Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to kick off early voting in Detroit on Saturday with a visit to Western International High School. Harris will be joined by rapper and Detroit native Lizzo. The event is expected to start at 2 p.m.

Vice President Kamala Harris appeared with Lizzo on Saturday in the singer's hometown of Detroit, marking the beginning of in-person voting and lavishing the city with praise after Republican nominee Donald Trump recently disparaged it.

Music star Lizzo responded to Donald Trump's criticism of Detroit during a campaign speech with Kamala Harris on Saturday. "I'm so proud to be from Detroit. They say if Kamala Harris wins, the whole country will be like Detroit.

“You have to drive all your friends out,” Michael McDonald, the chair of the Nevada Republican Party, said at a rally to promote early voting, where about 50 people joined the state’s Republican nominee for Senate, Sam Brown, and other politicians. “Act like they owe you money. Get them out to vote.”

Early voting is underway in Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico with just 17 days to go until the general election on Nov. 5. Find out how to vote in this article.

The ballot boxes are set up as voters in Massachusetts can begin casting their ballots on Saturday, Oct. 19 ahead of Election Day.

The more than 353,000 ballots cast signaled enthusiasm in the battleground state, but the significance of the high turnout was unclear.

Early in-person voting has started in the presidential battleground state of North Carolina. That includes in the mountains, where some potential voters still lack power and clean running water after Hurricane Helene’s epic flooding last month.

North Carolinians came out in record numbers on the first day of early voting Thursday for the 2024 general election, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections. A total of 353,166 ballots were accepted at sites statewide,