THAT'S
THAT'S JUST SOUTHEAST OF RALEIGH. ALL THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME
AS NORTH CAROLINA KICKS OFF THE
FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING LONG
LINES WOMEN.
EARLY THIS MORNING IN UNION
COUNTY ALSO IN THE HEART OF
UPTOWN CHARLOTTE AT BANK OF
AMERICA STADIUM.
IT'S A SIGHT WE'RE SURE TO
SEE THROUGHOUT THE DAY POSSIBLY
IN THE DAYS TO COME.
OFFICIALS SAYING THE FIRST DAY
AND LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING
TYPICALLY THE BUSIEST AND WE
HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU .
>> OUR KENDALL MORRIS STANDING
BY AT SPECTRUM CENTER AS WE
SPEAK.
BUT FIRST LET'S SEND IT TO
BILLIE JEAN SHAW AT BOJANGLES
COLISEUM.
SO BILLIE JEAN, YOU'VE BEEN OUT
THERE AT BOTH OF THESE POLLING
PLACES.
YOU'VE BEEN KIND MONITORING THE
SCENE AND IT REALLY IS A SIGHT
TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE LINING UP
TO CAST THEIR VOTES.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CAROL.
AND THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT THESE LINES HAVE
BEEN MOVING PRETTY FAST AND I'M
PRETTY SURE THAT'S GOOD
NEWS FOR PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT
IS LIKE WATCHING AT HOME RIGHT
NOW HERE AT THE BOJANGLES
COLISEUM.
YOU ONLY SEE TWO PEOPLE
STANDING IN LINE.
THAT IS A MUCH DIFFERENT SCENE
FROM WHAT WE SAW EARLIER.
BUT AGAIN THAT'S GOOD NEWS AS
THE POLLING SITE IS LETTING
FOUR PEOPLE IN AT ONCE.
THE DIRECTOR TELLS ME SO FAR
MORE THAN 350 PEOPLE HAVE VOTED
WELL BEFORE SUNRISE.
DOZENS OF VOTERS LINED UP AT
THE BOJANGLES COLISEUM FOR THE
FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
EARLY DID YOU GET OUT HERE?
OH MY GOD.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT SIX 40
.
>> I'M JUST EXCITED TO VOTE
TODAY.
THAT'S WHY I'M IN SO EARLY TO
BED WITH IT ON A MAN WHO GOT UP
THIS MORNING WITH IT ON MY HEAD
FIRST THING.
>> AT ONE POINT THE LINE
STRETCHED FROM THE DOORWAY NEAR
THE ROADWAY BUT IT WAS NO
PROBLEM FOR THESE VOTERS WHO
SAID THEY CAME PREPARED FOR A
LONG WAIT.
ABOUT COUPLE OF APPLES.
COUPLE OF WATERS.
A BOSSOM EXTRA MASS CASE.
SOMEONE CAME IN DROPPED THERE.
BUT I'M STANDING HERE FOR 10
HOURS.
IT AIN'T ABOUT ME VOTING IT
AIN'T IT FOR ME .
THIS WAS SO CHILD TO HAVE A
FUTURE.
IT AIN'T ABOUT ME .
DAIRY LATISSE SENTIMENTS SHARED
WITH OTHER VOTERS IN LINE LIKE
ANDRE RICHARDSON WHO SAYS HE'S
CASTING HIS BALLOT TO IGNITE
REAL CHANGE.
I LOOK AT THIS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO
AMERICA, NOT INDIVIDUALS COMING
OUT TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS
BY VOTING.
>> WE'RE JUST LAMS BEING LED TO
THE SLAUGHTER.
>> THEY'RE REALLY PASSIONATE
VOTERS.
YOU JUST HEARD FROM HERE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE BOJANGLES
COLISEUM THERE IS CURB SIDE
VOTING.
HOW THAT WORKS IF YOU HAVE A
DISABILITY AND YOU AREN'T
PHYSICALLY ABLE TO WALK INTO
THE BUILDING, A POLL WORKER
WILL ACTUALLY COME TO GET YOUR
BALLOT AND BRING IT INSIDE FOR
YOU .
THEY PUT IT IN A PRIVATE
ENVELOPE.
NO ONE IS GOING TO SAY WHO
YOU VOTED FOR.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT, I'LL BE POSTING
INFORMATION WC NC AB REPORTING
LIVE FROM BOJANGLES COLISEUM.
I'M BILLIE JEAN SHAW.
BEN CAROLYN , I'LL SEND IT BACK
TO YOU .
>> BILLIE JEAN, THANKS SO MUCH.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES NOW
THAT WE'VE SEEN CHARLOTTE'S
CHARLOTTES MORE STANDING BY AT
SPECTRUM CENTER AND UPTOWN.
SO KENDALL, IT'S NOT AS CROWDED
AS IT IS AT BOJANGLES BUT
THAT'S A GOOD THING THERE,
RIGHT?
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE IS NO LINE HERE AT
SPECTRUM CENTER.
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS KIND THE SCENE THAT
WE'VE SEEN SINCE WE GOT HERE
AROUND 9:00 A.M. THIS MORNING.
NO ONE IS HAVING TO WAIT.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED YET,
THIS IS THE PLACE TO COME
BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO
STAND IN A LONG LINE FORM.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING MOST PEOPLE
THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO HAVE BEEN
IN AND OUT OF SPECTRUM CENTER
AND ABOUT 15 MINUTES NOW INSIDE
THEY HAVE THIRTY EIGHT VOTING
MACHINES.
SO THE PROCESS IS MOVING PRETTY
QUICKLY.
NOW PEOPLE WERE LINED UP
OUTSIDE THE DOORS BEFORE THEY
OPENED EARLIER THIS MORNING.
THE POLL WORKERS HAVE BEEN
MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE GET
THROUGH THE LINE AND THEY KEEP
IT MOVING INSIDE THEIR COVID 19
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE
INCLUDING SNEEZE GUARDS
REMINDER TO WEAR FACE COVERINGS
AND SOCIAL DISTANCING BETWEEN
VOTING BOOTHS.
NOW IN THE FIRST TWO HOURS OF
EARLY VOTING IN MECKLENBURG
COUNTY, THE DIRECTOR OF
ELECTIONS SAYS MORE THAN FIFTY
SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE CAST THEIR
BALLOTS PUTTING THE COUNTY ON
TRACK FOR A RECORD DAY.
IT'S ENCOURAGING.
MOST OF THEM ARE IN GOOD
SPIRITS.
>> THEY ARE THEY ARE HERE
BECAUSE IT'S THEIR CHOICE.
THEY WANTED TO DO THAT AND IT'S
GREAT I THINK.
I THINK IT SHOWS THAT AT LEAST
HERE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY WE'D
LIKE EARLY VOTING NOW DIFFERENT
THIS YEAR.
>> PEOPLE ARE NOT WALKING OUT
WITH I VOTED STICKERS.
INSTEAD THEY'RE WALKING OUT
WITH THESE LITTLE STYLUS PEN.
THIS IS THE COLBERT 19 SAFETY
PRECAUTION THAT PEOPLE CAN USE
TO MAKE THEIR CHOICES INSIDE.
BUT YOU DO GET TO KEEP THE PEN.
AND IT SAYS I VOTED IN THE 2020
ELECTION.
SO COME ON DOWN HERE.
NO LINES AT THE SPECTRUM CENTER
RIGHT NOW LIVING UPTOWN.
KENDALL MORRIS, DEPUTY D.A.
CHARLOTTE.
HEY.
CHARLOTTE. HEY. >> I MEAN THAT'S NICE CAR.
>> THAT'S REALLY COOL.
IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A
STICKER IT'S A SOUVENIR.
SOUVENIR.
>> OH, HOW ABOUT THAT?
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED OUT HERE IN
THE STUDIO.
YOU CAN'T TELL THIS YEAR AT THE
SPECTRUM CENTER AND BIG STADIUM
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO VOTE
EARLY AT EITHER ONE OF THOSE
SITES.
LISTEN, WE KNOW PARKING IN
UPTOWN CAN SOMETIMES BE A
HEADACHE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT
EASIER FREE PARKING AVAILABLE
AT THE SPECTRUM CENTER.
THAT'S THE CITY CENTER CITY
GREEN PARKING DECK THAT'S OFF
OF 5TH STREET AND THEN OVER THE
STADIUM.
YOU CAN PARK FOR FREE AT DUKE
ENERGY'S