1, and on Election Day.

How to vote in Missouri

This is a guide to registration and early voting. For comprehensive and up-to-date information on voter eligibility, processes and deadlines, please go to Vote.gov and the election website for Missouri.

Voting by mail

Missouri began absentee voting on Tuesday. Applicants need to provide an excuse to receive a ballot. The state must receive a ballot application by Oct. 23 and that ballot must be delivered to state officials by Nov. 5.

Early in-person voting

Missouri began in-person early voting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, and it will continue through Nov. 4.

Voter registration

Missouri residents were required to register to vote by Oct. 9.

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How to vote in Wisconsin

This is a guide to registration and early voting. For comprehensive and up-to-date information on voter eligibility, processes and deadlines, please go to Vote.gov and the election website for Wisconsin.

Voting by mail

Wisconsin applicants do not need to provide an excuse to receive a ballot. The state must receive a ballot application by Oct. 31 and that ballot must be delivered to state officials by Nov. 5.

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Early in-person voting

Some counties in Wisconsin began in-person early voting on Tuesday, Oct. 21, but the start date varies by location. Check the state’s website for more information.

Voter registration

Wisconsin residents can register to vote in person during early voting or on Election Day.