Thank you, Taylor.
The commercials and robo
techs are almost done,
and today voters head to the
polls to decide the winner of the
runoff election between incumbent
Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock
and GOP candidate Herschel Walker
is the last Senate contest in
the country still undecided.
Both candidates for U.S.
Senate continued campaigning and
making their final pitches for why
they should be your next US Senator.
Herschel Walker stopped in
North Georgia yesterday,
so get people out to vote tomorrow.
Tell him to get out and vote.
Vote, vote. If you hadn't voted,
tell him to get out and vote.
Thank you, guys.
So my message this morning is that
we cannot let our foot off the gas.
We gotta press all the way
through the finish line.
We gotta run through the tape.
Senator Warnock made stops
up in Atlanta and both candidates
are sticking around areas where
they're heavily supported.
Meanwhile, it is decision day
and nearly 2,000,000 voters have
already cast ballots setting early
voting records across the state.
Our morning reporter TJ Anthony
is joining us live from a polling
location here in East Macon. So, TJ,
are you seeing any lines forming yet?
How are things looking?
Good morning Caitlin and why things
are looking pretty quiet right now.
We saw one voter show up and the
doors will open starting at 7:00
AM for voters across the state.
But look, somehow,
someway they let the 13 WMA Z crew in
here before the line started to form.
Now as you see,
you have the poll workers working
right here getting you ready to cast
your ballot and you see the poll pads
right there and over there you can
see the voting booths where people
and voters will go out and they will
actually vote for who they want.
In this election and also
we hope this go around,
we will know tonight who will be taking
over the Georgia Senate seat and who
will also be taking over the Macon
Water Authority districts to seat.
But we have everything you
need to know this go around.
Voting
is a family tradition.
We gotta do it. Yeah. And as women,
we used to couldn't vote either,
so that's very important.
Leonard and Connie Williams were
among the over 15,000 people
that voted early in Macon Bibb.
It's an important thing,
and especially local voting
because everything happened.
Everything's local.
The Williams were not the only people
rushing during this runoff election.
Poll workers were racing against
the clock to make sure everything
was up and running. There's a
lot of machine, a lot of
equipment to be prepared.
And not a lot of time to do it,
interim election Supervisor Thomas
Gillen says with this runoff,
there were long lines during early voting,
but Election Day may be a different story.
For Election Day, I don't think
the lines won't will be nearly
as long as they are here.
They certainly won't be
if they do end up being long.
There are special accommodations for
the elderly, 75 and up or the disabled.
We have usually one or two.
Works specifically set aside to process
our older or handicapped voters,
and we have chairs set aside so
they can come in and sit down
while they wait if need be,
for the Williams family.
They will be, like many on
Election Day, watching closely.
The TV.
Go. And now the voting locations
will be open across the state
of Georgia at 7:00 AM and they
will close at 7:00 PM Tonight.
But if you're in line by 7:00 PM,
you can still vote,
so make sure you stay in line.
Live live in Macon.
TJ Anthony, 13 W amazing news.
Thank you so much for that report.
TJ, if you're going to the polls,
be sure to bring your
government issued photo ID.
That could be a driver's license
to check your polling location.
You definitely want to go to the
Georgia Secretary of State's website.
I know I needed to do that
to see where I do vote. Yes,
definitely make sure you
go to the right spot.
And for other information on
the polling place and hours,
of course, you can contact your
local Board of Elections now.
It is the last chance to
vote in this election.
So here's some other things you need to know.
Again, you have to vote at
your designated polling place.
They're open 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM make
sure you bring a valid form of ID.
And as long as you're in line
by 7:00 tonight, as TJ said,
stay in line, you'll
still be able to vote.
Tom Gillen with the Bibb County
Board of election says if you still
need to turn in an absentee ballot,
you can bring them to your elections
office up until 7:00 PM today.
He says he must hand that ballot.
To a staff member and
that goes to any county.
Well, tonight we will follow the runoff
results closely from the Macon Water
Authority to Milledgeville City Council,
of course, the US Senate race.
Molly Jett will report from
Senator Rafael Warnock's camp,
while Anthony Montalto reports
from Herschel Walker's watch party
will also have analysis for you.
Ashland Webb will use our election
tracker to show you where votes
are coming from across Georgia.
And UG, a political science professor,
Charles Bullock,
will join us in studio to bring some
context to the trends that we're seeing.
So make sure you join us
tonight starting at 5,
right here on 13,
your source for election results.
And if you text the word vote to
4787521309, we can still send our runoff
election guide right to your phone.