Election 2024 live updates amid tight Harris-Trump polls in final campaign stretch

The U.S. Supreme Court connected Friday declined to frost a decision from Pennsylvania's highest tribunal that required predetermination officials to count provisional ballots formed by group whose message ballots are invalid because they lacked mandatory secrecy envelopes.

The bid from nan justices intends that predetermination officials successful nan cardinal battleground authorities must tally provisional ballots submitted connected Election Day by voters who returned defective message ballots, either because they didn't see secrecy envelopes aliases grounded to motion aliases day nan outer envelope.

Former US President and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump hits nan microphone guidelines astatine a run rally astatine nan Fiserv Forum successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 1, 2024. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images

Donald Trump held his last Wisconsin rally of nan 2024 run Friday night, returning to Fiserv Forum, successful Milwaukee, nan tract of nan Republican convention, to present his closing connection to nan Badger State. In 2016, he narrowly won Wisconsin but he mislaid nan state's 10 electoral votes to Joe Biden successful 2020.

The rally was plagued by microphone problems. People successful nan precocious sections successful nan backmost of nan arena couldn't perceive Trump, and he expressed vexation pinch nan method issues. 

"I'm seething. I'm moving my ass disconnected pinch a stupid mic," Trump said. 

He past made crude gestures toward nan mic stand, complaining it was excessively low. He held nan microphone for nan remainder of nan rally but complained astir really dense it was respective times. He besides threatened not to salary nan contractor. 

"Do you want to spot maine sound nan hellhole retired of group backstage?" Trump asked. "I don't inquire for much. The only point I inquire for is simply a bully mic. And this is nan 2nd clip coming that this happened."

He loosely blamed run head Susie Wiles for nan microphone issue. 

By Olivia Rinaldi and Katrina Kaufman

Democratic statesmanlike nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris arrives astatine a run rally connected Nov. 1, 2024 successful West Allis, Wisconsin.  Andrew Harnik / Getty Images

Both Donald Trump Trump and Kamala Harris campaigned successful nan Milwaukee area Friday night, going into nan last play of nan 2024 campaign. Harris didn't deviate overmuch from her modular stump reside successful West Allis, Michigan, a Milwaukee suburb of Milwaukee. She urged group to ballot who haven't yet formed their ballots.

"No judgment, nary judgement astatine each — but do get to it," Harris said, earlier reviewing nan database of her run promises and litany of grievances against Trump.

Belcalis Marlenis Cephus, known professionally arsenic Cardi B, an American rapper and songwriter, says she will ballot for Kamala Harris arsenic she delivered remarks astatine a run rally successful West Allis, Wisconsin, connected Nov. 1, 2024. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images

Cardi B, who said soon earlier Harris, told nan crowd she didn't intend to ballot this year, but "Kamala Harris changed my mind." 

She called Trump a "bully" and said, "I can't guidelines a bully, but conscionable for illustration Kamala, I guidelines up to one." Cardi B many times said she was tense astir speaking astatine nan rally. Women, she said, person to activity 10 times harder than men "and still, group mobility us."