President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden were courting early voters on Sunday in the competitive states of Nevada and North Carolina, as the final presidential debate looms later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some 27.7 million Americans have already cast ballots either by mail or in person ahead of the Nov. 3 election, according to the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida. The record-shattering figure is being driven in part by concerns about crowds at polling sites on Election Day amid the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In North Carolina, a battleground where 1.4 million, or 20%, of the state\u2019s registered voters had already voted as of Sunday morning, Biden urged residents to cast ballots as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe gotta keep the incredible momentum going; we can\u2019t let up,\u201d he said at a \u201cdrive-in rally\u201d in Durham, as attendees sitting in their cars honked in approval. \u201cDon\u2019t wait – go vote today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden also criticized Trump for saying over the weekend that the United States had \u201cturned the corner\u201d in the coronavirus pandemic, noting that the rate of new cases across the country has risen to the highest level in months. \u201cAs my grandfather would say, \u2018This guy\u2019s gone around the bend if he thinks we\u2019ve turned the corner,\u2019\u201d Biden said. \u201cThings are getting worse, and he continues to lie to us about circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden\u2019s pick for vice president, Senator Kamala Harris, canceled in-person events over the weekend as a precaution after an aide tested positive for COVID-19. She will return to the campaign trail on Monday with a visit to Florida to mark that state\u2019s first day of early in-person voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump, a Republican, was spending his Sunday in Nevada, a state he hopes to wrest away from Democrats after narrowly losing it in 2016. Early in-person voting in the state began on Saturday. The president, who rarely goes to church but has remained popular among evangelical Christians for his opposition to abortion and for appointing conservative judges, began his day by attending a service at the International Church of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the church\u2019s pastors, Denise Goulet, said to Trump from the stage that God had told her he would win the 2020 election. Trump put a handful of $20 bills into an offering bucket and bowed his head during a prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump will campaign every day leading up to Thursday\u2019s debate in Florida, including stops in Arizona and North Carolina, campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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