Election Day is here. Voters are gearing up to head to the polls to cast their ballots for either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris in one of the nation’s most historic presidential races . They'll also be determining which party will control the House and Senate .
Follow the AP’s Election 2024 coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024 . Here’s the latest: More than a dozen Detroit police officers were milling around late afternoon inside Huntington Place and in the area immediately outside the doors to the massive convention room where election workers were to count ballots.
Barricades are up outside the room and escalators to and from the area have been shut off. Everyone entering has to go through metal detectors. Any bags they have are being checked by security.
Detroit police said there were no reported issues inside or outside of Huntington Place. As of 6 p.m.
EST, traffic outside the center was light with no protesters in sight. “It’s all hands on deck,” Deputy Chief Franklin Hayes told The Associated Press last month. “We have a comprehensive plan.
” Officials associated with both political parties are denying Trump’s claim of “massive cheating” in Philadelphia. On social media, one of three Philadelphia election board members, Seth Bluestein, a Republican, said there is “absolutely no truth to this allegation. It is yet another example of disinformation.
” Voting in the city is “safe and secure,” he said. Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro’s.
