JUST 29 DAYS TO GO.
>> UNTIL ELECTION.
>> UNTIL ELECTION DAY.
VERY GOOD POINT.
JACOB SOBOROF JOINS US FROM
CALIFORNIA, WHERE EARLY VOTING
GETS UNDER WAY.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, SHEINELLE.
I’M EAGERLY AWAITING MY MAIL-IN
BALLOT TO SHOW UP.
>> I’M EASILY WAITING FOR THAT
PLANT TO BLOOM, IT’S BEAUTIFUL
BEHIND YOU.
>> MEXICAN SAGE, MATTER OF FACT.
>> IS THAT A ROCK STAR FROM THE
’70s?
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION
WHACHLT HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING
ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT’S
HOSPITALIZATION AND COVID-19
DIAGNOSIS ARE AFFECTING VOTER’S
DECISION, IF AT ALL, AND
TURNOUT.
>> IT’S UNAVOIDABLE, OUR
COMMANDER IN CHIEF IS
HOSPITALIZED WITH A DISEASE
THAT’S KILLED OVER 200,000
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT’S GOING TO AFFECT BOTH VOTERS
AND VOTING.
I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO WHAT
VOTERS HAVE BEEN SAYING TO OUR
COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE
WEEKEND.
I WONDER IF IT WILL MOVE
PEOPLE’S OPINIONS.
ONE THING THAT’S STRIKING IS
3.35 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
VOTED AS OF THIS MORNING.
THEIR BALLOTS ARE ALREADY CAST.
WHEN THEY CONSIDER THE FITNESS
OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, SOME
OF THEM MAY HAVE ALREADY PUT
THEIR BALLOTS IN.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROCESS
ITSELF, COVID HAS CHANGED ALMOST
EVERYTHING ABOUT HOW WE VOTE.
>> JACOB, YOU’VE GOT VOTING
STARTING THERE IN CALIFORNIA
TODAY.
FOR EXAMPLE HERE IN NEW YORK, IT
STARTS OCTOBER 24th.
WHAT’S IT LIKE WHERE YOU ARE
TODAY IN LOS ANGELES AND IN THE
SURROUNDING AREAS?
YOU JUST SAID YOU GOT YOUR
BALLOT.
WHAT’S IT LOOKING LIKE?
>> YEAH.
SO, AL, 5.6 MILLION PEOPLE HERE
IN L.A. COUNTY, BIGGEST ELECTION
JURISDICTION IN THE COUNTRY ARE
IN THE SAME BOAT AS ME, WAITING
FOR THEIR MAIL-IN BALLOTS TO BE
SENT TO US.
THAT’S THE FIRST TIME EVER
THAT’S HAPPENED.
YOU CAN GO, IF YOU WANT TO, TO
ONE OF THE EARLY VOTING
LOCATIONS HERE IN LOS ANGELES.
THERE’S ONLY ONE OPEN TODAY.
OVER 100 MORE WILL BE OPEN
BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
>> SO THERE’S GOING TO BE A
SURGE IN MAIL-IN VOTING AND
PROBABLY, YOU MIGHT ASSUME, WILL
BE A SURGE IN REJECTED BALLOTS.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
CAN YOU FIND OUT IF YOUR BALLOT
HAS BEEN REJECTED?
IF IT HAS, WHAT CAN YOU DO?
>> SUCH AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
ONE THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT
THAT, I THINK PARTIALLY BECAUSE
YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG SURGE IN
VOTING GENERALLY, YOU’LL HAVE
CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN
REJECTED BALLOTS.
THERE IS CONCERN AMONG GROUPS
THAT THERE’S SOME EVIDENCE OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS’ BALLOTS
TO BE REJECTED AT AN
OVERWHELMING RATE.
YOU CAN GO AND TRY TO MAKE THAT
RIGHT IF THE RULES ALLOW FOR IT
IN YOUR STATE.
>> VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES
ARE COMING UP.
TWO QUESTIONS.
HOW CAN YOU FIND OUT SOME OF
THOSE DEADLINES IN YOUR STATE
AND ALSO HOW CAN YOU MAKE SURE
YOU’RE 100% REGISTERED
CORRECTLY?
I WAS REGISTERED IN A DIFFERENT
PART OF THE CITY AND HAD TO GO
TO ANOTHER PART OF NEW YORK.
I THINK I HAVE IT SET UP RIGHT
FOR THIS TIME BUT I’M NOT QUITE
SURE.
>> I HAD A MOMENT OF PANIC THIS
MORNING, DYLAN, AND I CHECK MIED
OWN REGISTRATION ONLINE.
GOOGLE HAS A TOOL TO LINK YOU
UP -- IT WAS IRRATIONAL.
IT WAS SUNDAY WHEN I CHECKED MY
MAILBOX.
THE BALLOT WASN’T THERE.
I GOT NERVOUS.
>> YOU GET NERVOUS.
>> YEAH.
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT.
THIS GOOGLE TOOL CONNECTS YOU
WITH YOUR LOCAL JURISDICTION TO
MAKE SURE YOU’RE STILL
REGISTERED.
YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW AS
YOU’RE WATCHING THIS, IF YOU
WANTED TO, AND FIGURE OUT
THROUGH YOUR LOCAL ELECTION
JURISDICTION CONNECTED BY GOOGLE
IF YOUR REGISTRATION IS UPDATED
AND VALID.
IF NOT, THERE ARE STATES THAT
THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS
TODAY.
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHEN THAT IS
AND GET REGISTERED IF YOU’RE NOT
ALREADY.
>> SOLID INFORMATION.
JAKE
JACOB SOBOROF, THANK YOU.
>>> PROGRAMMING NOTE, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, TONIGHT -- YES, PLAN
YOUR VOTE
NBCNEWS.COM/PLANYOURVOTE.
LESTER HOLT WILL BE HOSTING A
TOWN HALL TONIGHT WITH
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN.
HE WILL BE TAKING QUESTIONS FROM
UNDECIDED VOTERS IN THE
ALL-IMPORTANT STATE OF FLORIDA.