More than 60 million votes already cast in US election

SourceBBC

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More than 60 million people have cast early votes in the US election, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab.

This beats the early voter turnout record set in the 2020 election – when around 158 million people voted in total.

Donald Trump stands on a stage in front of a podium while holding his arms out. A crowd is behind him. He is wearing a black baseball cap with the words Make America Great Again written on it. He is speaking into a microphone.

Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in the south-west hitting the campaign trail, with just five days to go until the election.

Kamala Harris arrives in Phoenix

Earlier, Elon Musk failed to attend court for a lawsuit hearing concerning his million-dollar cash giveaways in swing states – US officials suggest the giveaways may break electoral law, which Musk denies.

The race for the White House is on a knife edge – check our poll tracker here.