Live election 2024 updates in the Philadelphia region and the focus on Pennsylvania

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Tuesday is Election Day and Pennsylvania is key in the 2024 presidential election, as its 19 electoral votes offer the largest prize among the swing states expected to determine the Electoral College outcome.

The two candidates deadlocked in Pennsylvania, according to ABC News.

Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate will help determine control of the chamber. There is also a focus on Senate races in New Jersey and Delaware. Democrats currently hold a Senate majority by the narrowest of margins.

Now, it's up to voters.

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Nov 04, 2024, 2:49 PM

Voter guide 2024: Pennsylvania, New Jersey Delaware

Action News has your 2024 voter guide for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

Explore our interactive guide shares you what you need to know to get ready to vote, including election candidates and key deadlines for each state.

You can also find resource links to election websites, voter rights and laws, fact-checking, FAQ and polling locations.

READ MORE: HERE

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Nov 04, 2024, 2:28 PM GMT

Road closures, parking restrictions for Kamala Harris rally on Ben Franklin Parkway

Several roads are closed near the Philadelphia Art Museum in the city's Center City section ahead of a massive Get Out the Vote concert and rally for Kamala Harris on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Monday night.

The election eve rally on the parkway is set to begin at 5 p.m. Monday night. The entire Ben Franklin Parkway from Logan Square at 18th Street through Eakins Oval is closed as of 5 a.m. on Monday.

The closures began Friday morning and are expected to continue until 8 p.m. on November 5.

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Nov 04, 2024, 2:28 PM GMT

Preparations continue for Harris' Election Eve rally outside Philadelphia Art Museum

Preparations continue outside the Philadelphia Art Museum ahead of Harris' Election Eve rally on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City on Monday night.

Crews have been setting up the venue for the rally and concert since Thursday.

Among the star-studded lineup is Lady Gaga, Oprah, The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan, Freeway and Just Blaze, DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ricky Martin, and Adam Blackstone.

Preparations underway for Harris campaign Election Eve rally
Preparations underway for Harris campaign Election Eve rally

The election eve rally on the parkway is set to begin at 5 p.m. Monday night. The entire Ben Franklin Parkway from Logan Square at 18th Street through Eakins Oval is closed as of 5 a.m.

The Philadelphia event is part of a series of simultaneous organizing events the campaign is holding in all seven battleground states to mobilize voters ahead of Election Day.

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Nov 04, 2024, 2:28 PM GMT

Harris, Trump both make furious last-day push before Election Day, keeping Pa. in national spotlight

Kamala Harris will spend all of Monday in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes offer the largest prize among the states expected to determine the Electoral College outcome. The vice president and Democratic nominee will visit working-class areas including Allentown and end with a late-night Philadelphia rally that includes Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey.

Donald Trump plans four rallies in three states, beginning in Raleigh, North Carolina and stopping twice in Pennsylvania with events in Reading and Pittsburgh. The Republican nominee and former president ends his campaign the way he ended the first two, with a late Monday night event in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Heading into Monday, Harris has mostly stopped mentioning Trump. She is promising to solve problems and seek consensus, while sounding an almost exclusively optimistic tone reminiscent of her campaign's opening days when she embraced "the politics of joy" and the campaign theme "Freedom."

A Trump victory would make him the first incoming president to have been indicted and convicted of a felony, after his hush-money trial in New York. He will gain the power to end other federal investigations pending against him. Trump would also become the second president in history to win non-consecutive White House terms, after Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century.

Harris is vying to become the first woman, first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to reach the Oval Office, four years after she broke the same barriers in national office by becoming President Joe Biden's second in command.

The election is likely to be decided across seven states. Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016. only to see it flip to Biden in 2020.

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Nov 04, 2024, 11:07 PM GMT

Over 80 million Americans have voted early

On the eve of Election Day, over 80 million Americans have voted early, according to the University of Florida Election Lab.

The tally includes both early in-person voting and absentee ballots.

People stand in line during the last day of early voting, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.
People stand in line during the last day of early voting, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.