all right race to the finish polls open
in about 25 hours from right now and
thousands of neighborhood precincts will
be ready for voters across the nation to
cast their ballot on this election day
you can only vote at your assigned
precinct tomorrow more than a third of
Duval County voters have already voted
early Supervisor of Elections Office
reports more than 19,000 people cast
their ballots just a fraction of the
more than four point eight million
people in Florida who voted early at the
Florida race for governor is a toss-up
look at the latest polls tight race
between Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gilliam
according to Real Clear Politics which
takes in consideration several major
polls and averages the Mount Gilliam has
a 2.4 percent lead now the same goes in
the race for Florida Senate Democratic
Senator Bill Nelson and Republican
Governor Rick Scott are neck-and-neck
according to the Georgia Secretary of
State's office early voting reached a
new high for the Peach State almost 2.1
million votes were cast early ahead of
its election it's more than double from
last midterms in 2014 when about 954
thousand dollars for cast another
closely watched match the race for
Georgia governor between Republican
Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams
again the Real Clear Politics average
has Kemp up by 2.7 percent now with one
day left to go Kemp and Abrams are
rallying for every last vote and it
doesn't come without controversy
Kemp's office launched a probe into what
it describes as an attempt to hack the
state's voter registration system this
rejection of order ashley harding turns
us live this morning with that part of
the story Ashley
yes Bruce and Melanie good morning Oh
Georgia Secretary of State and
Republican candidate Brian Kemp
announced his office is investigating
the Democratic Party in connection with
an attempt to attempted hack on the
state's online voter database but this
morning his opponent Stacey Abrams is
firing back with just 24 hours until
Georgia voters hit the polls on election
day the race on who will lead the state
is in the middle of a controversy while
Brian Kemp's office did not give
specifics or offer evidence as to why
the state Democratic Party is being
investigated it did release a statement
which reads in part we are working with
our private sector vendors and
investigators to review data lons we
have contacted our federal partners and
formally requested the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to investigate these
possible cyber crimes Democratic
candidate Stacey Abrams responded to the
investigation first of all it's an
unreal investigation what has happened
is that Brian Kemp once again is trying
to cover up for his failures in
cybersecurity by blaming someone else
the first four times he blamed staff he
blamed vendors and now he's blaming
Democrats ahead of the election
President Donald Trump rallied in
Georgia urging voters to back
Republicans at the polls if Stacey
Abrams gets in your second amendment is
gun tip appeared at that rally as well
this election it is a battle for the
soul of our state it is a it is a fight
it is a fight for our future in my
opponent has run the most dishonest
campaign that Georgians have ever seen
following the rally Abrams responded to
the comments saying she is the most
qualified person to lead the state of
Georgia if you look at both my academic
background my work history I've been
deputy city attorney I was the
Democratic leader for seven years I've
been successful as a businesswoman as a
writer and as a tax attorney I know what
I'm talking about and I have the plans
to prove it and going back to that
investigation the FBI has not yet
commented we're keeping an eye on this
story of course we'll keep you updated
when those comments do come in we're
live this morning Ashley Harding Channel
four the local station
all right Ashley thank you and make sure
that you are educated when you head to
those polls tomorrow news for Jax has
you covered online you can find our
voters guide that will break down all of
the amendments the top of the ballot you
likely know but everything in there you
might want to refresh yourself on and
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