.
. >>>
. >>> IT
. >>> IT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
VOTES THAT NEED TO BE COUNT,
INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. >>> ALL EYES ARE ON THE WHITE
HOUSE AS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
JOE BIDEN ARE NECK AND NECK.
>>> LET'S LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE IN
GEORGIA ARE VOTING.
TRUMP HAS 50%, BIDEN WITH 48.
JUST ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO,
PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING
HEADLINES BY CLAIMING VICTORY,
BUT VOWING TO GO TO THE SUPREME
COURT TO STOP THE VOTE
DOESN'TING.
DOESN'TING. BIDEN CALLING HIS PROMISED
ACTIONS OUTRAGEOUS.
ACTIONS OUTRAGEOUS. >>> DAVID PERDUE TOOK THE LEAD
51% TO 47% WITH 99% OF THE
PRECINCTS REPORTING.
PRECINCTS REPORTING. >>> AND IT IS A RUNOFF FOR THE
CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE,
THIS AFTER DOUG COLLINS
CONCEDED IN A TWEET.
THIS SETS UP CURRENT SENATOR
KELLY LEVELER FOR A RUNOFF
ELECTION FOR JANUARY 5TH OF
NEXT YEAR.
NEXT YEAR. >>> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF
THE ELECTION THIS MORNING.
OUR CREWS ARE STANDING BY
ACROSS METRO ATLANTA WITH THE
LATEST ON THE COUNTS, WHICH, TO
BE CLEAR, HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED
UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING.
LET'S BEGIN WITH LIZA LUCAS AT
GWINNETT COUNTY ELECTION OFFICE
WITH A SOFTWARE ISSUE THAT LEFT
ABOUT 60,000 BALLOTS STILL NOT
TALLIED.
TALLIED.
TALLIED. IS THAT NUMBER CORRECT, LIZA?
>> Reporter: WE DO NOT HAVE THE
EXACT NUMBER OF BALLOTS IN
QUESTION HERE.
QUESTION HERE. ABOUT YOU THAT IS THE
ESTIMATION, AS CLOSE AS IT HAS
GOTTEN SO FAR, FROM ELECTION
OFFICIALS WHO WE HAVE BEEN IN
TOUCH WITH THROUGHOUT THE
COURSE OF THE NIGHT.
THERE WAS A SOFTWARE ISSUE AND
HERE IS WHAT ELSE WE KNOW.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COUNTY
TELLS ME THE SCANNING MACHINES
THAT READ THE BALLOTS ARE
STAYING ABOUT HALF OF ROUGHLY
120,000 BALLOTS GWINNETT HAD
MAY NEED FURTHER REVIEW.
WE ARE NOT CLEAR ON THE EXACT
NUMBER OF ABOUT LOTS IMPACT,
BUT THE FIRST HALF SCANNED WITH
NO PROBLEM.
NO PROBLEM. THE SECOND GROUP LIKELY
CONTINUE TAINTED MORE THAN
60,000 BALLOTS.
60,000 BALLOTS. HOWEVER THE COUNTY IS NOT
EXPECTING TO REVIEW ALL.
BECAUSE THE BALLOTS ARE SCANNED
IN BATCHES, ONLY THE ONES
FLAGGED WILL NEED ATTENTION
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. A
AGAIN. A THREE PERSON COMMITTEE, WHICH
INCLUDES A REPRESENTATIVE FROM
BOTH POLITICAL PARTY AND AN
ELECTION OFFICIAL ARE GOING TO
BE IN CHARGE OF REVIEWING THESE
BALLOTS IN QUESTION.
WE ARE GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF
IT HERE IN GWINNETT AND STAY IN
TOUCH WITH THE COUNTY AS THAT
COUNT IS FURTHER REVIEWED.
WE UNDERSTAND FROM ELECTION
OFFICIALS THAT MAJORITY OF
RESULTS ARE IN, BUT OFFICIALS
WARN THOSE RESULTS COULD
CHANGE, PENDING THE REVIEW OF
THE BALLOTS.
THE BALLOTS. >>> THE COUNTS WILL CONTINUE
FOR FULTON COUNTY COMING IN
TODAY AS WELL.
ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY LARGE
AMOUNTS OF ABSENTEE MAIL IN
BALLOTS CAUSED A LARGE DELAY
AND AGAIN THERE IS MORE
COUNTING THAT WILL COME LATER.
JERRY, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
EFFORTS TO COUNT ALL THE VOTES
IN FULTON COUNTY ARE TAKING
PLACE AT TWO DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS. WORK HAS PAUSED, SHOULD RESUME
ABOUT 9:00.
ABOUT 9:00. ALL THE VOTES ARE BEING
UPLOADED TO THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. OVER AT STATE FARM ARENA,
WORKERS ARE PROCESSING THE
ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND THEN
SENDING THEM HERE TO BE
UPLOADED AND THAT PROCESS OVER
AT STATE FARM, THAT IS WHAT IS
TAKING AWHILE.
TAKING AWHILE. OFFICIALS HAVE TO SCAN EACH
BALLOT, THEY HAVE TO CHECK EACH
FOR THE SIGNATURE, ALONG WITH
OTHER DETAILS, THE SHEER VOLUME
AND THE METICULOUS PROCESS IS
WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG.
AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT SUBMITTED
THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
THERE WAS A WATER LEAK OVER AT
STATE FARM ARENA THAT DID DELAY
THE PROCESS FROM, BUT ELECTION
OFFICIALS ARE TELLING US IT WAS
NOT A BIG DEAL.
>> ALL THAT DID WAS PUT OUR
STARTING TIME BACK FROM MAYBE
7:00 THIS MORNING TO 9:30.
WE CAN MAKE THAT UP WITH FIVE
SCANNERS IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
>> OH ALL THAT IS LEFT NOW IS
TO CONTINUE WITH WHAT IS LEFT
IS ABOUT A HANDFUL IN PERSON
BALLOTS THAT STILL HAVE TO BE
COUNSELED AND UPLOAD AND ABOUT
30,000 ABSENTEE BALLOTS THAT
WILL HAVE TO BE PROCESSED AND
UPLOADED TO THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. FULTON COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE
TELLING ME THAT SHOULD BE
FINISHED BY TODAY.
>>> JERRY, THANK YOU.
>>> JOE RIPLEY CONTINUING OUR
TEAM COVERAGE FROM THE LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW OFFICE IN DETATER.
ALSO REPORTING SOUTH OF
ABSENTEE BALLOTS THAT STILL
NEED TO BE COUNT AS WELL.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
GM, THE ELECTIONS OFFICE IN
DEKALB COUNTY HAS ALREADY
COUNTED OVER 30,000 BALLOTS,
THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS, 33 OF
THESE DROP BOXES ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. THAT COUNT WILL NOT RESUME,
THOUGH, UNTIL 11:00 THIS
MORNING, PER ELECTIONS
OFFICIALS.
OFFICIALS. ELECTION DAY WAS MOSTLY SMOOTH,
SOME OF THE DELAYS COUNTING
OVERNIGHT STEMMED FROM TWO
POLLING LOCATIONS THAT OPENED
LATE ON TUESDAY.
VALLEY BROOKE EXTENDED UNTIL
7:40 AND GREECE ROAD.
RESULTS ARE ONLY PARTIALLY
REPORTING RIGHT NOW.
LARRY JOHNSON REFLECTED ON SOME
OF THE SLOWDOWNS AND CONFUSION
THAT HEADLINED ELECTION DAY.
>> WE HAVE LEARNED WE HAD TO
HAVE TECHNICAL PEOPLE TO BE ON
SITE.
SITE.
SITE. WE
SITE. WE LEARNED THAT WE HAD TO HAVE
BETTER SIGNAGE.
BETTER SIGNAGE. WE HEARD WE HAD TO HAVE
ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO BE
AVAILABLE.
AVAILABLE. YOU CANNOT WAIT, YOU HAVE TO
HAVE THEM HERE EARLY.
>>> A COMMISSIONER ALSO
EXPECTED A HEAVY PORTION, A
HEAVY INCREASE IN KOREAN AND
SPANISH SPEAKING VOTERS, AS
THERE WAS A BIG $4.7 MILLIONEN
VESTMENT TO CUSTOMIZE THOSE
BALLOTS.
BALLOTS.
BALLOTS. >>> JOE, THANK YOU.
DEKALB COUNTY NOW, WHERE
DEMOCRATS FARED WELL, FLIPPING
MANY SEATS FROM RED TO BLUE.
WE HAVE THE LATEST ON THE BIG
RACES AND SOME STUNNERS HERE.
>> Reporter: YEAH, SOME BIG
STUNNERS HEAR.
STUNNERS HEAR. AS YOU MENTIONED WE ARE AT THE
ELECTION OFFICE WHERE THEY
COUNTED BALLOTS INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
MORNING HOURS. COBB COUNTY, DEMOCRATS TAKING
SOME OF THESE BIG LOCAL RACES,
THIS TIME AROUND.
LET'S GET YOU RIGHT TO THOSE
RESULTS, STARTING WITH COBB'S
TOP ELECTED OFFICIAL.
DEMOCRAT LISA CUPID HAS 53% OF
THE VOTE OVER REPUBLICAN MIKE
BOYCE.
BOYCE.
BOYCE. SHE WILL BECOME THE FIRST
FEMALE TO HEAD THE COUNTY
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. IN THE RACE FOR DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, DEMOCRAT FLYNN BRODIE
JR. WON WITH 51% OF THE VOTE.
HE DEFEATED JULIET HOLMES BY
ABOUT 2700 VOTES.
CRAIG OWENS, THE COUNTY POLICE
OFFICER WON 55 TO 45.
DEFEATING NEIL WARREN.
MORE THAN 100,000 VOTES HERE
HAVE BEEN TALLIED HERE, BUT THE
ELECTIONS OFFICIALS WON'T
ACTUALLY CERTIFY THESE RESULTS
UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS
AND 100% OF THE PRECINCTS
REPORTING AT THIS HOUR.
>>> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE IN
COBB COUNTY.
COBB COUNTY. WITH GEORGIA MOVING FROM RED TO
A BATTLEGROUND STATE WE WERE
GOING TO SEE SOME FLIPS.
WHAT ARE THE MAPS SHOWING YOU
RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW? >> Reporter: THE BIG PICTURE
STORY IS THAT THE RED COUNTIES
WENT REDDER AND THE BLUE
COUNTIES IN THE METRO WENT
BLUER.
BLUER.
BLUER. WATCH THIS MAP.
REVERSE BACK TO 2016.
EYES HERE TO THIS ELECTION.
YOU CAN SEE IT WENT DARKER
BLUE.
BLUE.
BLUE. SO
BLUE. SO MUCH BLUER HEAR.
BUT I WANT TO GET INTO SOME OF
THE SPECIFICS HEAR.
YESTERDAY ON MORNING RUSH WE
TALKED ABOUT THESE THREE
COUNTIES THAT FLIPPED LAST
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. LOOK AT THE SPECIFICS.
OUT IN COBB COUNTY, A LOT OF
THE LOCAL RACES WENT BLUE, THE
GAP WIDENED IN A BIG WAY.
LAST ELECTION THE DEMOCRATS
WERE ONLY UP BY ABOUT TWO
POINTS.
POINTS.
POINTS. THIS TIME, YOU CAN SEE THAT GAP
IS ABOUT 16 POINTS.
SAME THING IN GWINNETT COUNTY
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. IT
HERE. IT IS 18 POINTS.
SAME IN HENRY COUNTY, WENT FROM
FOUR POINTS LAST ELECTION NOW
THERE IS A 21-POINT GAP.
HERE'S ONE OTHER.
LOOK AT FAYETTE COUNTY DOWN
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THAT IS USUALLY A RELIABLY RED
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
DEMOCRATIC TREND.
DEMOCRATIC TREND. THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE TO
TURN BLUE TO SHOW THAT TREND.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
SEEING HERE.
SEEING HERE. IN THE LAST ELECTION THERE WAS
A 19.5 FAVORITE FOR TRUMP.
A LOT WE ARE TRACKING ON THIS
MAP, COUNTY BY COUNTY.
STILL SOME