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

All polling places in Pennsylvania are open on Election Day, Nov. 5, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone in line by 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

Here are five steps to prepare to vote in-person.

Step 1: Check your voter registration
Pennsylvania voters can check their registration online by providing their name, Pennsylvania driver's license or PennDOT ID card number, or over the phone by calling their county elections office.

Step 2: Confirm your polling place
Polling places sometimes change, so it's important to double-check you know where you're going.

Step 3: Plan a time to vote
The busiest times are generally first thing in the morning, around lunch and after work.

Step 4: Know what to bring

Step 5: Vote
Research the candidates that will be on your ballot and put your plan into action. Voters can bring notes or use their phones while filling out a ballot.

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Philadelphia's district attorney is highlighting voter protection efforts ahead of Tuesday's election.

The D.A.'s Election Task Force, along with city leaders and the police commissioner, held a news conference on Monday morning.

D.A. Larry Krasner says there will be additional officers at polling locations across the city.

However, by law, no police officer is allowed to be within one hundred feet of a polling place.

Krasner emphasized that anyone who tries to attempt voter intimidation or voter suppression will be held accountable.

"There is an election court with judges. They have orders. Those orders are going to say, in essence, get out of the polling place. Anybody that doesn't get out, you're getting arrested. That's how it works," Krasner said.

The Election Task Force will be activated starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

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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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.

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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