Documented. So much seems to be hanging in the balance, but the gravity of Election Night changes a bit because of the covid19 pandemic. Voting is happening by mail or by early vote, and it means were starting to notice some trends coming in. Abc 7 has a complete voter guide that you can pull up while you watch with us, its on our website with the california proposition information as well and your voting questions answered. Lets get right to it. Were getting those answers on the election trends were starting to see. Joining us is paul mitchell, the Vice President of Political Data ink which analyzes californias trends and polls, among other thin things. Glad to be here. What do your numbers show . We just passed the 2 million mark, meaning 2 million voters have already returned their ballots. For a frame of reference, by this time in 2016 we were about 500,000 people had voted. So its really just an order of magnitude larger turnout so far this year. The real question is, is this a si
Dan was asked to investigate and he is live with answers tonight, dan. Dan and ama, most experts agree the amount of voter fraud is very small compared to the 156 Million People expected to vote this year. Still, its worth checking out every complaint. She came to this country taijuan and became a u. S. Citizen. Shes concerned about following the rules in this very important election but look, shes received two ballots, exact same spelling of her name and address. When you got the second ballot, what did you think . Im thinking what happened . Went wrong . Which one should i vote . Then she was like which one is real . Which one do i use . Are they going to throw out my vote because i have two ballots . Reporter she and her boyfriend contacted the iteam to get to the bottom of it. She didnt know what to do so i contacted you, dan. Ive seen your shows over the years and what you do is helpful to society. Reporter they want to know could this be an example of potential problems with the
For a moment, do not leave the meeting. At this time i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days and that any remarks be made part of the record. Hearing no objections, so ordered. Today, we are examining new information in the 2020 election. How the spread of false information impacts voters and what can be done to combat this and ensure that americans can go forward in short armed with Accurate Information. Information ss misinformation without recognizing the persistent misinformation being spread about the ongoing covid19 pandemic. Americans need Accurate Information about how to cast their ballots about the pandemic, and important Accurate Information on how to cast their ballots in a manner that protects their health. Election day maybe four weeks from today, but voting is well underway. Overseas and military ballots were sent out a few weeks ago. Absentee ballots can be requested now and returned in the weeks ahead. More than 30 states are already mailin
Includes all of the inland east bay and much of the coast on the peninsula too as we make our way through the day we will see winds very presence on through the evening tonight into tomorrow and even lasting into friday morning gust as high as 40 Miles Per Hour in upper elevations paired with our hot and dry conditions does mean that fire danger is still a concern as we work our way through the rest of this upcoming week as for winds right now we may lutz of lee calm but by the afternoon 02 00pm here, widespread rains winds kicking back into gear across the bay area into the evening tonight still continuing to be breezy with tomorrow actually expected to be our windiest day of this forecast with atlas peak in vacaville, especially breezy. Come the time we work our way into thursday evening. Friday we begin to calm down and a cool down that leads us into a much more comfortable weekend. A little bit more fall like come the weekend just around the corner too. 50s and 60s for current temp
Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. Announcer building a better area for a safe and securie future. How investigators broke up an unemployment fraud case that led to the arrest of 21 people, many of them were inmates already now accused of scamming the system troe from behind bar cases of fraud plagued californias Unemployment Agency since the beginning of the pandemic. Michael finney has been following this for months. An alert the investigator is getting for uncovering the scheme. You Better Believe he was alert. The investigator was working on an entirely different case when all of a sudden, he stumbled upon some stunning information. Eight inmates inside the mcgwire correctional facility face charges of taking part in a scheme to defraud the state out of a quarter Million Dollars in Unemployment Benefits. Some were awaiting trial. Some were serving time on other charges. They are some of the 21 defen