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Generally remains clear with highs well into the 50s and 60s as well as lows primarily into the 40s. The next best chance for any measurable rain isnt until at least 7 days from now. Have a good election day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 1020. High 58 tonight mostly clear and cooler. Wind n 510. Low 34 tomorrow sunny. Wind nw 510. High 58 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 37 thanks kaj. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton have both wrapped up their campaigns and will be in new york to await the results of todays history election. Abcs arienne bankert and Kenneth Moton have a look at the candidates final day on the campaign trail. Nats grand rapids early tuesday election day. Donald trump wrapping a campaign blitz. Sot trump so its now officially tuesday november 8th. Rallying his supporters in grand rapids, michigan. Sot trump today is our independence day. Today the american working class is going to strike back, finally. The republican nominees last stop capping a hours. Including florida and new hampshire. Long lines of supporters waiting overnight to see him. Sot trump were winning ohio. Were winning iowa. Were winning we think new hampshire. Donald trump returning to new york to vote at 10 a. M. Bankert on camera and just outside of trump headquarters and across new york city there will be a heightened police and security presence on this historic election day. Adrienne banker, abc news, new york nats clinton in philly and im Kenneth Moton with the clinton first black president in front of thousands in the birthplace of the nation, philadelphia. Sot hrc 21 25 17 i will be a president for all americans this unprecedente d image . The clintons and the obamas united. Sot president obama i am asking you to work as hard as you can this one last day to elect my fellow american, this fighter, this stateswoman nats the boss overnight, clinton from the boss bruce springsteen, jon bon jovi and lady gaga who made her way to battleground North Carolina. Clinton . Making her closing argument. Sot hrc love trumps hate, thank you, lets go vote North Carolina clinton and trump . Both holding their Election Night parties here in new york city but weve learned theyll watch the results come in just a block away from each other. With the clinton campaign, Kenneth Moton, abc news, new york. Iowans heading to the polls between 7 this morning and 9 pm, some other questions could remain. If youre trying to locate your polling place, you can find it on the secretary of states website. In iowa, you can register to vote on election day with a drivers license or photo id with proof of address. And officials encourage voters, but do not require them, to vote for every issue on the ballot. 8;30 you can vote for any race or no race you want. Do you have to fill in every oval of every race, so say you have to vote Straight Party . You dont. 8;38 illegal to take selfies at the ballot box, and youre not allowed to talk politics with other voters. Eastern iowans will also get to pick 3 candidates to represent them in washington d. C. That includes a senate seat where sixterm republican incumbent Chuck Grassley is up for reelection. His challenger is democrat patty judge. In iowas first congressiona l district, which covers cedar rapids, waterloo and dubuque, oneterm republican incumbent rod blum is vernon. Iowas Second District is southeast iowa, including iowa city and davenport. Fiveterm democratic incumbent Dave Loebsack is facing republican christopher peters. Voters in linn county also have a chance to reduce the size of the board of supervisors from 5 members to 3. People supporting the change say it would cut costs in the county. Kevin kula started circulating the petition a year ago. He believes the Board Members are overpaid for the now, the pay for each supervisor is more than 103,000 dollars. If voters approve the change, the county would also have to redesign the districts each supervisor would represent, reducing them from 5 to 3. Supervisor amy johnson opposes the change. When you have five supervisors, um you have people representing people in all those small towns of linn county. Ya knowcentral city, palo, prairieburg. And i think people in those towns would really suffer if they didnt have their voices heard through a representative. We reached out to kevin kula he did not respond. If the ballot issue passes, the terms for all 5 supervisors would be up by the end of 2018. People in marion will vote on a referendum today on how to elect their city council members. Right now, the city has 3 at Large Council members and 4 ward council members. But the entire city is allowed to vote for all 7 counl people elect 1 member from their own ward, plus the 3 atlarge spots. Voters in iowa city can decide on a measure that could lower the number of signatures needed to bring future initiatives and referendums in front of the city council. Current code says at least 25 of the number of people who vote in the last city election has to sign the document. If this measure passes today, it would lower that number to 10 . Today, we hope youll stay with tv 9 for election share your voting experience with the hashtag ia votes. When the polls close at 9, join us for a Facebook Live to look at Election Results with some analysis. And dont miss a special edition of the tv 9 news at 10 when well have live reports of key races across the state. At the state level, both democrats and republicans are trying to hang onto their respective majorities in the legislature. In the senate 2624. All but one of the Senate Incumbents are running for reelection. Republicans control the iowa house 5743. Despite National Headlines about rigged elections, volunteers in the Marshall County Auditors Office are confident in their techniques. This is Marshall Countys 6th election in the past year and a half. So Authorities Say their security techniques are well tested. The commissioner of elections says her voting equipment cant be the whole courthouse is locked, and of course theres other little security things cant tell you all of our secrets. So. The county auditor says they also put a bandaid seal on the door, to see if someone tampers with the room Holding Early and absentee ballots. After a week of getting your votes, kcrgtv9 and hills bank and trust are happy to announce novembers student of the month. 17yearold ryan adams is our november student of the month. Ryan academics, athletics, and the arts. He participates on a speech team, the av tech club, and his schools tv news production, among many other activities. In a tv9 followup this morning. Friends and family will gather this morning for the funeral for Urbandale Police officer justin martin. Martin and another officer died in what police call separate ambushstyle attacks. His funeral is at 1140 am in city. We will broadcast the funeral live on kcrg 9. 2 and on kcrg. Com. This comes after those close to Des Moines Police sgt tony beminio laid him to rest yesterday. Yesterday, people filled the Lutheran Church of hope in West Des Moines for sgt. Beminios funeral. He was the other officer killed last wednesday in the attacks. The 11year veteran of the Des Moines Police force leaves behind a wife and 3 children. He was also an eastern iowa native part of the class of 1996 at iowa city west high school. Police chief told people Sergeant Beminio wasnt just good at this job, he was great at this job. 45 if god could handcraft the perfect Police Officer inside and out, he would look just like tony. Command presence oozed from his pores. But his size and strength were just a small part of who he was. He was intelligent, organized, creative, and detailed. Hundreds of Police Vehicles state later escorted Sergeant Beminios body to his final resting place, glendale cemetery. A mother says a classroom helper abused her child at starry elementary during rest time. Now shes demanding answers from Marion Independent School district. But right now, heres a look at good morning should clear the area by 8am at the latest, allowing for sunny sky today. Temperatures will initially fall through around 10am, then bounce back well into the 50s by 2 3pm. Plan on wind speeds anywhere from 1020 much of the day out of the northwest. Through the rest of the week, the sky generally remains clear with primarily into the 40s. The next best chance for any measurable rain isnt until at least 7 days from now. Have a good election day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 1020. High 58 tonight mosl 34 tomorrow sunny. Wind nw 510. High 58 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 37 the parent of a kindergartener district is frustrated after she says her child is the victim of abuse. A Marion Police Department Investigator n she wants to remain anonymous. Police told her theyre investigating a high School Helper for inappropriate ly touching students in her childs class. The school didnt notify her, and she wants other parents to be aware of whats happening. Your child may not be a victim, your child may not even know about the situation, but dont you have the right to know who is in your school . Whos in your child school, whos interacting with your children. We reached out to Marion Police didnt give us many details. No one has been charged. We also reached out to Marion Independent School district. In a statement, the district says. We are aware of some allegations regarding improprieties that may have occurred in one of our classrooms. The matter has been turned over to the Police Department for investigation. The Mount Vernon School district and Mount Vernon Police are investigating a misconduct case involving a high school employee. The superintenden t says the district learned about a o on wednesday, the district placed the employee in question on administrative leave pending a review. On friday, the district sent a statement to staff, saying the case involves allegations of misconduct from the 2014 2015 school year. Today the principal told students the high school is now looking for a substitute teacher. No other information is available yet. Beware of what you read on social media today. Cant vote via text. Other election day tech tips are on the way. Protesters are overwhelming the Morton County court system in north dakota. The county held a special session yesterday especially for 51 protesters arrested last month. Outofstate attorneys are assisting protesters through the legal system. Most are facing county says the flood of cases is requiring everyone involved to be flexible. Its forcing us to stay on our toes, certainly. We are scheduling hearings with multiple judges trying to fit them in where we can. The next appearance for protesters is currently scheduled for the second week of january. A Georgia Community is in mourning today following a shooting that killed one Police Officer and left another badly wounded. Motorists. When the two deputies arrived, the suspect shot at them. The officers shot back, hitting the suspect at least twice. Peach county sheriffs Deputy Patrick sondron died at the hospital. Deputy Daryl Smallwood remains on life support. The Community Says they are now relying on each other for comfort. We really believe that light and love are going to overcome all forms of darkness and hatred and thats why we do what we do. The suspect was also hospitalized. Now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj omara. Stay with tv9. Its. 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