LIVE BLOG: Hourly updates with the latest election news, notes from the campaign trails, voting results and analysis. nbcnews.to/3mvvP2w
TikTok follows Facebook and Twitter, will limit premature claims of victory. nbcnews.to/3mwfz0Y
President Trump will attempt to hold 11 rallies in several key states in the final 48 hours before Election Day, according to a campaign official. nbcnews.to/3otFGYe
Joe Biden cast his ballot for president in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday shortly after delivering remarks on Covid-19. He was joined by his wife, Dr. Jill Biden. nbcnews.to/31Sn3n7
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A 64-page document asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving Joe Biden's son and business in China, that was later disseminated by close associates of President Trump, appears to be the work of a fake "intelligence firm." (1/8) #NBCNewsThreadsnbcnews.to/3e9Gug9
The document, which went viral on the right-wing internet a month before the purported leak of files from Hunter Biden's laptop, was said to be authored by Swiss security analyst Martin Aspen — who doesn't exist, according to an analysis by disinformation researchers. (2/8)
Disinformation researchers say Aspen is a fabricated identity and that his profile picture was created with an artificial intelligence face generator. The firm he lists as his previous employer tells @NBCNews that nobody by that name had ever worked for their company. (3/8)
@echuckles Abhinav, an Ohio seventh grader, received his first injection of a Covid-19 vaccine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center last Thursday, making him among the youngest participants in the world to take part in a Covid-19 vaccine trial. (2/6)
@echuckles “I’m happy that he’s doing his bit for science,” Sharat says of his son. “With the Pfizer study, no major side effects have been reported so far, so that made me comfortable with enrolling Abhinav as well.” (3/6)
A diverse group of thousands of younger Americans, ranging from 16-year-old high schoolers to college students, are stepping in as poll workers across the country during early voting and on Election Day. nbcnews.to/3e61vIB (1/5) #NBCNewsThreads
In 2018, roughly 58% of all poll workers in the country were 61 or older, according to a survey from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. Poll workers as a group are also disproportionately white compared to the voting population at large. (2/5)
Those numbers are likely to change this year, especially after calls for young people to step up because of the pandemic, since older people are at higher risk of suffering from complications brought on by Covid-19. (3/5)
@SuzyKhimm While there is no official tally of elderly people dying from causes linked to social isolation, evidence is mounting that restrictions related to Covid-19 are taking a toll on their health, according to recent research and interviews with experts and families across the US (2/8)
Social isolation was listed as a contributing cause of death for at least 10 Minnesotans — almost all long-term care residents — from June to September, according to state death records; no deaths in the previous two years cited social isolation as a cause. (3/8)