ARLINGTON, Texas: The primary early voters solid their ballots on Friday (Sep 20) for November’s knife-edge United States presidential election, as Democratic candidate Kamala Harris headed for a marketing campaign occasion targeted on the hot-button issue of abortion.
Three US states – Virginia, Minnesota and South Dakota – have been beginning early voting, a follow that Republican nominee Donald Trump has beforehand solid doubt on when falsely claiming he received the 2020 election.
Dozens of individuals waited at an early voting polling station within the heart of Arlington, Virginia, simply exterior the capital Washington, AFP journalists noticed.
A quantity had “Harris-Walz” shirts, whereas there have been additionally some “Trump-Vance” indicators in entrance of the constructing.
“I am excited,” stated Michelle Kilkenny, 55, including that voting early, “particularly on day one, helps the marketing campaign and raises the keenness stage”.
Most US states allow in-person voting or mail-in voting to permit individuals to take care of scheduling conflicts or an incapacity to solid their ballots on election day itself on Nov 5.
Former president Trump has steadily lashed out in opposition to something besides on-the-day voting, repeatedly blaming mail-in ballots for his 2020 defeat by Joe Biden – whereas additionally generally calling early voting into query, regardless of efforts by his marketing campaign to market it.
Trump, 78, faces felony costs for allegedly making an attempt to overturn the 2020 consequence, after which his supporters assaulted the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021.
“DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES”
Each vote will rely in a desperately shut 2024 White Home race, whose consequence Trump has as soon as once more refused to say he’ll settle for.
Harris has erased Trump’s lead since sensationally changing President Biden as Democratic candidate in July, however stays neck-and-neck with the Republican.
The vp is touring on Friday to Atlanta in Georgia – one of many seven swing states anticipated to resolve the election – to speak on the essential situation of reproductive rights.
Harris has closely targeted on the topic, believing Trump to be susceptible as a consequence of his frequent boasting that his Supreme Courtroom picks paved the way in which for the 2022 overturning of the nationwide proper to abortion.
