graves. graves' son archie, who lost his mother just as he was starting his freshman year in college, told nbc news today, i'm just ready to close this chapter on this part of our lives. laura jarrett, nbc news. >>> in georgia vice president harris today attacking former president trump on abortion rights as election officials in that key battleground state make a controversial change. here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight in-person early voting is already under way in three states, virginia, south dakota and minnesota. >> this is the most consequential vote in my lifetime. >> reporter: and now a new controversy over how ballots will be counted in battleground georgia, the state's gop-led election board voted to require counties to hand count all ballots cast on election day, a move critics say could delay the reporting of results. >> so, what are we trying to do here? we're trying to sow chaos? >> reporter: even though their attorney general says the election board may...