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Today's Political News Compilation - Monday, Nov. 4, 2024

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FILE - The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington.
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Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places​

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JIM SALTER
Updated 1:40 PM CST, November 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republican-led states say they will block the Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws.

Officials in Florida and Texas have said they won’t allow federal election monitors into polling sites on Tuesday. And on Monday, Missouri filed a federal lawsuit seeking a court order to block federal officials from observing inside polling places.

The Justice Department announced last week that it’s deploying election monitors in 86 jurisdictions across 27 states on Election Day. The Justice Department declined to comment on Monday on the Missouri lawsuit and the moves by other Republican-led states.

The race between Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump is a dead heat, and both sides are bracing for potential legal challenges to vote tallies. The Justice Department’s election monitoring effort, a long practice under both Democratic and Republican administrations, is meant to ensure that federal voting rights are being followed. ...

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3 takeaways from pre-election voting | CNN Politics

Here are three big takeaways from what we know about those who decided to vote ahead of Election Day.
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Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. Why that's unlikely

Former President Donald Trump is stepping up calls for a winner to be declared shortly after polls close Tuesday night.
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In Pennsylvania, Harris leans into symbolism as she makes her final campaign pitch

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' final day of the 2024 campaign started in Michigan and ends with four stops in Pennsylvania.
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www.washingtonexaminer.com

Georgia Supreme Court rules late-arriving ballots must be set aside - Washington Examiner

The Georgia Supreme Court handed Republicans a massive legal victory in Cobb County, Georgia.
www.washingtonexaminer.com www.washingtonexaminer.com
abcnews.go.com

2024 election updates: 80 million Americans have voted early as Trump, Harris sprint to finish

With just hours left to Election Day, it's a neck-and-neck race to the finish.
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How Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to dispute the election results – again | CNN Politics

Donald Trump is re-using his 2020 playbook to baselessly claim the 2024 election is being stolen from him and is being joined by allies with big megaphones amplifying his falsehoods ahead of Election Day.
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A presidential campaign unlike any other ends on Tuesday. Here's how we got here

Election Day marks the final chapter in one of the most bewildering, unpredictable and consequential sagas in political history.
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Trump's once enthusiastic crowds dwindle in election's closing days

Trump has been drawing smaller crowds than normal in the past week, with many attendees leaving while he's still speaking.
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abcnews.go.com

49 ballot measures to watch in the 2024 election

Ballot measures to watch in the 2024 election related to abortion, voting, drugs, workers' rights, and more.
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Last-minute challenges in battleground Pennsylvania target thousands of mail-in ballots | CNN Politics

Thousands of mail-in ballots in the battleground state of Pennsylvania have been targeted for rejection as part of a last-minute campaign that has set off alarms for voting rights groups and exasperated local election officials.
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apnews.com

Harris and Trump's final push before Election Day brings them to the same patch of Pennsylvania

About 77 million Americans have voted early, but Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are pushing to turn out many more supporters on Tuesday.
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Liz Cheney says Trump's 'intimidation' won't work, urges Republicans to vote Harris

Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, during an appearance on ABC's "The View," said Donald Trump's violent rhetoric toward her is a "threat to intimidate" that won't work.
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Inside the final sprint in the biggest battleground state on the map

NBC News traveled across Pennsylvania for the closing two weeks of the presidential race as the candidates and their surrogates held dozens of events to make their cases.
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Elon Musk’s lawyer says $1M giveaway winners not randomly chosen, which could raise legal issues

Musk had said winners of the giveaway were chosen at random.
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www.washingtonexaminer.com

Judge allows Musk to continue awarding $1 million giveaways - Washington Examiner

X owner Elon Musk's lawyers said the daily $1 million prize winners are paid spokespeople and are not chosen randomly.
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