And officials expect the turnoff to soar in the next couple days. Early voting is underway with polling places open for people who would like to vote in person. This is uncharted territory for us. Because typically we are only open on election day. It will be interesting to see how well utilized this option is and if we will continue to offer this in future election cycles. She expects to seek record turnout this year. So far 122,000 vote by mail ballots have been project collected in marin. Sunday, a steady stream of cars was seen at the dropbox. This Election Year is more important than anything that has happened in our lifetimes. And so it was really important to make sure our voice counted. Reporter representative barbara lee is making sure every vote is cast and counted. This includes staying in contact with the post office to make sure there are no delays. Having similar senator Kamala Harris brings excitement. With senator harris on this is a remarkable historical moment here to
He believes his friends can be the change on tuesday. Im telling my friends. If you are eligible to vote, please get to the polls now. You do have the power to change the outcome of the election. Reporter the organizers from san ramon say so many things are motivating her to get out the vote. We need to speak on Climate Change west need to talk about black lives matter. Womens lights, lgbtq rights. Young people reporter the professor believes young voters could be a game changer on election night. They proved that by showing up for themileperhour elections in 2018. Were seeing the maturation of a young generation of young people who are determined to be heard. And i think part of the outcome of tuesday night is going to point to the effect of young people on voting. Reporter the march ended at the Federal Building with a rallying cry to make your voice heard. This fight does not end on november 3rd. A politician will not save us. We will save us. Reporter back live with a beautiful sho
This is abc7 news. [ chanting this is what democracy looks like] many of them ready to vote for the very first time and want to make sure their voices are heard at the ballot box. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. Count them down, only two days left before the election, and the final push is on to get out the vote across the bay area. Youth voter turnout could be pivotal on tuesday. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard joins us live at San Francisco city hall where young people took to the streets today to make sure their voices are heard. Cornell . Reporter yeah, dion, they really did take to the streets of San Francisco. Many of them are firsttime voters, and they say that they know that they have the ability to make a change on tuesday. [ chanting ] reporter election day closing in fast, young voters are feeling empowered. This event called march for our future made its way through San Francisco sponsored by youth advocates for change. We are two days fro
Those meter lights were turned on at 5 37 this morning. We are starting to see the crowding, the brake lights forming. It is starting to get slow from the east bay to San Francisco. We do have a trouble spot. Westbound 80 at magazine street. The ride into vallejo is pretty slow. We already have brake lights. A slow right into the Altamont Pass with a 38 minute drive time. We just got this new video in, the aftermath of a deadly siege that is now over. It happened in afghanistan. At least 19 people have died. 22 are injured. Three attackers stormed the schools campus. All of them were killed in the firefight which lasted for several hours. The taliban just issued a statement, denying they took part in this. This comes as they are continuing peace talks with the u. S. Backed government. Eventually the aim is to have the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan completely but that is not helping matters. One more day until election day but for many voters actually going to the polls on the first
Back. I hope it all goes well for you. You are well social distanced. Thats nice to see. We have fog along the coast this morning. Visibility down less than a quarter mile at Half Moon Bay. Expect coastal valleys to get foggy. You can see it hasnt made its way into the bay, if it does, it wont last long. Im not worried about it except for you folks on the coast. 68 in Half Moon Bay, 76 in San Francisco. Near record warmth places like san jose, 83. Concord, 84. Oakland, 80. Napa, 84. A couple more days of this before finally some autumn chill and a chance of showers coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Lets get back to you. Thanks. Less than 24 hours before the end of voting and more than 93 million americans have already cast their ballots. Today President Trump and former Vice President joe biden making their final plea to voters. Faith abubey is live for us in d. C. With the details. Reporter good morning. Despite what the polls are showing right now, both campaigns were o