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 two weeks to go.
Over 19M Americans have voted early as of Tuesday afternoon
Over 19 million Americans have voted early as of Tuesday afternoon, according to data from Election Lab at the University of Florida.
Roughly 7.1 million votes have come in through early in-person methods while the remaining votes have been cast through mail ballots, the data showed.
There is a large showing of early votes in the swing state of Georgia which has seen record early vote turnout since early in-person voting began last week.
As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 1.84 million Georgians, roughly one in four registered voters, have cast their ballot, with over 1.74 million votes cast at early voting polling places across the state according to Georgia's Secretary of State office.
-ABC News' Brittany Shepherd and Ivan Pereira
Harris evades questions on Biden's decline
Harris was asked about President Joe Biden's mental state during an interview with NBC's Hallie Jackson on Tuesday.
Asked by Jackson whether she had seen “anything like what happened at the debate night behind closed doors," Harris did not answer directly.
"It was a bad debate. People have bad debates. He is absolutely..."
"Well, that’s the reason why you’re here and he’s not running for the top of the ticket,” Jackson responded.
“Well, you’d have to ask him if that’s the only reason why,” Harris said.
“What do you think?” Jackson asked.
“I am running for president of the United States, Joe Biden is not, and my presidency will be about bringing a new generation of leadership to America that is focused on the work that we need to do to invest in the ambitions and aspirations of the American people.”
-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Fritz Farrow and Gabriella Abdul-Hakim
Jill Stein says 'voters should vote for themselves' in response to new Harris attack ad
Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presidential candidate, told ABC News Live "Voters should vote for themselves,” in response to Vice President Kamala Harris’ team running an attack advertisement against her. The ad, which started airing in the last week in some swing states, claimed that "a vote for Stein is really a vote for Trump."
"Voters are being told over and over again that you don’t own your vote, that politicians own your vote," the candidate who ran for the White House in 2012 and 2016, said in an interview on Tuesday.
"We do not have a lesser evil candidate, we have two greater evils," Stein added, about Americans casting a vote for either former President Donald Trump or Harris.
A large part of Stein's campaign has focused on slamming Harris for the Biden administration’s response to the Israel-Hamas war.
In the 2016 election, the serial candidate received almost 1.5 million votes, enough votes in the swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to exceed Trump’s margins of victory.
Stein said that if she wasn’t on the ballot, a "vast majority of those voters would not have come out to vote."
-ABC News’ Shannon Caturano
Tulsi Gabbard announces she’s joining Republican Party
Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced Tuesday she is officially joining the Republican Party.
Gabbard made the announcement during an appearance on stage at a rally for former President Donald Trump in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Gabbard has been stumping for Trump on the trail and recently advised him ahead of his Sept. 10 debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Her announcement Tuesday marks a further political shift after her run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.
"I'm proud to stand here with you today, President Trump, and announce that I'm joining the Republican Party," Gabbard said, calling the Republican Party the “party of equality” and “common sense” even as Trump repeatedly used insults to make personal attacks against his opponents during his own remarks.
"I am joining the party of the people … and the party that is led by a president who has the courage and strength to fight for peace," Gabbard said.
"I'm looking forward to casting my vote for President Trump, because you are our best and only hope in this election to lead our country toward a future where every one of us can live in a truly free, peaceful and prosperous nation," Gabbard continued, stressing that "every single vote will count."
Eminem takes the stage at Harris rally in Detroit
Eminem took the stage at a Harris rally in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday where he introduced former President Barack Obama.
"I'm here tonight for a couple of important reasons," Eminem said before sharing how much the city means to him. "Going into this election, the spotlight is on us more than ever," he said of the swing state.
The Grammy-winning artist encouraged the crowd to "get out and vote."
Eminem went on to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, saying she supports a future where "freedoms will be protected and upheld" before introducing Obama to the stage.
Walz, Obama energize crowd to get out and vote at Wisconsin rally
At an energetic but not completely packed joint campaign rally to mark early voting in the swing state of Wisconsin on Tuesday, former President Obama and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made their pitch for the Democratic ticket while blasting former Trump’s behavior and character with just two weeks until Election Day.
The rally was held in Madison’s Alliant Energy Center, which is able to hold more than 10,000 people. The event space was not completely filled -- only about two-thirds of the seats and floor space was taken.
Walz took aim at Trump and questioned his ally billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, who Walz claimed was "the real running mate."
"So look, Elon's on that stage, jumping around, skipping like a dip*** on these things," Walz said to laughs.
“Seriously, where is Senator Vance, after he got asked the simplest question in the world at the debate, did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? And after two weeks, he finally said, 'No, he didn't.' That's where he's been spending his time,” Walz said.
Obama then came on stage and embraced Walz.
“Love that dude. Love that man. The kind of person who should be in politics,” Obama said.
At three points during Obama’s remarks at the Madison rally, which was billed as an event where the Democrats pushed early voting on the first day that in-person locations opened in Wisconsin, the former president utilized his old, famous saying: "Don’t boo, vote!"
The crowd started to chant "Vote!" at the end of Obama’s remarks.
“So whether this election is making you feel excited or scared or hopeful or frustrated or anything in between, do not sit back and hope for the best. Do not think this is a distraction or a joke. Get off your couch and do what? Vote," Obama said. "Put down your phones and do what? Vote. Vote for Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States. Vote for Tim Walz as the next vice president of the United States, vote for [incumbent Sen.] Tammy Baldwin and this whole incredible Wisconsin Democratic ticket."
-ABC News' Isabella Murray
Harris evades questions on Biden's decline
Harris was asked about President Joe Biden's mental state during an interview with NBC's Hallie Jackson on Tuesday.
Asked by Jackson whether she had seen “anything like what happened at the debate night behind closed doors," Harris did not answer directly.
"It was a bad debate. People have bad debates. He is absolutely..."
"Well, that’s the reason why you’re here and he’s not running for the top of the ticket,” Jackson responded.
“Well, you’d have to ask him if that’s the only reason why,” Harris said.
“What do you think?” Jackson asked.
“I am running for president of the United States, Joe Biden is not, and my presidency will be about bringing a new generation of leadership to America that is focused on the work that we need to do to invest in the ambitions and aspirations of the American people.”
-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Fritz Farrow and Gabriella Abdul-Hakim