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EXERCISE
YOUR RIGHT. FIRST, THOUGH,
ELECTION DAY IS HERE IN POLLS
ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA
ARE OPEN ONCE AGAIN, OUR STATE
WILL HAVE SO MUCH ATTENTION
TODAY WHILE MILLIONS OF VOTERS
HAVE ALREADY CAST
THEIR BALLOTS. THERE’S STILL
MANY VOTES LEFT TO BE TALLIED.
SO WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF
RESULTS 2020 THIS MORNING.
WE START WITH NEWS. 6 REPORTER
MARK LEHMAN IS AT THE ORANGE
COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
OFFICE AND MARK POLLS HAVE NOW
BEEN OPEN FOR JUST ABOUT 2
HOURS. HOW’S THE TURNOUT BEEN
SO FAR.
>> WELL, SO FAR THINGS HAVE
BEEN STEADY AS EXPECTED.
THERE WERE LINES AT SOME
PRECINCTS EARLY ON. BUT IT’S
IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND, EVEN
THOUGH THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ELECTIONS OF
RECENT HISTORY’S REASON HISTORY
OF MOST VOTERS HAVE ALREADY
CAST
THEIR BALLOT BEFORE TODAY.
NOW, THE POLLS OPENING THIS
MORNING COMES AFTER MONTHS OF
PREPARATION FROM
ELECTION WORKERS. THE BIG
QUESTION IS JUST HOW BUSY WILL
POLLING PLACES ACTUALLY BE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ORANGE
COUNTY HAS REPORTED 62% OF
REGISTERED VOTERS HAVE ALREADY
CAST THEIR BALLOT STATEWIDE
ROUGHLY 9 MILLION HAVE EITHER
VOTED EARLY OR BY MAIL BUT
POLLS OPEN AT 07:00AM. WE KNOW
THERE WERE WAIT TIMES AT SOME
PRECINCTS A SHORT TIME AGO.
SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, BILL
COWLES AND SPOKE WITH US ABOUT
THE TURNOUT. HIS WORKERS HAVE
BEEN C.
>> SO WE KNOW THERE’S THOSE WHO
VOTE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK.
AND SO WE’LL HAVE THAT MORNING
RUSH AND THEN HOPEFULLY IT WILL
SETTLE DOWN UNTIL THE LATE
AFTERNOON LAST MINUTE. VOTERS
ARRIVING AT THE POLLS. IF WE
GET 20% AT THE
POLLS TODAY. WE COULD BE IN THE
80% TURNOUT RANGE.
>> AND AS OF 8.45 THIS MORNING,
ORANGE COUNTY IS REPORTING
NEARLY 22,000 HAVE VOTED IN
PERSON SINCE POLLS OPENED AT
7. AND THAT’S JUST ABOUT 7,000
SHY OF
2016 FINAL TALLY, WHICH WAS A
RECORD BREAKING YEAR FOR VOTER
TURNOUT OUT HERE. THE
SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE
OFFICIALS WANT TO REMIND
EVERYONE THAT THIS IS NOT A
POLLING LOCATION, BUT BOATERS
CAN DROP OFF THEIR VOTE BY MAIL
BALLOTS HERE. ANYONE WANTING
TO VOTE IN PERSON TODAY MUST DO
SO AT THEIR
ASSIGNED PRECINCT AND THOSE
POLLS WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL
7 THIS EVENING FOR NOW
REPORTING LIVE IN ORANGE
COUNTY. MARK LEHMAN GETTING
RESULTS
NEWS, 6.
>> CANDACE: MARK, THANK YOU.
AND OF COURSE MANY ARE
WONDERING HOW THE COUNTY WILL
GO IN THE HOURS AFTER THE POLLS
CLOSE THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
REMAINS TIGHT HERE IN FLORIDA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN FOCUS THEIR
FINAL CAMPAIGN STOPS ON AREAS
WHERE THE RESULTS COULD GO
EITHER WAY. CANDIDATES WERE ON
THE TRAIL LATE INTO THE NIGHT
TODAY. SUPPORTERS FOR THE
PRESIDENT WILL BE HOLDING
RALLIES EZZY CASTRO CONTINUES
TEAM COVERAGE IN THE NEWSROOM.
>> BRIDGETT: THE 2 CANDIDATES
FOCUSED A LOT OF FLORIDA THE
LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND LAST
NIGHT IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK.
BOTH OF THEM HIT UP KEY
BATTLEGROUND STATES SUCH AS
MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA AS
MILLIONS ARE EXPECTED TO HEAD
TO THE
POLLS TODAY.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN GIVING
IT THEIR ALL ON THE EVE OF
ELECTION NIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO
HAVE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL THE
PRESIDENT HOLDING 5 RALLIES AND
ENDING HIS NIGHT
IN MICHIGAN AS HE DID BEFORE
HIS 2016 VICTORY SPOTTED.
I KEPT SAYING WE HAVE TO FINISH
A FEAR THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT
THAN JUST THAT.
>> WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT
SUPERSTITIOUS RIGHTS.
PEOPLE. THEY’VE BEEN GREAT.
YOU’VE BEEN GREAT. AND I THINK
WE’LL HAVE A TREMENDOUS VICTORY
IN MICHIGAN. I BELIEVE THE
MESSAGE IS GOING TO BE LOUD
AND CLEAR.
>> HIS TIME FOR DONALD TRUMP TO
PACK HIS BAGS AND GO HOME
BIDEN’S STOPPING IN PITTSBURGH,
PENNSYLVANIA. A STATE WHICH
COULD MAKE IT OR BREAK IT FOR
EITHER PARTY BECAUSE YOU
REPRESENT THE BACKBONE OF THIS
COUNTRY.
>> HARDWORKING FAMILIES ROSTER.
NOTHING BUT A FAIR SHOT.
FLORIDA WILL ALSO BE AMONG THE
STATES TO WATCH CLOSELY AS BOTH
CANDIDATES STRONGLY URGE
AMERICANS TO GO OUT AND CAST
THEIR
BALLOTS TODAY.
>> CANDACE: AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
PLANS TO SPEND TONIGHT AT THE
WHITE HOUSE. THOSE SUPPORTERS
ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD THEIR OWN
RALLIES TONIGHT. MEANWHILE,
JOE BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO BE
IN SCRANTON AND
PILADELPHIA TODAY IN THE
NEWSROOM. EZZY CASTRO GETTING
RESULTS
NEWS. 6.
>> JULIE: EZZY, THANK YOU.
THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF THE
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WILL PLAY OUT IN SEVERAL STATES
ON THIS
ELECTION DAY. THAT INCLUDES
8 SEATS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA, 6
OF THEM INVOLVE INCUMBENTS
FACING A CHALLENGE BY ANOTHER
MJOR
PARTY CANDIDATE VOTERS AND 5
CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES WILL
ALSO VOTE ON
A SHERIFF WITH A GUARANTEE OF A
NEW TOP COP IN OSCEOLA COUNTY
AFTER CURRENT SHERIFF RUSS
GIBSON WAS VOTED OUT DURING
THE PRIMARY. SHERIFF JOHN MINA
WILL BE THE ONLY BIG NAME ON
THE ORANGE COUNTY BALLOT BUT
STILL FACES 2. QUALIFYING
WRITING CANDIDATES AND SEMINOLE
COUNTY SHERIFF DENNIS LEMMA IS
UP AGAINST A NAME THAT HAS
APPEARED ON CENTRAL FLORIDA