WELL ALLOWING MORE TYPES OF
BUSINESSES TO REOPEN ON MONDAY.
HE IS ALSO ASKING LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO CREATE MASK
MANDATES.
MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
A LITTLE MORE THAN THE
THREE MONTHS AWAY FROM THE
ELECTION DAY BUT THERE IS
CONCERN THAT THE COUNTRY WILL
FALL SHORT OF THE NUMBER OF
POLL WORKERS TO COMPLETE THE
JOB.
MORE THAN HALF OF POLL WORKERS
ARE AGE 60 AND OLDER AND AT
HIGH RISK FOR CORONAVIRUS.
POLLING PLACES MIGHT NOT BE AS
BUSY BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC AND
MANY MAY CHOOSE TO CAST
ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
THAT WAY YOU WON'T HAVE TO
STAND IN LINE FOR EARLY VOTING
OR ON ELECTION DAY.
WHILE THAT MAY BE MORE
CONVENIENT, JOE BRUNO FOUND OUT
IT COULD DELAY THE RESULTS.
HE IS LIVE TONIGHT, JOE, THIS
MEANS ON ELECTION NIGHT WE
COULD ALL GO TO BED NOT KNOWING
YET WHO WON.
Reporter: REALLY IT DEPENDS
WHEN PEOPLE PLACE THEIR MAIL
BALLOTS IN THE MAILBOX.
THE EARLIER THE BETTER.
YOU DON'T NEED A REASON TO VOTE
BY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA AND I
LEARNED A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
CHOOSING THIS OPTION.
ELECTION DAY IS RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER.
BALLOTS WILL START HEADING OUT
TO VOTERS AND 37 DAYS.
THIS IS GOING TO BREAK ALL
THE RECORDS FOR NORTH CAROLINA
VOTING.
POLITICAL EXPERT ANALYZED
THE DATA.
103,396 PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED
MAIL-IN BALLOTS SO FAR ACROSS
THE STATE.
THAT IS FIVE TIMES AS MANY AS
WERE REQUESTED AT THIS POINT IN
2016.
KEEP IN MIND YOU HAVE UNTIL THE
WEEK PRIOR TO ELECTION DAY TO
REQUEST A BALLOT.
OF THE FOLKS REQUESTING THEM
THIS YEAR 52% ARE DEMOCRATS,
35% UNAFFILIATED, 13%
REPUBLICANS.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY VOTERS HAVE
REQUESTED THE SECOND MOST
BALLOTS BY MAIL SO FAR WITH
JUST OVER 17,000.
VOTERS HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEIR
BALLOT IS POSTMARKED BY
ELECTION DAY.
ALONG WITH PEOPLE
PROCRASTINATING, IT COULD DELAY
RESULTS LEAVING RACES ON
ELECTION NIGHT TOO CLOSE TO.
IF THINGS ARE AS CLOSE AS WE
ARE EXPECTING THEM TO BE, IT
COULD BE WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY, MAYBE EVEN INTO
FRIDAY BEFORE WE TRULY KNOW HOW
THINGS SETTLE DOWN. IT'S GOING
TO BE A VERY CLOSELY WATCHED
ELECTION PROCESS.
IF YOU GOT A CLOSE RACE
THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
Reporter: THE ELECTIONS
DIRECTOR FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY
IS IMPLORING PEOPLE NOT TO HANG
ONTO MAIL BALLOTS UNTIL THE
LAST MINUTE.
HE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW THEY
ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE IF THEY
CHOOSE TO VOTE IN PERSON.
YOU WANT TO MAKE IT AS SAFE,
SAFE PROCESS FOR THE VOTERS AND
ESPECIALLY FOR MY COWORKERS.
Reporter: SPECTRUM CENTER IS
AN EARLY VOTING SITE.
THE COUNTY WILL HAVE A LOT OF
ROOM TO PUT MACHINES IN THE
PLACES AND SPREAD THEM APART.
IF YOU VOTE IN PERSON IN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY YOU KNOW WE
USE TOUCHSCREENS.
DICKERSON SAYS THE COUNTY IS
CONSIDERING PROVIDING A PEN
WITH A STYLUS TO EACH VOTER
WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR CHOICE.
INSTEAD OF A STICKER YOU
MIGHT GET THIS PEN THAT SAYS I
VOTED.
BEFORE WE GET TO ELECTION
DAY, THERE WILL BE OF COURSE A
MAJOR EVENT IN CHARLOTTE.
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION IS JUST WEEKS AWAY.
TODAY THERE WAS A BIT OF A STIR
OVER WHETHER THE PRESIDENT WILL
ACTUALLY BE HERE IN CHARLOTTE,
AND IF HE IS, HOW BIG A ROLE HE
WILL PLAY.
Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT
MIKE PENCE MADE SOME COMMENTS
TODAY THE CAUSE CONFUSION AND
EVEN CAUSED CITY OFFICIALS TO
BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
NORTH CAROLINA VOTED TO SEND
THIS PRESIDENT TO THE WHITE
HOUSE FOUR YEARS AGO AND WE
NORTH CAROLINA IS GOING TO VOTE
FOR TRUMP ON NOVEMBER 3. IS THE
PRESIDENT SAID, OUR PLAN IS TO
BE HERE.
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HIM RECEIVE
THAT NOMINATION.
Reporter: HERE IS WHAT'S
GOING ON.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT EVENTS
WE ARE LOOKING AT.
THERE IS THE FORMAL
RENOMINATION PROCESS WHICH THE
PRESIDENT IS MAKING PLANS TO BE
AT HERE IN CHARLOTTE.
THEN THERE IS THE ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH.
THAT IS THE GRAND FINALE THAT
IS TYPICALLY A FEW DAYS LATER.
A LOCATION FOR THAT ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH HAS NOT BEEN SET JUST
YET.
THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID HE WANTS
TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE
END OF THE WEEK.
THANK YOU.
WE KNOW THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL ALSO
BE MOSTLY VIRTUAL.
THEY MADE THAT DECISION BACK IN
JUNE.
RIGHT NOW THE PLAN IS FOR JOE