Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are embracing different strategies to energize the coalitions they need to win as the campaigns enter their final sprint.
Trump began his faith-focused town hall in Georgia by asking attendees if they had already voted
“It’s going to be a big one,” Trump said. “I think it’s the most important election in the history of our country.”
Trump is looking to energize evangelical Christian voters in the key swing state. He noted a rally the previous day in Miami with Latino pastors.
“We had pastors and we had a lot of Hispanics, and we’re setting every record with Hispanics,” Trump said.
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Harris stopped by a Philadelphia deli perhaps more famous for its political scene than its pastrami
She’s in the city for an evening CNN town hall, but first hit Famous 4th Street Deli, a homey eatery that opened in 1923.
It’s been a tradition since the 1970s for politicians to gather there on Election Day to talk shop with supporters and reporters, while perhaps having lunch or a black and white cookie.
Harris met with “super volunteers” and took selfies with some and with Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker.
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Trump has arrived at a faith-focused town hall in Zebulon,about a one-hour drive south of Atlanta
As he was heading to his first campaign event of the day, his motorcade drove by a woman riding on horseback while wearing a cowboy hat and carrying a large American flag.
Supporters could be seen a few miles from the event. Some had Trump-Vance signs, others American flags. They waved as the motorcade passed.
Several hundred people were gathered in the church for what’s being billed as a “Believers and ballots faith town hall.”
Georgia played a key role in the 2020 race when Joe Biden carried the state by less than a quarter of a percentage point. Trump is looking to energize evangelical Christian voters in the key swing state.
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Iowa finds several dozen instances of noncitizens voting in a past election
Several dozen people who identified themselves as noncitizens voted in a past election or registered to vote despite being ineligible to do so, Iowa’s top election official said with just two weeks to go until 2024 ballots will be tallied.
Elections officials compared the state’s 2.3 million registered voters to a list of people who self-reported as noncitizens to the Iowa Department of Transportation, according to Ashley Hunt Esquivel, spokesperson for Secretary of State Paul Pate.
Pate released a statement Tuesday detailing that his office found 87 people who identified themselves to the DOT as noncitizens but previously voted. An additional 67 people said they aren’t citizens but previously registered to vote.
“For those groups, we have pretty clear evidence … that they voted or registered to vote when they are not citizens, which is, of course, a Class D felony,” Hunt Esquivel said.
Additionally, 2,022 people had told the DOT they aren’t citizens but subsequently registered to vote or voted. It’s possible they became naturalized citizens in the lapsed time, so “we need clarification on what their citizenship status was when they registered or voted,” she said.
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Flyaway metal from Missouri Democratic Senate candidate’s rifle grazes reporter at campaign event
A Missouri reporter was injured slightly Tuesday when a rifle fired by a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate during a campaign event caused metal fragments to hit the journalist in the arm.
The KSHB-TV reporter was hit in the arm by flyaway metal as Lucas Kunce, a Marine, fired an AR-15-style rifle at targets at an exurban Kansas City home.
Kunce provided first aid to the reporter, who continued covering the event. The Kansas City TV station reported the journalist later was treated for a minor injury at a local hospital.
“We had four first aid kits, so we were able to take care of the situation,” Kunce on Tuesday posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. He added that he’s glad the reporter is OK.
Kunce is trying to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley next month.
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