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LYNSEY:..IN JUST ONE HOUR --
POLLS WILL CLOSE ACROSS THE
STATE.RIGHT NOW ON WEST
MICHIGAN'S ONLY SEVEN O'CLOCK
NEWSCAST -- WE'RE GETTING YOU
READY FOR WHAT TO EXPECT.
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LYNSEY:..HELLO, I'M LYNSEY
MUKOMEL -- THANKS FOR JOINING
US.OUR STATE'S VOTE COULD GO A
LONG WAY IN DECIDING áWHO WILL
BE NAMED THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE TO CHALLENGE PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP THIS FALL.
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WE START WITH OUR FIRST ROUND
OF TEAM COVERAGE -- A MAJOR
FLUX OF NEW VOTERS IN LINE TO
REGISTER TODAY.NEWS 8'S KYLE
MITCHELL IS LIVE IN KALAMAZOO.
BUT WE START WITH JACQUELINE
FRANCIS -- AT THE GRAND RAPIDS
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE -- LOTS OF
FIRST TIME VOTERS ARE STILL
TRYING TO REGISTER -- AND VOTE
BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE..
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JACQUELINE:..
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LYNSEY:..JACQUELINE, THANK YOU.
A SIMILAR SCENE IS PLAYING OUT
ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH -- DOWN
131.NEWS 8S KYLE MITCHELL HAS
BEEN MONITORING THE LONG LINE
AT THE KALAMAZOO CITY CLERKS
OFFICE -- THE WAITS MORE THAN
TWO HOURS NOW THERE-- KYLE?
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KYLE:..LINDSEY, WHEN WE FIRST
GOT HERE THIS LINE WAS
SPANNING THE WIDTH OF CITY
HALL AND YOU CAN SEE IT NOW
GOES OUT THE DOOR.LET'S TALK
TO SOME PEOPLE IN LINE.THIS IS
FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO
REGISTER AND VOTE IN THE CITY
OF KALAMAZOO,
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KYLE:..ANYONE IN LINE WILL BE
ALLOWED TO REGISTER AND THEY
ARE IN LINE BY 8PM.BACK TO YOU.
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LYNSEY:..WE ALSO HAVE
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TEAM COVERAGE FOCUSED ON THE
TWO DEMOCRATIC FRONT-RUNNERS.
NEWS 8'S HEATHER WALKER IS
LIVE IN DETROIT AHEAD OF A
WATCH PARTY HOSTED BY BIDEN
SUPPORTERS.BUT LET'S START
WITH LEON HENDRIX.HE'S LIVE IN
GRAND RAPIDS TALKING TO
SANDERS ORGANIZERS.WHAT ARE
THEY SAYING TONIGHT, LEON...
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LEON:..THE VOLUNTEERS HAVEN'T
BEEN HANGING OUT HERE THEY ARE
PUT ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE TO HEAD TO THE POLLS
AND NOT LEAVING ANYTHING TO
CHANCE....
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SANDERS WAS
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HERE OVER THE WEEKEND RALLYING
SUPPORT SOME 4000 PEOPLE
SHOWED UP TO SEE HIM OUT AT
CALDER PLAZA. HE CLEARLY SEES
A SHOT HERE IN MICHIGAN AS HE
HELD SEVERAL EVENTS IN THE
STATE OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.
IN 2016 HE ENDED OUT A WIN IN
A SURPRISE HILARY CLINTON
UPSET.... AND SOME DEEPLY
ENTRENCHED DEMOCRATS ARE
SUPPORTING HIM AND HOPEFUL
HE'LL DO IT AGAIN.....
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I THINK SANDERS HAS THE RIGHT
MESSAGE. WHEN YOU HAVE THE
REGULAR, PARTY LINE DEMOCRATS
WE ALWAYS GET 'WAIT 'TIL WE DO
THIS, WAIT UNTIL WE DO THIS',
SO WHAT SANDERS IS TALKING
ABOUT IS IMMEDIATE REINFORCERS
THINGS THAT'S GOING TO HELP US
IN THE HERE AND NOW AND NOT
THE NOW AND LATER.
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LEON:..THE POLLS HAVE SANDERS
SET TO LOOSE TONIGHT BY A LONG
SHOT....:BUT THEY DID IN 2016
TOO.... WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.....
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LYNSEY:..
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LEON, THANK YOU.LET'S HEAD TO
THE EAST SIDE OF THE STATE NOW
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WHERE HEATHER WALKER IS AT A
BIDEN CAMPAIGN WATCH PARTY IN
THE MOTOR CITY.HEATHER?
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HEATHER:..
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LYNSEY:..POLITICAL LYNSEY:..
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POLITICAL REPORTER RICK ALBIN
JOINS US NOW.HE'LL BE WITH US
IN STUDIO TONIGHT -- BREAKING
DOWN THE NUMBERS AS THEY ROLL
IN.WE KNOW MICHIGAN IS
NOTORIOUSLY PURPLE -- IT'S
WHAT MAKES US A BATTLE GROUND.
WHICH COUNTIES ARE WE WATCHING
THE CLOSEST TONIGHT?ááSENATOR
SANDERS WON 5 OF THOSE KEY
COUNTIES IN 2016 -- INCLUDING
SOME BIG MARGINS. COULD THOSE
FLIP TO BIDEN TONIGHT?áá
ááPOLLING HAS FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN AS A BIG
FAVORITE HEADING INTO TONIGHT
-- NOT JUST IN MICHIGAN -- BUT
5 OF THE 6 PRIMARIES TODAY.
EXPLAIN WHY A BIG WIN IS SO
EXPLAIN WHY A BIG PRIMARIES
TODAY. BUT 5 OF THE 6 JUST IN
MICHIGAN -- TONIGHT -- NOT
HEADING INTO AS A BIG FAVORITE
PRESIDENT BIDEN FORMER VICE
ááPOLLING HAS TONIGHT?ááTO
BIDEN TONIGHT?ááááPOLLING HAS
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TONIGHT?ááTO BIDEN COULD THOSE
FLIP BIG MARGINS. INCLUDING
SOME COUNTIES IN 2016 --OF
THOSE KEY COUNTIES IN 2016 --
INCLUDING SOME BIG MARGINS.
COULD THOSE FLIP TO BIDEN
TONIGHT?ááááPOLLING HAS FORMER
VICE
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PRESIDENT BIDEN AS A BIG
FAVORITE HEADING INTO TONIGHT
-- NOT JUST IN MICHIGAN -- BUT
5 OF THE 6 PRIMARIES TODAY.
EXPLAIN WHY A BIG WIN IS SO
IMPORTANT.WIN IS SO EXPLAIN
WHY A BIG PRIMARIES TODAY.
EXPLAIN WHY A BIG WIN IS SO
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IMPORTANT.
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WE'LL HAVE ALL THE RESULTS FOR
YOU AS THEY ROLL IN TONIGHT --
PLUS THE LOCAL RACES AND
MILLAGES ON BALLOTS ACROSS
WEST MICHIGAN.AFTER THE 7 ON 8
-- OUR COVERAGE WILL PICK BACK
UP AT 8 ON WOOD -TV-DOT-COM
AND FACEBOOK LIVE.THEN LIKE
EVERYNIGHT -- NEWS 8 AT 10 ON
W-X-S-P AND AT 11 HERE ON
WOOD-TV WILL CAP OFF YOUR
PRIMARY COVERAGE.