LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN ON THIS ELECTION DAY
WITH LIVE PICTURES FROM SKY FOR
IT, AN ARBOR WHERE PEOPLE ARE
LINING UP BEEN LINING UP FOR
HOURS TO CAST BALLOTS TODAY,
SUCH IMPORTANT ISSUES UP AND
DOWN THE BALLOT DECISION DAY IN
METRO DETROIT AND ALL ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES. THAT’S RIGHT. AND
RIGHT NOW WE ARE THREE HOURS
AWAY FROM POLLS CLOSING ALL
ACROSS THE STATE, EXCEPT FOR
JUST A SMALL LITTLE SLIVER. OF
THE U P. THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE
ON THE CENTRAL TIME ZONE THERE
SO MONTHS OF CAMPAIGNING AND
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SPENT, AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO
WHAT HAPPENS TODAY AND TONIGHT,
SO LET’S GO THROUGH SOME OF THE
MAJOR RACES AND ISSUES VOTERS
ARE DECIDING. WE START. OF
COURSE, WITH THE RACE AT THE TOP
OF YOUR BALLOT FOR GOVERNOR,
DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT GET
GRETCHEN WHITMER GOING UP
AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN
CHALLENGER, TUTOR DIXON AND THEN
MICHIGAN VOTERS HAVE A BIG
DECISION OF PROPOSAL THREE THAT
WOULD PUT A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO AN
ABORTION AND USE CONTRACEPTIVES
IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION. RACE
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BEEN
CLOSELY WATCHED ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT DANA
NESSEL AND HEATED RACE WITH THE
REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER, MATT
DEEPER. NO SECRETARY OF STATE
JEFFERSON BENSON IS RUNNING FOR
REELECTION AS THE STATE’S TOP
ELECTION OFFICIAL. SHE HAS BEEN
CHALLENGED BY FORMER COMMUNITY
COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR CHRISTINA
KARAMO. OH IS A 2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DENIER AND
IS ENDORSED BY FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP ALL COMING WITH VERY
STRONG TURNOUT SO FAR MORE THAN
1.7 MILLION ABSENTEE BALLOTS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN TURNED IN.
SAME DAY REGISTRATIONS WERE
WATCHING HIGHEST RIGHT NOW IN
COLLEGE TOWNS HARBOR AND EAST
LANSING. BOTH CAMPUSES. ALL OF
IT HAPPENING IS THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS MONITORING POLLS
IN DETROIT, PONTIAC AND
SOUTHFIELD HAVE REPORTERS
COVERING MULTIPLE ANGLES
TONIGHT. PRIYA MANN WHO’S
CHECKING IN WITH VOTERS, AND
HANK WINCHESTER IS TRACKING
POTENTIAL ISSUES AT THE POLLS
START THINGS OFF THE ON THE FIVE
O’CLOCK HOUR WITH MARA
MACDONALD, WHO IS LIVE AFTER
MONTHS AND MONTHS OF
CAMPAIGNING. AND SPENDING. OF
COURSE, WE’VE HIT THE HOME
STRETCH MORROW. DE’VEON WE SURE
HAVE, AND I WANT TO REMIND
EVERYBODY OF ONE THING. YOU’RE
GOING TO SEE BEHIND ME A LINE
HERE AT THE DETROIT CITY CLERK’S
OFFICE TO DROP OFF ABSENTEE
BALLOTS. WE HAVE SHATTERED
RECORDS IN MICHIGAN AS FAR AS
ABSENTEE BALLOTS REQUESTED. AN
ABSENTEE BALLOTS RETURNED MEANS
WE HAVE A LOT TO COUNT TONIGHT,
WHICH MEANS WE’RE PROBABLY NOT
GOING TO KNOW BY 11 ANY
DEFINITIVE NUMBERS NOW THAT
SAID. I DO THINK WE’RE GOING TO
SEE SOME HARD NUMBERS OUT OF ONE
METRO DETROIT COUNTY. EXPLAIN IN
A MINUTE, TAKE A LOOK. THE TOP
OF THE TICKET ON THE MOVE TODAY
. TUTOR DIXON VOTING IN NORTON
SHORE’S I THINK WE LEFT
EVERYTHING ON THE FIELD. WE DID
AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY COULD
TALK TO EVERYBODY ACROSS THE
STATE THAT WE COULD FEEL GOOD
ABOUT TODAY. GOVERNOR WHITMER
STARTED OFF IN LANSING THIS
MORNING FOR A CANVAS KICKOFF AND
THEN MADE HER WAY TO DETROIT TO
GET OUT THE VOTE. SEEN SOME
EARLY REPORTS. IT WAS LOOKING
GOOD. WE’VE GOT LONG LINES. I
WAS IN EAST LANSING THIS MORNING
WITH CONGRESSWOMAN SLOTKIN MSU’S
CAMPUS YESTERDAY, A GRAND
VALLEY’S CAMPUS EARLIER THIS
WEEK. CAN YOU HAVE THEM? I MEAN,
WE’RE SEEING ENTHUSIASM AND SO
IT’S GOOD, BUT WE’RE NOT GOING
TO REST UNTIL THE POLLS CLOSE
TONIGHT. WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY
OF BREAKING A MIDTERM VOTING
RECORD HERE IN MICHIGAN. WE’VE
ALREADY BROKEN THE RECORD FOR
ABSENTEES IN THE MIDTERM. IT ALL
DEPENDS ON THE BALLOT BOX VOTERS
TODAY. BACK HERE ALIVE. AS YOU
CAN SEE BEHIND ME. WE’VE GOT A
LINE HERE AT THE DETROIT CITY
CLERK’S OFFICE TO HAND OFF THOSE
ABSENTEE BALLOTS. AND LET’S TALK
ABOUT NUMBERS. I EXPECT WE’RE
NOT GOING TO HAVE MUCH OUT OF
WAYNE AND MCCOMB BY 11 O’CLOCK
TONIGHT. I DO THINK WE’RE GOING
TO HAVE SOME HARD NUMBERS OUT OF
OAKLAND COUNTY. IF THAT REMAINS
TRUE TO FORM THAT IS TYPICALLY
WHAT HAPPENS HERE. INTERESTING
DEVIN AND KIMBERLY TO WATCH
THOSE MARGINS OUT OF OAKLAND
TONIGHT. WE’RE LIVE IN THE NEW
CENTER. I’M MARA MACDONALD.
LOCAL FORCE. ALL RIGHT, ALL
RIGHT, MARA. STANDBY CHRIS,
WE’RE COMING BACK TO YOU
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. NOW WITH
THREE HOURS TO GO BEFORE THE
POLLS CLOSE, WE ARE KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE ON ANY POTENTIAL
TROUBLE FOR VOTERS, AND SO FAR,
WE’VE ONLY SEEN MINOR ISSUES FOR
A FEW FOLKS TRYING TO CAST THEIR
BALLOTS. CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR
HANK WINCHESTER RESIDE AT
HUNTINGDON PLACE. WHERE VOTES
WILL BE COUNTED TONIGHT. SO,
HANK, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING SO
FAR? AND KIMBERLY DEVIN. LET’S
GET TO THE GOOD NEWS RIGHT NOW.
THAT’S THE VOTE TOTAL THE NUMBER
OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS THAT BARBARA
ENCOUNTERED HERE IN THE
HUNTINGTON’S PLACE IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. THESE ARE VOTES FROM
DETROITERS AND SO FAR 63,000
HAVE BEEN COUNTED. IN FACT, THEY
ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY’RE GOING
TO GET THIS ALL WRAPPED UP BY
THE END OF THIS SHIFT, WHICH IS
MIDNIGHT. IN FACT, THEY’RE EVEN
OPTIMISTIC. IT COULD BE BEFORE
MIDNIGHT, BUT WE’VE HEARD THAT
IN YEARS PAST AS YOU’VE HEARD,
SO WE’RE GOING TO STAY HERE AND
KEEP AN EYE ON IT NOW WHEN IT
COMES TO PROBLEMS AROUND THE
CITY ALL OVER METRO DETROIT,
WE’VE ACTUALLY HEARD OF ONLY A
FEW TECHNICAL GLITCHES TAKING
PLACE AT DIFFERENT POLLING
LOCATIONS. FOR THE MOST PART, IT
SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO
VOTE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUT TAKE
A LOOK. AT SOME VIDEO. THERE WAS
AN ISSUE A TECHNICAL PROBLEM AT
OSBORNE HIGH SCHOOL. EARLIER IN
THE CITY OF DETROIT, BUT WE ARE
TOLD THAT CREWS GOT THERE AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WORKED IT
OUT, AND THOSE WHO WERE TOLD
THEY COULD NOT VOTE WERE THEN
BROUGHT BACK IN TO CAST THEIR
BALLOT. TAKE A LISTEN. THERE WAS
A DISCREPANCY AS IF WE HAD
ALREADY, UM, VOTED ALREADY
THROUGH ABSENT EIGHT, WHICH
WE’VE NEVER REQUESTED FOR ONE,
AND SO BASICALLY, IT TOOK ABOUT
10 MINUTES AND SO THEY GOT TO
RESOLVE AND SO WE VOTED. NOW IF
YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES VOTING THIS
EVENING, REMEMBER, YOU HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE UNTIL EIGHT
O’CLOCK TONIGHT. BUT IF YOU
ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEMS AT THE
POLLS THAT HELPED ME HANK TEAM
WE WANT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
YOU. I’M IN CONTACT WITH THE
SECRETARY OF STATE AND LEADERS
IN EVERY LOCAL OFFICE TO HELP
MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU WANT TO
VOTE THAT YOU HAVE EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, NOW
TONIGHT AT SIX O’CLOCK, WE’RE
GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHY
WE’RE IN THIS PARTICULAR SPACE.
YOU MAY FLASH BACK TO 2020.
REMEMBER THE AREA WITH ALL THE
WINDOWS WHILE THERE WAS A BIG
MOVE, AND IT INVOLVES WHAT
HAPPENED HERE A FEW YEARS AGO,
WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT
FOR YOU TONIGHT AT THE TOP OF
THE HOUR FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE
HERE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT. HANK
WINCHESTER. HELP ME. HANG BACK
TO YOU. OKAY WE DO. REMEMBER
THAT HANK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE’LL BE SURE TO CHECK BACK IN
WITH YOU IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER
ISSUES, DEVIN SCILLIAN. FROM
WARREN VOTERS CASTING THEIR
BALLOTS TODAY, THE FITZGERALD
RECREATION CENTER. WE WANTED TO
GET A SENSE OF WHAT IT’S BEEN
LIKE. AND WHAT IS MOTIVATING
PEOPLE TO TURN OUT IN THESE KIND
OF NUMBERS. TODAY PRIYA MANN HAS
BEEN ALL OVER TOWN. SHE JOINS US
LIVE IN WESTLAND WITH MORE
PRIYA. GOOD EVENING, DEVIN AND
KIM. YEAH WE HAVE BEEN
CRISSCROSSING METRO DETROIT
GOING TO ANN ARBOR. WE’RE HERE
IN WESTLAND. WE WERE IN DETROIT
EARLIER TODAY, AND THE CROWDS
REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU’RE
AT OVER IN ANN ARBOR STUDENTS ON
CAMPUS THAT YOU HAVE THEM THERE
WAITING HOURS TO VOTE HERE IN
WESTLAND. THERE HAS BEEN A
STEADY STREAM AND IN DETROIT,
WHY DON’T WE BEGIN THERE AND
WE’LL START OFF WITH A POLE
CHAPLAIN. EXCITED TO VOTE. AND I
THINK THAT’S THE THING THAT’S
GOING TO MATTER. A HANDFUL OF
VOTERS WERE OUT EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING AT CHRYSLER ELEMENTARY
NEAR DOWNTOWN DETROIT. YOU HAVE
SUCH A SMALL CROWD HERE TODAY.
WHY? I’M ACCUSTOMED TO LOTS OF
PEOPLE HAVING TO STAND IN LINE.
SHE’S HOPEFUL MORE VOTERS WILL
SHOW UP AFTER WORK. THIS POLL
CHAPLAIN ECHOING WHAT MANY ARE
SAYING AS THEY COME TO CAST
THEIR BALLOT, YOU CAN FEEL THE
WEIGHT OF IT. THAT’S IMPORTANT
TO DO THIS, AND I THINK THAT’S
THE QUESTION WHY IT’S DIFFERENT
FOR ME. EVERYONE MOTIVATED FOR
DIFFERENT REASONS. I WANT TO
REACH OUT TO THE YOUNG VOTERS.
THAT’S WHO IT’S IMPORTANT OVER
IN AN ARBOR ONLY LIKE THERE WHEN
I STARTED. I’VE BEEN HERE FOR
MAYBE, LIKE 2.5 HOURS, SO IT’LL
TAKE A WHILE, BUT IT’S WORTH IT.
STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN WAITING HOURS ON CAMPUS
TO VOTE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THE TURNOUT HERE? IT’S AMAZING.
I LOVE IT. THIS IS REALLY
OBVIOUSLY INSPIRED. WHERE ME AND
HONESTLY MAKES ME MORE MOTIVATED
TO STAY IN LINE TO VOTE. WE HAVE
A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE
REGISTERING THE SAME DAY HERE.
AND IT’S A DECENT WEIGHT, BUT WE
HOPE THEY WILL STICK WITH US IN
THE FORD SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC
POLICY, SO AH, VOTING IS VERY
IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT EVERYONE
NEEDS TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD
THIS EXCITED. FIRST TIME VOTER
JUST TURNED 18. I ALWAYS THOUGHT
IT WAS LIKE SO LIKE GROWING UP
WITH MY PARENTS TO VOTE, AND I’M
SUPER EXCITED THAT LIKE NOW IT’S
MY TURN TO BE GROWN UP AND LIKE
VOTE. IT’S CERTAINLY AN EXCITED
FIRST TIME VOTER THERE. CHECK
OUT THE PARKING LOT HERE AT
JOHNSON UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
. THAT’S WHERE WE’RE LIVE IN
WESTLAND TONIGHT PRETTY STEADY
STREAM HERE. AT SOME POINT, IT’S
BEEN MORE PACKED THAN OTHERS. A
LOT OF FOLKS COMING IN WITH
THEIR CHILDREN VOTING HERE TWO
PRECINCTS OR YOU CAN VOTE HERE
AT JOHNSON UPPER ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW,
TALKING TO VOTERS GETTING THEIR
SENSE OF WHAT’S MOTIVATING THEM
REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU’RE
AT COMING UP AT SIX O’CLOCK,
WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO A
92 YEAR OLD VOTER WHO HAS IN
WALKING TO HER POLLING STATION
FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS OF
DEDICATED VOTERS OUT HERE, ALL
OF THEM MAKING THEIR VOICES
HEARD REPORTING LIVE IN WESTLAND
. I’M PRIYA MANN LOCAL FORWARD
AND WAIT TO HEAR YOUR STORY AT
SIX A.M. APPRECIATE THAT HAS
BEEN SOME DEDICATION TO SEE THE
FOLKS THAT ARE STANDING AND
WE’VE HEARD TO OUR LINES IN SOME
CASES TO REGISTER TO VOTE TODAY
, SO THAT’S THAT’S IT. THAT’S
WHAT IT TAKES. YEP. ALRIGHT
WELL, I’LL COVERAGE OF THE
ELECTION IS JUST GETTING STARTED
. WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED ALL
NIGHT LONG HERE. CHRISTINE
MCDONALD AND I WILL BE HOSTING
WALL TO WALL COVERAGE STARTING
AT EIGHT P.M. TONIGHT ON LOCAL
4. PLUS WE’VE GOT A PANEL OF
EXPERTS RARING TO GO, WILL BE
CHECKING IN WITH THE LOCAL
CLERKS ALL OVER THE AREA TO GET
A REAL SENSE OF HOW THE COUNT IS
GOING AND, OF COURSE, RELYING ON
OUR STAFF OF REPORTERS, WHICH
SPREAD OUT FAR AND WIDE TONIGHT
, GETTING UNDERWAY AT EIGHT ON
LOCAL 4 PLUS AND
CLICKONDETROIT’S COM IS READY TO
GO WITH UP TO THE MINUTE
RESULTS. AS THEY COME IN
TONIGHT. ALL OF THE MAJOR RACES
ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT ON THE
HOMEPAGE, AND THEY’LL ALSO BE
FRONT AND CENTER ON
CLICKONDETROIT’S ON THE APP. IN
OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, IT LOOKS AS
IF SEVERAL APARTMENTS WERE
DESTROYED OR DAMAGED IN A FIRE
IN PONTIAC THIS AFTERNOON, SKY
FOUR WAS OVER THE ARBOR VIEW
APARTMENTS ON LEONARD LANE NEAR
IN 59, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
BOULEVARD. WE DON’T KNOW HOW THE
FIRE STARTED, BUT IT DID APPEAR
TO SPREAD. WE HAVE CALLS OUT TO
INVESTIGATORS TO FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND IF
ANYONE WAS HURT. NOW TO THE
WEATHER SUN BEGINNING TO SET ON
WHAT HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL
ELECTION DAY. THERE’S A LIVE
LOOK AT FROM OUR SKY CAM IN ANN
ARBOR. JUST BEAUTIFUL FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR TEMPERATURES
GETTING WARMER, IN FACT, AS WE
MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THE WEEK,
SO LET’S GET OVER TO KIM ADAMS
AND HER FIRST LOOK AT 41
FORECAST. HI KIM IS BEEN A
REALLY BEAUTIFUL DAY WITH
TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE DAY
IN THE UPPER FORTIES TO, UH LOW
FIFTIES IN MOST SPOTS, BUT IT
WILL START COOLING DOWN NOW THE
SUN IS JUST ABOUT TO SIT HERE IN
THE NEXT FEW MINUTES 51 DEGREES
AT FIVE O’CLOCK, SIX O’CLOCK
UPPER FORTIES 47 AT SEVEN, AND
BY THE TIME THE POLLS CLOSED, IT
WILL BE 46 DEGREES ACROSS THE
BOARD. WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES
AGAIN IN THE UPPER FORTIES, TOO.
LOW FIFTIES 51 AT CITY AIRPORT,
49-10 AND OVER 50 THE CURRENT
TEMPERATURE IN HOWELL TOMORROW.
BEAUTIFUL EVEN WARMER THAN TODAY
WITH A HIGH OF 62 PLENTY OF
SUNSHINE FOR YOU, AND I WANT TO
GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK AT THIS
TEMPERATURE TREND. LOOK AT THE
DROP AS WE HEAD INTO THE
WEEKEND. 43 SATURDAY 39 THE HIGH
ON SUNDAY, I’LL HAVE MORE ON