Although voting by mail has become more common since the pandemic, few people recent setbacks It shook some voters’ confidence in the system. Just this week, polls opened in Oregon and Washington set on firewhile inside MiamiA stack of sealed ballots fell from an election worker’s truck, sparking concern among voters.

If you’ve already cast your ballot by mail or plan to cast it in the coming days but are worried about it reaching its final destination, your state may allow you to track the status of your ballot online. National elections expert Amber McReynolds said beyond reducing the volume of calls to local election offices, these tracking systems could restore confidence in the voting process.

Read here For steps on how to track your ballot.

Nicole Wallace said on the MSNBC show “Deadline: White House.” public defense Friday night his former boss to his former president George W. BushSpeaking out against former President Donald Trump ahead of Election Day.

Wallace, who was White House communications director in the Bush administration, said he understands better than most how he chose to speak out after his presidency through his actions, his work with veterans and his presidential library.

But after Trump’s insults and use Violent language about former Rep. Liz CheneyWallace, the vice president’s daughter, said she contacted his office to see if “anything could change his mind about staying quiet before the election.”

An advisor told him that Bush did not want to run.

After hearing Bush’s own remarks live on air about what Americans are doing to defend freedom in the face of threats, Wallace said: “We have a right to hope that those who defend freedom and celebrate those who defend it may have one last—change of heart—in the closing hours of this campaign.”

Texas’ top election official Secretary of State Jane Nelson He said the state would not allow federal observers into polling places in Texas.

“Texans can rely on the state’s strong measures to ensure election integrity,” Nelson said. to post He also sent his letter to the Ministry of Justice in X.

The Department of Justice enforces federal voting rights laws that protect the ballot access rights of all eligible citizens. The department regularly deploys staff to monitor compliance with federal civil rights laws in elections across the United States

In enforcing federal voting rights laws, the Department of Justice regularly dispatches monitors to ensure compliance with voting rights. On Friday, it announced plans to send monitors to 86 counties in 27 states, including eight counties in Texas.

US Supreme Court on Friday Refused to freeze a decision Pennsylvania’s highest court has ordered election officials to count provisional ballots cast by people whose mail ballots were invalid because they lacked mandatory secrecy envelopes.

The order from the judges means election officials in the key battleground state must tally provisional ballots cast on Election Day by voters who returned defective mail-in ballots because they did not contain secrecy envelopes or did not sign or date the outer envelope.

Donald Trump held his final Wisconsin rally of the 2024 campaign on Friday night, returning to Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, site of the Republican convention, to deliver his closing message to the Badger State. He narrowly won Wisconsin in 2016 but lost the state’s 10 electoral votes to Joe Biden in 2020.

There were microphone problems at the rally. Those sitting higher up in the back of the arena couldn’t hear Trump and expressed frustration with technical problems.

“I’m boiling. I’m busting my ass with a stupid microphone,” Trump said.

He then made rude gestures towards the microphone stand and complained that the microphone was too low. He held the microphone for the rest of the rally but complained several times about how heavy it was. He also threatened not to pay the contractor.

“Do you want to see me knocking people out backstage?” Trump asked. “I’m not asking for much. All I want is a good microphone. And this is the second time today.”

He largely blamed the microphone problem on his campaign manager, Susie Wiles.

Written by: Olivia Rinaldi and Katrina Kaufman

Both Donald Trump Trump and Kamala Harris campaigned in the Milwaukee area on Friday night as they head into the final weekend of the 2024 campaign. Harris didn’t deviate much from her standard speech in West Allis, Michigan, a Milwaukee suburb of Washington. He called on citizens who have not yet voted to vote.

“No judgment, absolutely no judgment — but get to the point,” Harris said, before delving into a list of campaign promises and a reiteration of complaints against Trump.

Speaking shortly before Harris, Cardi B told the crowd that she wasn’t planning on voting this year, but “Kamala Harris changed my mind.”

He called Trump a “bully” and said, “I can’t stand a bully, but just like Kamala, I can stand up to him.” Cardi B has repeatedly said she was nervous about speaking at the rally. Women have to work 10 times harder than men, she said, “but still people question us.”