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
The two candidates have to say on the final day of campaigning. At the marathon is now a sprint. The president and joe biden. You could say they are pecking two days into one with a number of rallies. The president is on day two of a seven state tents top tour of battleground states. Five today and another five events today. The president kicked it off in fayetteville, North Carolina this morning in front of a packed house. In 2016 by 20 hillary clinton. A 2020, trails biden six Percentage Points in that state. Next stop is wisconsin, and back to michigan. Trump talked about a number of topics from bolstering military to the Russian Investigation at brought it all home with the economy. A vote for me and the Republican Party is a vote for the american dream. And in conclusion, over the next four years, we will make america into the manufacturing superpower of the world. And we will end our reliance on china, which has already started. Lacto biden started this morning in ohio for an out
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,
Weve had great coordination, great relationship. I know we come from different sides of the plan it. Reporter the Governors Team thanked the president for federal support, and acknowledged the need for better Vegetation Management and made their case for Climate Changes role. The science is in, and the evidence is several everyone dent that Climate Change is real and that is exacerbating this. If we think its awful about Vegetation Management, were not going to seed together protecting company california. Okay. It will start getting cooler. You just watch. I wish science agreed with you. Well, i dont think science knows, actually. Reporter democrats criticized the president s downplaying of Climate Change, and today joe biden spoke on the issue. Donald trumps climate denial may not have caused these fires and record floods and record hurricanes, but if he gets a second term, these heldish events will continue to become more common. Reporter the president honored 7 members the National
Visit with an awards ceremony, honoring 7 members of the National Guard who rescued hundreds of campers approved by the creek fire. The California Wildfires will be in the National Spot light again tomorrow. Democratic v. P. Nominee and senator Kamala Harris will be in fresno meet with firefighters, greg lee, ktvu fox 2 news. After the president departed, Governor Newsom headed north to butte county where he met with wildfire evacuees. The north complex fire in plumas and butte counties is 26 contained. The fire has burned nearly 262,000 acres. At least 14 people have now died in the west zone six of that fire. 7 people remain missing tonight, and more than 500 structures have been destroyed. This is a look at the devastation along bald rock road just east of the community of berry creek. That town was nearly leveled by the fire. The bay area workweek getting off to a start with more unhealthy air quality. The smoke has prompted spare the air alerts for four straight weeks now. As Maur