REST OF THE WEEK.
ROB: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE’RE DOWN TO ONLY HOURS UNTIL THE POLLS OPEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STATE LINE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE 17 HOURS 58 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
MISSOURIANS CAN START VOTING AT 6:00 A.M.
START TIMES CHANGE, COUNTY BY COUNTY FOR KANSANS, SO CHECK WITH YOUR ELECTION OFFICE FOR SPECIFICS.
A RECORD 94 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOTS -- THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE US ELECTIONS PROJECT.
BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ARE WORKING FRANTICALLY TO GET THEIR VOTERS TO THE POLLS TOMORROW.
ABC’S FAITH ABUBEY IS IN WASHINGTON TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN.
FAITH: AFTER MONTHS OF BITTER CAMPAIGNING.
>> USA! USA! USA!
FAITH: FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS -- GETTING YOUR SUPPORTERS TO THE POLLS.
YOU’VE GOT TO VOTE.
PRES. TRUMP:YOU’VE GOT TO VOTE.
THE BIG THING, YOU’VE GOT TO GO VOTE, TUESDAY.
FAITH: PRESIDENT TRUMP HOPING FOR A HUGE ELECTION DAY TURNOUT.
THE LATEST 538 FORECAST SHOWING HE HAS JUST A 10% CHANCE OF WINNING REELECTION.
BUT MR. TRUMP CAMPAIGING AT A BREAKNECK PACE, HOLDING FIVE RALLIES ON SUNDAY, WRAPPING HIS DAY IN FLORIDA.
THE LATEST ABC NEWS POLL SHOWS THE RACE IN THE SUNSHINE STATE IS STILL A TOSS-UP, WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC DEFINING THE CONTEST.
ON THE EVE OF ELECTION DAY, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN FOCUSING THEIR EFFORTS ON PENNSYLVANIA STATE , A TRUMP WON BY LESS THAN A POINT IN 2016.
POLLS SHOW HE’S UP IN THE KEYSTONE STATE, DESPITE THE RACE SLIGHTLY TIGHTENING.
V.P. BIDEN: IT’S TIME FOR DONALD TRUMP TO PACK HIS BAGS AND GO HOME.
FAITH: IN AN EFFORT TO FLOOD THE ZONE, KAMALA HARRIS HEADING TO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WITH HER HUSBAND, WHILE JILL AND JOE BIDEN TAKE ON THE WESTERN HALF.
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO HEADING TO THE BATTLEGROUND STATE.
MEANWHILE, MR. TRUMP RAISING EYEBROWS WITH THIS INACCURATE COMMENT.
PRES. TRUMP: WE SHOULD KNOW THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION ON THAT’S THE WAY IT’S BEEN AND NOVEMBER 3.
THAT’S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
FAITH: WHILE NEWS OUTLETS OFTEN PROJECT A WINNER BEFORE ALL THE BALLOTS ARE IN, VOTE TALLIES HAVE NEVER BEEN FINAL ON ELECTION NIGHT.
IN FACT, THIS YEAR, WITH RECORD NUMBER OF EARLY BALLOTS ALREADY CAST, THE FINAL RESULTS COULD TAKE A WHILE TO CERTIFY.
V.P. BIDEN: MY RESPONSE IS THE PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO STEAL THIS ELECTION.
ROB: IT COULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO COUNT THE VOTES IN STATES LIKE PENNSYLVANIA AND WISCONSIN, BUT WE COULD GET SOME ANSWERS IN OTHER BATTLEGROUND STATES LIKE FLORIDA, ARIZONA AND NORTH
CAROLINA, WHICH EXPECT TO HAVE MOST OR ALL OF THEIR MAIL-IN AND IN-PERSON VOTES COUNTED ON ELECTION NIGHT.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW OF LINES OUT THE DOOR IN JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS, AS PEOPLE RUSHED TO CAST THEIR BALLOT AHEAD OF THE NOON CUTOFF FOR ADVANCE VOTING.
YOU SEE CARS LINED UP DOWN THE ROAD.
TODAY’S VOTING ADDED TO THE STAGGERING TOTAL OF ADVANCE VOTERS IN THE STATE OF KANSAS.
GET THIS -- BEFORE TODAY’S ADVANCE VOTING BEGAN, MORE THAN 700,000 KANSANS HAD ALREADY VOTED.
THAT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF BALLOTS CAST EARLY IN THE 2016 ELECTIN.
WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY VOTED, IT’S FUELING PREDICTIONS OF RECORD-BREAKING VOTER TURNOUT ACROSS THE STATE OF KANSAS.
AND VOTING CONTINUES TODAY IN MISSOURI AHEAD OF THE POLLS OFFICIALLY OPENING TUESDAY KMBC 9’S MARTIN AUGUSTINE IS AT THE CLAY COUNTY ELECTION BOARD AND UNLIKE KANSAS, THERE’S NO
ADVANCE VOTING IN MISSOURI.
MARTIN: THERE IS NO ADVANCED VOTING IN MISSOURI, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED ABSENTEE IN PERSON VOTING.
THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING HERE IN LIBERTY.
THIS LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS TODAY.
THEY WOULD HAVE ONE OF A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT STATE LAW RECOGNIZES FOR THEM TO VOTE ABSENTEE IN PERSON THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION, AS OPPOSED TO VOTING IN PERSON ON ELECTION
DAY.
AMONG THOSE REASONS, YOU WILL NOT BE IN YOUR VOTING JURISDICTION ON ELECTION DAY.
ANOTHER REASON IS IF YOU ARE AT RISK OF CONTRACTING COVID-19, 65 OR OLDER, HEALTH ISSUES PRINT IF YOU HAVE A RELIGIOUS BELIEF THAT KEEPS YOU FROM VOTING ON ELECTION DAY, OR IF YOU WILL BE
WORKING FOR AN ELECTION AUTHORITY THAT IS NOT AT YOUR POLLING PLACE.
AS FAR ABSENTEE BALLOTS GO YOU NEED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND MAIL-IN BALLOTS PRINT ABSENTEE CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT THE ELECTION OFFICE PRINT IF YOU
HAVE A MAIL-IN BALLOT, MISSOURI LAW SAYS IT MUST ARRIVE AT ELECTION OFFICE IS THROUGH THE MAIL.
IT HAS TO BE AT THE TIME POLLS CLOSE TOMORROW, THAT IS 7:00 IN THE EVENING.
LET’S GET OUT HERE LIVE AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE PRINT THE MISSOURI SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN REQUESTS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 794,000 WITH 723,000 OF THEM
ALREADY RETURNED.
ABSENTEE IN PERSON VOTING TODAY WILL CLOSE AT 5:00.
REPORTING FROM LIBERTY, MARTIN AUGUSTINE, KMBC 9 NEWS.
ROB: ONE OF THE BIGGEST DECISIONS MISSOURI VOTERS WILL MAKE IS WHO WILL BE GOVERNOR.
DEMOCRAT, STATE AUDITOR NICOLE GALLOWAY, IS WORKING TO TAKE OVER FOR INCUMBENT GOVERNOR MIKE PARSON.
FOR HIS FINAL DAY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, PARSON WILL BE FLYING AROUND THE STATE, MAKING SEVERAL STOPS, INCLUDING SOME TIME IN ST. JOSEPH.
GALLOWAY WILL CLOSE HER CAMPAIGN TONIGHT AT A RALLY, WITH THE MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC PARTY, HERE IN KANSAS CITY.
RIGHT NOW, POLLING COMPANY 538 HAS THE RACE AS A CLOSE ONE, WITH PARSON WINNING.
KANSAS CITY POLICE ARE TALKING ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE ON ELECTION DAY, AND IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MATT FLENER LISTENED TO A BRIEFING THIS MORNING.
MATT F.: HERE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS, THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR ELECTION DAY AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE PREPARED FOR ANY POSSIBLE RIGHT ELECTION.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO CREDIBLE THREATS TO ELECTION SECURITY.
BUT POLICE DID TALK ABOUT PLANS ON ELECTION DAY AND THE DAYS BEYOND.
THEY SAID EVERY MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS WEEK IN CASE THERE IS ANY SORT OF PROBLEMS OR ISSUE THAT COMES UP.
>> MORE THAN ANYTHING, HAVING THE RESOURCES, THE MANPOWER, THE STAFFING AVAILABLE, SHOULD IT BE NEEDED, I THINK THAT’S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING.
MATT F.: POLICE WILL NOT BE ON GUARD AT POLLING PLACES.
THAT’S A BIG PROBLEM WITH ELECTION LAWS, BUT THEY WILL BE CLOSE BY, IN CASE ELECTION WORKERS NEED THEM.
ROB: BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE POLLS IN PERSON TOMORROW, DOCTORS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM SAY YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED.
MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED WHEN YOU GO VOTE, AND HAND SANITIZER WILL LIKELY BE AVAILABLE.
HOWEVER, WITH LONG LINES WITH CROWDS OF PEOPLE, DOCTORS RECOMMEND YOU PROTECT YOUR EYES FROM THE VIRUS AS WELL.
>> I THINK THAT, AND YOU’RE COVERING UP YOUR THIRD MUCOUS MEMBRANE, WHICH IS YOUR EYES THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST MOST IMPORTANT PART.
>> AND YOU DON’T NEED BOTH A FACE SHIELD AND THE GOGGLES THAT YOU EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER REALLY.
>> RIGHT.
YOU NEED THE MASK AND THEN A FACE SHIELD EYE PROTECTION OF FOR THE THE GOGGLES.
ROB: DOCTORS POINT OUT YOU CAN FIND EYE PROTECTION AT YOUR LOCAL HARDWARE STORE.
A GROUP OF KANSAS CITIANS WILL BE IN ARROWHEAD TOMORROW, TO CAST THEIR VOTE.
REMEMBER, THIS IS ONLY AN FOR VOTERS WHO LIVE IN THE JACKSON COUNTY PART OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE COMMUNITY AMERICA CLUB LEVEL OF THE STADIUM.
MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED.
EVERYONE WHO VOTES WILL GET A SPECIAL CHIEFS-BRANDED I VOTED STICKER.
THE POLLING LOCATION IS PAID FOR BY DONATIONS FROM THE CHIEFS, AND QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES’ 15 AND THE MAHOMIES FOUNDATION.
AND CURBSIDE VOTING WILL BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW FOR VOTERS WHO LIVE IN THE JACKSON COUNTY PART OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
IT’LL BE SET UP AT UNION STATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, COVID-19, OR IF YOU’VE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT -- YOU HAVE TO CALL ONE OF THE THREE NUMBERS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN BEFORE YOU GO.
YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, DATE OF BIRTH, PHONE NUMBER AND THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.
IF YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL DISABILITY, YOU MAY ALSO VOTE CURBSIDE AT YOUR HOME POLLING PLACE.
I ALSO HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU ON MY KMBC FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES.
THE MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS HOSTING A RALLY TODAY AT 2:00, WITH ALL THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE OF ON TOMORROW’S BALLOT.
IT WILL BE AT THE IBEW LOCAL LABOR UNION ON EAST 103 TERRACE -- THAT IS OFF 435 NEAR THE STATE LINE.
SOME OF THE CANDIDATES INCLUDING STATE AUDITOR NICOLE GALLOWAY WILL SPEAK.
SHE’S RUNNING FOR STATE GOVERNOR AGAINST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR MIKE PARSON.
THE MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYS THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF THEM IN ONE PLACE BEFORE VOTING.
MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU HEAD TO THE POLLS, WE HAVE YOU COVERED.
TONIGHT, WATCH OUR COMMITMENT 2020 LOCAL ELECTION GUIDE.
WE OUTLINE THE BIG RACES, AND THE ISSUES, AT 6:30 AND 10