Guardian Newshounds will bring you live updates from all over the US. But it’s not the first time As the ballot boxes begin to close. We closed this blog, but we published a new one to give you updates on Election Night.
Nick Fiorellini of Philadelphia:
Earlier tonight, several viral tweets from Republican activists shared an Instagram story from an individual claiming to be an election agent in Erie County, Pennsylvania, throwing ballots from Donald Trump supporters. The message was a hoax, according to a Erie County spokesman, and the original poster is not a registered voter in the county and may not be an election agent there either.
As a result, Courtney Holland, a Trump supporter who helped percentage of the image, had her Twitter account temporarily limited and unable to post, for violating site regulations that oppose posting misleading voting information.
A Republican activist said, “Twitter is now censoring fraud/irregularities in the vote. “
Erie is a reference county. Depending on how you dare, it may only be the final results of the Pennsylvania election.
In 2016, the county voted for Trump with a two-point margin, the city of Erie overwhelmingly voted for Hillary Clinton. The county is one of many Pennsylvania states that deserve to take several days to process all their votes. The county has won 48,911 ballots by mail. By 2 a. m. tomorrow, the polling place expects to have processed about 10,000 of those ballots.
Lois Beckett of Lansing, Michigan:
Joseph Hicks, 26, said he had never voted before, but his 81-year-old grandmother, Barbara, took him to the polls in South Lansing to see if he could vote for Biden at the last minute.
Trump “the worst president,” Joseph said. And “it does nothing to oppose this pandemic. “
Barbara Hicks said that, as a Christian, she appreciated some of Trump’s policies, but that “our leader is an example. “I’d already voted for Biden.
At dusk, the polling station in South Lansing was quiet. Two voters said they voted for Trump, adding Mercedes Ferra, a housewife who explained in Spanish that she believed Trump was smart for the economy.
Another circle of relatives who came here to the polls in combination and some other Biden vote.
“I don’t know what I think today, ” said Kierha Irving. ” That’s a lot. “Selecting applicants, knowing that an eBook may not be judged by their canopy, was not easy, he said.
Amanda Holpuch of New York:
The leader of an organization of 42,000 legal volunteers deployed for the election said that to date there have been no “systemic primaries or attempts to obstruct voting. “
Kristen Clarke, chairwoman and executive director of the Committee on Lawyers for Civil Rights under the Act, said, “It turns out that at this point we are on our way to a successful election day. “
The committee administers the Election Coverage Hotline, which provides data and assistance to Americans who have trouble voting.
“The disorders noted, for the most part, have been remote and sporadic,” Clarke said.
The problems reported to the hotline come with some electorates who get the language assistance they are entitled to in York County, Pennsylvania. And in Denver, Colorado, court cases were filed at several polling stations over the presence of the police.
By Tuesday at 3:50 p. m. EAST Time, the hotline had won 22,000 calls, which does take into account SMS or online support. Clarke said most of the calls came here from Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, New York and Michigan.
“While we don’t know what’s going to happen in the late hours of Election Day,” Clarke said, or in the days that follow, things have gone well so far. It stated that this evaluation was characterized by record early voting participation and record degrees of participation in mail voting.
Clarke said: “This is a testament to the good fortune of historic efforts to protect the electorate that aimed to empower the electorate to be armed with as much data as possible. “
Nina Lakhani reports from polling stations in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, which includes Joe Biden of Scranton, where she stopped earlier this morning:
Mike Allison, professor of political science at Scranton Conservative Catholic University, will vote for users in South Abington Township, a middle-class suburban community north of Scranton, where Trump/Pence symptoms far outweigh biden/Harris.
“There have been many disorders with our democratic formula in our history,” he said, “but those have been aggravated in more than 4 years with a president who does not respect rules, norms or institutions. If we approve it for a moment,” he says anything about what we value in America. The long term of our democracy is at stake. “
A few miles from Green Ridge, on the tree-lined street where Job Biden grew up, stands out a space with many Trump/Pence symptoms in the backyard.
Retired pharmaceutical saleswoman Arlene Hopkins, a 66-year-old pharmaceutical saleswoman, praised Trump for managing the economy. However, Hopkins is essentially an exclusive voter: “The main explanation for why I would never vote for Joe Biden is that I am a practicing Catholic and that abortion is inherently bad. That’s why I’ll never vote for the pro-abortion Democratic Party.
Hillary Clinton clung to Lackawanna County in 2016, but like many former rural and semi-rural Democratic strongions in Pennsylvania, she has been turning right for years.
Surveys at 8 p. m. in Pennsylvania, which Trump won with a moustache (less than 1%) in 2016.
More than 101 million Americans voted at the start of the 2020 U. S. election, according to the U. S. election plan.
Nationally, the electorate now has 73% of the total votes counted in the 2016 general election.
The United States has been on track to see one of the electoral commitments since the early 1900s, with Michael P. McDonald, the University of Florida professor who collects knowledge for the Electoral Project, predicts a general voter turnout of 67% this year.
Chris McGreal of Polk County, Iowa:
Looking at polling stations in other parts of Polk County, which includes Des Moines but also the Trumpist suburbs, I was surprised by the number of electorates for the first time in their twenties or thirties who failed to do so in 2016. however, they are voting this year because they need to get rid of Trump.
Most said they didn’t vote four years ago because they didn’t like Hillary Clinton or because they didn’t think she would win, and they regretted it, but this time, her vote wasn’t yet about the Democratic nominee on Trump’s political trial.
On the other hand, I didn’t meet with any Trump electorates for the first time. They’ll have to be there, but it probably wouldn’t be a smart sign for the president not to meet new ones for him, either first. electorate of time or other people who voted for Democrats in 2016, even in the suburbs where they are doing well.
It’s anecdotal, but if it’s representative of a broader picture, then the mix of newcomers motivated to vote against Trump and the lack of new voters coming to him is a challenge for the president.
It might not be enough to bring Iowa back to Democrats after Trump won the state through 8 issues last time, but that voting trend can also make a difference in other Midwest states where the president’s margin of victory is much lower, he added. Michigan and Wisconsin.
Abené Clayton of the Guardian of San Francisco:
Major polling stations in downtown San Francisco used to be calm, and some even refused to vote for excess volunteers, such as Veronica F, 38, who said she had signed up for older people to take the day off.
“The Covid-19 was falling and there was a more vulnerable population. But being sent home because there were too many volunteers was very nice,” he says.
Older people were also a precedent in the historic Black Fillmore district. Although gentrification has driven out a giant segment of black residents, the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center remains a hub for the surrounding elderly population. Director James Spingola said he had in the past relied on his forecast to expect election results, however, this year he “just doesn’t know. “
What I knew, however, was that she searched for Ella Hill Hutch at an electoral college so that the city’s declining black population would “be part of the procedure and have no excuse not to vote. “
Adam Gabbatt of Cleveland, Ohio:
“We are tired of being silent,” Kenneth Lowenstein, suffering from being heard by the sound of his friend’s speaker.
Polls show Trump in a virtual tie in Ohio, a sign of concern for the president as he crossed the eight-point victory here in 2016. Most of the Trump supporters I’ve met in recent days are convinced that Trump will win. one of the few to admit some nerves.
“I in miracles. There are still other people who didn’t vote, that’s why we’re here, we’re conveying the message just to perhaps inspire them to vote in red, vote republicans,” he said.
“Just maybe, just maybe there’ll be luck and he’s going to win. “
The organization of 4 attracts some horns from passing cars, but not all seem positive.
Everyone they’ve been convinced they probably wouldn’t have much time to approve and vote: the polls close at 7:30 p. m. The state is expected to publish the effects of votes cast until 8 p. m. today, and may be one of the first deciding states to announce a winner.
Vivian Ho of Phoenix:
Arizona State Representative Athena Salman is running for re-election with the first Generation Y progressive price ticket in her district. Salman, her husband, state Senator Juan Mendez, and the candidate for the first term of the state representative, Melody Hernandez, are components of an effort to the state legislature in a Democratic majority for the first time since 1966.
Salman, the daughter of a Palestinian immigrant and a first-generation Mexican-American, said she felt like she had grown up in two other Arizonas. His own circle of relatives made up of immigrants from all over the world who grew up dreaming of the opportunities a life in America can offer. The world around him, however, white and conservative, said, and plunged into a veiled racism opposed to the Latino network and post-September 9/11 sectarianism toward American Arabs.
“If you had told me, being that woman who is developing in this community, who, you hear, at the age of 31, that Arizona may be the country’s destination in the 2020 election?I just wouldn’t have believed you,” he said.
Salman attributes the local organization’s efforts to have triggered this transformation and is cautiously positive that Democrats will be able to oppose the legislature and win the Senate seat, and that the Arizona electorate will play a very important role in sending Joe Biden to the White House. “It’s extraordinary and very exciting to live in this state right now,” he said.
She also knows there are still a lot of paintings to be made. “Unfortunately, over the more than 60 years under conservative control, our government and our leaders have explained to us through their policies about who we excluded,” he said. we will rule and lead and rebuild this state to take care of all arizonans. “
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Joe Biden said he didn’t need to make predictions tonight. “We’ll see. If I have anything to say tonight, I’ll let you know; other than not, I’ll wait until the votes are counted.
“There’s so much at stake right now,” he said, talking to reporters in Philadelphia. “The concept that I’m in Texas, Georgia, Florida, I mean, come on. “
Before returning to Deleware for election night, Biden presented his final argument, telling reporters, “We will have to repair decency and honor in our system, in a different way everything will collapse. “
Addressing the city’s supporters earlier in the day, Biden delivered a similar message, promising that he would paint to unite Americans after the election: “We expect more than fear, that facts are lies, than science than fiction,” he said. If I’m elected, I’ll be president of Unidos. No there will be red or blue states. Only America. “
U. S. stock markets have closed and investors appear to be in a transparent Biden victory and more stimulus liquidity. The Dow Jones rose more than 2% and
Wall Street has been waiting for Biden’s victory for some time, but today’s profits may not last if the election becomes confusing later tonight. Here’s Connor Campbell from SpreadEx:
One might think that the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election – which has much more weight than always given the nature of the former trader and the state of the global economy – is a deserted conclusion founded on the shares of Array investors . . . and that’s a very genuine danger is that they’re going to wake up with a HANGover on Wednesday if the result is a decisive and challenging victory for Democrats.
Kari Paul of Oakland, California:
Some Instagram users would have noticed tags on the social media platform that incorrectly alerted them that Election Day is (it’s today).
The collapse occurs when Instagram and its parent company Facebook strive to assume electoral misinformation.
The Instagram communications team explained on Twitter that the fact that “tomorrow is Election Day” was noticed through some users turned off Monday night, but remained cached in the app for some users who didn’t restart their app until Tuesday.
Starting today, users receive a sensitive feed alert that says “it’s the last day to vote. “Instagram did not say how many users were affected by the issue.
Instagram has implemented a number of settings to involve “harmful content” that may appear around elections, adding cut the “recent” tab of hashtag pages to curb the spread of false trends. It will also label applicants’ publications claiming victory and has entered a “voter data center” with verified voter authority data.
In North Carolina’s transitional state, the Board of Elections voted to keep 4 polling stations open a little longer, a resolution that is expected to delayed the initial effects across the state for about forty-five minutes.
The four polling stations opened a little behind due to technical disorders this morning. The effects of early voting are expected at 7:30 p. m. , and the first effects of the election on polling day are expected at 8:15 a. m. local time.
North Carolina officials expect to have about 80% of the vote counted tonight. In 2016, Trump won the state by about 3. 5 percentage points, however, this year, polls showed that the president followed Joe Biden by about 2 points.
It’s not just the presidential race that’s being very watched here. In the poll, Acting Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is fighting in an incredibly tight race against Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham, who has been ahead in the polls.
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The Kenya Evelyn of The Guardian in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
The polling stations opened at 7 a. m.
This contributed to a brief build-up of cases, and with the state now facing a wave of moments, Democrats were willing to propose the vote on the same day.
Turns out it worked. The election officials I spoke to said the ranks were minimal, even though they were making plans in a hurry at night. Arrivals are the highest electorate for the first time you sign up to register on the same day. In turn, those new electorates are applauded.
Instead of endless rows and under pressure from election workers, Election Day here has a general effort to succeed in those enrolled on the same day and those who are late at the last minute. Many Milwaukeens who voted weeks ago, or in the absence of a ballot, still showed up at the polls to volunteer, hang out with a friend, or even rock with the DJ.
Funeral homeowners Marcel Clarke and Ben Robinson have changed their service cars to serve their community, providing limousine trips to citizens who want transportation to the polls. Clarke told me volunteering is a no-brainer.
“Voting is not only important, it’s an emergency,” he said. So we helped eliminate excuses and make other people move,” he said.
More than 93,000 black Milwaukee residents stayed home in 2016, contributing to Donald Trump’s victory in the state with just 23,000 votes. This time, communities are coming forward, strengthening their other people rather than politics, and will continue long after today.
Sam Levine of Philadelphia:
Even amid great uncertainty for others to vote by mail, almost every single voter I spoke to in Philadelphia said they voted on the user to make sure it mattered. They expressed fear about the reliability of the postal service and stated that they simply felt more comfortable entering the voting station and voting.
“You hear so much in the news and in the media, I don’t know how bad it is, about the ballots mailed, that other people don’t do it the right way. All I know is that if I could get in, even if I had to wait, just to make sure my vote was counted 100 percent, I was going to do it,” said Shofolahan Da-Silva, who voted at noon at night. ‘a polling station in South Philadelphia at noon, where it only took a few minutes.
“I’ve heard a lot about all the mail problems, the rape and all that. So I thought it was a safer way,” said Brittany Davis, who voted at the same polling station. voting in 2016 – she felt her voice would never matter that year – but that year she felt motivated to vote because of the way Trump has stoked racism in the United States.
There probably wouldn’t be a bigger state in the 2020 race than Pennsylvania, where polls show a tight run between Joe Biden and Donald Trump The state has long required the electorate who wants to vote by mail to present an excuse to do so, however he amended the law last year to allow voting by mail. The state has noticed an increase in the number of ballots, however, state law has banned election officials from counting them until Tuesday morning. State officials say they expect to complete the recount until Friday.