Election 2024 updates: Trump begins selecting cabinet positions

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Last updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 5:26PM GMT
Trump's cabinet picks include close allies from his campaign
President-elect Donald Trump is naming members to his administration. Here's a look at the president-elect's appointees so far.

Just days after former President Donald Trump was projected to have won the presidency, Trump's transition team operation has begun, with transition co-chairs confirming that he will be selecting personnel to serve under his leadership in the coming days.

Trump is also the projected winner in Arizona, a state the former president flipped after losing it to Joe Biden in 2020.

Trump's projected win in the vital swing state marks a sweep of the battleground states.

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Nov 06, 2024, 8:59 AM

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ByMary Radcliffe FiveThirtyEight logo
Nov 06, 2024, 12:05 AM GMT

We have our first presidential race projections of the night

Now that all polls have closed in Vermont and Kentucky, ABC News is projecting that Harris will win Vermont's three electoral votes, and that Trump will win Kentucky's eight votes. Of course, this should come as no surprise; according to the final 538 forecast in these two states, there was a less than 1 in 100 chance of either state flipping its support from the party it backed in 2020.

From left to right: Former President Donald Trump at an event on Sept. 25, 2024, in Mint Hill, N.C., and Vice President Kamala Harris at an event on Oct. 19, 2024, in Atlanta.
From left to right: Former President Donald Trump at an event on Sept. 25, 2024, in Mint Hill, N.C., and Vice President Kamala Harris at an event on Oct. 19, 2024, in Atlanta.
ByLaura Romero ABCNews logo
Nov 05, 2024, 11:53 PM GMT

Ballot-printing issues cause long lines in Arizona county

There are "residual issues" including long lines at the polls in Apache County, Arizona, after the machines that print ballots "did not work as planned" Tuesday morning, state officials said.

The countywide issue was fixed earlier in the day and most sites in the county are "up and running well but as we understand at this moment, there are still some residual issues out in Apache County," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said. "We're doing our best to work with county election officials there to see if we can resolve any of the remaining problems."

Rita Vaughan, the elections director for Apache County, told ABC News that "all polling places have remained open and voting has continued all day for registered voters who want to cast their ballots."

ByPeter Charalambous ABCNews logo
Nov 05, 2024, 11:53 PM GMT

Milwaukee will rerun 30,000 absentee ballots, delaying count for hours

Milwaukee will have to retabulate approximately 30,000 absentee ballots after a human error at the city's central ballot processing location, likely delaying the city's final results by hours.

Cast ballots fill a tray, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Milwaukee.
Cast ballots fill a tray, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Milwaukee.

A door to several tabulators was not properly sealed, according to Jeff Fleming of the Milwaukee mayor's office.

"The people operating the machines along both walls -- the 13 machines -- are being reset to zero," Fleming said. "They will rerun all the ballots that they previously ran after it has been reset."

Milwaukee received a total of 106,000 absentee ballots, which are processed at the city's Baird Convention Center. The city cannot report the results of the absentee ballots until every ballot is counted, per Wisconsin law.

"We're guessing, you know, one hour, two hours, three hours, four. We just don't know at this stage," Fleming said about the delay.

Fleming said the issue was "human error" that he blamed on "senior election staff."

"We want to make sure everybody understands that our goal here in this room is to be absolutely accurate beyond any question, and to do that, we're going to rerun the balance," Fleming said.

ByOlivia Rubin and Chris Boccia ABCNews logo
Nov 05, 2024, 11:49 PM GMT

Trump baselessly claims 'massive CHEATING' in Philadelphia

Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed on social media Tuesday afternoon that there is "a lot of talk about massive CHEATING" in Philadelphia -- despite no evidence to support those claims.

Republican presidential nominee former Pres. Donald Trump speaks as former first lady Melania Trump listens after they voted on Election Day on Nov. 5, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.
Republican presidential nominee former Pres. Donald Trump speaks as former first lady Melania Trump listens after they voted on Election Day on Nov. 5, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said Tuesday that they "do not have reports of anything that looks like voter fraud ... We do not expect to have it, but if it's there, we want to know about it. We don't want to hear a bunch of crazy fiction later about how things happen."

"If we start to hear about it at nine o'clock after the polls are closed, you should be rightly suspicious of what you are hearing," Krasner said.

The post comes as Trump has for days basely accused the key battleground state of cheating.

"If Donald J. Trump has any facts to support his wild allegations, we want them now. Right now," Krasner said. "We are not holding our breath."

In a separate statement, the Pennsylvania Department of State said, "Pennsylvania counties, including Philadelphia, are running a safe and secure election."