This country for generations to con she would take ease in your all own hence. Your vote, your voice we are now just 5 days away from the november, 3rd election. Thank you for joining us tonight at 10 im pam moore and im ken wayne is the race for the white house enters its final stretch were committed to answer your questions about the safety of your ballot and in the east bay officials are investigating tonight after some ballots went missing. Officials with the Contra Costa County elections. Office say dozens of ballots placed in a drop box at Richmond City hall have not been found. The missing ballots of raised some concerns about mail in voting. Kron fours dan thorn in richmond tonight with the story. Election Officials Say theyre trying their best to find these ballots but have so far come up empty handed. Theyre also trying to figure out how this happened and what they can do to keep it from happening again from this election dropbox in richmond, dozens of ballots have gone missi
Announced. Ray bothan has more on how theyre spending their elect day. Reporter two New Hampshire towns counted their ballots after election day at midnight. It could be what could be a dayslong battle for the presidency. For president , joe biden. Reporter after midnight, the towns of Dixville Notch and millsville, New Hampshire, tallied votes in an e election day tradition. The democratic nominee joe biden won dibsville notch and President Trump won mill feel, 16 votes to five. The former Vice President began his day with a visit to church and then a trip to his childhood home in scranton. Hes spending the day making his final pitch to voters. I want to that would be melodramatic. I want to restore basic decency and honor to the white house. Reporter President Trump spent election eve in grand rapids, michigan. He will spend part of today at the white house after holding 14 rallies over three days. The president said he is confident he will bring home a win. I did this once before an
Voters. And were not showing history. Officials say the box was not tampered with. And say 84 ballots picked up from the same drop box on october 12 did make it to the office. Our ballot boxes are emptied every day. By a team of two people. Ballots were picked up on the 12th and 13th. We cant explain why we dont have the ballots that the voters said they dropped in the box. Some voters reported ballots missing after using a tracking tool. Others complained online. Election officials reached out it all the people. And offered them a second ballot. If their first ballot shows up. Only one will count. Maryland had planned to drop off her ballot at city hall. After hearing ability the missing ballots she drove here. This is the box. And i trust it. After i heard votes were missing i wasnt willing to take a chance sfwl Election Officials plan to do a thorough investigation. I suspect theres a handling error. Were committed to tracking it down. Cutting ties. Some of the largest nonprofits qu
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
In the castro, the shells carry costumes and party favors which are unusually full so close to halloween, a sign of the pandemic. s budget would be walltowall people in here. The costumes would be obliterated, we would be lucky to have makeup left on the shelves. Reporter owner terry Austin Bennett tells me she sold only 40 percent of what is normal for halloween. She says this holiday has a special meaning. Her greatgrandfather found of the castro hollowing parade in 1948. It is a source of pride, a source of fun. We get excited and energized by halloween. Reporter it began as a way to celebrate with neighborhood children, and eventually became a party for adults who came from all over the country and beyond. But, this year, city leaders are encouraging people to stay away. Due to the pandemic. This is not the year for a street party. Its not even the year to hang out with a bunch of your friends on the sidewalk. Like, this is a tough year. Reporter supervisor rafael mendham and is as