Three Precincts Voting News Today

In some battleground states. he did a couple of radio interviews. essentially just waiting. we are expecting him to stay there this evening to watch the returns there and later on hell head over to the hilltton for h victory party. >> sara, the trump campaign filed a request with the nevada court to try to preserve and separate ballots from voting machines in four early voting sites in nevada. why did they do that and what is the status of that request? >> reporter: thats right. we saw donald tr...

As mr. trump tweeted. the difference of an "r," but kind of an important one. heavy turnout across the country and not just at the polls. in rochester, new york, people lining up not only to vote but also to honor a leader of womens suffrage. activist susan b. anthony. some have left their voting stickers at her grave site on her grave. susan is in columbus, ohio. >> reporter: hey, jake. it has been very active, very busy at this polling station here. we are at life church at easton. part of fra...

It will give you an idea of what this area is like. this is the last bit of politicking that voters see as they walk into the polls here. this gentleman, the line is so long, he has the right idea. he brought the chair. no beer and chicken, but he is enjoying it while he can. the line i can show you goes all the way down here. this is about an hour-long line to the end of this sidewalk. and now its snaking around back into the parking lot. this is almost as long as weve seen it all day, probably...

Turnout appears heavy. looks like voters want to be a part of history today one way or the other. we have correspondents across the country tonight. lets go to gary tuchman in north carolina. gary. >> reporter: in this battleground state there are about ten million people who live here. 6.9 million are registered voters. those 6.9 million people are coveted by the candidates. and thats why so many are turning out at polling places across the state. this is a church in the heart of charlotte, nor...

Of jobs and trade resonate here. i just got off the phone with the county executive here. he says the turnout already has been incredible. you can see inside this polling area right now. we are not allowed inside but there has been a steady stream of people. this is where three different precincts are voting throughout the day. this is what its been like all day long. five miles down the road i heard there is about a two-hour wait. the county executive telling me they should be on track to hit t...

Room, taking in all the information about where they think voter turnout is not as high as it needs to be. indicated to you which states they feel most confident about in terms of the very contested battleground states and which ones they are still concerned about? >> reporter: florida seems to talk the list when you talk to advisors here and on the ground in florida as a state they feel confident about, largely because of the boost of early vote. so much has changed since the florida recount 16...

Early vote. latinos in particular. a million latinos voting in the early voting phase in florida, more than double 2012 early voting levels. in terms of the vote that were seeing today, if you look at a heavily democratic county like broward county, home of ft. lauderdale, a big county along with miami-dade in southern florida, as of 3:00 today we were looking at about 98% of the ballots returned already. thats even before the afternoon post-work shift. similar numbers in terms of the pace compa...

Maybe even north carolina. the other thing is, i have been wondering during the day with this great outpouring, with so many people voting, will this possibly be a catharsis for the country? people feel they finally have had a chance to give voice and the people who win will feel like weve taken back our country. people on both sides are so angry about this. i think there is something encouraging about the fact that so many are turning out. >> dan, you are a numbers guy. you were on the obama te...

Vote there for several hours yet. there are several hours left of voting. so those are the states theyre focusing on right now, jake. >> jeff zeleny, thanks. here is something you may have noticed, especially if you are a new yorker. for the first time that we can remember, both election night headquarters will be in manhattan! not just manhattan. both of them will be in midtown manhattan. you can walk the distance if the weather is nice. the pizza eating rat doesnt hassle you. in 20 minutes. ...

Theyre motivated. there has been a line the entire time. they get their address confirmed and they have the video screens. they have the presidential election here and a close gubernatorial race and senate race. the decision about the senate race could ultimately determine which party controls the senate. elaborate early voting here, lasted 16 days. 3 3.1 people voted early, 45% of the total number of registered voters even before anybody turned out today. >> a lot going out in the tar heel stat...