Donald Trump pushes for early voting in Pennsylvania

Former President Donald Trump urged voters in Pennsylvania on Monday to vote early when the state finishes preparing absentee ballots in the next couple of weeks, warning that the future of the country "is at stake." 

There is no clear date for when absentee and mail-in ballots will go out to voters, because of a delay from the state Supreme Court. But Pennsylvania election officials have begun processing the requests for absentee ballots, and voters have until Oct. 29 to request a ballot.

Trump said voters need to "make a plan" to vote and that they should not take anything for granted or leave anything to chance.

"We're here today because early voting begins in Pennsylvania over the next two weeks, and we need each and every one of you to go out," Trump told a crowd of supporters in Indiana, Pennsylvania. "We have to win Pennsylvania. Go out, make a plan to vote early, vote absentee or vote in person on election day. But you got to get out and vote. You got to say to the husband, 'Harry, get the hell off that couch.' We can't take any chances, because our nation is at stake. Our nation is going to hell."

The push for early voting is a change for the Republican Party, which has largely relied on in-person voting on election days in the past. 

Voters who do vote early, or through absentee or mail-in voting, need to drop off or return their ballots by 8 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2024, when polls close.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.