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
270 is needed to win the presidency. Our political reporter greg lee here now with where things stand as of tonight. Good evening. The outcome of this election hinging on just a few remaining states that are steadily counting thousands of ballots. Nevada could give joe biden the votes he needs to win, but it is very close and we wont have any new numbers until tomorrow morning. But another state were watching closely and maybe surprisingly so is georgia. A democrat hasnt carried this state since 92. Election officials said they had about 200,000 votes left to count this afternoon. Heres where we stand. Just the narrowest of margins between President Trump and joe biden. President Trump Holding that very small lead. That state and its 16 Electoral College votes, just too close to call. Pennsylvania is often at the center of the election universe. 20 electoral votes at stake. Election officials said it could be days before we had a final count. This is a mustwin for President Trump and r
Republican incumbent senators market Martha Mcsally and cory gardner lost their races. Right now, republicans control 48 seats. Democrats hold 46 senate seats. There are two independent senators. More of your reaction to the election from washington journal. Or reason for voting for joe biden. Issuet to follow up on an some of our callers particularly those who support joe biden have brought up when it comes to the u. S. Postal service. Concerns about delivery of mailin ballots. This story from usa today. A federal judge upgraded lawyers after the agency failed to make its election day order for postal inspectors to sweet Mail Processing facilities in more than a dozen states. Sullivanjudge emmet said he was shocked to learn that some and crucial battleground states of florida, arizona, texas, wisconsin, pennsylvania, had not been searched. Leaving authorities unavailable to determine if all ballots had been delivered. It leaves a bad taste in everyones mouth. To governmentthat lawyers
Usually do if you join us at this hour looking outside at your center tower cam skies are Crystal Clear. We dont really have any fog out there this morning. Yet again so another clear smooth sailing day as you drive on into work this Early Morning as for wind speeds this morning also nice and calm were keeping that good stuff around we saw calm winds on wednesday and thursday now were going to keep that around for friday, too so looking at our future cast a wind gust pretty calm all across the bay area from the north bay right along the bay side well into the afternoon today so not much to worry about in that regard. Current temperatures are back to some chilly conditions nevado are for spot on the map down in the upper 30s as weve been the past few mornings to soar north bay and inland areas have been noticeably cooler lately as we work our way into that time of year that brings the longer cooler evenings. Hayward san jose and San Francisco are huge in the low 50s this morning wakeup
A thirdparty candidate, 2027488002. If you want to texas with your 2027488003. You can tweet us and our Facebook Page available at facebook. Com cspan. Throughout the day there will be a lot going on, not only with vote counts but legal challenges and other things adding up to an ultimate result. Here to keep us updated on those events as they happen throughout the day is john mcardle. Guest the numbers we are working on is the Associated Press numbers, looking to them for results and calls. You may see other numbers and calls elsewhere, but we will be going back to the Associated Press numbers. To take you to the president ial battlefield, the map you just saw, President Trump and joe biden separated this morning with 60 electoral votes to get. Joe biden at 264 electoral votes , President Trump a 214. Joe biden picking up electoral votes yesterday when the Associated Press called michigan and wisconsin. President trump currently up in pennsylvania. Still about 10 left to count in penn