Alexa night turns to
election morning to election
month. We'll explain why it might be a
while before America knows
who's in control of Congress.
Plus a Republican supermajority
did not happen last night,
but they still gain ways to check Governor
Roy Cooper's power and inflation was by far
the top issue people voted on yesterday.
We'll look at what's being done
to help your wallet. Hey there.
I'm Ben Briscoe. Let's dig into all of it.
Yesterday we were counting
down to the polls closing,
but today we are counting up.
It is hours,
22 hours after the race was over,
and we're still waiting for
all the ballots to be tallied,
especially in some key races
across the country.
With the control of Congress at stake,
some of last night's midterm election
results are coming as a surprise to many.
Let's dig into where the country's
balance of power stands right now.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
John Fetterman's win over Memmott
Oz and Pennsylvania Senate
race help lift Democrats to a
better night than many expected.
And you know, this campaign has always
been about fighting for everyone
who's ever been got knocked down,
that ever got back up control.
The house is leaning Republican while
the Senate is still up for grabs.
We are not sure.
If this journey is over,
Georgia Senate contest is headed
for a December runoff,
with incumbent Raphael Warnock and
Republican challenger Herschel Walker
both short of the required 50% threshold.
We're in a
fight, are we not?
In Ohio, Republican JD Vance
won an open Senate seat.
There are still at least 15 tossup
races in the House, but GOP leaders
are confident they'll be in control
when all the votes are counted.
Now let me tell you, you're out late.
We will be in the majority with Nancy
Pelosi will be in the minority.
218 feats are needed for the majority,
and election analysts say it could
be a few days before it's all sorted
out when it comes to the issues,
exit polls show inflation followed
by a portion where most important to
voters in this pivotal midterm election.
While we're still waiting for
several results to come in across
the country, we do already know
that history has been made.
Take a look at what boundaries were
broken with yesterday's victories.
25 year old Democrat Maxwell Alejandro
Frost has a message to doubters.
After becoming the first member of
Generation Z to win a seat in Congress,
Gen Z and Millennials make
up about 1/3 of the country.
But we're nowhere near 1/3 of the
government and think we need a government
that needs to look like the country.
He was easily elected in Florida's 10th
Congressional District in the Orlando area.
He focused his campaign on stricter
gun control laws and abortion rights.
For me, I'm very hopeful.
We know that universal background checks.
Are very popular amongst Republicans
and NRA members and we just need the
political will to move it forward
to literally save lives elsewhere.
Former White House press Secretary,
Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders became the
first woman elected governor of Arkansas.
I know it will be the honor of a
lifetime to serve as Arkansas 47th
governor and the first female governor.
The state of Huckabee
Sanders is the highest profile former Trump
administration official elected to office.
Alabama also elected its first woman
to the Senate, Republican Katie Britt.
She will succeed longtime Senator
Richard Shelby, who is retiring,
and Democrat Maura Healey won the
Massachusetts governor's race.
We're all in this together.
Not only will Healy be
Massachusetts first female governor,
she will also be America's first open
lesbian state leader in Maryland.
Westmore was elected the
state's first black governor.
He becomes just the third
black person elected governor.
In U.S. history.
It's cool to see history in action right now.
Political experts say we are likely
to see Republicans gain a majority
in the House, but the Senate?
It is a real toss up so far right now,
Democrats have 48 seats counted up and
Republicans have 49 at the moment,
meaning there are three races
still up for grabs right now.
You heard about Georgia?
Democrat incumbent Raphael
Warnock is going to a runoff.
With representative,
a Republican Herschel Walker,
so we won't know where that
race stands until December.
And Nevada,
there's a toss up between incumbent
Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto
and the Republican state former
Attorney General Adam Laxalt.
Right now Laxalt has a slight lead,
but only 80% of the precincts
are reporting in Arizona.
CBS News says the Senate race between
Democrat incumbent Mark Kelly and.
Republican Blake Masters is
leaning Democrat right now,
but only 72% of precincts
are reporting there.
Part of the holdup on all of
this is waiting for all the
mail in absentee ballots and
military ballots from overseas.
They all have to be counted,
and they are taking a while to do that.
Here's a look at who makes up some of
those people voting from outside America.
With midterm election votes
already being cast, Republicans
and Democrats are getting out
the vote outside the country. And
what we've seen again is a steady
progression in terms of our group's growth.
We're no longer just in London.
In Paris, we have official groups
in 50 countries around the world.
Candice Kerriston heads up a
group called Democrats Broad,
and they're trying to recruit
millions of eligible American
voters that are living overseas.
In fact, a group
called Republicans overseas is
having a similar get out the vote
campaign right on its website,
where are you from? Texas, Texas.
Maryland. I learned about the fight
for overseas votes and the growing
number of Americans who say they want
to leave the United States for good
and sometimes for political reasons.
As a joke, he had said if President
Biden got elected, we're gone.
We're out of here and it happened and
you're out of here and we're out of here.
Democrats are getting frustrated, too.
A publication called International Living
reported a 1000% increase in web traffic
after Roe versus Wade was overturned.
Meanwhile, the 2016 election of Donald Trump,
George Floyd protests,
and the COVID-19 pandemic all significantly
drove up clicks for the website.
Where can I live?
All of this is possible.
Because of legislation passed in
1986 giving active military and
Americans living abroad voting
rights in federal elections,
the majority of states also give
Americans living abroad the right
to vote in local elections too.
When elections get closer,
every vote counts,
and so there's more incentive to
go out and chase those marginal
voters who might be overseas.
So how many voters are we talking about?
There isn't an official count,
but Democrats abroad puts the number at
around 6.5 million eligible voters overseas.
OK, before you think, wait a minute.
They don't live here.
They shouldn't get a say.
Keep this in mind.
The overwhelming majority of
Americans who live overseas are
still paying taxes here in the US,
which is why there's bipartisan support
right now to allow them to vote in
US elections here in North Carolina.
The State Board of Elections accepts
absentee ballots postmarked by
Election Day up through November 14th,
so overseas ballots could still be
trickling in and impacting our election.
Now that the election is over and
you're starting to see some results,
you of course want to check to make
sure that your vote was counted.
You can do that online.
It's pretty easy.
The State Board of Elections
has a voter history section.
When you look yourself up
using the voter search tool,
you can see this example.
It shows you what election you
voted in and what method you voted.
It will also tell you which
county you voted in and what
ballot you use during a primary
election if you voted in person.
During one stop early voting,
those votes are considered absentee ballots.
You will be able to see whether
or not the vote was accepted
on the voter search tool under
your absentee ballot section.
The status updates the day after you vote,
so if you voted early in person,
you should see that now.
If you voted by mail,
you'll be able to see the vote status in
that same your absentee ballot section,
and if you voted in person by Election Day,
your ballot.
Status will only show up in
your voter history section if
you don't see it right away.
Don't worry,
nothing shows up in the voter
history section until your county
completes their post election process.
It could take a couple of weeks
or longer after the election.