(WASHINGTON) — Here’s the latest as we head into the final week of campaigning before Election Day. ABC News/Ipsos poll It shows Kamala Harris with a slight 51-47% lead over Donald Trump among national voters; but polls in battleground states are essentially deadlocked within the margin of error.

The fallout continues over racist comments made at Trump’s massive rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, and Harris is preparing for her “closing argument” on Tuesday night at the Ellipse near the Capitol and White House in Washington.

Biden lined up at the polls to vote

President Joe Biden at a polling place in New Castle, Delaware, to vote early in the 2024 election.

According to journalists traveling with the president, more than 100 people were in line when he arrived. Biden walked to the back of the line and was seen greeting and talking to voters.

Harris criticizes Trump’s MSG rally and Puerto Rico comments

Harris criticized Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, saying the former president was “focused on his complaints, on himself, and on dividing our country.”

“This is clearly something that is aimed at dividing our country and fueling that effort. And as I have said many times, I will say in my speech tomorrow night, there is a huge difference between him and me,” Harris told reporters as she left Joint Base Andrews for a day of campaigning in Michigan.

Harris, who was asked to respond to comments about Puerto Rico at the rally that the Trump campaign tried to avoid, drew attention to her support for Puerto Rico as a senator and her “opportunity economy” proposal.

“I’m very proud to have the support of people like Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lopez and others who supported me before the shenanigans that happened at Madison Square Garden last night, and they support me because they understand that they want a president of the United States that’s about cheering people on, not scolding them, trashing America.” “Not to call it bullshit, these are the words Donald Trump uses.”

Virginia asks Supreme Court to allow voter purge

Virginia has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift an injunction against enforcement of an executive order that would have resulted in the removal of 1,600 alleged non-citizens from voter rolls just a week before Election Day.

The lower court said Virginia’s action violated the National Voting Rights Act’s “quiet period” clause, which prohibits states from systematically removing voters 90 days before an election.

The state argues that the court violated the “Purcell” principle by interfering with the election process in the state so close to the election.

The state said the injunction would “irreparably harm Virginia’s sovereignty, confuse its voters, overburden its election machinery and administrators, and possibly cause non-citizens to think they are allowed to vote, a criminal offense that would nullify the right of eligible voters to vote.” he writes.

The court requested a response from the Justice Department and voter groups by 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Burnt ballot boxes reported in Oregon and Washington

Police are investigating arson at a ballot box in Portland, Oregon, where officers responded to reports of a fire overnight.

Security personnel extinguished the fire at the ballot box outside the Multnomah County elections office, and the Portland explosives unit removed the incendiary device from the ballot box.

ABC affiliate KATU reported on another polling event in Washington state on Monday; Police were responding to smoke coming from a polling station in Vancouver. The Clark County auditor told KATU there were hundreds of ballots in the ballot box at the time.

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Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lopez show support for Harris after racist comments at Trump rally

Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican artist and one of the world’s biggest music stars, expressed support for Harris on Instagram after racist comments about Puerto Rico made by a speaker at Trump’s rally on Sunday.

He posted a video of Harris discussing what’s at stake for Puerto Rican voters as she rolls out the “new Puerto Rican Opportunity Economy Task Force.”

“I will never forget what Donald Trump did and didn’t do when Puerto Rico needed a compassionate and competent leader,” Harris said in the video, referencing Hurricane Maria in 2017, abandoning the island, trying to block aid after back-to-back devastating hurricanes, and writing paper “He offered nothing but towels and insults,” he said.

Bad Bunny reposted the message to his 45 million followers.

Jennifer Lopez posted the same video of Harris on her own account, which has 250 million followers.

Ricky Martin encouraged his followers to vote for Harris while responding to a clip of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” “esto es lo que piensan de nosotros,” or “this is what they think of us,” Martin wrote.

Harris reflects on her first 100 days but isn’t clear on how she’ll deal with a divided Congress

In an interview with CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell, Harris said that if she wins the election, her first 100 days in office will focus on lowering costs for American families, including her proposals on housing, small businesses and the Child Tax Credit.

“What we need to do to deal with reproductive health services, to restore the freedoms and rights that all people and women should have over their own bodies, and then specifically to deal with migration will equally be a priority. “, border security, and reintroducing the bipartisan bill that Donald Trump killed so we can get more resources to the border,” he added.

But when asked how she would manage a potentially divided Congress, Harris said only that she believed Congress would “work at the table” on issues that bother most Americans.

“These are not partisan issues. Democrats, Republicans and independents are addressing these issues equally, and they’re not actually thinking about them through the lens of the party they’re registered to vote for,” he said. “So that means working across the aisle.”

-ABC News’ Gabriella Abdul-Hakim

More than 41 million Americans voted early

As of 5:45 a.m. Monday, more than 41 million Americans had voted early. Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total 41 million 989 thousand 199 early votes, 21 million 111 thousand 171 were cast in person and 21 million 338 thousand 290 were sent back by mail.

Voters in Washington, D.C. can start casting their ballots in person early on Monday. Nearly all of the states that offer in-person early voting have begun offering it by now.

-ABC News’ Oren Oppenheim

Michelle Obama used her op-ed to reiterate her message urging men to support women’s reproductive health

The former First Lady repeated her passionate message that women’s health is at stake this election. Opinion published by the New York Times On Monday,

The column included quotes from his rally in Michigan on Saturday; where he blasted Trump’s record on the issue compared to Harris and called on men to support the women in their lives. The rally was his first campaign appearance since speaking at the Democratic National Convention this summer.

“I ask you from the core of my being to take our lives seriously,” he said. “Please do not leave our lives in the hands of politicians, mostly men, who have no idea or care about what women go through, and who fail to fully grasp the far-reaching health consequences of their wrong policies. It has on our health outcomes.

Despite stating that she dislikes partisan politics, the former first lady is increasing her involvement in the final phase of the 2024 campaign. He will headline a rally in the battleground state of Georgia on Tuesday.

Harris speaks out against dark, racist comments at Trump’s MSG rally

Harris takes issue with dark and racist comments made by speakers at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday; The former president’s campaign is trying to distance itself from the comedian who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”

Harris will travel to two critical counties in the battleground state of Michigan to kick off the final week of the campaign. He will first visit Corning’s manufacturing facility in Saginaw and then visit the union training facility in Macomb County.

The vice president will end his day with a rally in Ann Arbor with his vice president, Gov. Tim Walz. The rally will include a concert by musician Maggie Rogers.

Trump will be in Georgia to deliver remarks at the National Faith Advisory Board in Powder Springs before his rally in Atlanta at 6 p.m. ET.

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