The citizen’s guide to election night

Post Reports

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🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

From Kenosha, Wis., to Greenville, N.C., voters are anxiously heading to the polls on the last day of the 2020 general election. How voters have navigated the process of casting a ballot this year. And what to watch for on this election night.

As voters continue to line up at polling places across the country, Washington Post reporters are asking what’s keeping them in their lines and what’s giving them hope looking forward.

“2020 is obviously one of the most hard-fought campaigns in recent American history,” says senior editor Marc Fisher. “What we’ve learned is that states have wildly different ideas about how to run elections. And the result of it is that there is no one hard and fast way to vote anymore.”

And as the day turns into night, Fix reporter Amber Phillips explains what to watch out for on election night.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:04.6	Hey, it's Ross Helderman from the Post.
0:07.6	How are you?
0:08.6	He there.
0:09.6	It's Sangmin from the Post.
0:10.6	Hey, it's Dave Farranty from the Post.
0:12.6	Have you got a seat?
0:13.6	This is Post Reports.
0:14.9	I'm routine powers.
0:18.7	It's Tuesday, November 3rd, Election Day.
0:24.0	Today we take you across the country to hear how it sounds to vote in 2020.
0:29.1	And we guide you through what to watch for after the polls close.
0:37.8	So it's about 7.30 a.m. and I am back where I used to spend a lot of my teen years, which
0:47.0	is at St. James Methodist Church in Greenville, North Carolina.
0:51.3	That's Jordan Marie Smith, one of our producers on Post Reports.
0:54.6	A lot of people I talk to have been shivering and quite cold because it has not broken
1:02.2	40 degrees yet.
1:04.7	But it's an interesting fun time right now.
1:09.5	Jordan Marie spent the morning talking to voters like Bradford Woods.
1:14.0	And what I do, I am a Fort Worth driver and I've been here for almost eight years.
1:21.0	And what brings you to the polls today?
1:22.6	Well, I want to vote because that's my duty and also plus that you want the right people
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