>>> A HISTORIC PRIMARY ELECTION
TODAY IN MICHIGAN WITH A RECORD
NUMBER OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS CAST.
>> THE STATE HOLDING AN ELECTION
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
BUT TONIGHT THE SECRETARY OF
STATE CALLING THE ELECTION A
SUCCESS.
HERE THOUGH IS WHY WE’RE WAITING
ON RESULTS IN MOST OF THE KEY
RACES.
THE STATE SAYS MORE THAN 2
MILLION ABSENTEE BALLOTS WERE
REQUESTED AND MORE THAN
1.6 MILLION OF THEM WILL RETURN.
THAT BREAKS THE RECORD BY
300,000.
AND THAT WAS SET IN THE 2016
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, NOT A
PRIMARY, IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
NOW TO WHERE WE STAND IN SOME OF THE KEY RACES AT THIS HOUR.
THE KEY RACES AT THIS HOUR.
NEARLY HALF OF THE VOTE IS IN.
DAN COULTER LEADING FOR COUNTY
EXECUTIVE.
THE WINNER OF THAT RACE LIKELY
TO TAKE ON REPUBLICAN MIKE COLE.
>> ONE OF THE MOST HEATED RACES,
THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN THE
10th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THAT
WILL LIKELY DECIDE WHO WILL
SUCCEED PAUL MITCHELL.
AND RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE LISA
McCLAIN WITH AN EARLY LEAD.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TLAIB
WITH A LEAD.
SINCE WE DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH OF
THE VOTE IS BEING TAKEN UP BY
THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS, IT’S
REALLY DIFFICULT TO TELL YOU
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTE HAS
BEEN COUNTED THUS FAR IN SO MANY
OF THESE RACES.
IT MAKES FOR A VERY COMPLICATED
NIGHT FOR ELECTION WATCHERS,
AMONG
JASON IS LIVE TONIGHT AND IT
COULD BE A WHILE BEFORE WE GET
THE RESULTS.
>> A LONG WHILE.
AND THE POLL WORKERS AND
PRECINCT WORKERS ARE SAYING AT
LEAST 50% AND 25% OF WHAT THEY
WOULD NORMALLY HAVE FOR A
PRIMARY.
A LOT OF THE TRANSFER CASES
STILL ARRIVING OF DETROIT’S 502
PRECINCTS HERE AT THE DETROIT
PISTONS PRACTICE FACILITY.
YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THAT FACE
ACROSS THE STREET.
THE PISTONS GREAT WELCOMING SOME
OF THE POLL WORKERS AS THEY
ARRIVE HERE.
THEY TAKE THEM INSIDE HERE AND
THE WORKERS MAKE SURE THEY ARE
DOCUMENTED AND SEALED PROPERLY.
SINCE 8:00 WE’VE HAD A STEADY
STREAM OF THOSE WORKERS COMING
IN AND OF COURSE IT’S ALL
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF
THAT RACE FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL 13th DISTRICT BETWEEN RASHIDA
13th DISTRICT BETWEEN RASHIDA
TLAIB AND BRENDA JONES.
SECRETARY OF STATE JOCELYN
BENSON FEELS GOOD ABOUT THE
FIRST RUN OF A MOSTLY ABSENTEE
ELECTION.
>> IT’S BEEN IN MY VIEW BOTH A
GREAT PREVIEW TO UNDERSCORE HOW
READY WE ARE FOR NOVEMBER.
AND ALSO IT’S GIVEN US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY WHAT CHALLENGES EXIST, HOW WE CAN
CHALLENGES EXIST, HOW WE CAN
FILL THOSE AND AGAIN PREPARE FOR
NOVEMBER.
>> TRANSFER CASES CARRYING
DETROIT BALLOTS FROM THE
PRECINCTS TONIGHT WERE COMING
INTO THE RECEIVING BOARD AT THE
DETROIT PISTONS PRACTICE
FACILITY.
THE CITY CLERK SAID THEY
OVERCAME A SHAKY START TO THE
DAY. >> SOME OF MY POLL WORKERS
>> SOME OF MY POLL WORKERS
DIDN’T SHOW UP AND I’M SURE IT’S
MAYBE BECAUSE THEY HAD SECOND
THOUGHTS AND DECIDED TO STAY
HOME.
BUT THE POLL WORKERS THAT DID
SHOW UP, THEY JUST TOOK THE CHALLENGE ON.
CHALLENGE ON.
>> SPEAKING OF CHALLENGES, THIS
PRIMARY IS THE THIRD TIME
RASHIDA TLAIB AND JONES HAVE
FACED OFF.
DESPITE TLAIB’S BIG LEAD IN
POLLS AND FUND RAISING, THERE’S
A CASE TO BE MADE FOR BOTH
CANDIDATES TO WIN THE 13th
DISTRICT.
>> HAS CONGRESSWOMAN TLAIB’S
FIXED THE PROBLEMS IN HER ABSENTEE VOTER ELECTION FOR HER
ABSENTEE VOTER ELECTION FOR HER
CAMPAIGN.
IN 2016 SHE LOST THOSE VOTERS
AND SHE WON ELECTION DAY VOTERS
GOING AWAY.
I DON’T THINK THAT FORMULA WORKS
THIS YEAR.
>> CERTAINLY NOT WITH SO MANY
PEOPLE VOTING BY MAIL IN OR
ABSENTEE.
I’VE TALKED TO A LOT OF POLL
WORKERS AND PRECINCT WORKERS TO
ASK THEIR OPINION HOW THINGS
WENT.
AND ALMOST EVERYONE SAID THINGS
WENT SMOOTHLY IT WAS JUST THE
TURNOUT WAS A LOT LESS THAN THEY
HAD SEEN WHICH STANDS TO REASON
WITH SO MANY PEOPLE GOING MAIL
IN.
OF COURSE THE NEXT BENCHMARK
WITH ALL OF THIS WILL BE HOW
SOON CAN THEY GET VOTES COUNTED
AND HAVE RESULTS?
WELL AMONGST THE PEOPLE OUT HERE
AT LEAST THE IMMEDIATEMEDIA, THE
THE BEFORE AND AFTER MARK MAY BE
SOMEWHERE AFTER 4:00 P.M.
TOMORROW.
SOME TAKING THE AFTER MARK.
>> WE’RE SETTING OVER UNDERS
HERE.
AND JASON, WHEN YOU LOOK AHEAD
TO NOVEMBER WHEN WE OF COURSE
ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH A HIGHER TURNOUT, THAT REALLY
HIGHER TURNOUT, THAT REALLY
SHOWS US WHAT’S IN FRONT OF US.
>> IT DOES.
AND YOU GET A GOOD SENSE OF,
PEOPLE SAY EVERYONE HAS A GOOD
ATTITUDE, NOT JUST THE POLL
WORKERS BUT PEOPLE AT THE POLLS
WHO DECIDED TO GO OUT IN PERSON
TODAY HAD A GOOD SENSE OF
PATIENCE, WERE WILLING TO BE
NICE TO EACH OTHER WHICH AS FOR
THE LAST FIVE MONTHS, WE’VE SEEN
HOW TEMPERS CAN FLAIR.
BUT THEY THINK PEOPLE ARE BEING
NICE AND THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO
GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND THEY THINK IT BODES WELL FOR
NOVEMBER WHEN ALL OF THIS WILL
BE RAMPED UP EVEN MORE.
>> WHILE WE AWAIT RESULTS IN
SOME OF THE BIG RACES WE HAVE
SOME CONTESTS CALLED.
CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE DINGLE HAS
DEFEATED HER DEMOCRATIC
CHALLENGER AS HAS BRENDA
LAWRENCE.
JUSTIN AMASH WHO DECIDED NOT TO
RUN FOR CONGRESS, REPUBLICAN
PETER MEYER ON TRACK FOR A BIG
VICTORY.
HE’S THE GRANDSON OF FRED MEYER
HEIR TO THE GROCERY CHAIN
FORTUNE.
BUT HE WILL HAVE A DEMOCRATIC
CHALLENGER COME NOVEMBER.
STAY WITH LOCAL 4, WE’LL
CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE RESULTS
AS SOON AS THEY’RE AVAILABLE TO
US.
TOMORROW MORNING AT 6:00 A.M.,
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL JOIN
US LIVE TO TALK ABOUT ANY