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VOL. 9, NO. 44
SOME ELECTION RESULTS MAY TAKE A WHILE Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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hile we endeavor to bring you all local and national election results, Beacon Media is committed to accuracy with our reporting. So often in hotly contested elections, like this year, people are quick to rush to judgment and subsequently inaccurate and misleading results can be just that. “Instead of election night in November 2020, we may have to prepare for election week, or even election month. That’s because it is likely that we will not know the results of the 2020 election on election night in November—there will be more absentee ballots than ever before and it will take longer to count them,” according to a Brookings Institute report. “By March 23, nine states were under quarantine orders,
and by March 30 thirty states were under quarantine orders. The average number of absentee ballots cast jumps from an average of 13% before March 17—the date of two big primary contests, one in Illinois and one in Florida—to 51% in the months afterwards,” according to Brookings. “As soon as the pandemic made it clear that voting would look very different this year, experts and mediawatchers urged news outlets, and the TV networks in particular, to begin managing their audiences’ expectations—by communicating consistently that results may take a while to come in this year, and that that’s okay, not evidence of a problem,” this according to a story from Columbia Journalism Review. Locally, voters took to the polls at Pasadena City College on Election Day. Poll workers expressed no concerns and said that the process was going
like clockwork with a steady stream of people casting their ballots in Pasadena. Additionally, to ease the pain of election anxiety, four classically trained musicians played outside the voting center to the delight of those who just voted. Play for the Vote (PFTV) performers include those who regularly perform and collaborate with other musicians who are “inspired to help the democratic process in a tangible way,” according to their website. In California, as of Wednesday morning, Prop. 17 (which restores voting rights after a prison term), Prop. 22 (the app-based drivers as contractors and labor policies initiative), and Prop. 24 (the consumer personal information law and agency initiative) were approved by voters. California voters have rejected Prop. 16 (allowing race-based affirmative action to return), Prop. 20 (the
Voting was steady at Pasadena City College Election Day. | Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
criminal sentencing, parole, and DNA collection initiative), Prop. 21 (the local rent control initiative), Prop. 23 (the dialysis clinic requirements initiative) and Prop. 25 (replacing cash bail with risk assessments for suspects awaiting trial). Further complicating
presidential election results, on Wednesday, Trump baselessly criticized the counting of mail-in ballots, offering no evidence that opponents were “trying to disenfranchise” voters, and prematurely declared victory. As numerous states continued to count ballots, the presi-
dent tweeted: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Read More on our website under News
Pasadena Businesses Boarded Up for Post-Election Disorder Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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n a truly unprecedented general election year, political and personal resentments plus coronavirus has this country facing the epitome of fear and folly. Leading up to the election, state of emergencies were declared, and some very highpowered and well-known “adults” were bullying and insulting one another, especially on social media. President Donald Trump continued
to tweet divisive and unsupported statements like: “Joe Biden is the candidate of rioters, looters. Arsonists, gun grabbers, flag burners, Marxists, lobbyists and special interests.” Sadly, the recklessness appears to give credence to rumors and conspiracy theories. Take QAnon and countless others who believe a colossal conspiracy overshadows just about everything in America. With reactions to the election still to be seen, many took no chances
of losing more than they already have in this extraordinary year. In Old Pasadena on Election Day, we visited numerous businesses that decided to board up in preparation for whenever the outcome is announced. People were on edge, and law-enforcement agencies, and even social media companies, were at the ready. Knowing their platforms could be used to help disinformation spread, Facebook and Twitter implemented stricter policies for the election. Take, if you
will, the latest doctored video that purported to show former Vice President Joe Biden confusing what state he was in during a campaign speech that was viewed more than 1 million times on Twitter before it was labeled as manipulated. The background was altered to read “Tampa, Florida” instead of Minnesota. Read More at, PasadenaIndependent.com under NEWS
Tiffany and Co. took no chances by boarding up their numerous windows displays. | Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News