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ATLANTA, Ga. - On Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Atlanta for a campaign rally alongside Usher, who will speak at the program.

The event comes during the first weekend of early voting in Georgia and the vice president, Usher, and other leaders will encourage Georgians to vote early in person from now until November 1.

The event will be in the evening, but other details haven’t been released yet.

Harris has been paying multiple visits to Georgia in recent weeks, including coming to Augusta in her role as vice president to see damage from Hurricane Helene.

Harris will make her first campaign appearances with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, two of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party, at get-out-the-vote events this month in Georgia and Michigan.

It will be the former first lady’s first time hitting the trail for Harris.

Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, is set to appear with the former president in Georgia on Oct. 24 and with Mrs. Obama in Michigan on Oct. 26, according to a Harris campaign senior official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss events before they are officially announced.

The official did not disclose the cities where Harris will join the Obamas.

The former president recently campaigned for Harris in Pittsburgh and has appearances scheduled Friday and Saturday in Arizona and Nevada, respectively, and next week in Wisconsin and Michigan.

Early voting opens statewide in Michigan on Oct. 26, and Harris and the former first lady will encourage supporters to cast their ballots as soon as possible, the official said.

In Georgia, where early voting opened this past Tuesday, more than 310,000 people voted on the first day, a record.

The Obamas endorsed Harris in July and spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August in Chicago. They remain prodigious fundraising draws and popular surrogates at large campaign events for Democratic candidates.