One possible snag. The signature test. Its something all ballots must go through, especially right now as mailin ballots pour in by the millions to election offices. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. In the 2018 general election nearly 23,000 mailin ballots were rejected across the bay area. The big three mistakes, no signature on the ballot or envelope, signature doesnt match Voter Registration card, or ballot isnt returned in time. As President Trump erroneously claims that mailin ballots are not reliable, we wanted to look at the verification process, especially the signatures. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Friedman is on the story. Reporter youre looking at the largest early voter turnout in marin county history with more than 100,000 ballots cast already. Thats more than half the registered voters. Panner lowe was one of them today but after talking with us she did have some questions. Are you worried . Well, now i am. Reporter and all because of he
Or weeks. And concerns over Election Results uncertainty and rising coronavirus cases worldwide caused stocks to tank today. All three were down 3 . The dow closed at a low not seen since july. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. With less than a week to go, many Bay Area Community groups big and small are mobilizing their communities to get out the vote. Abc News Reporter kris reyes has what is driving them to make sure as many ballots are cast as possible. Its a critical thing for our community to enable people to safely vote in a pandemic and to ensure the democracy has today. Reporter the oakland as are not just talking the talk but lending the coliseum. 10,000 Parking Spaces to be used as an accessible voting site from saturday to election day. Gestures big and small are happening. Grass Roots Organization bay rising action is reaching out to under served community, especially new immigrants. Everybody has face masks on, gloves, sanitizing their hands. There is texting,
Ballots directly to the registrars office. In Santa Clara County, more than 437,000 people have cast their ballots. About half, about 220,000, have put their ballots not in the mail but directly into drop boxes. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro is live at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters in san jose with more on that. And marianne, people want to make sure they get in and their votes count. Reporter they are very concerned about that, janelle. If you look here, this is where people drop off their ballots at the registrar of Voters Office. Many people we talked with today felt that their vote would be secure if they dropped it off at this specific location. 13 miles, thats how far ted and carol bautista drove today to turn in their ballots at the drop box at the registrar Voters Office in san jose. I feel like it is safer to drop it on a place where you will be counted. Reporter but Evelyn Mendez with the Santa Clara County registrar of Voters Office says theres no need to make a
Some patches of fog. It is clear right here in fremont, and thats something well be watching as you head out for work this morning. Were in the low 40s and it is a chilly start to the day, were also seeing some 30s in parts of the north bay, a slow warmup on the way as we go into the afternoon, with some 50s in the forecast, and of course, there will be some more rain, but if youre traveling down l. A. , a lot of heavy rain so well talk more about that and whats ahead for the rest of the week. Mike, you were saying the chp issued a fog advisory. They did, kari. This is our camera in dublin. We usually look way down the road toward el charo or the dublin grade. This is west 580, sparsely populated. Its safe to drive the limit. On the deck you can probably see pretty well, low clouds hovering above. Chp issues a fog advisory over there in the corridor for 680 around the alamo, diablo area. Keep that in mind with pockets of fog registering up in the north bay, just pockets. Kari showed yo
After a somewhat foggy weekend depending on where you were. Today in the bay continues right now. Soggy. It was wet. Im kira klapper. Well get to mike with the holiday wet and the science if you were rained on, you were soggy. Kari hall has the meteorological degree so well check with her on that one. We did see some rain this weekend and what we have left, a lot of humidity and some fog. Its been very patchy and thats a look at dublin. I know its hard to tell where we are. We are going to see also along with that patchy fog some very cold temperatures, upper 30s there in parts of the trivalley. Well get a look at more of our microclimates and talk about some rain coming up as we head through the week and mike, youre checking in at the bay bridge. Thats right, kira is accurate about the degrees as well. Were looking over here the bay bridge trafficologist as i am, a lighter commute, as we talked about the morning commute will be here but it will be different than your typical monday. W