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
Brake lights as well. It is a slow ride as you work past Treasure Island. If you are going counter commute expect a few brake lights. Theres a broken down vehicle just as you get on the bridge. Its block that Left Shoulder by causing a back up there as well. Busy in both directions as you head through there. Also taking a look at traffic on 80 westbound before highway 4. They are just clearing the crash out of the right lane. Things moving better. We have a new accident just into the traffic center. South 880. Live news desk and lets go live to miami, florida where voting has been underway for about two hours now. You can see people socially distancing there. Casting those votes. Some of them have been waiting in line for a couple of hours before the polls opened. We are off and running. The poll also be open until 7 00 p. M. As we have seen some most states florida has seen a Record Number of early votes. Lets take a look at this new video. This is former Vice President on his way rig
Details on that coming up. Its a foggy start in spots. Be careful as you hit the roadways. May be dealing limited visibility and you are dealing delays already for your drive into the pass. Super commuters gear up you have brake lights out of tracy. Extending onto that connector to 580 all the way to north flynn. We are seeing a lot of red. A busy ride for your Tuesday Morning ride. Things moving okay at the dublin interchange. Its 34 minutes for the drive time. Westbound over to 205 toward 680. Bay bridge toll plaza. No mooterring lights. Very quiet out of the east bay into San Francisco and the san mateo bridge. No delays between 880 toward 101. Live news desk. Voting has started on the east coast. Lets go live right now to tampa, florida where people have been lining up and votes are already being cast though our live picture looks a little on the slow side. A lot of polling places are very busy right now. They are starting to process the early votes as well as they have been in flo
Im allen martin and vicki for joining us on the special election edition of kpix 5 news. Voters are turning out in droves. Here is a live look at the coliseum. One voter we spoke to shared what motivated him to vote in person on election day. I believe there are people in this world that wish that they could. And there are those that walk hundreds of miles in order to cast a vote. I believe doing it in person, for me, is a personal mission. Spoke with a good amount of voters in alameda, as well as richmond. And the santa clara registrar had people lined up for the doors opened. The Alameda County registrar is coming up with creative ways to get people to the polls. As you can see we are using tongs to grab the ballots and we had back the i voted sticker. Election officials in the south bay estimate 85 to 95 total turnout by the time polling places close. Kpix 5 reporter Andrea Nakano is at the coliseum. Reporter no crazy, long lines to report. We are at the coliseum and have in here al
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