ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU JOHNNY.
WILL IT IS ELECTION DAY IN AMERICA POLLS ARE OPEN NOW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STATE LINE AND OUR COUNTDOWN TO WHEN THEY CLOSE WE ARE TEN HOURS 57 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE FIRST POST CLOSING IN
OUR AREA.
SEVEN IF YOU ARE IN LINE AT SEVEN YOU CAN VOTE AND WE’RE ALREADY SEEING LINES OF POLLS THIS MORNING CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO FROM THE NORTHLAND CATHEDRAL IN KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI SENT TO US BY WILL A KMBC9 NEWS PRODUCER RANDY JOHNSON.
YOU NEVER OFF WORK, RIGHT?
THAT’S RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THE LINE WRAPPING AROUND THE BUILDING.
THANKS FOR SENDING THAT LOCAL RACE GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTIN IS THE RACE FOR A US SENATE SEAT IN KANSAS BETWEEN REPUBLICAN ROGER MARSHALL AND DEMOCRAT BARBARA BOWIE NOW, THEY ARE
FIGHTING FOR THE SEAT LEFT VACANT BY RETIRING REPUBLICAN SENATOR PAT ROBERTS.
IT’S VOTERS IN KANSAS SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ALSO HAVE A BIG DECISION TO MAKE TODAY DISTRICT COVERS MOST OF THE EASTERN KANSAS OUTSIDE OF THE METRO INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN STEVE
WATKINS LOST IN THE PRIMARY.
SO THE RACE IS NOW BETWEEN REPUBLICAN STATE TREASURER JACOB TURNER AND DEMOCRAT AND TOPEKA MAYOR MICHELLE DALY ISLA WELL WITH ELECTION DAY HERE, IT’S GOOD TO REMEMBER TO BE PATIENT.
OKAY, THERE’S A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT WE WON’T KNOW THE WINNERS TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE CLOSE RACES AND THAT’S LOCALLY THAT’S ALSO ACROSS THE COUNTRY KMBC9.
MATT EVANS IS LIVE AT A POLLING PLACE IN OVERLAND PARK WAS WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TONIGHT MATT.
DONNA POLLS OPEN NOW WITH CROSS THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI, BUT A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOT BOTH HERE LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS ELECTION
DAY IS FINALLY HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBERS IN KANSAS MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND KANSANS HAVE ALREADY CAST THAT BALLOT ADVANCED VOTING AHEAD OF ELECTION DAY TODAY THAT
JUST SHATTERS THE EARLY VOTING NUMBERS OF 2016 IT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR ROUGHLY 40 PERCENT VOTERS IN THE ENTIRE.
DATE, BUT THERE ARE STILL MORE THAN 85,000 MAIL-IN BALLOTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED IN THE STATE OF KANSAS AND THOSE BALLOTS COULD ARRIVE AS LATE AS FRIDAY AND STILL BE COUNTED
MEANING SOME RACES MAY JUST BE TOO CLOSE TO CALL ON ELECTION NIGHT MANY STATES LIKE PENNSYLVANIA.
THEY HAVE SIMILAR RULES TO KANSAS.
I CAN PENNSYLVANIA A BALANCE THAT ARRIVE BY FRIDAY POSTMARKED BY TODAY CAN BE COUNTED.
IT ALSO MEANS THAT THAT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
IT COULD BE TOO TO CALL TONIGHT AS WELL.
IF PENNSYLVANIA IS GOING TO DECIDE THE ELECTION AND WE DON’T KNOW IT EARLY.
IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LOT LONGER TO GET TO A DECISIVE WINNER OR HERE AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH OR A CONCESSION SPEECH.
I THINK WE’LL PROBABLY BE WAITING ON THOSE PAST TUESDAY NIGHT.
NOW HOW MUCH LONGER ARE WE TALKING THIS MONTH?
ARE WE TALKING THIS WEEK?
ARE WE TALKING ON WEDNESDAY?
I DON’T KNOW THAT I’D CARE TO WAGER A GUESS.
EVEN THOUGH KANSAS LAW REQUIRES IF A BALLOT IS POSTMARKED BY TODAY AND ARRIVED AT THE ELECTION OFFICE BY FRIDAY.
IT WILL BE COUNTED.
HOWEVER ELECTION OFFICIALS ACROSS THE STATE ARE SAYING IF YOU STILL HAVE ONE OF THOSE MAIL-IN BALLOTS IN YOUR HANDS TODAY DON’T MAIL IT INSTEAD BRING IT YOURSELF IF YOU CAN TO
ABOUT DROPBOX TO YOUR LOCAL ELECTION OFFICE, YOU CAN ALSO BRING THAT BALLOT TO A POLLING PLACE BEFORE SEVEN O’CLOCK TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTE GETS COUNTED REPORTING LIVE IN
OVERLAND PARK THIS MORNING MATT EVANS KMBC.
THANK YOU MATT ON THE MISSOURI SIDE THE BIG RACES FOR GOVERNOR.
IT SEES REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT MIKE PARSONS TOOK OFFICE AFTER ERIC GREITENS RESIGNED IN 2018 FACE OFF AGAINST DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AND CURRENT MISSOURI MISSOURI STATE AUDITOR, NICOLE
GALLOWAY.
WE’VE MENTIONED IN ARROWHEAD STADIUM REALLY THAT TRANSFORMATION THAT THEY’VE DONE TO MAKE THIS INTO A POLLING PLACE TODAY AND THAT’S GOING WELL BASEBALL FANS HAVE A SPOT
TO IN KANSAS CITY NOT TO BE OUTDONE LESTER KMBC 9S MARTIN AUGUSTINE LIVE THIS MORNING TO SHOW US WHAT’S GOING ON.
HI.
GOOD MORNING.
DONNA WERE THE 18TH AND VINE DISTRICT.
THIS BACK HERE IS THE KANSAS CITY URBAN YOUTH ACADEMY, WHICH IS OF COURSE IS ALMOST ALL ABOUT BASEBALL BECAUSE TODAY IT’S ABOUT VOTING.
IT’S A BIG POLLING PLACE ONE OF THE BIG ONES HERE IN KANSAS CITY AT SIX O’CLOCK THIS MORNING.
THERE WAS A BIG LINE COMING OUT OF THERE NOW, IT’S MUCH MORE STEADY IN AND OUT CASUAL IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED YET AND YOU WANTED A VOTE HERE AND YOU ARE A VOTE REGISTERED VOTER IN THE KANSAS
CITY ELECTION BOARD DISTRICT.
YOU COULD COME RIGHT DOWN HERE VO VOTE GET IN AND OUT OF HERE.
BERKELEY SO WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
WELL, THERE ARE SOME PRECINCTS SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO THIS LOCATION HERE.
BUT THE KANSAS CITY ELECTION BOARD, WHICH IS, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WITH IN JACKSON COUNTY HAS MADE ALL OF ITS POLLING PLACES THIS YEAR CENTRAL POLLING LOCATIONS MEANING AS LONG AS
YOU’RE A REGISTERED VOTER IN, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WITH IN JACKSON COUNTY.
YOU COULD GO TO ANY OF THE POLLING PLACES WITH IN, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI AND CAST YOUR BALLOT.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
WELL ONE, THERE’S EXPECTED TO BE A LARGE TURNOUT TODAY.
AND SO THAT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME.
PRESSURE OFF OF POLLING PLACES ACROSS THE BOARD BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THE THE VOTING ORGANIZERS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EASY TO
PMANAGE AND BY OPENING UP ALL TH PLACE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN DO THAT AGAIN.
TAKE A LOOK HERE AT THE AT THE YOUTH ACADEMY.
YOU SEE THE FOLKS OUT THERE HANDING OUT PAMPHLETS AS PEOPLE WALK INTO BOAT, BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO DO VOTE THEN COME BACK.
I’LL GET SOME TO EAT A CUP OF COFFEE AT NO CHARGE THEM ALL A TIP THE CAP FOR VOTING TODAY.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS ORGANIZATION HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THIS ROYALS EMPLOYEES HAVE THE DAY OFF FROM WORK AND THEY ARE HELPING VOLUNTEER HERE JUST TO MAKE THE VOTING EXPERIENCE
SMOOTHER A LITTLE MORE ENJOYABLE FOR PEOPLE COMING DOWN REPORTING LIVE MARTIN AUGUSTINE KMBC 9 NEWS.
THAT IS NICE MARTIN.
THANK YOU.
WELL, WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RECORD-SETTING TURNOUT AMONG VOTERS THIS YEAR WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE.
THIS WAS SENT SENT TO US IN OUR SIX O’CLOCK.
FIRST NEWS FIRST OF ALL GORGEOUS PICTURE, RIGHT?
YEAH, SHARON HOLLY SENT THIS TO US AS SHOWS THE END OF THE LINE AT HER VOTING SPOT.
THIS IS ON THE MISSOURI SIDE.
NOW, SHE SAID THAT WHEN SHE TOOK THIS THE LINE WAS STILL GROWING AND GET THIS THIS WAS AT 6:07 THIS MORNING.
SO SEVEN MINUTES AFTER THE POLLS OPEN.
SHE FOLLOWED UP WITH ME SHARON DIDN’T TOLD ME THAT IT TOOK HER ABOUT AN HOUR AND TEN MINUTES TO VOTE.
SO NOT NOT WHAT I’M ABOUT.
YEAH, IT FELT WHY LIGHT PICTURE THEIR VOTERS IN MISSOURI’S FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ANOTHER BIG DECISION TO MAKE THEY’RE GOING TAKING A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE HOUSE
FOURTH DISTRICT COVERS A WIDE AREA INCLUDING CAST BUN BATES COUNTIES AMONG OTHERS INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN VICKY HARTZLER FACES OFF AGAINST DEMOCRAT, LINDSAY SIMMONS AND LIBERTARIAN STEVE --
HARTZLER TOOK THE SEAT IN 2010 AND IS HELD AT EVER SINCE YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC CANNOT STOP AND ELECTION DAY TRADITION.
THE FIRST BALLOTS ARE ALREADY IN FROM THE TINY TOWNS OF DIXVILLE NOTCH AND MILLS FIELD NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR RESULTS OVERNIGHT AS TENS OF MILLIONS OF OTHER AMERICANS ARE HEADED T THE POLLS RIGHT NOW, JARRED HILL.
OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH THE LOOK AHEAD TO THE BIG DAY.
AT LEAST 98 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOTS AND DESPITE THE PANDEMIC SOME COLD WEATHER AS WELL AS LONG LINES MILLIONS MORE ARE EXPECTED TO TURN OUT TODAY AND CAST THEIR
VOTES SO FAR DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN LEADING IN EARLY VOTING WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN OUT MORE TODAY ON ACTUAL ELECTION DAY.
THE FOCUS TONIGHT IS ON JUST A HANDFUL OF BATTLEGROUND STATES THE CAMPAIGN SPENT YESTERDAY BOUNCING ACROSS THE LIGHTS OF MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA IN THIS SLEEP
PENNSYLVANIA THAT TRADITIONALLY BLUE STATE WENT FOR TRUMP IN 2016, BUT IS TRENDING FOR BIDEN NOW, ALTHOUGH WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR AND THAT IS THE REALITY AMONGST MOST OF THOSE SWING
STATES.
SO IT COULDN’T REALLY BE ANYBODY’S GAME AT THIS POINT AND BOTH OF THE CAMPS ARE STILL STRESSING FOLKS TURN OUT TO THE POLLS.
IT’S TIME TO REBUILD THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THIS TIME BRING EVERYBODY ALONG WITH YOUR VOTE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO CUT YOUR TAXES CUT REGULATIONS SUPPORT OUR GREAT POLICE.
THIS MORNING.
THERE’S A TEMPORARY SO-CALLED NON-SCALABLE WALL AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE AS BUSINESSES IN CITIES BOARD UP THE WINDOWS ANTICIPATING PROTESTS ONCE THE RESULTS ARE CALLED, BUT IT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER HERE THAT WITH SO MANY ABSENTEE AND MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXPECTED TO COME IN AND THOSE POTENTIALLY BEING COUNTED AFTER THE DAY OF IN-PERSON BOATS.
IT COULD STILL BE A BIT OF TIME BEFORE WE KNOW THE OFFICIAL RESULTS.
SO BE PATIENT.
REPORTING IN WASHINGTON JARRED HILL YOU CAN COUNT ON US FOR ALL OF YOUR ELECTION DAY COVERAGE INFORMATION RESULTS THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE INFORMATION ON POLLING PLACES NEAR YOU.
YOU CAN READ UP ON THE BIG RACES BIG ISSUES AND MORE AT KMBC.COM.
AND OF COURSE AS WE SAID TONIGHT AFTER 7:00 AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED WILL HAVE RESULTS AS THEY COME IN ONLINE AT KMBC.CO