It's Election Day (Australian time, AEDT), and Kamala Harris, the vice president, and Donald Trump, former president, are in battleground states that could determine the outcome of the United States election.
In Pennsylvania, Harris will hold five events, concluding the day in Philadelphia. Trump will rally in three states: North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
According to polling data, Harris and Trump are tied in the race for the presidency.
A series of interconnected "Get Out The Vote" events will be held across battleground states by Harris' campaign on the eve of Election Day.
And in the final hours before the U.S. presidential election, shares of Trump's social media company soared.
Truth Social's parent company, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), rose 16% on Monday. The increase didn't seem to be triggered by anything.
Over the past three trading sessions, the stock has plunged by 41% after quadrupling in value over a five-week period.
During his last campaign stop in North Carolina, Trump said he would impose substantial tariffs on Mexican goods if the country did not stop importing migrants.
In his final Michigan campaign event before Election Day, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance said a second Trump administration would protect Michigan's auto industry, while Harris would destroy it.
He claimed that “when Kamala Harris talks about the electric vehicle mandate, you know that would destroy 117,000 Michigan auto worker jobs.”
“When she attacks Donald J. Trump for wanting to impose tariffs to protect the Michigan auto industry, she’s telling you exactly who she’s going to fight for. She’s going to fight for electric vehicles made in communist China. We’re going to fight for Michigan auto workers and all of the middle-class families who depend on those jobs,” Vance said.
Meanwhile, Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, spoke at an event in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Stevens Point is a key battleground state for Harris in the White House race.
Also on the ballot will be state and federal candidates for Congress and ballot measures.
All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs, with the GOP seeking to defend a narrow majority. Democratic candidates are seeking to defend a thin majority in the Senate, where 34 of the chamber's 100 seats are on the ballot.
A total of 11 states will hold governor's races, 5,808 seats in the legislature will be up for election, and 153 measures will be on the ballot.
For the first time in over 230 years of Congress elections, the two chambers of Congress would have opposing partisan control if the House flipped from Republican to Democratic control.
A CNN nationwide poll shows no clear leader in the presidential election, so the race for Congress will be crucial to determining whether Harris or Trump will be able to implement their policies with a supportive first branch of government.
The Republican Party controls both chambers of the state legislature in 28 states, while the Democratic Party controls both chambers in 20 states. Arizona, California, and New Mexico follow Colorado in having the most ballot measures.
78 million ballots have been cast in 47 states and the District of Columbia, according to CNN, Edison Research and Catalist.
The first polling stations are set to open at 6am on Tuesday on the U.S. east coast, or 10pm Tuesday (AEDT).