National Guard on standby in multiple states on Election Day

Fifteen states have mobilized National Guard personnel to provide support on election day, with more than 250 troops deployed, CNN reports citing a spokesperson.

The states are Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.

Nearly half are engaged in cybersecurity, while others fulfill local support roles. Additionally, around 85 members are on standby in Colorado, Washington, DC, Florida, and Nevada.

The National Guard is also on alert as a precaution in states like Washington and Oregon, following incidents of ballot drop boxes being set on fire and hundreds of ballots being damaged.

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THROWBACK: Putin calls Trump “not a product of the American establishment”
 
"I believe that the former US President, Mr. Trump, is an outstanding, talented person. Otherwise, he would not have become the President of the United States," Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an interview with NBC in 2021.
 
He added that Trump is “not a product of the American establishment” and he has never been “part of big politics before.”

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A video circulating online purportedly shows Kamala Harris in a supposed "conversation" with a voter: mid-discussion, Harris turns and waves, showing her phone with the camera on.

To believe or not to believe — that’s the question.

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Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant identified three reasons for his dismissal

After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a new defense minister in place of Gallant, the ex military head said he was fired over three issues, the Times of Israel reports.

According to the newspaper, the issues are:

▪️the sharing of the defense burden;
▪️the imperative to bring back the hostages;
▪️the need to learn lessons through a state commission of inquiry into October 7 and the war that followed.

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2024 is election between ‘known quantity’ Trump and an opponent ‘introduced partway through the process’

A lot is riding on the 2024 elections for both parties, but especially for Republicans, with former president and third-time candidate Donald Trump having “a chance to rise if he wins tonight to a significant level of starting another chapter in the conservative Republican book,” says Professor David Woodard, a former consultant to GOP candidates, and author of eight books on conservativism in US politics.

Trump is a known quantity for Americans compared to Vice President Harris, according to the professor, and Republicans’ top desire over the past four decades has been to sweep the elections like Ronald Reagan did in 1984 – something that has never been repeated since.

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43% of US voters feel dissatisfied with how things are going in the country, 29% are angry - CNN exit poll

The poll also showed that 58% of US voters disapprove of Biden as president, while 41% approve.

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The Philadelphia Police Department said they have no data on mass fraud in Pennsylvania's largest city, Philadelphia, which Trump had previously claimed

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Increase in migrants amplifies importance of Latino voters in US presidential election

The votes of Latino voters are becoming increasingly significant in the US, especially given the growing number of migrants, according to Mexican expert and professor at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, José María Ramos García.

"Just as in the 2020 election, the importance of Latino votes has increased, primarily because the number of migrants has risen in recent years. Over the past two years, during the administration of President Joe Biden, the influx of people from Latin American countries has grown substantially […], and in 30% or even 40% of cases, these migrants have relatives who will go to vote," the analyst tells Sputnik.

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US city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will recount about 30,000 absentee ballots after finding evidence that the doors of the counting machines were not closed properly, city spokesman Jeff Fleming said.

All tabulating machines are being set to zero and the ballots will be put through the machines again, CNN quotes Fleming as saying.

“We don’t want any questions about the accuracy of the results,” Fleming said. “So we’re going to make sure that they are run correctly.”

Wisconsin is a key swing state in the 2024 US presidential election.

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Voters in Maryland complain: machines reportedly mistakenly credit votes to Green Party candidate Jill Stein instead of Harris.

In total, more than a dozen voters in Prince George's County filed complaints, the Washington Post reports.

Earlier, faulty ballot machines were reported in Arizona — some voters were unable to vote because of them.

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THROWBACK: Putin ‘endorses’ Harris saying she has an infectious laugh
 

"We had a favorite, the incumbent, Mr. Biden, but he was yanked from the race. Nevertheless, he recommended to all of his supporters to back Ms. Harris. Well, that's what we're going to do; we're going to support her," Vladimir Putin said with a grin during the Eastern Economic Forum discussion in September 2024. 

 
He added that Harris has an “infectious laugh", which shows that “she is doing well.”

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⚡️First polling stations close in 2024 US election

The first polling stations start closing in the United States at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time (23:00 GMT) as the country is electing its next president.

The first state polls to close are located in the eastern counties of Indiana and Kentucky, while the final state polls are set to close in Hawaii (midnight) and Alaska (midnight-01:00 a.m. ET).

The incumbent vice president, Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and former President Donald Trump, a Republican, are vying for the country's top job. The close race is expected to come down to a handful of battleground states - Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada.

All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate are also up for election on November 5.

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