There may be 6+ weeks until Election Day 2020, but early voting in Virginia actually starts today — and there are dozens of voters in line to vote in person even before the building here in Richmond, VA opens
Here’s what it looks like when you go inside to vote in Richmond, VA today:
5 voters are allowed inside at a time. They check that they’re registered to vote, receive their ballot, fill it out and then have it scanned to count. Sanitizing happens in between voters at the booth.
.@GovernorVA casts his own ballot on the first day of early voting in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — With over six weeks until Election Day, early voting kicked off Friday in Virginia and the state began mailing out absentee ballots to voters who have requested them.
President Biden addressing the nation on the one year anniversary of the Covid pandemic: “While it was different for everyone, we all lost something. A collective suffering, a collective sacrifice, a year filled with the loss of life and the loss of living for all of us."
Biden condemns "vicious hate crimes against Asian-Americans who've been harassed, blamed and scapegoated" for Covid-19.
"It's wrong, it's un-American and it must stop,” he adds.
Biden: "Tonight, I'm announcing that I will direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people 18 and over, eligible to be vaccinated no later than May 1."
Protestors are outside Klobuchar’s MN event holding signs and banners and chanting “free Myon!” - referencing Myon Burrell the man that Klobuchar put away for life as Hennepin County DA of which the case was reported to have misleading evidence
The protestors then walked into the event space
The protesters are now on the stage and are trying to talk over the campaign playlist which has been turned up louder
.@DrBiden brought up her husband's electability over other candidates at an education discussion: "I know that not all of you are committed to my husband, and I respect that, but I want you to think about your candidate, his or her electability, and who’s going to win this race..
.@DrBiden: "..so if you’re looking at that you’ve got to look at the polls, and you know a lot of the times I say oh you know polls don’t mean anything...but if they’re consistent and if they’re consistently saying the same thing, I think you can’t dismiss that...
.@DrBiden: "..So yes your candidate might be better on, I don’t know, healthcare than Joe is, but you’ve got to look at who’s going to win this election and maybe you have to swallow a little bit and say ok I personally like so and so better but your bottom line has to be that...
“When a woman with a young baby boy, a white woman with a little boy named Alexander, my mind immediately went to my own sons and that they will have a different life than a lot of black and brown young men in this country.
“If my son was ever caught smoking pot with his friends, the likelihood of him being arrested would be far less than any black or brown young man the same age who tried pot for the first time. That's exactly what we're up against and what I wanted to convey to the woman is that..
“yes, she had real struggles and she and her community are struggling deeply. And they don't feel privileged on any level. But what white privilege is about is that our life experiences are so different. As a white woman, I certainly have privilege.