Alameda seeing a Record Number of voters. The county registrar is coming up with creative ways to get people to the polls. How officials plan to manage the day. Emily. Yeah. You can do it early, inside, outside, they use tongs. Theres all sorts of different ways to cast your ballot. There have been for several days. We arent seeing the long lines and major crowds. The numbers are still big. Yeah. Congratulations. First time voters. Thank you. If you get that sticker or just the satisfaction from casting a Ballot Voters turning out in Record Numbers now in alameda. u thanks to coronavirus the county registra has a one stop shop to get a flu shot, coronavirus test and vote all free and without an appointment. Downtown you can vote by mail, even al itself resco. You can see we are using tongs to grab the ballot. We are handing back the i voted sticker with the tongs. Already the county has seen ballots for almost 65 of registered voters. The modern record turn out is 78 from obamas first
Despite. President trump prematurely claimed victory of the great lakes state on twitter the other key state biden flipped to earn a lector ul votes, wisconsin. The president s campaign has requested a recount there and that leaves nevada and pennsylvania looming large tonight grant thats right want to take a look at the results and where things stand here on our trusty electoral map. Again the Associated Press, calling the states in dark blue and dark red, its the race to 2. 70 right joe biden much closer hes up to 2. 64 President Trump currently standing at 2. 14. And when you do the math. What do you need to get to 2. 70 if youre at to 64 6 and nevada here happens to have 6 electoral votes at stake and where do things stand right now joe biden currently leading President Trump. By about 8,000 votes to see. Biden there with 588,000 in change donald trump with just over 580,000. So that is close to 75 of the vote here has been counted so still a quarter of the votes yet to be counted
For winds, this is one of the signs of change just around the corner that robin and i were just talking about that big cool down just around the corner. So we are seeing calm conditions. This morning come conditions into the afternoon too but look at what happens into the start of the evening tonight, see how much those winds pick up not necessarily resulting in heightened risk of fire danger but a sign of that cooler air thats really sweeping in swiftly across the bay area going to be cooling us off into tomorrow and resulting in those muchneeded chances of rainfall that weve been talking about the past couple of days as for temperatures today will be in the 50s and 40s for the start of your day so get out there this morning with the jacket in hand youll definitely be wanting it, especially if youre outside for more than just a minute or 2 Petaluma Santa Rosa dublin among are areas in the 40s right now. Well, oakland conquered berkeley and San Francisco sharing a range of 50s later to
So, well call that partly cloudy right now. Temperatures today still a few 80s in our east bay valleys and most of us in the 70s and coast in the San Francisco in the 50s. Five to ten degrees cooler than yesterday. Still too warm for this time of year. Kumasi. Ill take it from there, thanks, mike. Happening now the polls are officially open and voting is under way in most of the continental u. S. Ill take it from here. Lets take a live look right now at voters. They are lining up as you can see. This is in anderson county, south carolina. Another very crucial state. Voters in swing states will likely be deciding this election and because many of these states are several time zones ahead of us, well start to see the Election Results this afternoon. So, heres a look at some of the big ones that we will be tracking. The following times are pacific times. Polls in georgia and parts of florida close at 4 00 p. M. Our time and the Florida Panhandle and parts of michigan and pennsylvania it w
Early, its made things a little smoother today, but still expecting a big turnout. If you havent voted, avoid the long lines later today. Thats a message i expect youll make at did beginning and end of our segment. How are things going in california . Its been fairly smooth in the bay area. Tell us in terms of the voting and ballot counting how its going. Theres a fewishes here issues here. There are the two big steps weve taken. Every active registered voter in california received a vote by mail in advance. 22 million voters on the rolls, more than 12 million ballots cast as of midnight last night. Great return. That means theres nearly 10 Million People who play be voting today. Maybe they were returning it by mail, a great first choice, but voting in person, bring your mask to keep voters and poll workers safe. The polls are open until 8 00 p. M. Its been light. We havent seen too many huge lines. We know its always busiest within the last couple of hours. Tell us if you expect to h