WHEN
WHEN WE
WHEN WE GET INTO THE 70S. YOU'RE WATCHING 13 NEWS AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS
ELECTION NIGHT AND HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW AT SIX POLLING PLACES
CLOSING THEIR DOORS AS THE LAST
VOTERS NOW CAST THEIR BALLOTS
IN THIS HISTORIC ELECTION. THIS
HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY ELECTION
DAY NOT ONLY HERE BUT ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. IN SOME PLACES
VOTERS HERE IN CENTRAL INDIANA
HAD TO WAIT IN LINE FOR HOURS.
OTHERS, HOWEVER, WERE ABLE TO
WALK RIGHT IN AND VOTE IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES. NOW AT THIS
HOUR IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RESULTS
WHICH WE COULD START GETTING IN
JUST ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR
FROM NOW. NOW WE'VE GOT TEAM
COVERAGE TONIGHT FROM THE LINES
THAT WE'VE SEEN THE RESULTS TO
ONE INDIANA CANDIDATE WHO WAS
JUST DIAGNOSED WITH COVID 19.
BUT WE WANT TO START TONIGHT
WITH OUR RICH NOW. HE'S BEEN AT
POLLING PLACES ACROSS MATT AND
MADISON COUNTY. IN FACT, SOME
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING HOURS
TO VOTE THERE, HAVEN'T THEY?
RICH, LET'S GO. YOU CAN SEE THE
SUNSET BEHIND ME AND THE INGLES
WATER TOWER. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
ELECTION NIGHT HERE IN MADISON
COUNTY. BUT WHAT'S NOT
BEAUTIFUL IS THE LINE TO VOTE
HERE IN THE SUMMER LAKE
ADDITION. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
FOLKS CAN ONLY VOTE HERE ON
ELECTION DAY. AND THIS LINE
WRAPS CLEAR AROUND THIS PARK
AND EVENTUALLY WINDS UP
CLUBHOUSE. AND THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN VOTING HERE TODAY
HAVE HAD TO WAIT UP TO FIVE
HOURS TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION
.THEY STARTED WITH JUST THREE
VOTING MACHINES HERE AT THIS
LOCATION THEY NOW HAVE FIVE.
BUT AGAIN, STILL THE PEOPLE
HERE IN LINE WILL HAVE TO WAIT
FOUR AND A HALF, PERHAPS FIVE
HOURS. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE
HERE FOR A LONG TIME TONIGHT
EVEN THOUGH THE LINE IS NOW
CLOSED AND NO ONE ELSE CAN GET
IN LINE TO VOTE. BUT THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN LINE WILL GET THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO LET THEIR VOICE
BE HEARD SCOTT. ALL RIGHT, RICH
,WE'LL BE CHECKING BACK WITH
YOU TONIGHT. AND NOW THAT THE
POLLS ARE CLOSED, REPUBLICANS
DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW GETTING
READY TO WATCH ALL THE RESULTS
ROLL IN. WE'VE GOT TEAM
COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT. OUR
JENNY RUNEVITCH IS AT THE
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS AT THE
J.W. DOWNTOWN. BUT WE WANT TO
BEGIN TONIGHT WITH EMILY
LONGNECKER. SHE'S AT TIBBS
DRIVE WHERE SOME DEMOCRATS WILL
BE WATCHING THE RESULTS
FROM THEIR CARS. TELL US ABOUT
THIS EMILY. YES, SCOTT. YOU
KNOW GHOSTBUSTERS IS PLAYING AT
THE TIBBS DRIVE IN BUT THAT'S
NOT THE FEATURE TONIGHT
TONIGHT. THE FEATURE IS
ELECTION RESULTS RIGHT UP THERE
ON THAT BIG SCREEN. THIS IS
WHERE THE MARION COUNTY
DEMOCRATS ACTION RESULTS. AS
PART OF THE INDIANA DEMOCRATIC
VIRTUAL WATCH PARTY, I'D JUST
LIKE TO DRIVE IN HERE COME YOUR
PARK, YOUR TURN ON YOUR RADIO
AND YOU WATCH IT ALL UNFOLD AND
THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF COVE AT
19. THERE'S NO GATHERING A
HOTEL NORMALLY LIKE THERE WOULD
BE ON OTHER ELECTION NIGHTS
DOWNTOWN WITH SPEECHES. BUT WE
CAN EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE
CANDIDATES AS THE RACES ARE
CALLED. MANY OF THOSE
CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO BE AT
HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES
WATCHING THE SAME THING THAT
FOLKS ARE WATCHING HERE
TONIGHT. UP ON THIS BIG SCREEN
.BUT RIGHT NOW I GOT TO TELL
YOU NOBODY IS HERE RIGHT NOW AT
THE TIPS DRIVE AND JUST US AND
THE SAND FOLKS. SO IF YOU WANT
A LITTLE POPCORN WITH THOSE
ELECTION RESULTS, THEY'VE
CERTAINLY GOT YOU COVERED .
RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO SEND IT
TO MY COLLEAGUE JENNY RUNEVITCH
WHO IS AT A GOP WATCH PARTY
DOWNTOWN. JENNY. WELL, EMILY,
NO MOVIES, NO POPCORN HERE AND
ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN A MORE
TRADITIONAL SETTING AT THE J.W.
MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN. MAKE NO
MISTAKE 19 HAS DEFINITELY
CHANGED ELECTION NIGHT FOR THE
GOP AS WELL. IN FACT, IN THIS
BALLROOM HERE AT THE J.W.
MARRIOTT. YOU CAN SEE IT'S
MOSTLY EMPTY ON ANY OTHER
ELECTION NIGHT THE PLACE WOULD
BE PACKED. BUT THESE ARE JUST
JOURNALISTS IN THIS ROOM.
THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER
BALLROOM WITH GOP SUPPORTERS
AND ATTENDEES AND THAT'LL BE
LIMITED TO JUST 250 PEOPLE THIS
EVENING. ALSO THIS AFTERNOON WE
LEARNED SOME BIG NEWS ABOUT ONE
OF THE GOP CANDIDATES THAT'S
THE CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL TODD ROKITA. HE TESTED
POSITIVE TODAY FOR COBURN 19
HIS HIS AFTER EXPERIENCING SOME
SYMPTOMS AND TAKING THAT TEST.
SO HE'LL SPEND ELECTION NIGHT
AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY. WE
TALKED WITH THE GOP CHAIRMAN
ABOUT THAT TEST RESULT WHICH HE
SAYS REALLY REFLECTS THE IMPACT
OF THE VIRUS ON ALL OF US. THIS
THIS DISEASE DOES NOT IT DOES
NOT DISCRIMINATE. IT'S OUT
THERE. WE KNOW IT IS IT'S
CONTAGIOUS. WE KNOW THAT
WEARING MASK IS THE SIMPLEST
WAY TO SLOW THE SPREAD. SO TODD
ROKITA WILL NOT BE HERE AT THE
J.W. MARRIOTT AT GOP
HEADQUARTERS TONIGHT. AGAIN,
WHO WILL WATCH RESULTS COME IN
WITH HIS FAMILY? REALLY THE
ONLY CANDIDATE WHO WILL BE
HERE, GOVERNOR HOLCOMB IN THAT
BIG GOVERNOR'S RACE. HE IS
EXPECTED TO SPEAK WITH
SUPPORTERS AND THEN COME OVER
HERE AND SHARE HIS THOUGHTS
WITH THE MEDIA AND SPEAK AS
WELL ONCE THAT RACE IS CALLED,
OF COURSE WE'LL BRING YOU THOSE
RESULTS AND THOSE REACTIONS
TONIGHT ON 13 NEWS. SCOTT MANN
CHECKING IN WITH YOU, JENNY,
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THANKS SO
MUCH. WE'VE GOT ELECTION
OFFICIALS ACROSS OUR STATE NOW
RUSHING TO COUNT ALL OF THESE
BALLOTS WHICH FOUND LIKE FOR
EXAMPLE AT THE MARION COUNTY
ELECTION CENTER RICH PEOPLE ARE
COUNTING VOTES THERE. WHEN ARE
WE GOING TO START SEEING SOME
RESULTS? WELL, WE SHOULD START
SEEING THE FIRST RESULTS IN
MARION COUNTY IN ABOUT AN HOUR
FROM NOW. ALL THESE WORKERS
WORKING HERE TODAY JUST STOOD
UP GET A BIG CLAPPING CHEERING
APPLAUSE FOR THE FACT THE POLLS
ARE FINALLY CLOSED. WE SHOULD
SEE THOSE RESULTS READY
RELATIVELY EARLY BECAUSE
COUNTING THE VOTES CAST TODAY
AT THE POLLS IS RELATIVELY EASY
.IT'S ALL ELECTRONICALLY DONE
COUNTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
THAT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
STORY. MORE THAN EVER BEFORE
WE'RE SEEING MORE THAN 200000
CAST THIS YEAR MORE THAN ANY
OTHER YEAR. SO THE ELECTION
RESULTS AREN'T GOING TO BE
FINAL UNTIL ALL THOSE EARLY
VOTES ARE COUNTED. AND THAT IS
A TIME CONSUMING PROCESS. EVERY
BALLOT HAS TO BE REMOVED
FROM ITS ENVELOPE AND VERIFIED
BEFORE IT'S COUNTED BY HIGH
SPEED ELECTRONIC SCANNERS,
ACCORDING TO ELECTION OFFICIALS
AND PARTY POLL WATCHERS. THE
PROCESS HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH
TROUBLE FREE. THERE WILL BE
SOME RESULTS TONIGHT BUT WE
STILL HAVE A LOT OF ABSENTEE
BALLOTS TO COUNT. SO WE KNOW
THAT IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS
TO COUNT THOSE ABSENTEE
BALLOTS. AND YOU'RE IN IT FOR
THE LONG HAUL. YOU'RE IN IT FOR
THE LONG. YES. SO SAW WORKERS
WE TALKED TO AND SOME TOLD ME
THEY'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING
THROUGH SATURDAY IF NECESSARY
ISN'T REALLY GOING TO TAKE THAT
LONG. WELL, THEY'VE BEEN
COUNTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS SINCE
10:00 THIS MORNING AND WE'VE
JUST TOLD THAT THEY'VE SO FAR
THEY'VE COUNTED LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF THOSE MORE THAN
200000 BALLOTS. THAT'S ONE
DAY'S WORK. DO THE MATH. WE
COULD BE HERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS
.ALL RIGHT. BUT AGAIN, THE
VOTING OR THE COUNTING WILL
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH, JOHN. WELL,
LISTEN TO THIS ONE VOTER TODAY
REPORTED A COUPLE OF POLL
WORKERS AT THE PLAINFIELD
CHRISTIAN CHURCH WEREN'T
WEARING MASKS TODAY. HE CLAIMS
ONE POLL WORKER CLAIMED THERE'S
NO STATE MANDATE THAT SHE HAD
TO WEAR ONE. SO OUR VERIFIED
TEAM NOW JOINS US WITH THE
GUIDELINES AND WHY IT MIGHT NOT
BE ENOUGH. SECRETARY
STATE
CONNIE LOSS AND PURCHASE MASK
FOR POLL WORKERS IN ALL 92
COUNTIES AND EVEN SOME EXTRAS
FOR NEED ONE. BUT ON ELECTION
DAY VOTERS FOUND POLL WORKERS
WHO REFUSED TO WEAR THEM. SOME
WORKERS CLAIM THERE IS NO STATE
MANDATE REQUIRING IT. JUST LAST
FRIDAY, GOVERNOR ERIC HOLCOMB
EXTENDED THE STATEWIDE MASK
MANDATE UNTIL DECEMBER 1ST. IT
SAYS EVERY INDIVIDUAL WITHIN
THE STATE OF INDIANA SHALL WEAR
A FACE COVERING OVER THE NOSE
AND MOUTH WHEN INSIDE A
BUSINESS PUBLIC BUILDING OR
OTHER INDOOR PLACE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC. INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES
CAN REQUIRE MASK OR SERVICE BUT
WHEN IT COMES TO STATE
GOVERNMENT THERE IS NO
ENFORCEABLE ACTION DESPITE
REQUESTS BY SECRETARY OF STATE
CONNIE LAWSON ASKING COUNTY
CLERKS AND POLL WORKERS TO
ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES. WE
CAN VERIFY THERE ARE NO
CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO
REFUSE TO COMPLY. THE SECRETARY
OF STATE'S OFFICE SAYS COUNTIES
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR POLL
WORKERS AND THAT LAWSON HAS
TOLD CLERKS THAT IF A POLL
WORKER REFUSES TO WEAR PPE,