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Election Watch 2024: Nov. 5 Live Blog

It’s presidential election day in the US. Americans have to choose between Democratic candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump.

Election Watch 2024: Nov. 5 Live Blog

Today, Nov. 5, in-person voting for the 2024 presidential election is taking place in the US.

This year's US presidential election is being called historic by many. Republican Donald Trump and the Democratic candidate, current Vice President Kamala Harris, are competing for victory this time.

The 2024 campaign has already become perhaps the most intense in many years. 

Meanwhile, it's no secret that Russia is trying to influence the results with constant disinformation, in particular, focused particularly on the swing states.

Trump is already preparing to challenge the upcoming results by launching a real information campaign aimed at substantiating hypothetical accusations of large-scale fraud by the current Biden administration.

Against this backdrop, a significant number of states have already put their National Guard on alert to enhance security during voting and vote counting.

According to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is 4% ahead of Republican candidate Donald Trump.

However, it is also well known, and historically so, that the fate of the 2024 US presidential election will be decided, as always, by the results of voting in the swing states. 

Follow the latest news on the voting process and events around it in the Kyiv Post's coverage, which will be constantly updated.

 

All times Eastern Standard Time (EST), which is 7 hours earlier than Kyiv time.

 

November 5, 2024 - Election Day in the US presidential election

American Election Mosaic in Kosova

8:02 a.m.

In Kosovo, local artist Alkent Požegu created mosaic portraits of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump from grains and seeds.

The original portraits appeared on one of the streets of the city of Gjackova, which is in the western part of the country. 

6:38 a.m.

Representatives of the US election commissions ensured the security of American voting systems.

“Here in Georgia, it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat,” CNN quoted Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger saying. “Our systems are secure and our people are ready.”

Officials Assure Americans That Elections Are Secure

6:38 a.m.

Representatives of the US election commissions ensured the security of American voting systems.

“Here in Georgia, it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat,” CNN quoted Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger saying. “Our systems are secure and our people are ready.”

Election Begins

6 a.m. Voting in the 2024 US presidential election has begun.

The first polling stations opened for in-person voting in the 2024 US presidential election. Polls opened in the states of Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia.

The six voters of Dixville Notch, in New Hampshire, were divided equally between Harris and Trump. Dixville Notch is located on the US-Canada border in northern New Hampshire. By tradition since 1960, the precinct is the first to open at midnight EST.