This year because of the covid pandemic do we have any real baseline to understand what is going on with the electorate going into this election . I think this election will be unlike anything we have seen in the past. Its hard to know if there is a good corollary. At this point we are seeing far more early and absentee voting then we saw in 2016. Its really off the charts. That looks atart early and in person voting and how it has trended over the past couple of years. People can see from watching it that the trend has been for more voting by absentee or mailin ballots then by in person on election day. What is happening in the thinking about conduct of elections that has led to this and celebrating this trend this year . Its been a trend about 20 years in the making. Ever since colorado and Washington State made it easy for their voters to vote by mail we have seen that once voters have that option they like that option. In a pandemic voting by mail is a good and safe option. In addi
Now 5 days away from the november 3rd election and kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season. With a Record Number of people voting early this election season, there are already concerns tonight about missing ballots in the east bay, dozens of voters reported not receiving confirmation that their ballot was received by the Contra Costa County elections division. Kron fours justine waltman here now with details and whether or not foul play is believed to be involved justine. Well Contra Costa County has 37 drop off ballot boxes. But theres one question tonight, and thats the box thats right outside of Richmond City hall, dozens of voters say they dropped off their ballots there on october 12 and the county has not been able to confirm receipt of those ballots so theyre lost and the county doesnt know where they are tonight. The county is telling us this according to the Contra Costa County Elections Office the ballot box and Richmond City all has been inspected by
Just fine. You can drive at speed. The issue is on the east bay, not on the peninsula. Northbound 880 towards 29th a crash between the work zone and fifth and embarcadero the accident there. Laura, were gathering more information. Back to you. All right, sounds good. Thanks, mike. To decision 2020 now just two days after the election and the president ial race still too close to call. Joe biden has a narrow lead with 2 a53 electoral votes and 270 is the magic number here. Biden could outright win the election if he holds on to his lead in arizona and nevada. Now the other battleground states that were tracking for you, as well. Georgia, North Carolina and pennsylvania. All five of these battleground states poll workers are still counting those ballots. Lets look at the popular vote. Biden has 50 with 71 million americans voting for the biden harris ticket. Thats most votes for a president in u. S. History. As the nation awaits the final results, well bring you Live Team Coverage all mo
Fog this morning that is streamed into the bay. So if you are going to be voting this morning do plan on wearing a jacket then just a cool start as is typical this time of year. You can see your view the north bay looking down at San Francisco, some low cloud cover hovering right above the bay itself, your bridges of actually been fined visibility wise. But if you are heading up into some hillsides and right along the coastline. Thats where youre running into those lower visibility areas you do see spots in San Francisco oakland and happen bay area visibilities a bit lower. Were in the 40s and 50s right now, but this afternoon were in for a treat sunshine returning and nice warm temperatures. Rob all right. Thank you morning commute is picking up out there we dont have any major trouble spots right now. But we do have some slowing heading into San Francisco. Were checking out this line here at the bay bridge toll plaza already stacking up beyond the 80 over crossing so quite busy were
Are coming down to the wire. Pennsylvania is too close to call biden has narrowed the president s lead in the critical keystone state and officials are still counting votes from several of the bluest and biggest counties. Biden has counted the blue wall he is the projected winner in wisconsin. The outcome there could depend on a potential recount and or official confirmation of the vote count and nbc news has declared biden the winner in michigan georgia is on a razors edge this morning as its outstanding votes there are tallied. Mr. Trump has launched a legal bat toll try to stop vote counting in pennsylvania and michigan also stating a challenge in georgia and demanding a recount in wisconsin for its part, the Biden Campaign says its ready for a court fight and will counter any lawsuits control of the senate is up in the air this morning, but there are a few major developments its deemed that gary peters has won. And while our decision desk says the Arizona Senate special is too clos