>>
>> YOU
>> YOU KNOW. YOU WANT THE EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
>> NO MATTER IF YOU HAVE TO 4@
WAIT.
GET OUT AND VOTE.
>> THE LINES I'M GLAD TO SEE THE
LINES ARE LONG TODAY.
WE SAT IN FOR TWO4@ HOURS BUT I
WOULD HAVE SAT4@ HERE ALL DAY T
VOTE.
>> NO MATTER OUTCOME I HOPE
THING ARE GOING TO BE OKAY.
>> IT'S ELECTION DAY.
GOOD4@ TUESDAY AND THANKS FOR
JOINING FOR US THIS ELECTION
SPECIAL ON NEWS 19, I'M DARCI
STRI4@CKLAND.
>> WE'RE SO EXCITED AND HAPPY TO
BE WITH YOU.4@
THIS IS A HISTORIC ELECTION AND
MORE THAN A MILLION ABSENTEE
BALLOTS TURNED IN AND IT'S A 4@
RECORD SETTING DAY EVEN BEFORE
THEY OPENED AT 7:00 A.M.
>> THE POLES DON'T CLOSE4@ UNTI
7:00 P.M. 4@TONIGHT.
WE START TEAM COVERAGE WITH
JULIA KAUFMAN.4@
WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE THIS
AFTERNOON?
>> HEY,
>> DARCI: SAND ANDRE.
I'M AT THE POLO ROAD LOCATION IN
RICHLAND AND THERE'S ACTUALLY
NOT A LINE BUT4@ THAT WAS NOT T
CASE THIS MORNING.
THE POLE MANAGER GOT HERE AT
5:30 AND THERE4@ WAS A LINE
OUTSIDE4
THE POLE MANAGER GOT HERE AT 5:30 AND THERE4@ WAS A LINE OUTSID
OUTSIDE.
OUTSID OUTSIDE. RIGHT NOW A4@ LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
OUTSID OUTSIDE. RIGHT NOW A4@ LOT OF PEOPLE ARET
WORK OR ALRIGHT CAST THEIR
BALLOT THROUGH EARLY VOTING.
THEY EXPECT ANOTHER SURGE AT
5:00.
>> ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER I
HAD PERSONS PULLING UP AND THEY
WERE BRINGING LAWN CHAIRS AND
ABLE TOO VOTE.
WE PUT SEATS OUTSIDE THAT WERE
DISTANCED SIX FEET APART AND WE
WERE ABLE TO BRING SOME PERSONS
IN ABOUT 30 TO 40 PERSONS IN AT
A TIME.4@4@
AND4@ HAVE THEM MINIMIZED FROM E
IMPACT OF THE4@ WEATHER.
>> THAT IT WAS POLL MANAGER AT
THE LOCATION HERE.
THEY HAVE CHAIRS INSIDE FOR
PEOPLE TO WAIT IF IT GETS COOLER
TONIGHT THEY4@ HAD4@ A LONG LIN
THEY HAVE CHAIRS INSIDE FOR PEOPLE TO WAIT IF IT GETS COOLER TONIGHT THEY4@ HAD4@ A LONG LIND
A4@ LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING A
AT LAST CHECK THERE'S MORE4@ TH
300 PEOPLE AT THIS LOCATION SO
FAR AND THEY'RE EXPECTING
ANOTHER SURGE AT 5:00.
THE4@ POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 7:00.
LIVE IN RICHLAND4@ COUNTY, I'M4
JULIA KAUFMAN.4@
>> I'M STANDING IN KERSHAW IN
ELGIN4@ AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH TH
SAME CASE HERE4@.
WE'RE SEEING AN UNPRECEDENTED
NUMBER OF4@ VOTERS IN KERSHAW.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE VOTER
REGISTRATION AND4@ ELECTIONS SA
EARLY TURN-OUT RELIEVEED A LOT
OF THE PRESSURE ON THE VOTING4@
PLACES TODAY.4@
AS OF 3:00 TODAY WE COULD SEE
NUMBERS JUMP WHEN4@ P4@EOPLE GE
PLACES TODAY.4@ AS OF 3:00 TODAY WE COULD SEE NUMBERS JUMP WHEN4@ P4@EOPLE GEF
WORK.
23 PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS
HAVE TURNED OUT AS OF 3:00
TODAY.
THE REASON WE'RE OUTSIDE OF4@
STOUFFER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THIS
THE BUSIEST LOCATION POLL
WORKERS HAVE SEEN SO FAR.
SO4@ THE DIRECTOR HE ELABORATED
THE BUSIEST LOCATION POLL WORKERS HAVE SEEN SO FAR. SO4@ THE DIRECTOR HE ELABORATEDN
THE UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS WE'RE
SEEING THIS YEAR.
>> THIS ELECTION4@ WE HAD SEVEN
THOUSAND TOTAL VOTE ABSENTEE SO
IT WAS VERY, VERY GOOD TURN-OUT.
MY OFFICE IS NOT VERY BIG, SO WE
MADE THE DECISION TO4@ MOVE
EVERYTHING TO THE CAMDEN CITY4@
ARENA AND I TAKE4@ OPPORTUNITY
THANK CITY FOR THAT.4@
OUR BUSIEST DAY WAS MONDAY AND
WE VOTED 1200 PEOPLE T4@HAT DAY
AND WE COULD NOT HAVE4@ DONE TH
HERE SO THAT WAS A BLESSING
HAVING4@ ARENA.
>> SO BECAUSE OF THOSE BIG
NUMBERS THAT WE SAW IN ABSENTEE
VOTING IN KERR KERR COUNTY THE
LONGEST WAIT SO FAR4@ TODAY IS
ABOUT 30-MINUTES.
WE'RE TOLD 32 4@PRECINCTS ARE ON
ACROSS THE COUNTY4@ IF4@ YOU HA
NOT YET DROPPED OFF YOUR BALLOT
YOU CAN DO SO AT 6:094@ LAFAYET
AND YOU CAN GIVE THEM A CALL AND
THEY'LL RUN OUT TO YOUR CAR AND
GET IT FROM YOU.
YOU HAVE4@ OPTION TO VOTE
IN-PERSON UNTIL 7:00 TONIGHT.
WE'RE LIVE4@ IN ELGIN, NEWS 19,
WLTX.4
IN-PERSON UNTIL 7:00 TONIGHT. WE'RE LIVE4@ IN ELGIN, NEWS 19, WLTX.
WLTX.
WLTX. WLTX. >> IT'S BEEN A BUSY BUT
RELATIVELY SMOOTH DAY FOR4@ VOTG
HERE IN SUMTER.
WHILE SOME LOCATIONS SAW LONG
LINES OTHERS WERE SLOWER.
HERE'S A MIDDAY LOOK AT SUMTER
HIGH SCHOOL.
>> IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN STEADY
AND BUSY.4@
THIS YEAR THEY HAD THE DIFFEREN@
SATELLITES WHERE YOU VOTE.
>> IT IS4@ WAS A SIMILAR SCENE
THE BERNIE HOPE CENTER.4@
BENJAMIN ISAAC ONE OF THE ONLY
PEOPLE THERE WHEN HE CAME TO
VOTE.
>> I WAS IN AND OUT.
USUALLY THERE4@'S A LINE OUT TH
BACK.
MATTER OF FACT, I'VE ONLY BEEN
HERE TEN4@ MINUTES.
>> MORE THAN 30,000 VOTES HAD
BEEN CAST PRIOR TO4@ ELECTION D
AND THAT'S A RECORD-BREAKING
NUMBER.
THE4@ PROCESS OF COUNTING THOSE
VOTES IS UNDERWAY.
>> THIS IS4@ THE LARGEST AMOUNT
I'VE SEEN.
>> ROUGHLY4@ 10,000 BALLOTS
ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE CLERKS
HERE.
>> WE'RE OPENING4@ THE4@ ENVELO
AND THEN FEEDING THE4@ BALLOTS
INTO4@4@ SCANNERS AND WHEN WE'R
DONE THE4@ SCANNERS WILL PRINT
A TAPE WITH ALL OF THE TOTALS.
>> THEY'LL HAVE TO4@ COUNT ALL E
IN-PERSON EARLY VOTES BY
PRINTING THOSE AND ADDING THOSE
TO THE COUNT.
"STREET SQUAD" SUMTER4@4@ I'M
KAYLAND HAGWOOD.
>> SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM CAST
HIS VOTE JUST4@ AFTER 11:00 IN
SENECA AND HOPES TO KEEP HIS
SEAT IN THE SENATE FOR A FOURTH
HIS VOTE JUST4@ AFTER 11:00 IN SENECA AND HOPES TO KEEP HIS SEAT IN THE SENATE FOR A FOURTH@
TERM.
HE FACES4@ HEIR4@ HARRISON RAIS
MORE THAN 100,000 IN4@ THE
CAMPAIGN AND JAMIE HARRISON AND
HIS FAMILY VOTED ON OCTOBER
19TH.
THE4@ ORANGEBURG NATIVE RECEIVE
WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FROM
DEMOCRATS AND BROUGHT NATIONAL4
ATTENTION TO A CONTEST
PREVIOUSLY4@ A CERTAIN VICTORY R
A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
>> WE'RE SEEING THE EARL4@ WOOD
PARK COMMUNITY CENTER HAD TO BE
EVACUATED BECAUSE OF SMOKE IN
THE BUILDING.4@
OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS CAUSED BY
AN OVER HEATED MOTOR IN THE
BUILDING HEATING AND COOLING
SYSTEM. IT OPENED AT NOON AND
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY STILL OPEN.
IF YOU ARE HEADED THERE TO CAST
YOUR VOTE NOW, YOU'LL NOT HAVE @
PROBLEM IN LEXINGTON THE4@ POLI
DEPARTMENT IS REMINDING PEOPLE
TO BE 4@CAUTIOUS.
THE DEPARTMENT WROTE THAT PEOPLE
SHOULD STAY ALERT WHEN DRIVING
NEAR CONGESTED4@ P4@OLLING LOCA
WHERE'S CARS WILL ENTER AND EXIT
AND PEOPLE COULD BE WALKING TO
THE POLLS AND THEY'RE WARNING
DRIVERS TO KEEP A CLOSE OUT EYE
FOR4@ PEDESTRIANS HEADING TO AN
FROM THE POLLS.
>> A LOT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL4@ 70
TONIGHT IF YOU'RE STILL IN LINE
AT 7:004@ DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
THE ELECTION COMMISSION SAID YOU
STILL NEED TO CAST YOUR BALLOT.
YOU NEED TO BE IN4@ LINE BY
CLOSING TIME.
YOU SHOULD CHECK YOUR LOCATION
BEFORE YOU GET IN LINE TO VOTE.@
KEEP IN MIND SOME LOCATIONS CAN
CHANGE ON ELECTION DAY.
THE EASIEST WAY TO4@ CONFIRM IS
KEEP IN MIND SOME LOCATIONS CAN CHANGE ON ELECTION DAY. THE EASIEST WAY TO4@ CONFIRM ISO
GO TO SCVOTES.GOV AND4@ CLICK,
FIND MY POLLING PLACE AND YOU'LL
NOWHERE YOU NEED TO GO TO CAST
YOUR BALLOT BECAUSE4@ YOU DO STL
HAVE TIME.
>> ALRIG4@HT.
HERE'S SOME VIDEO FROM RALEIGH,
NORTH CAROLINA WHERE POLL
WORKERS ARE PROCESSING BALLOTS
ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA.
MANY PEOPLE LIKE HERE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE EARLY
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC SO
YESTERDAY THE TOTAL OF PEOPLE
WHO ALREADY CAST THE4@ BALLOTS S
MORE THAN 4@4.5 MILLION PEOPL4@
MECKLENBURG4@ COUNTY HOME TO
CHARLOTTE.
26 PERCENT OF THE VOTER THERE'S
VOTED4@ EARLY.
>> AND MORE THAN 100 MILLION
AMERICANS CAST THEIR BALLOTS
EARLY IN THIS ELECTION AND4@
DESP4@ITE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE
REPORTING LONG LINES ACROSS4@ T
COUNTRY.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A HUGE ISSUE
WITH LONG LINES HERE.
>> SO FAR THE PROCESS HAS BEEN
PEACEFUL BUT THERE ARE4@ ISOLAT
PROBLEMS AT SOME POLLING
LOCATIONS.
DANIEL BACKS HAS THE LATEST FRO@
LOS ANGELES.
>> VOTERS4@ LINED UP BEFORE THE
SUN CAME UP READY TO CAST THEIR
BALLOT.
>> PRETTY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHY I WOKE UP AND GOT OUT
HERE BY 4@4:30.
>> SOME WAITED IN LINE FOR
HOURS.
>> I'M PREPARED TO WAIT.
>> POLLING LOCATIONS ARE4@
OPERATING WITH SPECIAL COVID-19
PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
>> YOU CAN4@ SEE THE HAND
SANITIZER OUT.
THEY HAVE A SYSTEM FOR THE PENS.
THEY HAD4@ EVE4@RYTHING WORKED
WELL.
>> HERE IN LOS ANGELES ELECTION
OFFICIALS SAY4@ WITH A RECORD
NUMBER OF4@ EARLY VOTING THEY'R
ABOUT T4@O SORT BALLOTS WITH4@ S
UNTIL SOME POLLS CLOSE SOME
VENUES LIKE IN FLORIDA, OHIO AN@
NEVADA ARE REPORTING TECHNICAL
ISSUES.
>> THESE OKLAHOMA RESIDENTS4@ CT
THEIR BALLOTS IN THE DARK.
>> SOME IN INDIANA WERE LOCKED
OUT OF THEIR4@ POLLING PLACE.
>> SEVERAL SWING STATES
INCLUDING FLORIDA AND IOWA
REPORTED SOME VOTERS4@ RECEIVED
AUTOMATIC CALLS TELLING THEM TO
VOTE TOMORROW.4@
HOMELAND SECURITY SAID THERE'S
NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT
FOREIGN ADVERSARIES HAVE
COMPROMISED ANY VOTING SYSTEMS.
>> TODAY IS4@ HALFTIME.
>> PEOPLE ARE ON EDGE.4@
SEVERAL CITIES HAVE BOARDED UP
IN ANTICIPATION OF VIOLENCE4@
FOLLOWING THE ELECTIONS OUTCOME.
THERE'S 5800 NATIONAL GUARDS ON
DUTY FOR ELECTION SUPPORT IN
CASE THERE'S CIVIL UNREST.
CBS4@ NEWS.
LOS ANGELES.
>> WELL4@ THIS MORNING, A FEDER
JUDGE ORDERED U.S.4@ POSTAL
SERVICE TO SWEEP PROCESSING
FACILITIES TO ENSURE NO BALLOTS
HAVE BEEN HELD UP AND ENSURE
THOSE ARE4@4@ IMMEDIATELY SENT
FOR DELIVERY.
>> YOU CAN SEND US TEXT MESSAGES
TODAY AND TELL US WHAT THE
PROCESS HAS BEEN LIKE AND YOU
CAN ALSO SEND US4@ YOU'RE4@
COMMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
THESE PICTURES INSTEAD.
WE HAVE AWESOME COMMENTS.4@
HEATHER SAID IT MAY HAVE TAKEN
ME TWO HOURS TO VOTE BUT I GOT
MINE IN.
>> ASHLEY SAID I4@ FEEL EMPOWER
SINCE WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS HAD
VOICE IN THE4@ PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
>> THE SIMON MIDLAND'S TECHNICAL
COLLEGE.
>> THIS PERSON SAID I VOTED AT
BLACKJACK, THANKS.4@
THIS GUY SIMPLY PUTTING HIS
PICTURE UP AND SAYING HE VOTED4
WITH4@ A STICKER.
>> AND TIFFANY VOTED AT CHURCH.
THE LINE WAS LONG BUT IT MOVED
QUICKLY.
OUR ELECTION COVERAGE WILL
CONTINUE AND J.R. WILL JOIN WAS
INSIDERS NEXT.
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