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Election Legal Fights Have Begun

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge hundreds of names off its voter rolls, days before the election. Voters react to a trend of “disappearing” polling places, particularly in Black communities. And New York City finally enacts a law allowing jaywalking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Thursday, October 31st. The scariest thing to these folks is being taken off the voter rolls. We start here.

0:09.5

The Supreme Court hands Virginia Republicans of victory.

0:13.5

These 1,600 voters are now removed from the voter rolls.

0:17.5

So what does it mean for other potential legal challenges?

0:20.8

Meanwhile, some Americans are having trouble even getting to a polling place.

0:25.0

This district was the second largest district.

0:28.0

And it close?

0:29.0

Yes.

0:30.0

Across the country, voters are watching their local precincts disappear and millions of

0:34.5

Jaywalkers get the green light. I lived here for 60 years and I jaywalked.

0:39.2

By political street fights between cars and pedestrians have taken a turn.

0:45.0

From ABC News, this is start here.

0:48.0

I'm Brad Milkie.

0:50.0

Well, we're five days away, a work week with an election hanging in the balance.

0:58.8

And at this point, there are so many states expected to be close that each campaign can see several paths to

1:04.6

victory. This is going to be a tight race until the very end, so let's not pay too much

1:10.6

attention to the polls. Later today, both presidential candidates

1:14.1

will be in Western states campaigning in Nevada

1:16.7

in Arizona, but in several states,

1:18.8

arguments are already beginning

1:20.3

about the validity of votes.

1:22.2

They're worried about, of course, illegals voting, non-citizens voting.

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