The race for the White House is heading into the final stretch with most polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck-and-neck in key states with less than two weeks to go.
More than 24 million Americans have voted early
With less than two weeks before Election Day, over 24.5 million Americans have cast their vote through early voting methods, according to data from the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
The majority of those early votes come from mail ballots as 15.3 million absentee ballots have been returned nationally as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the data.
More than 9.7 million have voted in-person at early voting polling places in several states, the data showed.
Several states are slated to begin early voting options in the coming days.
-ABC News' Ivan Pereira
Harris calls John Kelly coming out against Trump a '911 call to the American people'
Vice President Kamala Harris reacted to John Kelly, a former four-star Marine general and the former chief of staff to Donald Trump, coming out swinging against the former president, saying he could fit the bill of a "fascist."
During her CNN town hall in Aston, Pennsylvania, Harris reacted to Kelly's statements and noted how he went public with his interviews so close to the election.
"Why would someone who served with him [Trump], who is not political, a four-star Marine general -- why is he telling the American people now?" Harris questioned.
"And frankly, I think of it as... he's just putting out a 911 call to the American people," Harris said.
Kelly, who had previously refrained from discussing his time in the White House so openly, said in expansive interviews with The New York Times that Trump's discussion of using the military against the "enemy within" pushed him to come forward.
"Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It's a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy," Kelly told The Times.
"So, certainly, in my experience, those are the kinds of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running America," he added of Trump.
During the town hall, Harris was asked by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper if she believes Trump is a fascist.
"Yes, I do," Harris said.
"I also believe that the people who know him best on this subject should be trusted," the vice president added.
Harris says 'yes' Trump is a fascist during town hall
During Wednesday's town hall, moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Vice President Kamala Harris was asked point-blank if she believes former President Donald Trump is a fascist.
"Let me ask you tonight, do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?” Cooper said.
“Yes, I do. Yes, I do. And I also believe that the people who know him best on this subject should be trusted,” Harris replied, referencing the recent statements made by John Kelly, Trump's former chief of staff.
Harris calls John Kelly coming out against Trump a '911 call to the American people'
Vice President Kamala Harris reacted to John Kelly, a former four-star Marine general and the former chief of staff to Donald Trump, coming out swinging against the former president, saying he could fit the bill of a "fascist."
During her CNN town hall in Aston, Pennsylvania, Harris reacted to Kelly's statements and noted how he went public with his interviews so close to the election.
"Why would someone who served with him [Trump], who is not political, a four-star Marine general -- why is he telling the American people now?" Harris questioned.
"And frankly, I think of it as... he's just putting out a 911 call to the American people," Harris said.
Kelly, who had previously refrained from discussing his time in the White House so openly, said in expansive interviews with The New York Times that Trump's discussion of using the military against the "enemy within" pushed him to come forward.
"Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It's a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy," Kelly told The Times.
"So, certainly, in my experience, those are the kinds of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running America," he added of Trump.
During the town hall, Harris was asked by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper if she believes Trump is a fascist.
"Yes, I do," Harris said.
"I also believe that the people who know him best on this subject should be trusted," the vice president added.
Georgia secretary of state's office says it stopped cyberattack aimed at crashing voter website
The Georgia secretary of state's office said that its online security experts stopped a cyberattack earlier this month, the intention of which was to crash the state's absentee voter website.
The office was first alerted to a potential issue when staff noticed a dramatic spike in attempts to gain access to the site, sources told ABC News affiliate WSB-TV.
Gabriel Sterling, chief operations officer for the secretary of state's office, confirmed the details to ABC News.
The office also told WSB-TV that its computer experts quickly prevented it from becoming a major issue for Georgia voters, calling it "a big win for the good guys."
The cyberattack consisted of more than 420,000 nearly simultaneous attempts to access the state’s absentee voter portal from around the world. The coordinated flood of entries, late in the afternoon of Oct.14, was intended to make the site crash and become unavailable to Georgia voters.
Oct. 14 was the last day to register to vote in the state of Georgia.
“We are a target. We are the center of the political universe. Our absentee ballot portal is live right now in the middle of an election. It is a ripe and juicy target for bad actors and enemy powers,” Sterling said.
Sterling told WSB-TV that, most likely, a majority of the attempts to access the portal were carried out by bots. “These different login attempts were from all over the globe,” Sterling said. “Many of these entities and these computers have been used in previous attacks.”
But, Sterling added: "We identified it and attempted to mitigate it immediately."
Sterling told ABC News that the attempted breach had the "hallmarks" of a foreign attack, based on his discussion with cyber experts.
However, he told WSB-TV that because of the safeguards in place, the only effect for voters was a brief slowdown on the absentee ballot portal. “By having these resources in place to begin with, we have lowered the likelihood of such an attack being attempted in the future,” Sterling said.
As of Wednesday evening, officials don’t know who was behind the attempted cyberattack or who coordinated it.
-ABC News' Olivia A. Rubin and T. Michelle Murphy
Country singer Jason Aldean introduces Donald Trump at Georgia rally
Jason Aldean was on hand in Duluth, Georgia, to introduce former President Donald Trump to the campaign rally stage.
The "Try That In a Small Town" singer spoke of his friendship with Trump and the over $6 million in hurricane relief donations they raised in a joint GoFundMe campaign.