Dan was asked to investigate and he is live with answers tonight, dan. Dan and ama, most experts agree the amount of voter fraud is very small compared to the 156 Million People expected to vote this year. Still, its worth checking out every complaint. She came to this country taijuan and became a u. S. Citizen. Shes concerned about following the rules in this very important election but look, shes received two ballots, exact same spelling of her name and address. When you got the second ballot, what did you think . Im thinking what happened . Went wrong . Which one should i vote . Then she was like which one is real . Which one do i use . Are they going to throw out my vote because i have two ballots . Reporter she and her boyfriend contacted the iteam to get to the bottom of it. She didnt know what to do so i contacted you, dan. Ive seen your shows over the years and what you do is helpful to society. Reporter they want to know could this be an example of potential problems with the election that President Trump has been warning about as recently as last night at a rally in florida. So get out there and vote. Send in your absentee ballot if you requested one. Be careful. A lot of shenanigans going on. Everyday you read it. Reporter i went to the Elections Office for answers and found a steady stream of voters dropping off ballots at a deposit box. I meant county election official jim and asked about her duplicate ballots. The issuing of two ballots is a normal and customary process in every election. Reporter he says san ma ma day owe county receives two in the mail and he estimates 1,200 voters will get double or triple ballots. Ballots are generated twice when there is a change initiated by the voter or by the department of Motor Vehicles for a change in address, a name change, and then automatically a second ballot would be issued. Reporter she assures me the systems in place to count only the first ballot to arrive from a single voter. Any additional ballots would be blocked. Chen tells me she will follow the Office Election instructions and vote one ballot and though o throw out the other. This time its very important to vote correctly. She was concerned about reports of phony drop boxes. Check with your local Election Office to find the real ones and by the way, if youre voting by mail, do it as soon as you can. For the iteam, dan noyes. If you have questions about voting this year, we are getting answers for you. Join us tomorrow from 6 00 to 7 00 on the abc 7 News Facebook page for a live question and answer session. We have a panel of experts who will be able to answer any and all voting questions. Submit your questions in advance on our abc 7 News Facebook page. The California Republican party plans to expand the ballot Drop Box Program despite a cease and desist order. It allows county Election Officials to set up the drop boxes and there are rules for how the ballots are received. The boxes are legal because its ballot harvesting, which authorizes another person to take a ballot to a collection site. We have been a posed to it. We have a choice. We can whine and complain about the Election Results later or get smart and figure out the rules and the chess board they laid out before us and play the game they are doing. Governor newsom tweeted a picture saying this is what an official drop box looks like. Thursday abc news hosts ado president ial nominee joe biden. You can watch it live on a special edition of 20 20. A major ruling today from the Supreme Court on the u. S. Census count. The justices cleared the way for the Trump Administration to end the head count temporarily halting a Lower Court Decision that had extended the count. Administration argued that the count needed to end immediately so the scensus burro had enough time to crunch the numbers. A coalition of local governments and civil Rights Groups however sued arguing that minorities and other people in hard to count communities would be missed if the count ended early. Now to san jose where investigators are looking into the cause of a deadly crash at grand century mall after a driver struck a group of outdoor diners over the weekend. There are questions who may be held liable. Chris nguyen has more from the Little Saigon neighborhood. Reporter cleanup is underway after a dramatic crash at grand century mall in which a 69yearold man drove his suv into a crowd of diners who were gathered outside for dim sum on sunday afternoon. Police believe it was an accident but say it has taken a fatal turn after one of the victims succumb to injuries last night and declared braindead by the coroners office. The case will be turned over to the district attorney. There are a lot of different factors that come into play when they decide the charges to pursue including priors, age, lots of Different Things and thats where we are with this investigation now. Reporter police say the driver hit the gas instead of the brake plowing into an outdoor tent being used by dynasty chinese seafood. A total of eight people were hurt including one woman who remains in critical condition. City Officials Say neither the restaurant nor the mall owner applied for a permit to operate outside. Mall management declined our request for comment. When you put cars in a parking lot and people eating outside in that parking lot, accidents are foreseeable, and the courts are going to say what are reasonable safety precautions taken to protect these diners . Reporter in this case, it doesnt appear any barricades were separating the Outdoor Dining space from the street. The fact that the permit process was bypassed here is going to be a strong factor in favor of the plaintiffs if they bring a lawsuit. Reporter legal analysts Stephen Clark says restaurants and Business Owners will take notice especially as Outdoor Dining gains in popularity during the pandemic. These people went to have a safe Dining Experience and turn into a nightmare. Reporter police reminding everyone to do their part to keep each other as safe as possible. Whether its a busy parking lot like grand century malls, there is lots of pedestrians or youre driving through a school zone, its very important to Pay Attention and have heightened awareness of your surroundings. Reporter chris nguyen, abc 7 news. State Health Officials have announced that alameda and santa clara cnties can move from the red to the less restrictive orange tier of coronavirus related restrictions. The two counties join San Francisco as the only bay area counties in that tier however, oakland mayor libby shaft Alameda County residents shouldnt expect immediate changes. They do plan to announce new activities that will be allowed but probably not starting until the week of october 26th. Santa clara county is moving forward starting tomorrow. It will allow outdoor gatherings of up to 200 people and shopping malls can operate at 50 capacity. Indoor dining and gatherings are also being allowed at 25 capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer. Good news if youre a fan of the house of prime rib. The San Francisco institution is reopening on thursday after being closed since march. Its only allowed to have 25 capacity inside. Right now, things look booked up through january, however, the restaurant says it does expect some cancellations. A second Clinical Trial for a potential coronavirus treatment is now on hold. Pharmaceutical giant eli lilly is pausing the study for safety reasons. The company didnt say what happened. Yesterday Johnson Johnson halted their trial after a volunteer came down with an unexplained illness. Moderna and pfizer are still moving along. Today the state released long awaited guidelines for halloween and recommending against trickortreati trickortreating. Reporter going door to door collecting buckets of candy but this year think twice before you do it. The whole act of going door to door in groups, ringing doorbells, digging into buckets of delicious candy, create a risk of spreading covid19. Reporter the states newly released guidelines for safely celebrating halloween did not include a flat out ban on trickortreating but strongly discourages it. Instead, the state is recommending other safer activities. Among them, hosting an online Costume Party or pumpkin carving, participating in a car based activity like drive in movie night or costume contest or outdoor halloween theme meal with a small group of friends. During this hard time, we know the importance of halloween. We believe weve outlined a number of important activities can supplement and create alternatives in lou of the trickortreating. Reporter the strait released recommendations for celebrating dia de los muertos. Place it outdoors or create a virtual alter. They say if you plan to visit a cemete cemetery, go with members of your own family. As the Holiday Season nears, the state recognizes there will likely be an increase in private gatherings and hoping people will follow precautions to prevent a spike in covid19 cases. They recommend limiting these gatherings to no more than three households to host outdoors, to limit the gatherings to two hours or less and refrain from singing, chanting, shouting or physical exertion. Aka, its better to watch football on thanksgiving than actually play it with your friends. But if you do, you know what to do. We want you to wear your face covering. Reporter liz, a brbc 7 news because of the pandemic, most schools are in Distance Learning. Tonight, teachers give zoom school grades. Im Wayne Freedman where they dealt with fires, two power sho shut offs and there may be another tomorrow. Dealing with increasing fire weather conditions. I woman 1 get your woman 2 you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. Surfer or you can fill it out anywhere. Man 1 its easy to mail it back. You dont even need a stamp. Man 2 or you can use an official drop box. Woman 3 you can even drop it off at the polls. Man 3 then, track it to confirm your county got it. See . They got it woman 4 mail ballots are the simple, safe, and secure way to ensure that your vote is counted. But i cant say i expected this. Because it was easy. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. Heart monitors that let your doctor watch over you, just like you watch over your best friend. Another lifechanging technology from abbott, so you dont wait for life. You live it. Another lifechanging technology from abbott, proposition 16 takes some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. Education a major part of building a better bay area, of course. Lull high school in San Francisco is expected to change the ad missions policy for this Academic Year because of covid19. The school board took up the topic this evening. It quite controversial. Lyanne melendez is on the story. Reporter Lowell High School has been around since 1956 making it the oldest west of the mississippi. The list of accomplished aalumn judge, pat brown and others. Considered an elite school, lowell remains on a high grade point average and a state test. Both of which will not be counted this year because of the coronavirus. There was not an option for an a, b, c, d, f. There was only the option of credit and no credit. Reporter the test was suspended last spring. Before us is the superintendents proposal, not a board proposal is for us to waive the policy for one year based on covid. Reporter this means students who apply to lowell will use the same lottery system as other high schools within season fran unified school district. The algorithm takes into account a few factors including if a sibling attends that school and proximity to the school. Still, the president of the board believes the academic rigor at lowell will dissuade some families from applying. Students will know that going in. A student not prepared for that is not likely to apply for that. Reporter the board commissioner Gabriella Lopez says this could lead to change in the Administration Process making it more equatable. Ive been vocal about eliminating state standardized tests for all students. Reporter i am hearing that the school board has enough votes to pass the superintendents resolution next week, again, today is only a discussion but while they say it will only be for this Academic Year, this coronavirus may still be around in the spring and that test they have to be suspended one more time. Uncertain times. Lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Thank you. Tomorrow pg e could start turning off the power to some 22,000 local customers to try to reduce the risk of equipment sparking fires amid hot, dry, windy decisions. A final decision has not been made. Parts of nearly all bay area counties have been affected. Napa down tip has the highest number of customers to be impacted. More than 9,000. Pg e is holding an update on the conditions to determine whether to shut off the power. Were streaming this live and bring you any major headlines. For now, lets hear from an abc 7 News ReporterWayne Freedman that spent the day where the city says power will go out in 24 hours from now and wont come back until friday. After everything theyve been through there, a power shut off is more worry in a community burdened by it all. Reporter on a perfect fall day, they have seen better times in downtown, color the place worried. I guess this year you have to be ready for everything, huh . Anything. Reporter just days after the glass fire forced evacuations here and blanketed downtown with smoke. There will be another red flag warning tomorrow and a third power shut down to prevent high winds and sparking flames. 24 other counties face the same precautions but no place suffered more. The mayor. This is another gut punch. Reporter we asked about the losses since the first shut down in 2018. Millions of easily business. Reporter to ease some of the pain, pg e installed and paid for this grid. They are capable of putting out 13 mega watts, to power downt n downtown. They turned them on with the glass fire and will keep them on through fire season. Its also hard on us. Reporter for rob, that sup mental power will make no difference because it doesnt extend to his barbecue on 128. Hell have to close again. We have to deal with it. I shouldnt. But we have to deal with it. Reporter while downtown merchants ask what good is having power if the tourists stay away . In 2020, carol myers and others dealt with covid, the fires and now this. Yes, we are open but there is no one here. You cant open a tourist base town with no tourists. Reporter though they are certainly trying. Wayne freedman, abc 7 news. A lot more to come, pg es decision to turn off the power is based on the weather conditions, of course. Spencer christian is to wear a mask out in public around other people. Sure itll keep you healthy. But more importantly, i wont have to see your happy smiling face. Ugh. And if you dont want to wear a mask, ive just got one thing to tell you. Scram, go away. Ugh. Caring for each other because we are all in this together. So wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya . Ugh. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. About the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together. Dan, were feeling the heat already and apparently, the wind is coming, too. A concern for fire danger and Spencer Christian is tracking it. Looks like it will get worse again. You are so right dan and dand we have undincreasing wind gust and relatively low humidity. Wind gusts are picking up over the Higher Elevations between 15 and 20 miles an hour expected to get gustier during the overnight hours and warmer as you know right now its about two to four degrees in most locations than this time yesterday. So lets take a look 75 in San Francisco, upper 70s in oakland and lo