Ms. Bradshaw thank you very much. Back and the next person to speak for us would be laura coxe. I see you. Waiting to see if you get on muted. Please spell your first and last the floor is yours. Cox. Name is laura thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon. I am asking you to delay certification. There are too many questions that need to be answered, too many numerical anomalies and credible reports of procedure irregularities. Distrust. Remove the this vote will be certified and the will of the people will be upheld but we need to ensure that there is a fair and accurate vote first. This election had its issues and every step of the process has been stacked against republicans, starting with the challenger process. Every election they find credentials for thousands of republicans to volunteer to observe and challenge the. Lection counting process this year i was honored to perform that duty and thousands showed up across the state. Electionity of Electio
Been movement and supported and we will be taking will call the just like we did and our teams meeting. This did not change. [indiscernible] orthere any discussion motion regarding the approval of the minutes . Discussion on the approval of the minutes for october 15 . Will you please take a roll call vote . Taken]all vote four ayeir, you have votes. The second item on the agenda is the certification of the november 3, 2020 general election. Thank you, chair brad chop. Chair bradshaw. [indiscernible] all fourike to thank of you for your dedicated service to our stay. The staff recommendation is that you certify. You have before you the results of michigans election. More than 5. 5 million ballot, ars cast a record in our state. Two constitutional amendments. [indiscernible] dissipationng amidst a Global Pandemic is inspiring and voters should be commended for having their voices heard in november. State. Lf of our this is an effort that is unprecedented in scope and difficulty. Long be
The and pennsylvania. No sign of qe for the boe. Officials boost stimulus to prevent a doubledip recession. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance, but welcome to our Election Special. Votes are being counted. I am Francine Lacqua in london. Tom keene is a new york. Tom, we look at the senate, the legal challenges. I know you and i have not slept much in the last 24 hours as we were roaring through the votes, trying to figure out exactly how throughident poring the votes, trying to figure out exactly how the president can mount a challenge. The other big news is the bank of england, because they did more than the markets were expecting, but remember this is in the middle of a brexit negotiation. Lockdown in london starts today actually, the u. K. As a whole starts today. If you look at futures in the u. S. , european stocks, they are tom, twocompared, yesterday. Liking what they see at the moment, but whatever the outcome of the u. S. Election was, it was pretty much
Than 100 Million People cast their ballots early, which means incould see the is turnout the print see the biggest turnout in president ial election. But we are seeing attempts to undermine it. Tols and texts attempting discourage and intimidate voters today. How keytalk about social platforms like facebook, twitter, and youtube are looking andrevent disinformation postelection civil unrest. First, a check on the markets, where u. S. Stocks rallied for a second day. Investors have been incredibly anxious leading up to this moment. Just how anxious were they today . Abigail not so anxious today. At one point, the s p 500 index up 1. 2 . Thehe close, up about 1. 8 , best day in about a month. Around anxiousness, the vix below 35. Some are saying that it suggests that it means that there will not be decision soon, that that is no longer the case. That the volatility investors are telling us that we are more likely to know who will be the next president sooner rather than later. We had bon
Plenty of things to be thinking about. The election dominating the narrative. Alix polls are just opening in alaska. In the lower 48 states, voters have been filing into bowling into Bowling Centers across the United States. Joining us into pulling Centers Across the United States. Joining usis bloombergs nick wadhams joining us is bloombergs nick wadhams. We saw a record early turnout of about 100 million voters, i reflation that a lot of democrats in particular were worried about the coronavirus and possible exposure, and want to get their votes in early. Republicans tend in this election to vote much more on election day. The big number we are looking at is 9 00 p. M. That is when we expect to know what is happening in florida. Once we know florida, people have a very good sense of what this race is going to look like. If joe biden wins florida, President Trump has very few paths to get to the white house. If it is a nailbiter, that could give us a sense of the shape of things to co