2024 election live updates: Michelle Obama, Harris pump up Michigan crowd

With 10 days to go, more than 38 million had voted as of Saturday.

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The race for the White House is heading into the final stretch with most polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck-and-neck in key states with less than two weeks to go.

Oct 25, 2024, 10:30 AM

More than 31 million Americans have voted early

As of 6:15 a.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 25, more than 31 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

These votes are a combination of early in-person voting and absentee ballots.

People line up outside the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building during the first day of Wisconsin's in-person absentee voting Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Milwaukee.
People line up outside the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building during the first day of Wisconsin's in-person absentee voting Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Milwaukee.

This means that more than 16 million people have voted since Monday. On Monday, Oct 21, at least 14.6 million Americans voted early.

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Oct 26, 2024, 6:12 PM GMT

Harris will rally with Michelle Obama in Michigan

Kamala Harris returned to Michigan for a rally with former first lady Michelle Obama.

It's the latest in a series of her campaign's high-profile combinations intended to boost turnout among the Democratic Party faithful.

Harris appeared with Beyoncé on Friday in Houston, and she campaigned with former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen on Thursday in Atlanta.

Harris and Michelle Obama will be in Kalamazoo, in the southwestern part of the state.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden went to a union hall in Pittsburgh to urge support for Harris' candidacy and criticize Trump as an opponent of organized labor.

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Oct 26, 2024, 6:00 PM GMT

Harris to visit doctor's office to highlight reproductive rights

Vice President Harris will visit a doctor's office in Portage, Michigan, on Saturday to continue her focus on reproductive rights before rallying with Michelle Obama, according to her campaign.

"She will meet with Michigan healthcare providers and medical students and discuss how Michiganders' reproductive rights are directly threatened by Trump's plans to ban abortion nationwide," the campaign said in a statement.

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

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Oct 26, 2024, 5:38 PM GMT

Trump claims abortion has 'dropped way down' as an issue for voters

As Vice President Kamala Harris seeks to highlight abortion rights as a top issue this election, former President Donald Trump claimed Saturday that abortion is no longer front and center for voters.

In a new Truth Social post, Trump reiterated his abortion policy, suggesting the issue been left to the states.

"Abortion has dropped way down as an issue. States are already giving it to the PEOPLE to Vote, which is what everyone wanted," Trump posted ahead of his rally in Michigan.

Recent polls have shown that abortion and reproductive rights are among one of the key issues for voters.

A survey released by KFF earlier this month showed that abortion has emerged as the most important issue in the November election for women under 30.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim

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Oct 26, 2024, 5:34 AM GMT

Trump says judges 'didn't have what it took' to overturn 2020 election

Former President Donald Trump sat down for the Joe Rogan podcast for three hours Friday evening for a freewheeling conversation about issues ranging from the economy to the environment to the stakes of the upcoming election as well taking the opportunity to relitigate the 2020 one, partially blaming judges for not overturning the 2020 election results.

Trump got combative with Rogan when Rogan asked why Trump didn't publish comprehensive evidence of fraud he claims was going on in 2020. Trump said that he did, but falsely argued he lost because judges "didn't have what it took."

"The judges don't want to touch it. They would say, you don't have standing," Trump said. "They didn't rule on the merits. They ruled the merits never got there. The judges didn't have what it took to turn over an election."

Trump once again pushed for single day voting and paper ballots, spreading fears about voting machines as people head to the polls.

"Right now, we have the sophisticated machine that goes up to heaven. It goes all over the place and down and around, and they say we'll need two weeks to figure out who the hell won the election," Trump said. "Unless you have paper ballots, it can never be an honest election. That's a big statement. We should go to paper ballots."

Trump also said that if Harris loses the election it'll be because of the Democrats not holding a primary and choosing Gov. Tim Walz as vice president.