Some U.S. presidential campaign events are being canceled in advance of Tropical Storm Sandy.
Challenger Mitt Romney and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden have both canceled appearances in Virginia Beach, in the southeastern state of Virginia, as the storm moves closer to the U.S. east coast. Biden has canceled a Saturday appearance there, while Romney has canceled a Sunday rally that was to be held in the same city.
U.S. President Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to cast an early ballot in the presidential election, voting earlier in the week at his Chicago polling place.
Tropical Storm Sandy is being closely monitored by U.S. election officials because the storm could disrupt early voting that is going on in several states.
Meanwhile, Romney has called for "bold changes" to fix the nation's economy in what his aides have described as his "closing argument."
Speaking Friday in the battleground state of Iowa, Romney criticized President Obama, saying there is nothing in what the president proposed during the candidates' three debates that has any prospect of meeting the economic challenges of the times.
However, the U.S. government reported Friday that the economy grew by 2 percent in the July-to-September period, a slightly faster pace than economists had projected.
The head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Alan Krueger, said Friday's report provided "further evidence that the economy is moving in the right direction," adding that there is "more work to do."
President Obama has criticized Romney's plan for the economy, calling it a "sketchy deal" and saying it will add trillions of dollars to the debt.
Polls have shown the presidential race tied as the campaign enters its final stage before the November 6 election.
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