CBS Evening News - 2004-11-02 (partial) (Election Night)

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[2:03] voting machines ran out of battery

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[2:07] were lost. This is the first major

[2:09] problem reported here in South Florida

[2:11] this election day.

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[2:19] with Dan Rather. Good night.

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[2:22] Tonight, big election, big issues, and

[2:25] voters respond with big, big turnouts

[2:29] from coast to coast. The candidates long

[2:31] campaign ends with one man, one vote,

[2:34] and one question. Who wins? What about

[2:38] voting problems? So many people feared.

[2:40] Keep your fingers crossed. So far,

[2:43] complaints are few and far between. How

[2:46] will it turn out? CBS News exit

[2:48] pollsters are taking the election's

[2:50] pulse. And talk about animated politics,

[2:54] the biting comedy that gave this

[2:57] campaign so much extra zing.

[3:05] This is the CBS Evening News

[3:09] with Dan Rather reporting tonight from

[3:11] CBS News election headquarters in New

[3:14] York. Good evening. It's finally over.

[3:17] the campaign for the presidency. Now

[3:19] voters are having the last word and

[3:21] they're turning out in big numbers. Long

[3:23] lines formed at polling places all

[3:25] across the country. They're indications

[3:27] the top issues on voters minds today are

[3:31] jobs and the economy, terrorism, the war

[3:33] in Iraq and moral values. In Georgia,

[3:36] some people didn't just line up, they

[3:38] camped out to vote. If you haven't

[3:41] voted, you still have time. Then watch

[3:44] your vote count right here. CBS News

[3:46] correspondents are deployed to bring you

[3:48] the full election story. Jim Axelrod

[3:50] kicks off our coverage.

[3:53] >> On a day of deep division in this

[3:55] country.

[3:56] >> Thank you.

[3:56] >> Americans of all political persuasion

[3:59] shared at least one thought.

[4:00] >> Polls are open.

[4:02] >> Finally.

[4:03] >> I have a feeling it's the most important

[4:04] vote I've ever cast.

[4:07] >> The other thing shared by almost all

[4:08] voters on this day, long lines. A

[4:11] >> terrific citizenry of people coming out

[4:13] and waiting in line for 2 hours to vote.

[4:15] It's quite extraordinary if you stop to

[4:16] think about it.

[4:17] >> If you measure the health of a democracy

[4:19] by how many people vote, then this year,

[4:22] American democracy should get a clean

[4:24] bill.

[4:25] >> John Ferry and John Edwards, seven

[4:27] votes.

[4:27] >> Because so far, it looks like turnout

[4:29] will far surpass the 105 million

[4:32] Americans who voted 4 years ago.

[4:34] >> And I think more people realize how much

[4:36] more important it is to vote now cuz

[4:38] it's your voice. You know, my voice

[4:40] count.

[4:41] >> President Bush started his day in Texas

[4:43] where he voted. He then headed to

[4:45] Washington, making a detour in Columbus,

[4:47] Ohio to thank campaign workers.

[4:51] >> I promise you it's made

[4:52] >> and make a few last minute get out the

[4:54] vote calls.

[4:55] >> God bless you.

[4:57] One to nothing.

[4:58] >> Senator Kerry woke up in the

[4:59] battleground state of Wisconsin. And

[5:01] together

[5:03] we're going to change the direction of

[5:05] this country before kissing one last

[5:07] baby and flying to Boston to cast his

[5:10] vote.

[5:10] >> I'm still asking Americans for their

[5:12] votes. I I I never leave any stone

[5:14] unturned.

[5:15] >> Despite the fears that polling place

[5:17] disputes would be the rule, not the

[5:19] exception, they were minor for the most

[5:21] part across America. And so with the

[5:23] pollsters telling us there are just as

[5:25] many of these voters out there.

[5:27] >> Um I voted for John Kerry because um I

[5:30] feel that uh George Bush didn't do a

[5:31] good job with the four years we just

[5:32] gave him

[5:33] >> as there are these voters.

[5:35] >> I want to put the right man in the White

[5:36] House. I should say back in the White

[5:37] House.

[5:37] >> There's nothing to do now but wait and

[5:40] see.

[5:41] The president will watch election

[5:43] returns tonight at the White House.

[5:45] Senator Kerry is obviously here in

[5:46] Boston where the forecast is for cold

[5:48] and rain by the time he gets ready to

[5:50] address the crowd tonight. Assuming it

[5:52] is tonight, he addresses the crowd. The

[5:54] even bigger question, however, will it

[5:57] be a victory speech or a concession? Dan

[6:00] Jim Axelrod reporting live from Boston.

[6:02] Thanks, Jim. Two of the most closely

[6:05] watched and hotly contested states

[6:06] tonight are Florida and Ohio. Either one

[6:09] could swing the election and that's why

[6:11] legions of lawyers are on standby for

[6:14] potential voting challenges and

[6:16] lawsuits. CBS News correspondents are

[6:18] tracking any voting problems in those

[6:20] and other states. Anthony Mason is in

[6:23] Florida on the vote watch. Anthony,

[6:25] what's going on there?

[6:27] >> Dan, it's been pretty quiet here, but in

[6:29] some precincts in Michigan, Ohio,

[6:31] Wisconsin, and West Virginia, local

[6:33] judges have been asked to extend voting

[6:35] hours. Now, while this election as yet

[6:38] has seen no major systemic disruptions,

[6:41] it has had its hiccups.

[6:43] >> The long lines and heavy turnout led to

[6:45] frustration at some polling stations.

[6:48] >> I'm going to try, but the machine is

[6:49] broke. What are they going to do?

[6:51] >> In this New Orleans precinct, voting

[6:53] came to a standstill when people had

[6:55] trouble using the machines.

[6:57] >> I'm not a happy camper.

[6:58] >> I figured after the last election, we

[7:00] should have all this solved by now. In

[7:01] many states, voters were using new

[7:03] touchscreen machines for the first time,

[7:05] including about half of the voters in

[7:07] Florida.

[7:08] >> I vote for Carrie and what came up was

[7:10] Bush.

[7:11] >> James Pietetta was able to correct her

[7:13] vote.

[7:14] >> It could be that I made a mistake, but I

[7:16] don't think so. I have been preparing

[7:17] myself for this for many, many weeks.

[7:20] >> Outside the polling station, lawyers for

[7:22] the Kerry campaign, wearing the blue

[7:24] caps, quickly noted her story for a

[7:26] possible challenge. Lawyers and poll

[7:28] watchers were keeping a close eye in all

[7:30] the swing states. In Nevada, a

[7:32] Democratic county commissioner thought a

[7:34] Republican poll watcher was watching a

[7:36] little too closely.

[7:38] >> But you're not going to disenfranchise

[7:39] black folks. Okay, you

[7:41] >> There were other charges of dirty tricks

[7:43] in Milwaukee. A fleet of Republican get

[7:45] out the vote vans had its tires slashed.

[7:48] But at the polls, voters had an option

[7:49] they didn't have four years ago.

[7:51] >> If they say no, you're not registered.

[7:53] You can you have the right to cast a

[7:55] provisional ballot. challenged voters

[7:57] could cast provisional ballots.

[7:59] >> Provisional ballots are new.

[8:01] >> Yeah, they're new. They're a creation of

[8:02] Congress. The problem is Congress didn't

[8:04] give the states any guidance about how

[8:06] to count them, when to count them, when

[8:07] they can't be counted.

[8:10] >> For example, some states will count a

[8:12] provisional ballot cast in the wrong

[8:14] precinct. But some states won't. If this

[8:16] election ends up being another

[8:18] nailbiter, those provisional ballots

[8:20] could end up being this year's hanging

[8:22] chads. Dan

[8:24] >> Anthony Mason reporting live from Miami.

[8:27] As Anthony Mason mentioned, some of the

[8:29] polls in Ohio could mark the word could

[8:32] wind up staying open beyond the

[8:34] scheduled closing time, which is an hour

[8:37] from now. There was another legal twist

[8:40] there today in the battle over deploying

[8:41] vote challengers at Ohio polling places.

[8:44] CBS's Cynthia Bowers is on the vote

[8:46] watch in the Buckeye State. Cynthia

[8:50] >> Dan, Ohio voters know their state is

[8:52] pivotal to who wins the White House, and

[8:55] they responded by getting up well before

[8:57] dawn to join thousands of others who

[8:59] wanted the chance to make a difference.

[9:02] >> There's just so much at stake this year.

[9:04] Um, I've never been as politically

[9:05] involved.

[9:06] >> For months, residents here have been

[9:07] under siege by pollsters, pundits, and

[9:10] of course, the politicians.

[9:12] >> Thank you. Thank you for welcoming me

[9:14] here. This morning, they awoke to word

[9:16] that a federal appeals court had ruled

[9:18] challenggers from both parties would be

[9:20] allowed inside polling places to

[9:22] question a voter's age, citizenship, and

[9:24] residency.

[9:25] >> No such person here, no such address.

[9:28] >> That was a victory for Ohio Republicans

[9:30] who showed off thousands of pieces of

[9:32] mail marked undeliverable as proof that

[9:35] some of the state's 800,000 plus newly

[9:38] registered voters didn't live where they

[9:40] said they did and shouldn't be allowed

[9:42] to vote. You think a lot of this was

[9:44] just sending a message prior to the

[9:45] actual vote?

[9:46] >> The message clearly that the Republicans

[9:48] were trying to send is we're going to be

[9:50] watching.

[9:51] >> That message was definitely on the mind

[9:53] of firsttime voter William Bacon who was

[9:55] ready to challenge anyone who tried to

[9:58] challenge him.

[9:59] >> I went in there like Clark Kame like

[10:00] Superman.

[10:01] >> Bacon voted without incident and there

[10:04] are few reports of voters being turned

[10:06] away elsewhere. Voters who are

[10:08] challenged or whose names don't show up

[10:10] on voter roles will be handed a

[10:12] provisional ballot that must be

[10:14] validated before it can be counted. That

[10:16] could delay final results.

[10:18] >> Any problems? Everything all right?

[10:20] >> But considering President Bush carried

[10:22] the Buckeye state by only 165,000 votes

[10:25] in 2000, every ballot is critical. Well,

[10:29] no. I mean,

[10:30] >> late today, Dan, another federal judge

[10:33] ruled that any of the nearly 600,000

[10:36] people who requested absentee ballots,

[10:38] but may not have received them in time,

[10:40] can cast one of those provisional

[10:42] ballots. And as we've been saying, that

[10:44] could delay the vote count coming in

[10:46] later tonight. Dan

[10:47] >> Cynthia Bowers in possibly pivotal

[10:50] Columbus, Ohio. Thanks. Throughout the

[10:51] night, CBS News will bring you insights

[10:53] from our exit polls, including who

[10:56] turned out to vote, who didn't, and what

[10:58] difference it could make in the final

[11:00] outcome. CBS's John Roberts is at the

[11:03] CBS News election data center. John,

[11:05] Dan, there was a lot of speculation that

[11:07] two of the big stories driving tonight

[11:08] were going to be young voters and

[11:10] security moms, moms in America who were

[11:12] worried about terrorism. But at this

[11:14] point, those are turning out to be

[11:16] nonstories. Take a look at this. Voters

[11:18] 18 to 29 years old, only 16% voting so

[11:22] far in this election. That compares to

[11:24] 17% in each of the last two elections.

[11:26] But a caveat here, a lot of those people

[11:28] have jobs. They go to school. They may

[11:30] come out to vote later. Did security

[11:32] moms show up at the polls today? The

[11:33] evidence would say no. Look at this. For

[11:35] 28% of moms who voted today, moral

[11:38] values was the number one issue. The

[11:40] economy and terrorism a distant second

[11:42] way back at 17%. Are they worried about

[11:45] a terrorist attack? It would seem that

[11:47] they are. 81% of moms who voted today

[11:49] said they worried about terrorism, but

[11:51] that's not a whole lot higher than the n

[11:53] national average of 72%. Dan,

[11:55] >> John, job loss may also be a big issue

[11:57] in voters minds tonight. What are you

[11:59] going to be able to tell us about how

[12:00] that plays as the evening goes along?

[12:02] What we're going to be able to do, Dan,

[12:04] is take demographic data that we've put

[12:06] over these maps of the United States,

[12:07] and we'll be able to tell you, uh, for

[12:09] example, in a state like Ohio, which uh

[12:11] is pivotal to this election and has had

[12:13] substantial job loss, as uh is indicated

[12:16] by the darker colors, how each of those

[12:18] individual counties went. And it's not

[12:20] just Ohio, in which job loss is a

[12:22] particularly large issue. Take a look at

[12:24] this. Up here in Clayton County, in

[12:25] Iowa, down here around Cedar Rapids, and

[12:28] to the south and southwest of De Moine,

[12:29] there's been an awful lot of job loss

[12:31] there as well. So, we'll be able we'll

[12:33] be able to do as the results come in is

[12:35] put either a a John Kerry or a George

[12:37] Bush on top of each of those counties as

[12:39] they come in and tell you how these

[12:40] particular issues played in how people

[12:42] voted. Dan John Roberts, thanks. In some

[12:45] states such as Kentucky, where most

[12:47] polls are already closed, some early

[12:50] results are in. These very early revol

[12:53] results indicate President Bush ahead in

[12:55] Kentucky. If so, no surprise there. As

[12:58] for what else to look for tonight, for

[13:00] clues to which way this election may be

[13:02] swinging, we turn now to our CBS News

[13:05] chief Washington correspondent, Bob

[13:06] Schaefer. Bob, you've been talking to

[13:08] politicians and campaign strategists on

[13:10] both sides today. What are they worried

[13:12] about, Dan? I think for the Bush people,

[13:15] the thing they're most worried about is

[13:17] Ohio. That's one of the big states that

[13:19] they won the last time. I think they are

[13:21] also worried about New Hampshire, the

[13:23] only one that they won last time in the

[13:26] Northeast. I think the main worry for

[13:28] the Kerry people at this point is the

[13:31] rule vote. Kerry never really connected

[13:33] with those voters and I think that could

[13:35] hurt him in places like Wisconsin and

[13:38] Iowa, maybe even in Minnesota. You know,

[13:41] all of those voters out there, Dan, uh

[13:44] they went for Gore and the Democrats the

[13:46] last time, but a lot of those people are

[13:49] are in those states are are very

[13:51] conservative on social issues. So these

[13:54] are states where the Bush people were

[13:55] saying yesterday they really thought

[13:57] they had a chance.

[13:58] >> Bob, we've had close elections before.

[13:59] What if anything makes this one really

[14:01] different or even unique?

[14:03] >> I think the thing that makes it so

[14:04] different, Dan, is that we have only 1%

[14:08] of the people out there undecided yet.

[14:11] We don't know how this is going to go. I

[14:13] think John McCain said to me on Sunday,

[14:15] "We always say it's going to come down

[14:17] to turnout, whoever gets their people

[14:19] out." Then he said, "This time it's

[14:22] really going to come down to turnout." I

[14:23] think he's right.

[14:24] >> Bob Chaffer, thanks. Coming up next here

[14:26] on the CBS Evening News, control of the

[14:29] Senate. It's tonight's other big

[14:31] contest. Do Democrats have any realistic

[14:34] chance to take it back. Leslie Stall

[14:36] will give you the inside story. Then

[14:38] later, the lighter side of campaign 04.

[14:40] Internet cartoonists had a field day.

[14:43] We'll show you some of their handiwork.

[14:45] But first, why did you vote today?

[14:49] This is a special election. I think it's

[14:52] going to be really close and I think it

[14:54] might come down to counting the last

[14:55] vote.

[14:56] >> I would have crawled on my hands and

[14:57] knees, you know, with with bloody uh

[14:59] fingernails to get here. It's that

[15:02] important.

[15:12] Are the stars

[15:14] of