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00:00Welcome back to From the South, and now let's begin with our special segment with our colleague

00:17Belén de los Santos.

00:18Hi, Belén.

00:19Thank you, Alejandra, and welcome to this special segment dedicated to follow all the

00:26latest in the days leading up to the U.S. presidential elections of 2024.

00:31My name is Belén de los Santos.

00:32I'm from the Televisual Studios in Caracas, Venezuela.

00:35Stay with us.

00:47And we begin with the information.

00:49With six days until 2024, election voters in the U.S. are already casting their ballots,

00:54as early voting is underway in some states.

00:57According to the election lab at the University of Florida, as of Wednesday afternoon, more

01:02than 57.5 million U.S. citizens have voted, with over 30 million exercising their right

01:10early in person, and about 27 million doing so via early mail.

01:16The numbers come in a context where Kamala Harris' campaign has pushed for Democratic

01:21voters to utilize early voting more aggressively, while Donald Trump has been critical of this

01:27modality.

01:35And the candidates are intensifying their campaign event to get the undecided vote in

01:40key states.

01:41Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are in the final stretch of their presidential

01:46race, and fully immersed in the battle to win votes ahead of the November 5th polls.

01:51During her closing arguments in Washington's ellipse, the site of Trump's January 6, 2021

01:57rally, Kamala Harris focused on a final plea against the Republican candidate, urging the

02:03country to move beyond violent divisions.

02:06The Democratic nominee, who has been running for only three months in a compressed campaign

02:11launched after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, aimed her closing rally at

02:16undermining Trump's character and leadership, strategically focusing on the divisiveness

02:22of his speech.

02:29Meanwhile the presidential candidate Donald Trump visited Allentown in Pennsylvania on

02:34October 29th, after an escalation in controversies over Puerto Rico remarks.

02:40The former president returned to Pennsylvania after a comedian at Trump's Madison Square

02:45Garden rally sparked controversy among the U.S. Latin American community.

02:50The visit to Allentown, where the Hispanic population makes up to 55% of the total, was

02:56an opportunity for the former president to appeal to Latinos after different groups denounced

03:02the racist and disrespectful jokes made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who called Puerto

03:08Rico a floating island of garbage at his New York rally.

03:29In this context, dozens of Latinos protested in the streets of Allentown, Pennsylvania,

03:34in rejection of the racist comments made by Hinchcliffe.

03:37Pennsylvania is one of the key states to determine the outcome of the U.S. elections due to the

03:42strong presence of Hispanic residents, 450,000 of whom are from Puerto Rico.

03:49In the face of the controversy, dozens of Puerto Rican artists spoke out on social networks,

03:54repudiating the comments made by Hinchcliffe and, in turn, expressing their support to

03:59Kamala Harris in the upcoming polls.

04:07And with November 5th fast approaching, we analyzed the Electoral College to dissect

04:12just how does this cornerstone of the U.S. election process works.

04:16Let's see.

04:17The Electoral College is a sort of intrigue for some who don't understand how it works.

04:26Since its creation, this form of indirect election of the president is not a physical

04:31place.

04:32It is a process that begins with choosing the electors who cast their votes for president

04:37and vice president, as well as the counting of votes for Congress.

04:42The Electoral College is composed of 538 electors, each state having several electors equal to

04:50its seats in Congress.

04:52That is, one of each of its members in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

04:57Each state chooses its electors in a different way, but generally, they are still led by

05:02political party of the presidential candidate in that state.

05:05Although each state is allowed to regulate how the electoral system works, most states

05:11implement a winner-take-all system, where all electors' votes are awarded to the candidate

05:17who wins the state's popular votes.

05:21The electoral process begins with the general election, which is held every four years of

05:26the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

05:29By voting for a presidential candidate, the U.S. citizens are voting for the candidate's

05:33preferred constituency.

05:35On election day, a prior winner is usually announced on the evening of the same voting

05:39date, according to the government's website.

05:42After the general elections, the state executives prepare a certificate of assertment that lists

05:47the names of the designated electors and the votes each individual receives.

05:51This certificate is sent to the National Archives to become part of the official record of the

05:56presidential election.

05:59The meeting of the electors takes place on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday

06:04in December, and electors vote for president and vice presidents on separate ballots.

06:09These votes are recorded on a certificate of votes, which is sent to the Congress and

06:13to the National Archives.

06:15The electoral votes of each state are counted at a joint session of Congress on January

06:206.

06:21The process concludes with a joint session of Congress at which, under the office of

06:25the Vice President of the United States, the votes of the electors are counted and the

06:30new president-elect is officially declared.

06:33According to the United States National Archives, the president-elect is sworn in as president

06:37of the nation on January 20 of the year following the general elections.

06:45And that's all for today in this special segment in which we analyze the latest on

06:49the road to the U.S. election day.

06:51Stay tuned for Tell Us Your English as we continue bringing you the latest updates and

06:56join us next week for our special media coverage, U.S. Decide 2024.

07:00Back to you, Alejandra.

07:05Thank you, Belén.

07:06We were listening to our colleague Belén de los Santos with an overview of the upcoming

07:10general elections in the United States.

07:13And with this special segment that will be live also on Thursday, October 31st, 8 p.m.

07:19Caracas time, we have come to the end of this news brief.

07:22But you can find this and many other stories on our website at tellusoreenglish.net and

07:26join us on social media.

07:28We are on Facebook, X, Instagram, Telegram, and TikTok as well.

07:32For Tell Us Your English, I'm Alejandra García.

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