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Joe Biden casts early election vote in Delaware

Joe Biden voted at the Carvel State Office Building in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware
Joe Biden voted at the Carvel State Office Building in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware

US presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife Jill have cast their ballots for the 2020 election.

They join more than 74 million Americans who have voted with just under a week remaining in the contest.

Mr Biden voted at the Carvel State Office Building in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.

The Democratic candidate spent the day taking briefings on the Covid-19 pandemic.

He is scheduled to deliver a speech in Delaware, a state he is expected to easily win, with just six days to go until the 3 November election against President Donald Trump.

Mr Trump has been holding more campaign events in battleground states amid rising coronavirus cases.

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He voted for himself on Saturday at a public library across the street from one of his golf clubs in the battleground state of Florida.

Mr Trump changed his residency from New York a year ago.

The number of people who have voted early represents more than 53% of the total turnout in the 2016 election, according to data compiled by the US Elections Project at the University of Florida.

Delaware allows some early voting by appointment.

Mr Biden holds a comfortable lead in national polls, but the polls are tighter in the battleground states that might decide the election.