REMEMBER
REMEMBER YOU'RE WATCHING 15 NEWS AND THANKS FOR INVITING HASSAN ON THIS ELECTION NIGHT.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO GET ALL
THOSE VOTES ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA. WE'VE GOT JUST ONE
HOUR LEFT TO CAST YOUR BALLOT.
THAT'S RIGHT. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T
VOTED, PLEASE GO OUT AND DO
THAT. OF COURSE. THE BIG RACE
GLOBAL NATIONALLY IS THE RACE
FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT
TRUMP WANTS TO STAY THERE.
FORMER VISE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
IS ANXIOUS TO MOVE IN AND IT'S
CLEAR FROM EARLY VOTING AND
WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY THAT
YOU WANT TO WEIGH INTO NOW THE
WEIGHTS BURIED TODAY. WE'VE
SEEN SOME REALLY LONG LINES
LIKE THIS ONE THAT WE SEE
FROM OUR DRONE CAM. THIS IS AT
A CHURCH ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE
OF MARION COUNTY. BUT OTHER
POLLING PLACES TODAY HAD LITTLE
TO NO WEIGHT. NOW TONIGHT WE'VE
GOT TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU AS WE
LEARN OF A MAJOR STATE
CANDIDATE JUST DIAGNOSED WITH
KOLB AT 19. ALL OF THIS COMING
AS THE POLLS PREPARE TO CLOSE
AND ALL THE VOTES WILL BE
COUNTED. LET'S START OUR
COVERAGE TONIGHT WITH RICH NYE
RICH. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE IN
PENDLETON IN MADISON COUNTY.
THE POLLS CLOSE IN ABOUT AN
HOUR BUT PEOPLE IN THIS LINE
WILL BE WAITING WILL PAST
SUNSET. WE'RE IN THE SUMMER
LAKE ADDITION AND THE VOTERS AT
THE CLUBHOUSE YOU CAN SEE THE
LINE HERE BUT THAT'S JUST THE
START. WE FOLLOW THIS LINE ALL
THE WAY AROUND THE PARK IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND
FOLKS ARE TELLING ME HERE THAT
IT'S TAKEN UP TO FIVE HOURS TO
GET THROUGH THIS LINE TODAY TO
VOTE. WE CAN SHOW YOU SOME
DRONE VIDEO AT THIS LOCATION
EARLIER TODAY AND YOU GET A
BETTER SENSE FOR JUST HOW LONG
THIS LINE IS. AGAIN, WE'RE IN
PIDDLE 10 IN MADISON COUNTY
WHERE PEOPLE SAY THEY'VE WAITED
UP TO FIVE HOURS TO VOTE TODAY.
THEY STARTED THE DAY WITH JUST
THREE VOTING MACHINES HERE AT
THIS LOCATION. NOW THEY HAVE
FIVE BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO
TAKE A LONG TIME FOR THESE
PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH THE LINE
.CERTAINLY LONG LINES HERE.
NOT ALWAYS THE CASE IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE STATE, ESPECIALLY
IN MARION COUNTY WHERE RICH
WHITE WE SAW AN AWFUL LOT
OF EARLY VOTING RICH. WE'RE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A MONUMENTAL
EFFORT RIGHT NOW. THAT EFFORT
TO COUNT A SMALL MOUNTAIN
OF ABSENTEE AND EARLY BALLOTS
250 INCUE. FIFTEEN THOUSAND
OF THEM. MORE THE STRUGGLE IS
BEING WAGED BY MEN, WOMEN AND
MACHINERY MACHINERY SLICES THE
ENVELOPES OPEN. BUT IT IS UP TO
MEN AND WOMEN VOLUNTEERS TO DO
THE HARD WORK OF PULLING OUT
THE BALLOT, COMPARING
INFORMATION ON THE ENVELOPE IN
THE BALLOT AND MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS VERIFYS.
FROM THERE THESE BALLOTS WILL
BE SENT TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE ROOM. THERE ARE SEVERAL
HIGH SPEED SCANNERS AND
COUNTERS THEY CAN BREEZE
THROUGH ABOUT THREE HUNDRED
BALLOTS A MINUTE. THESE PEOPLE
THOUGH THERE SOME OF THEM HAVE
BEEN WORKING SINCE 8:00 O'CLOCK
THIS MORNING. IT'S BEEN A HARD
YEAR AND WE'VE ALL SPENT A LOT
OF TIME ALONE ISOLATED. AND FOR
A TEAM THAT CODED AND TO BE A
PART OF SOMETHING THAT MATTERS
SO MUCH TO THE ENTIRE U.S. AND
THE ENTIRE WORLD, IT JUST MAKES
ME FEEL REALLY GOOD TO BE A
PART OF THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO
DO THAT. BALLOTS COUNTED.
POLICEMEN VOTING THIS MORNING
WILL BE COUNTED FAIRLY EASILY.
IT'S ELECTRONIC TRANSFER
FROM THE MACHINES TO ELECTION
HEADQUARTERS. ALL THESE PAPER
BALLOTS THOUGH EVEN THE HARD
WORK OF THESE MEN, WOMEN AND
MACHINES IS EXPECTED TO TAKE
SEVERAL DAYS. THERE'LL BE NO
EARLY RETURNS, NO EARLY RACES
SETTLED. STEVE JEFFERSON IS
FOLLOWING THE VOTE. HE'S AT
ANOTHER POLLING PLACE GETTING
READY TO CLOSE. STEVE, WHAT DO
YOU SEE THERE? WELL, WE'RE
SEEING PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT
HERE BANKERS FIELDHOUSE UP VERY
QUICKLY RIGHT HERE AT THE FRONT
DOOR. THIS IS THE INTEREST
WHERE THEY HAVE GATES UP FOR
PEOPLE THE WALK THROUGH
OF COURSE THERE IS NO
CAMPAIGNING BEYOND THIS POINT
SIGNS RIGHT HERE ONCE INSIDE.
PEOPLE ARE SPENDING ONE TO TWO
MINUTES VOTING. SO REALLY THERE
IS NO WAITING HERE AT ALL.
THERE'S A FEW POLL WORKERS AND
CAMPAIGN WORKERS RATHER OUTSIDE
HERE. AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE GOING
RIGHT IN AND COMING RIGHT OUT.
MARIN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
THEY SET THIS UP HERE AT
BANKER'S FIELD TO GIVE PEOPLE
AN OPTION THROUGHOUT MARION
COUNTY TO VOTE. WE HAVE PEOPLE
THAT ARE WALKING MORE THAN
LIKELY THEY LIVE DOWNTOWN.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
IS GOING TO BE FINDING A PLACE
TO PARK AND THAT'S NO
CHALLENGING AT ALL BECAUSE
THERE IS PARKING RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET HERE AT BAKERSFIELD
HOUSE. AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE GOING
IN AND OUT OF ONE OR TWO
MINUTES AT THE MOST GETTING
THEIR BALLOTS COMPLETED. AGAIN,
VERY, VERY LIGHT CROWD HERE
DOWNTOWN. MARY MILLS IS IN
JOHNSON COUNTY. MARY, HOW IS
VOTING GOING THERE? IT'S GOING
EXCEEDINGLY WELL, STEVE. WE'RE
AT THE GREENWOOD LIBRARY AND
LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER POLLING
PLACES THAT WE SAW TODAY, WE'RE
TOLD THAT VOTING HAS BEEN
STEADY. BUT TAKE A LOOK. NO
LINES, NO WAITING. AND AGAIN,
IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT ACROSS
JOHNSON COUNTY TODAY ALSO. NO
MAJOR ISSUES WITH MORE THAN 50
PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS
VOTING EARLY
EARLY AFTERNOON.
WE FOUND A LINE OF PEOPLE
CAMPAIGNING OUTSIDE THIS
JOHNSON COUNTY POLLING PLACE
BUT INSIDE NO LINE, NO WAY TO
VOTE. A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR
THIS WOMAN. I WAS EXPECTING
THERE TO BE AT LEAST AN HOUR
LONG WAIT. AND I GOT IN AND OUT
IN FIVE MINUTES. ELECTION
OFFICIALS AT THIS SITE AND
OTHERS SAY THERE WERE LINES
WHEN THE POLLS OPENED. BUT WE
WERE ABLE TO PROCESS THOSE
PEOPLE DOWN TO LINE NO LINE TO
WAIT BY SEVEN O'CLOCK. NOT TOO
SURPRISING WHEN YOU CONSIDER
THAT MORE THAN 48000 JOHNSON
COUNTY VOTERS VOTED IN-PERSON
EARLY AND ANOTHER 14000 BY
MAIL. I WAS AMAZED. I MEAN, YOU
KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF BIG
TURNOUT FOR EARLY EARLY VOTING
.I'M GLAD. I MEAN I'M GLAD
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED. THEY'RE
GETTING OUT THERE
. AND WE
SHOULD POINT OUT TOO THAT SHE
MENTIONED THAT JOHNSON COUNTY
HAS NEW VOTING MACHINES. THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE BEING
USED IN A GENERAL ELECTION. SO
EVERYONE WAS WONDERING ARE THEY
GOING TO WORK OUT SO FAR NO
ISSUES AT ALL. AND THERE'S JUST
LESS THAN AN HOUR TO GO SO THAT
ARE HOPING IT STAYS THAT WAY.
IT'S GOTTEN IN WELL, IT'S XXXX
TO WATCH THE COVERAGE TONIGHT
AND SEE LONG LINES IN SOME
COUNTIES AND IN LIKE YOURS NO
LINES AT ALL. MARY, THANKS.
YEAH, IT REALLY DOES MATTER
WHERE YOU WENT AND WHEN YOU
WENT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DID
HAVE PROBLEMS TODAY AND IN FACT
WHAT THEY'RE REPORTING IS KEPT
ARE VERIFYS BEEN VERY BUSY
TODAY CHECKING PROBLEMS AT THE
POLLS AND SOME OF THE OTHER
ISSUES THAT YOU SHARED WITH US
THAT YOU ENCOUNTERED TODAY.
SANDRA CHAPMAN LOOKS TONIGHT AT
WHETHER YOU MAY BE LIMITED TO
THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU
SPEND IN THE VOTING BOOTH
. ONE
OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WE
RECEIVED HAS TO DO WITH TIME
LIMITS FOR IN-PERSON VOTING.
THAT'S RIGHT. A NOTICE TELLING
VOTERS THEY HAVE TWO MINUTES TO
GET IT DONE. IT COMES
FROM HAMILTON COUNTY WHERE MORE
THAN 32000 VOTERS CAST BALLOTS
BEFORE NOON. THIS IS A STATUTE
THAT'S POSTED INSIDE A VOTING
BOOTH THAT IS RAISING CONCERN.
IT READS A VOTER MAY NOT REMAIN
IN THE VOTING BOOTH OR
COMPARTMENT LONGER THAN TWO
MINUTES. IF A VOTER REFUSES TO
LEAVE A VOTING BOOTH OR
COMPARTMENT AFTER THE LAPSE,
THE TIME PROVIDED THE PRECINCT
ELECTION BOARD OR THE ELECTION
SHERIFF OR SHERIFF'S UPON THE
ORDER OF THE BOARD SHALL
IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE VOTER
FROM THE BOOTH OR COMPARTMENT.
THE VOTERS WHO REACHED OUT
QUESTION WHETHER THIS IS
INTIMIDATION OR A BONAFIDE
INDIANA LAW. WE CAN VERIFY THE
OCCUPATION OF VOTING BOOTHS.
TIME AND REMOVAL IS IN FACT
INDIANA LAW. IT WAS LAST
UPDATED IN 2019. WE SPOKE
DIRECTLY WITH HAMILTON COUNTY
CLERK KATHY WILLIAMS WHO TOLD
US THE STATUTES ARE POSTED TO
ENCOURAGE VOTERS TO KEEP THE
PROCESS MOVING. CLIFF WILLIAMS
SAYS NO ONE HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED
TO TIME VOTERS AND
ACCOMMODATIONS ARE BEING MADE
FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES. IT
SIMPLY GIVES ELECTION OFFICIALS
A TOOL IF THERE IS A PROBLEM.
WELL, THE BIG RACE TODAY,
OF COURSE IS THE RACE FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE. THAT'S RIGHT.
EVERYBODY ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TO SEE WHO
WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT. THE
TWO NOMINEES, PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND FORMER VISE PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN MADE SOME LAST MINUTE
APPEARANCES TODAY. THE
PRESIDENT WANTS TO SEE FINAL
RESULTS TONIGHT EVEN THOUGH A
RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS
VOTED EARLY AND ABSENTEE. NOW
SOME STATES ARE WARNING IT
COULD ACTUALLY TAKE DAYS TO
COUNT ALL THE VOTES.
YOU HAVE
TO HAVE NUMBERS. YOU CAN'T HAVE
THESE THINGS DELAYED FOR MANY
DAYS, MAYBE WEEKS. YOU CAN'T DO
THAT. THE WHOLE WORLD IS
WAITING. REMEMBER WHO WE ARE?
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
. WE ARE JOE BIDEN.
WE'RE TOLD WE'LL BE WATCHING AS
THE RESULTS COME IN. IN
DELAWARE TONIGHT, PRESIDENT
TRUMP MEANTIME IS GOING TO BE
AT THE WHITE HOUSE. HE WILL
HAVE 300 TO 400 GUESTS IN
ATTENDANCE IN THE EAST ROOM.
WE'RE TOLD THAT EVERYONE THERE
WILL BE COVERED TESTED BEFORE
THEY ENTER WHAT THEY DID. IN
ADDITION TO THE RACE FOR
PRESIDENT HERE IN INDIANA,
OF COURSE WE ARE CLOSELY
WATCHING THE INDIANA GOVERNOR'S
RACE. YEAH, THESE ARE THE THREE
CANDIDATES RUNNING TONIGHT.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR ERIC
HOLCOMB, DEMOCRAT DR. WOODY,
LIBERTARIAN DONALD RAINWATER.
TONIGHT OUR EMILY LONGNECKER
JOINS US LIVE. SHE'S AT THE
DEMOCRATS WATCH PARTY WHICH
HAPPENS TO BE AN OUTDOOR EVENT
TONIGHT. EMILY YEAH. AND AND
SCOTT, YOU KNOW THIS IS A FIRST
FOR ME. I'VE COVERED A LOT
OF ELECTIONS AND USUALLY I'M IN
A HOTEL DOWNTOWN AT A WATCH
PARTY WITH ONE PARTY OR THE
OTHER AS SUPPORTERS COME IN.
BUT TAKE A LOOK WHERE I AM
TONIGHT. I OUTSIDE HERE IN THE
NEWS CAR AT THE TIPS DRIVE AND
WE'RE NOT FOR A DOUBLE FEATURE
THOUGH THIS IS REAL LIFE AND
THIS IS WHERE THE MARION COUNTY
DEMOCRATS CAN COME AND WATCH
ELECTION RESULTS COME IN JUST
LIKE A MOVIE ONLY THEY'LL BE
WATCHING A VIRTUAL GATHERING
OF INDIANA DEMOCRATS. NOW THIS
IS ALL BECAUSE OF COVE AT 19 SO
THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER
BUT REALLY STAY APART, STAY IN
THEIR CARS AND TUNE IN THE
RADIO AND WATCH THIS VIRTUAL
WATCH PARTY. WE'RE EXPECTING TO
HEAR FROM INDIANA DEMOCRATIC
PARTY CHAIRMAN JOHN ZOE. SOME
OF THE CAMPAIGN SURROGATES AND
EVEN SOME OF THE THE CANDIDATES
THEMSELVES AS THEIR RACES ARE
CALLED IT'S NOT EXPECTED THAT
CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO COME
HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN
THEIR HOMES MOST OF THEM ANYWAY
APPEARING DURING THIS VIRTUAL
WATCH PARTY WHEN THEIR RACES
ARE CALLED. BUT TALK TO SOME
OF THE CAMPAIGN SURROGATES THIS
MORNING AND THEY JUST TOLD ME,
LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH
THE FLOW AND ISN'T THAT 2020
AFTER ALL? AND THAT'S WHY WE
FIND OURSELVES HERE AT THE
DRIVE AND NOBODY IS HERE YET.
BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR
A WATCH PARTY. GUYS, I'M
TALKING TO JENNY WREN OF I'LL
TAKE IT THERE.
NOT IN DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS. AND LIKE EMILY
MENTIONED THIS IS AN ELECTION
NIGHT LIKE WE HAVE NOT SEEN.
WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE LAY
OF THE LAND HERE, J.W. THE
BALLROOM WE'RE IN IS JUST FOR
MEDIA. YOU CAN SEE EVERYONE
SOCIALLY DISTANCED. EVERYONE'S
WEARING MASKS. THE ATTENDEES
FOR THE WATCH PARTY TONIGHT
WILL ACTUALLY BE IN A DIFFERENT
BALLROOM. YOU KNOW, COVID , 19
HAS DOMINATED OUR LIVES. IT'S
DOMINATED MANY OF THE
CAMPAIGNS. SO NO SURPRISE IT'S
DOMINATING ELECTION NIGHT AS
WELL. AND TODAY THIS AFTERNOON
WE LEARNED THAT IT'S PERSONALLY
AFFECTED ONE OF THE CANDIDATES
TOO. WE LEARNED THIS AFTERNOON
THAT TODD ROKITA, THE CANDIDATE
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COCAINE 19
ACCORDING TO HIS CAMPAIGN. HE
WAS EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WITH
CODED SOMEONE NOT ASSOCIATED
WITH CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES. HE
HAS BEEN QUARANTINE EVER SINCE
HE TOOK A TEST AFTER DEVELOPING
SOME SYMPTOMS AND HE TESTED
POSITIVE. SO HE AND HIS FAMILY
WILL SPEND ELECTION NIGHT
WATCHING RESULTS COME IN
FROM HOME HERE AT THE J.W.
OF COURSE. THREE BIG RACES TO
WATCH. ONE IS THAT ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S RACE, ANOTHER THE 5TH
DISTRICT WHICH HAS BEEN VERY
CONTENTIOUS. REPUBLICANS HERE
HOPING THAT VICTORIOUS SPARTZ
CAN GET THAT SEAT. AND THEN
OF COURSE THE GOVERNOR'S RACE
AGAIN REPUBLICANS HOPING THAT
GOVERNOR ERIC HOLCOMB CAN GET
REELECTED AS GOVERNOR
OF INDIANA. OF COURSE IT'S A
RACE WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH
ALONG WITH THOSE OTHER TWO AND
ALL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE
RACES AS WELL. BACK TO YOU IN
THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT. THANKS
SO MUCH, JENNY. BUT SHE'S IN A
MUCH MORE TRADITIONAL. WHAT A
CONTRAST BETWEEN THE DRIVE IN
THAT HOTEL SETTING THIS A BIG
NIGHT FOR OUR NATION. BIG NIGHT
FOR OUR STATE. WE ARE YOUR HOME
FOR ELECTION RESULTS AS THEY
COME IN THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
NBC HAS GOT YOU COVERED RIGHT
HERE ON CHANNEL 13. WHEN IT
COMES TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
AND THE OTHER BIG CONTESTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THEN AT 8:00
TONIGHT MAKE SURE THAT YOU
WATCH OUR COVERAGE ONLINE.
WE'LL HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE
OF ALL THE CENTRAL INDIANA
RACES AS THEY COME