BALLOTS
BALLOTS THIS YEAR ARE DOING SO FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. >> WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING A YOUNG
GROUP OF FIRST TIMERS ALL
THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN
SEASON.
THERE'S A TAB ALFORD HAS MORE
ON THEIR EXCITEMENT ON THEIR
FIRST EVER ELECTION NIGHT BUT
ALSO MIXED EMOTIONS ON THE
PROCESS AS WE WATCH THE
ELECTION COVERAGE ON CBS NEWS .
>> MANY OF OUR FIRST TIME
VOTERS SAY THAT THEY VOTED FOR
JOE BIDEN BUT HE WAS NOT THEIR
FIRST CHOICE.
AND AS WE LOOK BACK THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR AND THIS JOURNEY OF
THIS FIRST TIME VOTING ELECTION
PROCESS, IT HAS EVOLVED AND
THEY SAY IT'S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL
ROLLERCOASTER.
>> THIS TAUGHT ME THAT THE
SYSTEM ITSELF NEEDS A LOT OF
REFORM AND I THINK BUT I THINK
IT ALSO DID TEACH ME TO
COMPROMISE AND TO GET ON THE
TRAIN GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION VS. NOT GETTING ON
THE TRAIN AT ALL.
YEAH.
HERE I AM STILL KIND OF
CLUELESS ABOUT THINGS.
SO I'LL SEE JUST KIND OF GOT TO
BE A LOT MORE I'D HAVE MORE
OPTIONS TO BE ON A BOAT.
>> I ACTUALLY WANTED TO VOTE
FOR I MEAN IT WAS STILL FUN.
I WANT TO TURN MY BALLOT
YESTERDAY AND I MEAN IT WAS
LIKE FINE.
THEY GAVE ME A LITTLE STICKER.
I WOULDN'T SAY PESSIMISTIC
PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE SYSTEM
BUT I'M DEFINITELY MORE RADICAL
AND UNFAVORABLE OF THE CURRENT
SYSTEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT
NOW EVER GOING TO BE LIKE A
SITE WHERE THEY ARE?
RIGHT.
IF IT'S FROM TO WIN THE
POLITICAL AND THE CIVIL AND
REVEREND THAT WOULD RESULT
WOULD DRESS LIKE A FRIEND THE
LACK OF LAW AND ORDER.
I MEAN MY WHOLE MATTER BY
CHOOSING TO SPEAK NOT ONLY FOR
MYSELF BUT FOR EVERYONE THAT I
CAN VOTE BASED OFF OF BACK TO
FIRST TIME VOTERS DID VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
>> THEY COULD NOT MAKE IT ON
TONIGHT'S ZOOME CALL BUT ONE
TOLD ME HE THINKS THIS WAS A
GREAT YEAR.
>> IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A
HISTORIC ELECTION HERE IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY REGISTRAR SAYS
MORE THAN ONE MILLION BALLOTS
HAD BEEN CAST COUNTYWIDE BEFORE
ELECTION DAY WITH THE POLLING
LOCATIONS OPEN EARLY MORE THAN
WONDERED.
TWENTY THOUSAND SAN DIEGO IS
WHERE ABLE TO VOTE IN.
JUST OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.
AND TODAY WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
THINGS ARE GOING PRETTY WELL.
YOU SAY IT'S RICHARD ALLEN IS
LIVE AT THE REGISTRAR VOTERS
TONIGHT WITH UPDATE ON WHAT
IT'S LIKE THERE RIGHT NOW
RICHARD BARBARA LEE AND CARLO.
>> THIS HAS DEFINITELY BEEN AN
ELECTION FOR THE RECORD BOOKS
AT LEAST HERE IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY NOW BY LATE AFTERNOON.
WE ALREADY HAD MORE THAN ONE
POINT FOUR MILLION BALLOTS CAST
OVER ALL BUT MORE THAN A
MILLION OF THOSE WERE MAIL IN
BALLOTS.
THAT IS A RECORD.
THOSE ONE POINT ONE MAIL
BALLOTS COLLECTED AND PROCESSED
BY THE COUNTY.
THE RESULTS OF THOSE BALLOTS
ALONG WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
BALLOTS OF IN-PERSON VOTES THAT
WERE CAST OVER THE WEEKEND.
NOW THOSE WERE REPORTED OUT
SHORTLY AFTER 8:00 P.M. BY THE
REGISTRAR AND THAT REPRESENTS A
HUGE PORTION OF THE OVERALL
VOTE HERE IN THE COUNTY.
THERE WAS STILL A TECHNICAL
GLITCH ALONG THE WAY AT AROUND
SIX 30 THIS EVENING AS THE
REGISTRAR'S OFFICE WAS TESTING
OUT.
THE ELECTIONS WEB SITE FOR SOME
REASON IMPARTIAL AND INCOMPLETE
ELECTION RESULTS WERE
ACCIDENTALLY POSTED ONLINE FOR
SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE THEY
WERE QUICKLY TAKEN DOWN.
NOW REGISTRAR OF VOTERS MICHAEL
VU TELLS US HIS OFFICE WILL
INVESTIGATE EXACTLY WHAT WENT
WRONG THERE TOMORROW.
TONIGHT THOUGH, THE REGISTRAR
IS FOCUSED ON PROCESSING THE
IN-PERSON BALLOTS THAT WERE
CAST TODAY HERE AT THE
REGISTRAR AND AT TWO HUNDRED
THIRTY FIVE SUPER BOWL
LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY.
NOW THAT PROCESS COULD VERY
WELL LAST INTO THE WEE HOURS OF
THE MORNING.
THEN TOMORROW MORNING THE
TABULATION PROCESS CONTINUES.
THIS IS WHAT MICHAEL VU HAD TO
SAY.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WRAP OUR
ARMS AROUND THE OVERALL
ELECTION AND JUST KIND OF TAKE
DAYS IN TERMS OF COUNTING THE
VOTES.
IT'LL TAKE WEEKS AND FRANKLY UP
UNTIL DECEMBER 3RD BEFORE I'LL
CERTIFY THE ELECTION.
>> AND IN FACT, MICHAEL VU
TELLS US THAT MAIL IN BALLOTS
THAT WERE POSTMARKED BY TODAY
AND THAT ARE RECEIVED HERE BY
THE REGISTRAR BY NOVEMBER 20TH
,17 DAYS FROM TODAY.
>> THOSE WILL ALL BE COUNTED
BEFORE HE OFFICIALLY CERTIFIES
THIS ELECTION ON DECEMBER 3RD,
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY.
CARLO AND BARBARA LEE.
>> ALL RIGHT, RICHARD, THANK
YOU.
PRECAUTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN
NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN SAN
DIEGO IN THE EVENT OF ANY CIVIL
UNREST THAT BREAKS OUT DUE TO
THE ELECTION.
A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN
BEGAN BOARDING UP YESTERDAY AND
TODAY BUSINESSES IN EL CAJON
AND LA MESA THEY FOLLOWED SUIT
TO FIGHT MONTHS SINCE MASSIVE
UNREST BROKE OUT AND LED TO
LOOTING AND ARSON IN LA MESA.
AND SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES
THAT WERE HIT THEN ARE TAKING
NO CHANCES.
THE FBI TODAY THOUGH ANNOUNCED
THAT TO ARREST MADE OF SUSPECTS
IN CONNECTION WITH THOSE RIOTS
BACK IN MAY.
SO FAR TONIGHT WE'VE RECEIVED
NO REPORTS OF ANY INCIDENTS
AROUND SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
WITH TENSION HIGH OVER THE
ELECTION, THE LOCAL BUSINESS
COMMUNITY AND LEADERS ARE
URGING SAN DIEGO TO BE CALM AND
CIVIL TONIGHT.
AND IN THE DAYS AHEAD, THIS
EFFORT WAS CREATED TO TRY TO
DRAW A NONPARTIZAN EFFORT OF
RESTORING CIVILITY BACK INTO
THIS COUNTRY IN RESPONSE TO
THIS ELECTION WHICH IS
POTENTIALLY THE MOST TENUOUS
TENSION, HIGH TENSION ELECTION
OF OF OF ALL TIME.
>> THE SAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
SAYS THERE WERE NO PLANS TO
PROTEST PROTESTS THAT THEY KNEW
OF BUT THEY DID GO AHEAD AND
RAMP UP FULL STAFFING TONIGHT
IN CASE THEY WERE NEEDED.
THEY SAY THEY RESPECT THE FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PROTEST BUT
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS
DONE PEACEFULLY AND FOR LIVE UP
TO THE MOMENT LOCAL RESULTS
TONIGHT.
BE SURE TO FOLLOW ALONG ON OUR
NEWSAT APP OR ON OUR SOCIAL
MEDIA PAGES.
WE'LL UPDATE THOSE ALL NIGHT AS
RESULTS COME IN.
>> STAY WITH US.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.