BLUE STATES. OBSERVER THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
SPEAKING OF RED STATES AND
BLUE STATES. WE COULD SEE
MAJOR CHANGES IN THE ROAD TO
2.70 WITH THE ELECTORAL VOTES
TONIGHT. ANALYSTS NOW CONSIDER
TO RELIABLY RED STATES, TEXAS
AND GEORGIA TO BE TOSSUPS.
NEWS. 8 SRI CABIN HAS A LOOK
AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR EACH
CANDIDATE TO WIN.
AS THE ELECTION RESULTS
START COMING IN. OUR BE
LOOKING TOWARD A PATH OF 270
ELECTORAL VOTES. THAT'S WHAT
IT TAKE TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES. NOW BOTH
CANDIDATES ALREADY HAVE SOME
STATES WHERE THE ESTIMATES
ARE. THEY HAVE SOME OF THOSE
VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN. ITS 217
AS GUEST BY THE POLLS FOR
DONALD TRUMP WON 26 SO BIDEN
HAS A MUCH CLEARER PATH TO
2.70. HE ONLY NEEDS TO WIN A
STATE LIKE FLORIDA AND MAYBE A
STATE LIKE PENNSYLVANIA AND
THAT WOULD GET HIM ALMOST TO
THE MARK. HE NEEDS IT TO 66.
HE COULD PICK UP IOWA OR
NEVADA EITHER ONE OR ANY OTHER
STATE UP THERE THAT PUTS UP TO
2.70 AND THAT HIS PATH LUNCH
CHANGE THOSE STATES BACK FOR
JUST A MOMENT AND NOW SEE WHAT
IT WOULD TAKE FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP TO GET THERE. HE'S GOT
TO WIN EVERYTHING IN THE
SOUTH, INCLUDING TEXAS,
FLORIDA AND NORTH CAROLINA AND
GEORGIA. HE DOES ALL THAT.
THAT GETS HIM TO 2.24. SO HE'S
STILL GOING TO NEED 46 VOTES
TO GET TO TO 17, HAVE TO FIND
THOSE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST. SO
PERHAPS A PENNSYLVANIA. OHIO
AND MICHIGAN. AND THAT PUTS TO
78. BUT THAT'S ASKING A LOT.
OBVIOUSLY BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE
A PATH TO 2.70 FOR JOE BIDEN.
IT MEANS WINNING MANY FEWER
STATES AND FOR DONALD TRUMP
AND MEANS RUNNING THE BOARD ON
A NUMBER OF THESE STATES THAT
ARE STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE
WATCHING AS WE ENTER INTO OUR
ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE FOR
DAYBREAK. I'M RECALLED.
WHICHEVER WAY YOU DECIDE TO
VOTE ELECTION OFFICIALS WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW,
THEY ARE PREPARED FOR YOU WHEN
YOU COME TO THE POLLS, THE
GRAND RAPIDS CITY CLERKS. WITH
US THIS MORNING. NEWS. IT'S
JUST IN COLORS THAT THOUGH,
THE GRAVE AVENUE CHRISTIAN
REFORM CHURCH WITH HIM. NOW.
GOOD MORNING. JUSTIN. WE'LL
TRACE IN TIME. VOTERS WILL BE
ABLE TO START CASTING THEIR
BALLOTS RIGHT HERE IN JUST
UNDER 2 HOURS. BUT.
THE BIG STORY, OF COURSE,
THIS YEAR IS ABSENTEE VOTING.
I'M JOINED THIS MORNING BY
GRAND RAPIDS CITY KIRK CLERK.
JOE HAHNDORF ENJOY. HOW IS THE
CITY CHANGE WORDS PUTTING ITS
RESOURCES TODAY ON ELECTION
DAY. OF COURSE, TO ACCOUNT FOR
THAT BIG INFLUX IN ABSENTEE
VOTES WORSE THAT WE'RE STILL
PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT BEHIND
OR IN THE PRECINCT, WHICH WE
STILL HAVE.
7 TO 10 ELECTION IN IN THE
PRECINCTS. WE STILL HAVE THAT
WE SAW TO PREPARE THE WHETHER
WE HAVE HIGH AS 3RD OR LESS
THESE YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT BIG
ELECTIONS. EVERY ELECTIONS,
BIG. SO FOR THE FOR A CLERK,
WHETHER IT'S A ONE MINUTES
WILL LECTURE THE PRESIDENTIAL
WE HAVE TO STILL DO THE SAME
WORK IN THE SAME PREPARATION
AND GET THINGS READY. SO WE'VE
BEEN PREPARING GETTING READY
FOR SO THE PRECINCTS WILL BE
READY. SO, SIR, YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE CONCERNS, OF COURSE,
IN A SPIKE OF COVID-19 ACROSS
THE STATE IN THE COUNTY AS
WELL. WE'RE BOTH WEARING OUR
MASKS HERE. BUT.
THOSE MASKS ARE REQUIRED
WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE TO CAST
THEIR BALLOTS AT THE AT THE
POLLS. WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A
CITY TO ENSURE PEOPLE ARE
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ARE WE
STILL ENCOURAGING THEM TO WEAR
MASKS WHEN THEY COME OUT AND
WERE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT
EVERYBODY WEARS A MASK. SO,
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TURN AWAY
FOR NOT WEARING MASKS ARE
CERTAIN PEOPLE YOU KNOW,
CERTAIN REASONS CAN. SO WE'RE
NOT GOING TO DISENFRANCHISE
SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE THEY
DON'T WEAR A MASK.
BUT THEN KEEP YOURSELF 6
FEET AWAY APART FROM EACH
OTHER IN WHAT MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE JUST A GOOD COMMUNITY
WHEN WE GO TO THE PRECINCTS. I
THINK WHAT WE'VE CITY HALL FOR
PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING IN
PERSON AS HE EVERYBODY'S
SEEING. THIS IS A BIG GET
TOGETHER AND HAS BEEN VOTING
SAID PEOPLE HAVE COME WITH
PATIENTS, BUT YES, I'M ASKING
MESSNER RECORD BUT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
AND OF COURSE, SAFETY HAS
BEEN A BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION
AHEAD OF THIS ELECTION AS
WELL. WHAT STEPS IS THE CITY
TAKING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO
VOTER INTIMIDATION GOING ON
THROUGHOUT THE CITY TODAY IN
WILL THERE BE AN INCREASED
POLICE PRESENCE AT ANY OF THE
POLLING LOCATIONS KNOW THERE
WILL BE AN INCREASED POLICE
PRESENCE. WE'VE BEEN 4 WEEKS
FOR THE FOR THE 11 WEEKS AND
MONTHS FOR THIS ELECTION.
INTIMIDATION HARASSMENT
WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN THE
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE ELECTION
WORKERS AND THEN. CITY STEP
THEY TAKE IT FROM THERE WILL
TO EACH INCIDENT BECAUSE EACH
INCIDENT WILL BE DIFFERENT. SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US THIS MORNING. WE'LL SEE
AGAIN IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE REALLY
DO APPRECIATE IT. GOOD LUCK
TODAY. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T YET.
OF COURSE YOU CAN STILL
REGISTER TO VOTE, GET AN
ABSENTEE BALLOT AND VOTE AT
YOUR LOCAL CLERK'S OFFICE
TODAY, YOU CAN FIND YOUR LOCAL
POLLING LOCATION IN MUCH MORE
INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE
UNDER THE ELECTIONS TAB.