Harris and Trump hold final campaign rallies on eve of Election Day

Before a large crowd in Philadelphia, Harris delivered her final campaign speech of the election, hitting themes about unifying a nation.

"I am asking for your vote. And here is my pledge to you: As president, I pledge to seek common ground and common-sense solutions to the challenges you face," Harris said. "I pledge to listen to those who will be impacted by the decisions I will make. I pledge to listen to experts. I pledge to listen to people who disagree with me. Because, you see, I don't believe that people who disagree with me are the enemy. I'll give them a seat at the table. That's what real leaders do. That's what strong leaders do."

Last week, a flurry of litigation in Pennsylvania clarified the rules for mail balloting there. In short, mail ballots will still be rejected in the key battleground state if voters fail to properly date the affidavits that accompany their ballots — but voters who make any mistake with their mail ballots will be able to vote by provisional ballot instead on Election Day.

The NBC News Decision Desk examined how many mail ballots remain outstanding in the state, as well as how many counties have already identified as deficient. In the event of a close race in Pennsylvania, provisional ballots and their counting will get a lot of attention after tomorrow night.

Voters with outstanding mail ballots will need to ensure that election officials receive them by 8 p.m. tomorrow for them to count. But voters with outstanding or deficient mail ballots can also go to their polling places to vote in person.

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Speaking shortly before Harris took the podium at a rally in Philadelphia tonight, Oprah Winfrey cast the presidential election as an opportunity to fight for democracy.

"If we don’t show up tomorrow, it is entirely possible that we will not have the opportunity to ever cast a ballot again," she claimed.

"We are we are voting to save ourselves from this precipice of danger where we now stand. All the anxiety and the fear you’re feeling, you’re feeling that because you sense the danger, and you change that with your vote. We are voting for healing over hate," she said.

Winfrey also invoked a twist on the familiar slogan that invigorated Barack Obama's campaign in 2008 — "Yes, we can" — by saying, "Yes, she can," which the crowd repeated with her.

Residents of 10 states will vote tomorrow on abortion-related ballot measures, half of which would overturn existing restrictions. In the weeks ahead of an election in which abortion access has been a central issue, a spate of reports have emerged about the life-threatening consequences of strict laws against it. 

ProPublica reported last week that two Texas women died after they faced delays in getting miscarriage care because of the state’s abortion ban. ProPublica’s coverage in September linked two deaths to Georgia’s abortion ban.

In response to the most recent reports, a group of OB-GYNs told Texas officials and policymakers in an open letter that the two women — Josseli Barnica, 28, and Nevaeh Crain, 18, died — should still be alive.

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Harris went door-knocking in Reading, Pennsylvania, this evening as part of a final push to get out the vote in the battleground state.

At one house, Harris met a family who said they haven’t voted yet but have made up their minds. At another home, a woman opened the door and Harris told her and her husband that she wanted to stop by as part of her effort to earn their votes. The woman said that she had already voted for Harris and that her husband will be voting on Election Day.

Harris chatted with the couple about finding common ground, pushing back against the divisiveness that she has said characterizes the Trump campaign.

At a pre-Election Day rally today, Trump was speaking at a venue that was about 70% full — a sight that has become increasingly familiar in the past week.

Trump has been holding his signature rallies since he first burst on the political scene in 2015, and in the nine years since then he has routinely drawn massive and enthusiastic crowds around the country, from the urban cores to the remote rural fields, where supporters have consistently shown up despite sometimes icy conditions or extreme heat.

The events were so packed that thousands wouldn’t be able to get in, and they’d remain outside the venues to show their support.

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Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles speaks with NBC News' Tom Llamas about the critical states that could change control of the Senate.

For President Joe Biden, the 2024 campaign ended much as it began, in a room full of union members. But this time, he was a surrogate, not the candidate.

Instead of commanding the national spotlight, as he did when he spoke at a union conference in Washington the day he announced his re-election bid in April 2023, his speech at the carpenters union hall in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Saturday was overshadowed by dueling rallies for Harris and Trump.

And rather than the triumphal and defiant defense of his record and a pledge to “finish the job,” Biden’s remarks were sentimental and subdued, so much so that the audience at times seemed to feel compelled to buck up the commander in chief.

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Anxious, optimistic, nervous: That’s how people at Walz’s final rally in Detroit said they’re feeling on election eve.

Rudene Glass said she was ready to cry last night because of nerves — but tonight, she’s feeling hopeful.

Glass, 74, has been canvassing for Democrats and is especially driven by Social Security and Medicare.