US Vice President Kamala Harris has warned voters not to be discouraged by Donald Trump’s claims about the integrity of the presidential election ahead of the final day of voting on Tuesday.

In particular, she warned that people who did not vote should not be misled.

“I would especially ask people who haven’t yet voted to not fall for his tactics, which I think is to suggest to people that if they vote, their vote won’t matter.” , Harris said at a news conference, “suggesting to people that somehow the integrity of our electoral system is not intact, so they don’t vote.”

“I think it’s a tactic. It’s meant to distract from the fact that we have and support free and fair elections in our country. We did that in 2020. He lost.”

“And the systems that are in place for this 2024 election have integrity, they are good systems, and the vote of the people will determine the outcome of this election.”

A wide range of polls show at least seven swing states are currently too close to call, with neither Harris nor Trump establishing a solid lead in the national popular vote.

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Harris made the remarks after a Trump rally at which the former president said he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after the 2020 election.

In his speech, Trump claimed that a poll showing him losing in Iowa was a form of election interference and claimed, without providing evidence, that voter fraud was already underway in Pennsylvania.

“They found, as I understand it… 2,600 ballots, all written by the same hand, in other words, the same exact handwriting, the same hand, everything the same, everything was written by the same feather, exactly the same feather. And then they say, “Well, he’s a conspiracy theorist.”

The Trump campaign has promised to deploy legal teams across the country to file election fraud claims, and has already filed a lawsuit in the state of Georgia, raising allegations of “illegal election administration” after some counties kept polling places open over the weekend to receive early ballots.

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In 2020, Joe Biden won the popular vote by a clear margin, but only achieved a majority in the all-important Electoral College by securing tiny margins in several states Trump won in 2016. It took more than three days after the close of polling stations for a definitive Biden victory to be announced.

However, Trump claimed victory just hours after counting began, insisting the election was stolen from him as the counting of mail-in votes continued.

“We were preparing to win this election,” he said during a speech at the White House. “Frankly, we won this election.”

After Biden was declared the winner, Trump launched a legal and political campaign in several states to try to overturn the results, but his efforts failed. Biden’s victory was certified by Congress on January 6, 2021 after an attack on the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters.