Weightiness of this election. It could also be fear, whether warranted or not. Its really, really hard to steal a statewide election. Its next to impossible to steal a national one, which is why it does not happen. Tomorrow polling places statewide will be open from 7 00 a. M. Until 8 00 p. M. Most people vote by mail but Election Officials in Santa Clara County are still preparing for a big turnout at the polls. Abc 7 reporter chris nguyen begins with our Team Coverage of a guide of what to expect if voting inperson on election day into poll workers across the bay area know theyre part of something special. People here have been for the most part just really excited to vote. Which makes it exciting for us to work. Reporter but as exciting as it may be, covid19 has been on the minds of many. Kathleen nelson has served as an election aide in Santa Clara County for 25 years and cant recall a time when its been this stressful. I dont want to get sick. And even more so, i dont want to get anybody else sick. And everybody else here feels that way, too. Reporter in addition to mandatory social distancing and face coverings, county officials have put in extra safeguards to ensure the safety of their staff as well as the general public. Abc 7 news was at the Central Park Library in santa clara on monday afternoon as some people took advantage of early voting. We have someone going to the touch screens, going to the polling booths. Everything gets a wipe down. The front line where theyre entering the pad information. Its all cleaned in between every single use. Reporter many will still show up to a county vote center on election day for a number of reasons, ranging from language assistance to requesting a conditional ballot or simply peace of mind. Just drop it to the blue back or the drop box. They actually want to feed it into the machine to see their vote is counted. Reporter so far santa clara counted received more than 16,000 mailin ballots of the more than 1 million registered to vote. People are going to cast their vote in a free and fair manner. This is going to be safe. The process is going to be solid. Reporter a Community Coming together for a Pivotal Moment unlike any weve ever seen. Anybody who hasnt voted yet, what are you waiting for . Get over here. Vote. Its important. Reporter all of Santa Clara Countys the 9 vote centers will be open from 7 00 a. M. Until 8 00 p. M. On election day. Were in santa clara tonight. Im chris nguyen, abc 7 news. California may swing blue, but supporters of President Trump in the north bay tell us they are as excited and energized as ever and they tell abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz they will be heeding the president s call to watch the polls. Will i show up here at about 5 15 right after the polls close. Reporter jeanette burman is a longtime san rafael resident and registered republican. I plan to vote for trump. Reporter over the last few nights shes been standing right here outside the Marin Civic Center to watch and observe as ballots from all over the county get dropped off at the registrar of voters office. You just stand here and wait . I just sit here and watch them and i didnt see any improprieties. Reporter jeanette says its her first time observing polls. She decided to do it after this call to action from President Trump. Im urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully. Reporter linda roberts, the registrar of voters says it is legal, but the countys process of counting votes is safe and secure. I havent seen fraud here in marin county. Reporter Melanie Morgan says shes seen an unprecedented number of People Volunteer to sign up as poll observers. Weve got poll watchers at almost every single polling place. We are keeping a close eye on the ballots that come in from the different precincts. Reporter here in fairfax we spoke to one longtime resident, a trump supporter who says they sat outside this polling place last night to monitor it. The person declined to go on camera, citing incidents like this one over the weekend when a couple participating in a protrump caravan said they were egged while driving through marin city. Weve been threatened, doxed, bullied, harassed, weve had our businesses threatened. Reporter morgan believes its led to a silent majority and despite polls showing otherwise people will be shocked by the enthusiasm on tuesday for President Trump. Thats why republicans are not going to be talking to a lot of people in the media. They are going to be talking with their feet when they go to the poll. Reporter in marin county, liz kreutz, abc 7 news. Early voting is wrapping up with a trickle, not a surge in the east bay. In oakland, a steady stream of voters dropped off mailin ballots today, but there were no lines for inperson voting. Same story in pleasanton. Poll workers at this middle school say about 3 5 of those stopped by today where dropping off their mailin ballots. Voters say they didnt want to take any chances. I wanted to make sure my vote counted. I wanted to put it in so i knew that it got to the right place. Hopefully my vote will do what i need it to do. In all, Alameda CountyOfficials Say about 60 of the electorate has already voted. Thats a new record. Now, wed like to know how voting is going for you. You can share your experience of voting by mail, dropping off your ballot or voting in person through a forum that weve posted on our website. Just go to abc7news. Com election. For many people the experience of this election can be summed up in one word. On midday live today we asked what is your strongest feeling one day before the election . The overwhelming majority, 82 , answered anxious. The stress is real as abc 7 News Reporter luz pena found out. Reporter a newly published ucsf study says millions of americans may expect a decline in their Mental Health if they live in states that favor the losing candidate. To be honest, i have a lot of anxiety. Staying home more and avoiding public places. Why is that . If there is civil unrest, i dont want to be i dont want to participate. And i do not want to become collateral. Reporter to understand the Mental Health impact of the 2020 election, dr. Shaw says we need to look back to the last president ial election. We looked at that survey for six months before the november 2016 election. And six months after. And we were able to see using every month to see look at peoples depressive symptom. Reporter her results pointed to an increase of depression. Wla what are you projecting this time around . I think that given this Political Climate would be considered perhaps even more polarizing than the one in november 2016, its possible that if peoples candidate doesnt win that they could be experiencing Mental Health effects and that we should perhaps be prepared for that as a health care system. Reporter that anxiety has a name. Election stress syndrome or ess. I asked many of you if this election is stressing you out. On twitter, over 73 said yes. 27 said no. Clinical psychologist has seen an uptick of these cases. Theyve talked about panic attacks, feeling very depressed. What do you recommend . So that can look like, whats my plan for Election Night . How can i take care of myself. Reporter in San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. And if you need some help handling stress, anxiety or other feelings and dont know where to start, try abc7news. Com takeaction. Weve put together a list of local and national resources, including crisis hotlines to help you find your ally in this stressful time. Needless to say, we will go allin on this election to make sure that you have complete coverage of the races that matter to you. Were sending abc 7 news anchor dion lim to the east coast. Greetings from sfo, everybody, where i am about to board my flight to philadelphia, pennsylvania. This battleground state where both president ial candidates have been barnstorming the past couple of days. President trump will be making an appearance there today, and then joe biden and oaklands very own Kamala Harris will be in pittsburgh at a starstudded rally, which i hear will feature lady gaga. Then ill be following the Biden Campaign down to wilmington, delaware, where they will be watching the returns come in on election day and Election Night. Should be a pretty exciting experience. Not sure what to expect because this will be, of course, socially distanced, but we will find out. I will see you when i land. Dion will be live throughout Election Night, and shell bring us reports on wednesday as the election outcome continues to unfold. Tomorrow our election day coverage begins with abcs network news at 4 00. A special edition of abc 7 news airs at 8 00 p. M. With a check on all the bay area races. Ama and i will anchor that for you. Well have a special digital Election NightProgram Starting at 8 35, anchored by liz kreutz, kristen zee and abc 7 news contributor phil matier. You can watch at that abc7news. Com as well as our connected tv apps, roku, amazon fire tv, apple tv as well. Stay with us. Ama and i will be back with you for a full wrap up on abc 7 news at 11 00. Phil matier actually joins us live next to talk about Election Night issues. Early voting has set records. 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And measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. Relieve traffic. Reduce pollution. Rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. Developing news in San Francisco. A firefighter is in Critical Condition tonight after getting knocked unconscious while responding to a highrise fire. It happened about 3 30 this afternoon on spear street near the embarcadero. A short time ago the Fire Department provided more details on what happened, saying it started with a muni bus driving through the scene. The firefighter, who was near a hose line, was inadvertently struck by that hose line, dropped to the ground, hitting his head. The injured firefighter was taken to San FranciscoGeneral Hospital and his family has been notified. The Fire Department says lifesaving measures were taken at the hospital. Well continue to wish that firefighter the best and keep you posted. Certainly will. Well, election day is tomorrow, and right now were bringing in San Francisco chronicle insider and abc 7 news contributor phil matier. Yeah, phil, a Record Number of early ballots have already been cast in this election. Its really remarkable to see. Does that usually mean good things for democrats or republicans . Well, traditionally, dan, it has meant good things for republicans because they vote by mail in the past. But its also meant good things for democrats in recent years because more people are voting by mail. Now, dan, its as you pointed out earlier in the show, some 12 Million People have already voted. Ive talked with registrars around Northern California and there question is, is this a surge early thats going to taper off early or is this a trend that is going to continue and give us record turnouts . So who has the upper hand on this . Like i said, traditionally we would say on one hand its republicans who vote in absentees in large numbers. On the other hand, it could be democrats or independents who are leaning that way. The occasional voter that are needed in order to get the democratic vote up. At least thats the hope. We wont know until tomorrow night. If then. And, of course, everyone is talking about the president ial race. Its a big deal on the ballot, but we also have a lot of state propositions that could really impact our lives. Youve been seeing all the commercials about it. So walk us through some of the main ones, phil. Ama, are you right. How many commercials have you seen every day or every time you turn around . Its amazing. We have 12 Ballot Initiatives on the state ballot, and it is everything from the continuation of work rules for uber and lyft drivers to commercial Real Estate Tax changes, affirmative action, will we bring it back to the state or not . Things that really can affect us. Right down to, you know, funding for cal train on the peninsula. And its interesting because as youre absolutely right, the president ial sun is just blinding out everything else, but this high turnout could make for a lot of differences in our lives in california after this election. And how much will it cost to get an uber and lyft . Will you get one . Affirmative action. What does that mean for contracting, admissions to uc . Things that are pretty much nuts and bolts here, so, yes, were going to be watching those tomorrow. Everyone, like i said, may be emotionally invested in the presidency, our daytoday lives are going to be just as affected by these measures both on the state level and locally. We have all these county and city measures as well. Thats a great point, phil. There is a lot to consider here beyond the president ial race. Its all really fascinating. This is going to be one for the history books tomorrow. Personally, what are you going to be watching most closely in tomorrows results . Well, first thing everybodys going to be watching is florida. Okay . Which way does florida go . They have a good counting system and we should have the results in. Pennsylvania, the other swing state where everybody looks at to see how its going to go for the rest of the night. That could probably be a lot slower. They are a slow counting state. We might not know the results. But, dan and ama, what im going to be looking for are not the traditional battleground states of lets say michigan and wisconsin and florida. Im going to be looking to see if states actually flip. Does georgia, for example, go from the republican to the democratic side . What about arizona . Thats in play. If we have flip states go one way or the other, that could, you know, make the battleground states a little less weighty, and so well be watching that as well. All right. Those states that you mentioned, florida, georgia, arizona, just fascinating, texas, of course. Yeah. Thank you, phil, very much. You can read phils column in the San Francisco chronicle on sundays and on wednesdays. Focussing on race and social justice now in our effort to help build a better bay area. A Business Association in Silicon Valley is getting out of politics following a political ad many called racist. The Silicon Valley organization or svo dissolved its Political Action committee today. Just days ago the groups ceo resigned. A photo of black south africans in the streets with the words do you really want to sign on to this . It targeted a San Jose CityCouncil Candidate who took part in protests following the death of george floyd. Today politicians joined Community Leaders to condemn the ad. Theyre using the same old racism thats existed since the inception of this nation to try to push an agenda and really try to push fear. The svo has called it an unacceptable