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American voters are heading to the polls on Election Day after Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump made their final pitches on Monday, the last full day of campaigning.

The Republican former president chose to close out his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with personal attacks on Harris, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and their fellow California Democrat Adam Schiff, as well as his own former White House chief of staff General John Kelly, who recently labeled him a “fascist”.

Trump, who received a last-minute endorsement from influential podcaster Joe Rogan, was late on stage and only finished speaking at 2.09am, looking exhausted.

The Democrat, drawing a sharp contrast, was joined in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin and The Roots while Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera supported her in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas, respectively.

Harris set a joyous tone and emphatically told her supporters for the final time: “We’re not going back!”

The first in-person votes were cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, at midnight – a tradition going back almost 65 years – with the town’s six registered voters split evenly between the two candidates.

Key Points

• Kamala Harris vows ‘we’re not going back’ in star-studded final rally with Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey

• When will exit polls be released?

• Donald Tump attacks Harris, ‘evil’ Nancy Pelosi and ‘dumb’ John Kelly at last event

• Final polls reveal state of the race for the White House

• What are Harris and Trump doing on Election Day?

• What is the Electoral College and why is 270 so important?

‘Stop talking about that’: Trump asked about abortion amendment

17:30 , Alex Woodward

When Trump was asked on Tuesday how he voted on Amendment 4, which would enshrine a right to abortion access in Florida’s constitution, and effectively overturn the state’s bans, he said: “Stop talking about that.”

Here’s some background on the amendment and how Ron DeSantis’s administration is trying to defeat it:

Door-knocking and restraining orders: Inside Ron DeSantis’s war on abortion rights

Georgia polling sites evacuated after ‘non-credible’ bomb threats

17:20 , Ariana Baio

Election officials in Fulton County, Georgia were forced to evacuate five polling sites this morning due to “non-credible” bomb threats.

This is Georgia’s most populous county and it was subject to threats in 2020 as well.

The county is now asking a court if they can extend polling hours past 7 p.m. to make up for the fact that there was a delay.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger believes it came from a foreign adversary potentially of “Russian origin.”

Maryland GOP Senate candidate declines to vote for president

17:10 , John Bowden

Maryland GOP senate candidate Larry Hogan has said that he left the spot for president blank on his ballot.

He said months ago he wasn’t supporting Trump but now it’s official.

“I’ve said all along that I would never vote for somebody I don’t believe in, and I think a lot of people respect that decision,” said Hogan to reporters outside Davidsonvillle Elementary, according to The Baltimore Banner.

Trump says he’ll be ‘first one to acknowledge’ a loss

17:01 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump said that those concerned that he may not concede the election if he loses are “crazy.”

“I think they’re crazy. If I lose an election, if it’s a fair election, I’m gonna I’d be the first one to acknowledge it,” the former president told reporters in Florida on Tuesday. “So far, I think it’s been fair. I think there’s been a lot of court cases. Both sides are lawyered up.”

Trump vs Harris: Join the Independent Debate and tell us your US election predictions

17:00 , Lauren MacDougall

Ahead of the polls closing, we’re asking you: Who do you think will win the election?

Can Kamala Harris break barriers as the first female president of the United States? Or will we see the unprecedented return of Donald Trump to the White House, even after his conviction for falsifying business records?

Where do you think the election will be won and lost? Do you think Harris will gain a decisive edge in swing states, or will Trump capitalise on his base’s turnout

Share your predictions here — we will highlight the most thoughtful insights.

Trump: ‘My supporters are not violent people’

16:56 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump spoke to reporters in Palm Beach, Florida as he cast his ballot, saying that he doesn’t believe his supporters are “violent people.”

“I don’t have to tell them that there’ll be no violence. Of course, there’ll be no violence,” Trump said. “My supporters are not violent people. I don’t have to tell them that, and I certainly don’t want any violence … these are great people. These are people that believe in no violence.”

“Unlike your question, you believe in violence,” Trump told one of the reporters.

Why the election might come down to a Trump campaign meltdown in Pennsylvania — again

16:50 , Richard Hall and Alex Woodward

The chaotic final moments of the 2020 presidential election are etched into the memories of every American — especially if they come from Pennsylvania.

After days of counting ballots, lawsuits and protests in the crucial and deciding state, the Trump presidency came to an end in the parking lot of a landscaping company in an industrial suburb of Philadelphia, next to an adult book store, to the desperate cries of Rudy Giuliani.

This year’s race is set to be another nail-biter, and Pennsylvania is the most likely state to decide the result again. So should we expect to see a repeat of that debacle?

The short answer is: Maybe.

Why the election might come down to a Trump campaign meltdown in Pennsylvania — again

Watch live: Donald Trump and Melania Trump cast votes in 2024 presidential election

16:49 , Holly Patrick

Watch live as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his wife Melania are expected to cast their vote in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, 5 November.

The former US president was pictured wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat as he entered the polling station.

American voters are heading to the polls on Election Day after Kamala Harris and Mr Trump made their final pitches on Monday, the last full day of campaigning.

The Republican former president chose to close out his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with personal attacks on Harris, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and their fellow California Democrat Adam Schiff, as well as his own former White House chief of staff General John Kelly, who recently labelled him a “fascist”.

Trump, who received a last-minute endorsement from influential podcaster Joe Rogan, was late on stage and only finished speaking at 2.09am, looking exhausted.

The Democrat was joined in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin and The Roots while Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera supported her in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas, respectively.

In photos: JD Vance votes in Cincinnati, Ohio

16:40 , Gustaf Kilander

VOICES: If the world’s biggest chancer – Nigel Farage – is warning Trump to go gracefully, we know he’s in trouble

16:30 , Sean O’Grady

I’m not completely convinced when I hear Nigel Farage say that Americans shouldn’t believe the polls and that he is “absolutely certain that Trump is going to win”. You shouldn’t be, either.

After all, four years ago, Farage publicly laid $10,000 on Trump beating Biden – and in the end (as Trump might put it) it wasn’t even close. Some 7 million votes decided that one.

Maybe something similar will happen this year… perhaps Farage, too, can feel things slipping away from Trump. How else to explain the world’s biggest chancer warning the man he so desperately admires that if “the result is clear and decisive” in Kamala Harris’ favour, he should “go and play golf at Turnberry”?

Nigel Farage says Trump should accept defeat if Harris wins…

Harris calls into Atlanta radio show on Election Day

16:15 , Gustaf Kilander

Vice President Kamala Harris called into an Atlanta radio station on Tuesday to urge Georgia voters to get out and vote.

“We’ve got to get it done. Today is voting day and people need to get out and be active,” she told listeners of V-103’s The Big Tigger Morning Show.

“I’ve just been so focused on the task in front of me, the reflection has only been about making sure that I’m responding to the needs of folks around the policies,” she added, according to CNN.

Harris said her Election Day focus will be “making sure everybody knows the power of their voice through their vote.”

When will exit polls be released?

15:58 , Katie Hawkinson

This Election Day, voters will be monitoring their TVs, laptops and phones as results of this year’s presidential and congressional elections pour in.

With just days left until November 5, the latest polls show Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck-and-neck in their race for the White House. Meanwhile, Democrats are working to gain control of the House of Representatives as Republicans vie for a majority in the Senate.

Exit polls are a key indication of the potential results, as pollsters survey voters after they cast their ballots to determine who they backed and how they feel about certain issues.

Four major national news organizations — NBC News, ABC News, CBS News and CNN — participate in the National Election Pool.

They abide by a 5pm ET embargo, meaning the results won’t start to be released until then. Members of the National Election pool don’t report exit poll results that are indicative of a state’s winner until all polling centers have closed in that state.

How to understand exit polls on Election Night

JD Vance ‘lost friends’ due to support and association with Donald Trump

15:45 , Holly Patrick

JD Vance says he has lost friends over his support for Donald Trump in the US presidential election.

After casting his vote in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday (5 November) the former president’s 2024 running mate said some had “cast their friendship aside” which he saw as a “tragedy.”

Urging the public to “be kind,” Mr Vance declared he would not follow his friends’ example.

“Whether you’re voting for Donald Trump or voting for Kamala Harris, friends and family, that stuff is what really, really matters,” he added.

“We ought to treat each other with respect and fundamentally what we’re trying to do.”

Elon Musk and Joe Rogan tear into ‘psyop’ policy. It was actually rolled out by Trump

15:30 , Rhian Lubin

Elon Musk and Joe Rogan branded Operation Warp Speed a “crazy psyop” in an Election Day eve rant.

But, it turns out that the flagship Covid vaccine policy was actually rolled out by Donald Trump.

Rogan, who endorsed the Republican for president that day, hosted Trump ally Musk on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience on Election Day eve, with the pair speaking for almost three hours.

Musk and Joe Rogan tear into ‘psyop’ policy. It was actually rolled out by Trump

Philadelphia district attorney issues tough message on election interference

15:15 , Joe Sommerlad

Take a bow Larry Krasner, who said this yesterday:

“I want people to be reassured that, when they get up tomorrow to go vote – if they have not voted already – that everybody in this city is working and has been working for months to make sure that there will be nothing tough about that experience and nothing to fear in that experience.

“But I also want to be clear. Anybody who thinks it’s time to play militia: Eff around and find out.

“Anybody who thinks it’s time to insult, to deride, to mistreat, to threaten people: Eff around and find out. We do have the cuffs, we do have the jail cells, we do have the Philly juries and we have the state prisons.”

Oprah Winfrey issues ominous warning about a second Trump presidency at Harris’s final rally

15:05 , Joe Sommerlad

Here’s James Liddell with more on the influential media personality’s address to voters on Harris’s behalf in Philadelphia yesterday.

Oprah Winfrey issues ominous warning about a second Trump presidency at Harris rally

Trump spends final rally hurling insults at enemies. Harris spends hers promising US ‘we’re not going back’

14:55 , Joe Sommerlad

Here’s Rhian Lubin on the very different messaging Donald Trump and Kamala Harris offered up in their final addresses of what has been a deeply gruelling election season.

Trump spends final rally attacking ‘evil’ Pelosi. Harris gives message of hope

Taylor Swift shares ‘extremely important’ voting reminder with fans

14:45 , Joe Sommerlad

Listen up Swifties.

Roisin O’Connor has an urgent broadcast from Her Majesty.

Taylor Swift shares ‘extremely important’ reminder for US election

Harris and Trump issue final social media messages to voters

14:35 , Joe Sommerlad

As you might have guessed, the Democrats are posting positivity, encouraging citizens to vote and urging them to take part in last-minute local volunteering while Donald Trump issues an astonishingly bitter campaign video urging his supporters to be part of an anti-woke “Great American Comeback”.

At least JD Vance is more focused on his dog’s birthday…

Harris’s people look confident. The Trump campaign appears panicky: ‘He’s realizing that he could lose’

14:25 , Joe Sommerlad

The mood couldn’t be more different among the staffers accompanying the two presidential candidates, Andrew Feinberg reports.

Harris’s people look confident. The Trump campaign appears panicky

Trump reveals last-minute endorsement from podcaster Joe Rogan

14:15 , Joe Sommerlad

The popular podcaster Joe Rogan has endorsed Donald Trump, shoring up the former president’s appeal to young men in the final 24 hours of the election.

In a social media post on Monday night, Rogan – whose podcast The Joe Rogan Experience is widely estimated to be the most listened-to in the world – said his most recent guest Elon Musk had made a “compelling” argument for four more years of Trump.

Io Dodds has the full story.

Joe Rogan reveals presidential endorsement hours before election day

What is the Electoral College and why is 270 so important?

14:05 , Joe Sommerlad

If you’re new to US presidential elections, here’s an invaluable guide to what’s about to play out from Justin Rohrlich.

What is the Electoral College and why is 270 so important?

Final polls reveal state of the race

13:55 , Joe Sommerlad

As campaigning comes to an end and the American public prepares to cast its votes on who will be the country’s next commander-in-chief, here’s our data correspondent Alicja Hajopian to take a reading of the very final polls.

Election 2024 polls: Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?

What are Harris and Trump doing on Election Day?

13:45 , Joe Sommerlad

The candidates are no doubt utterly exhausted from their non-stop campaign schedule of recent weeks but cannot afford to rest on their laurels just yet.

They need to vote themselves (for themselves), for one thing.

According to USA Today, Harris will be spending her day in Washington DC and plans to celebrate election night at Howard University, where she studied political science and economics from 1983 to 1986.

If she wins, the Vice President will be the first American president to graduate from a historically-Black college and university.

Her running mate Tim Walz will meanwhile be in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with his wife Gwen before they head to DC themselves for a Harris-Walz election night event with supporters.

Donald Trump is meanwhile expected to be at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida and will host a watch party at a convention centre in West Palm Beach.

Donald Tump attacks Harris, ‘evil’ Nancy Pelosi and ‘dumb’ John Kelly at last rally

13:35 , Joe Sommerlad

The Republican nominee, looking exhausted and more orange than ever, delivered four rallies in three states yesterday and continued to stray off script and voice violent revenge fantasies, notably at his final event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the same city in which he ended his 2016 and 2020 campaigns.

Here he is lashing out at Harris, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and their fellow California Democrat Adam Schiff, as well as his own former White House chief of staff General John Kelly, who recenty labelled him a “fascist”.

He also insulted Detroit again, surely an unwise tactic this late in the game in a vital swing state.

Mike Bedigan reports.

Shock as Trump says putting Harris in the ring with Mike Tyson ‘would be interesting’

Kamala Harris vows ‘we’re not going back’ in star-studded final rally with Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey

13:30 , Joe Sommerlad

Happy Election Day!

Well, we’ve made it. Who knows what happens next.

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris concluded her astonishing three-month long campaign with a rousing address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, last night where she outlined her positive vision for America without once mentioning the name of her Republican challenger.

Before that, her husband Doug Emhoff paid touching tribute to his wife and Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey urged their audience against complacency, stressing the importance of getting out to vote and making their voices heard.

The Harris campaign deployed their celebrity supporters further afield too, with Katy Perry doing the honours in Pittsburgh and Christian Aguilera in Las Vegas.

Here’s Alastair Jamieson to set the scene.

America on a knife edge as Trump says election is ‘ours to lose’

Hello and welcome!

13:25 , Joe Sommerlad

Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s coverage of Election Day as the hard-fought race for the White House between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump reaches its climax