Barack Obama makes one last effort to encourage voting for Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan
In a last-minute attempt to shore up the chances of the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, a robocall has gone out in this state in which former President Barack Obama asks to vote for the progressive who seeks to become the first Muslim senator.
“Abdul is a doctor and has taken a special interest in fighting for good jobs, better health insurance and lower costs,” is heard in part of the message, according to CNN.
The Senate race in Michigan soured over the weekend when El-Sayed's former rival for the Democratic Senate nomination in that state, Rep. Haley Stevens, endorsed and appeared publicly with Republican Mike Rogers.
Trump defends his policies while Americans vote in an election that represents a referendum on his management
As Americans head to the polls this Tuesday, President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox & Friends that the country has regained international respect under his administration.
In a message to voters, the president stated: “We have to keep America great,” alluding to his campaign theme of “Make America Great Again.”
"Two years ago we were terrible. We were the laughing stock of the world. The leaders of other countries did not even take us seriously. They thought we were fools. And now we are at our best. Everyone respects us again," said the president.
Regarding the price of oil, which has escalated and dragged fuel costs up, the president put cold words on it by saying that the barrel has fallen and that the United States has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz.
His words come after an unusual speech the day before in front of the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., in which he dedicated a few minutes to encouraging the Republican vote in these midterms.
Three sheets of questions and little information: Volunteers help with the long list of questions to which voters have no idea what to answer
Victor Weinsberg has been sitting outside the polling station at Chevy Chase Elementary School in Maryland since the polls opened. On a table he has information for voters and candy left over from Halloween the previous weekend displayed.
Weinsberg campaigns for the Democratic Party in an area where the blue party predominates. It is not very likely that there will be surprises in the result, but their work is more aimed at helping voters with questions to which they do not know what to answer.
The voting ballots are three sheets on both sides with questions decided by the governor, the judges of the court of appeals or the board of education.
“Many people are not very familiar with how to vote on some of the proposals that appear on the ballot,” he explains.
Weinsberg emphasizes the importance of midterms because “they are always an opportunity for people to express what they feel about the party that is in power.” This time, he adds, "the vote is especially critical because of all the madness that is happening. Especially considering a war that was unnecessary and that has also caused inflation. We need to make some changes and, frankly, help people," he points out.
An elderly couple approaches the table and picks up one of the ballots from Weinsberg's table. You need advice on questions you don't know what to answer. They are clear that they will support Democrat Wes Moore to continue as governor of Maryland, but they do not know the candidates for the school board. With the cheat sheet in their hand as to who they should support, they enter the school.
Claudia Sheinbaum on Xavier Becerra in California: "It is very good that a part of that country [Mexican immigrants] has their representation"
The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, applauded Xavier Becerra, Democratic candidate for the Government of California, this Tuesday from the lectern of the National Palace. The president has decided not to get involved in the midterm elections in the United States: "We do not give an opinion; today is the election. It is not our place to give an opinion today." However, he has celebrated the possibility of Becerra, the son of a Mexican migrant, becoming governor. “It is very good that what is a part of that country also has its representation,” he said in his morning conference.
Floods force voting centers to change in Florida
Heavy flooding in eastern and central Florida forced election authorities to relocate some voting centers, and Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in seven counties.
The Elections Division released a list of the changes and warned there could be more. The list includes Brevard, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties.
In Brevard, Supervisor of Elections Tim Bobani said “exceptional circumstances” forced eight precincts to use different voting centers to protect voters and workers.
In Palm Beach, authorities moved two voting centers and notified affected voters by email and text messages, according to officials. They also said they will place signs at the locations where the voting centers were planned to tell people where to go.
The Department of Justice advances its criminal investigation into the Senate race in Alaska: it sends letters to about 20 Democrats
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is advancing its criminal investigation into the tight Senate race in Alaska. The New York Times reports this election Tuesday that the DOJ sent letters to about 20 Democrats to let them know that they are part of the investigation, which is part of the senatorial candidacy of a man with the same name as the incumbent Republican.
This has been the focus of a legal dispute in which a judge rejected the DOJ's request over the weekend to stop the certification of the results if the Republican senator loses, arguing that the presence of two people with the same name on the ballots can confuse voters.
Among the Democrats who received these letters, adds The New York Times, are a well-known lawyer who is an expert in electoral matters and at least one official of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee or DSCC for its acronym in English.
Where will the Justice Department observers be?
The Department of Justice announced this Tuesday the 126 jurisdictions in the country in which it will deploy about a thousand observers in these midterm elections.
For example, in Alaska the observers will be in Anchorage and in the towns of Dillingham and Kusilvak.
In California, in the counties of Los Angeles, Alameda, Sacramento and San Diego. In Georgia, in Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Chatham and Bibb counties.
And, in Texas, in Bexar, Dallas, Harris, Waller, Blanco, Bowie and Nueces counties.
Such observers are not supposed to have access to ballots or voting machines. Nor can they interfere with the electoral process in any way.
Voting times to keep in mind
Polling places began opening at 5 a.m. ET in Vermont. At 6 in the morning the same was done in schools in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Virginia.
Voting will be possible at polling stations in Alaska and Washington starting at 11 a.m. (Eastern Time) and at 12 noon (also Eastern Time) in Hawaii.
In the afternoon, the first polling stations to close will be some in Indiana and Kentucky, at 6 p.m. (Eastern time). An hour later, schools in Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, the rest of Indiana and Kentucky and much of Florida will do so.
Schools will continue to close gradually according to their geographical location. The last ones will be those in Hawaii, at midnight, and those in Alaska, at 1 in the morning.
