One closely watched race is colorados citizeninitiated amendment 69, which would finance universal health care , other states are set to vote on marijuana legalization, guns, Public Education, taxes, and the Death Penalty. Then to the Battle Ground state of ohio, where Investigative Reporter greg palast. Today on election day, they are not going to use white sheets to keep away black voters. Today, they are using amy Media Coverage for who will be president that is, who will win the Electoral College. We will speak with rob richie, director of fairvote, who wants to establish a National Popular vote so all states count. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today is election day. And across the United States voters are preparing to go to , the polls to cast thr president , senator, governor, a attorneys general, and a slew of other elected officials. On monday, both Hillary Clinton and donald trump finished
Chuck coppola joins us from the Santa Clara County registrar of voters office. Someone recently activated the fire alarm there . Reporter yes. This is a breaking story that we are covering right now here at the registrar of voters. We see behind me there about 50 people who were working inside the the registrar of voters tabulation room. Theyve been evicted outside because of a fire drill. A fire alarm was sounded about ten minutes ago. With me is anita torres with the registrar of voters. Tell me, this wasnt planned, was it . Were looking into it, chuck. We dont believe its planned. Were looking into it and doing everything we can to get to the bottom of the situation u. Is this going to disrupt the process so far . I would say the disruption so far has been minimal. The alarm went off just a couple minutes ago. We did, of course, have to evacuate the staff for safety. The ballots are locked up safely in our office. So we are not concerned about the safety of the ballots. But its resu
It is 9 00 a. M. In istanbul, turkey right now. It is still an active crime scene there. Tonight new video as three Terrorists Attack the citys main airport. Ataturk international is a hub for travelers across the globe. The first suicide bomber blew his device in the parking lot near the international terminal. The second set up his explosives at a taxi stand outside the arrival hall and the third bomber was able to get into the arrivals area and there, blow himself up. When i was in there and people were shooting, we all ran the other way. And then the bombs went off. All indications point to isis as being behind the attack. Nbc news learned two weeks ago that the Islamic State had sent 35 militants into turkey to carry out attacks during the islamic holy month of ramadan. Tonight, there is fear that more terror attacks could take place soon. Istanbul connects europe and asia into this Airport Services the sizable turkish here in the bay area. Ian cole spoke with people ho arrived fr