The winners and losers of early voting

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🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What record-breaking early-voter turnout means for Democrats and Republicans. How one election official is handling the “tsunami” of ballots in her Texas county. Plus, the latest on foreign election interference.

Across the country, Democratic enthusiasm is propelling an enormous wave of early voting. But reporter Amy Gardner, who covers voting issues, explains that it’s still too early to know what that will mean for Democrat Joe Biden. Meanwhile, election officials such as Dana DeBeauvoir of Travis County, Tex., are scrambling to accommodate the record numbers of voters.

During Thursday’s debate, President Trump and Biden were asked about the latest foreign interference in the election. Craig Timberg, national technology reporter, explains the story behind mysterious emails threatening Democratic voters this week.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:05.0	Hello, Hayon.
0:07.0	Here's the Nureesa back from the Washington Post.
0:09.0	Hi, this is Beth Ryan,
0:10.0	Heart of the Washington Post.
0:11.0	Laurie Arightani over at the post.
0:13.0	I'm good.
0:14.0	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:18.0	It's Friday, October 23rd.
0:23.0	Today, what we know about turnout so far
0:26.0	and how that's playing out in one Texas County
0:29.0	plus the latest on foreign election interference.
0:36.0	As of today, more than 50 million people
0:39.0	have already cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential election.
0:42.0	That's more than the total early vote count in 2016.
0:46.0	Which is an incredible milestone to cross
0:49.0	with more than a week left to go in early voting.
0:54.0	That's Amy Gardner, a national political reporter at the post.
0:58.0	We checked in with her this week to see what the numbers can tell us so far.
1:02.0	We don't know the party registration of voters in all states,
1:07.0	but we know it in some states.
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