Here in the bay area county registrars are busy processing ballots, but theres also a growing sense of anxiety from many voters. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana reports in San Francisco on voter turnout and voter stress. Reporter just two days till polls close on election 2020, and county registrars offices across the bay area are already busy processing ballots. But for some voters there is still a pretty high level of anxiety. I am anxious in the sense that in light of the new voting, you know, vote by mail, we wont know whats going to happen till much later than tuesday. It becomes contested, violence, unrest, things like that. Reporter however you decided to keep track of the election, whether watching the news around the clock or checking updates, psychologists agree on one this can. Voters from all parties have been reporting high stress levels because of the election. Its been at times divisive and at other times bizarre. There are boundaries around how much of the conversations y
Were hoping for inperson voting at our accessible vote locations. Well be open here at this site and all of our 100 sites on saturday, sunday, monday and election day. Reporter tim is registrar of voters for Alameda County where theyre seeing a historic surge in early voters. Just days ahead of the election this location also makes sense. It is an icon for this area, so we know that people will know that this is a spot that they can get to drop off their ballots, to vote in person safely and like i said also vote in their cars and for curbside voting. Over at the courthouse on Federal Street outdoor voting was setup and people dropped off ballots. I was like, okay, i can just do it right now instead of waiting until tuesday morning. Inperson voting is available at the warriors practice facility, too. Across the bay warriors coach steve kerr came out and dropped off his ballot outside the chase center which is a ballot drop off location. Were in there grinding every day trying to be a g
Nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. We are now just four days away from election day, and that means both President Trump and his challenger, joe biden, have less than 100 hours to campaign. Both are spending that time battling for votes across the midwest. The contrast striking between the two campaigns as they stump in a region where the accelerating covid19 pandemic is dealing its sharpest blow. President trump continues with packed rallies. Joe bidens fans stay in their cars. Honk if you want america to be united again. Were doing better now than we ever did. Theres more enthusiasm. The crowds the crowds are much bigger. Nationwide, covid cases have now crossed the 9 million mark with a record 90,000 reported cases just yesterday. That breaks down to one new case every single second. Well, days ahead of election day, businesses are preparing for the possibility of protests or demonstrations with some even boarding up their windows. Christie smith is live in union square with more
Conspiracy theories. Thats not normal president ial behavior. We should be making it easier for everybody to vote. President obama campaigning in the battleground state of North Carolina this evening. A lot happening tonight. Reporter that is for sure, janelle and raj. Now we are seeing the final preparations under way for the final president ial debate. Its the last chance for voters to see the two candidates going head to head, to size them up side by side. Predictably, they are each going into this allimportant final debate with different approaches. President trump continuing his campaign blitz, while joe biden has been largely out of sight this week, preparing. With less than two weeks to go until election day, its all coming down to a handful of battleground states, including pennsylvania, where tonight former president barack obama makes his first appearance on the campaign trail for joe biden. The former president making a new appeal to young voters. Hope is not ignoring proble
It certainly has felt that way. Thank you, jeff. Pg e says the power will start going out in parts of napa and sonoma counties as early as 6 00 p. M. And could stay off for days. Heres a look at the planned outages across the bay area. More than 22,000 customers in total. Heres a braekds of outages by county. Napa is expected to have more than 9,000 customers without power including much of calistoga. Alameda county will have 5,300 customers without power, a majority in the Oakland Hills. Santa clara county will have more than 2,000 customers in the dark, including in the santa cruz mountains. Pg e says it will provide an update at 6 00 p. M. Tonight. Well be monitoring that News Conference and pass along any new information. So as people across the bay area start to prepare for the possibility of two scorching days in the dark, fire crews in the Oakland Hills are patrolling an area around the clock. Nbc bay areas melissa colorado joins us live with more on the work being done. The Oak