NIGHT IN MICHIGAN.NBC NEWS

PROJECTING THAT THE FORMER V-P

HAS WON THE GREAT LAKES STATE

-- DELIVERING A POTENTIAL

KNOCKOUT BLOW TO BERNIE

SANDERS.

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BRIAN:..WE ARE LIVE WHERE

THERE WERE LONG WAITS TO VOTE

TONIGHT.WE ALSO HAVE CREWS

WITH BOTH THE SANDERS AND

BIDEN CAMPAIGNS.

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BRIAN:..FIRST -- LET'S GET

STRAIGHT TO THE NUMBERS.

POLITICAL REPORTER RICK ALBIN

IS HERE TO BREAK DOWN HOW JOE

BIDEN WON MICHIGAN TONIGHT.

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RICK:..

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RICK:..

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RICK:..

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SUE:..NOW TO THIS SCENE WE'VE

BEEN WATCHING UNFOLD ALL

EVENING.NEW RULES ALLOW YOU TO

REGISTER TO VOTE ON ELECTION

DAY -- THAT CHANGE LEADING TO

MAJOR LINES AT THE GRAND

RAPIDS AND KALAMAZOO CITY

CLERK OFFICES.

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BRIAN:..JACQUELINE FRANCIS AND

KYLE MITCHELL HAVE BEEN LIVE

ALL NIGHT SHOWING US THOSE

LINES.LET'S CHECK IN LIVE WITH

JACQUELINE IN GRAND RAPIDS.

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JACQUELINE:..-ADLIB SCENE /

CURRENT LINE-WE'VE BEEN HERE

WITH HOURS- RIGHT ALONG SIDE

SO MANY OF THESE VOTERS.. AND

HONESTLY, ATTITUDE IS

EVERYTHING AND FOR THE MOST

PART PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO

POSITIVE, EXCITED TO VOTE AND

JUST MAKING THE BEST OF

SITUATION,

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((OSVALDO GONZALES))I

EXPECTED THE LINE TO BE LONG,

NOT WRAPPING AROUND LONG, BUT

YOU KNOW. I WAS ONLY HERE FOR

TWO HOURS, THAT'S LIKE A

MOVIE. //((BRENNA ARGUE))I'M

WATCHING THE BACHELOR LIVE

TONIGHT, IT'S THE FINAL

EPISODE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO

MISS IT SO I BROUGHT MY LAPTOP

SO I COULD WATCH IT AND I HAVE

MY YOUTUBE LIVE TV.

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JACQUELINE:..EVERYONE HERE

WILL GET A CHANCE TO REGISTER

AND CAST THEIR BALLOT.. AND

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT COME

NOVEMBER, THEYa

SKIP THIS LINE AND VOTE RIGHT

AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD

PRECINCT. IN GR, JFR, BACK TO

YOU

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SUE:..NOW TO KALAMAZOO -- KYLE

MITCHELL WATCHING THE LONG

LINES AT THE CLERKS OFFICE

THERE.

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KYLE:..THE LINE IS NOW OUT OF

THE HALLWAY BUT THERE STILL

ARE A FEW PEOPLE INSIDE.

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NEW RULES ALLOWING VOTERS TO

REGISTER THE SAME DAY EXTENDED

THE LINE ACROSS THE WIDTH OF

KALAMAZOO CITY HALL AND EVEN

OUTSIDE AND DOWN THE RAMP.MANY

OF THE PEOPLE IN LINE WERE

STUDENT FROM WMU WHO HADN'T

UPDATED THEIR REGISTRATION TO

KALAMAZOO.THERE WERE BOXES OF

PIZZA AND WATER SENT OVER FOR

THE PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE.WE

SPOKE WITH THE LAST PERSON IN

LINE WHO IS A STUDENT AT KVCC

AND IS HERE WITH HIS SISTER.

SHE IS 18 AND VOTING FOR THE

FIRST TIME AND HAD AN ISSUE

WITH HER REGISTRATION.THEY

MADE IT IN LINE 30 SECONDS

BEFORE THE 8P.M. CUTOFF.

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ELIOT KUTTNER / VOTER04:35

"THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A REALLY

GOOD JOB ACTUALLY WITH THE

ATMOSPHERE THERE HAS BEEN A

LOT OF APPLAUSE AND EVERYTHING

PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOTED AND

THEY'VE GOT FOOD AND WATER AND

EVERYTHING SO THEY'VE BEEN

DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH

THAT. THE LINE HAS NOT BEEN

BAD. I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT TWO

HOURS. I HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY

THEY WERE HERE FOR ABOUT FOUR

HOURS SO IT'S NOT GREAT BUT IT

HAS BEEN KEPT JOVIAL AND

NICE."

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KYLE:..THE WORK CONTINUES NOW

TO MAKE SURE ALL THESE BALLOTS

ARE TABULATED.WE'LL HAVE THOSE

LATEST NUMBERS TOMORROW ON

DAYBREAK.LIVE IN KALAMAZOO,

KYLE MITCHELL, NEWS 8.

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BRIAN:..SECRETARY OF STATE

JOCELYN BENSON SAYS GRAND

RAPIDS AND KALAMAZOO WERE NOT

ALONE IN THIS.THEY WERE TWO OF

FIVE COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR

STATE TO SEE A HUGE TURNOUT OF

NEW VOTERS.SHE SAYS THEY ARE

ALREADY WORKING ON A PLAN TO

FIX IT FOR NOVEMBER.

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SUE:..EAST LANSING, ANN ARBOR

AND DEARBORN ALSO SAW LONG

WAIT TIMES.BENSON'S OFFICE

SAYS MORE THAN 13-THOUSAND

PEOPLE REGISTERED TODAY -- AND

NEARLY HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE

SHOWED UP AT CLERK'S OFFICES

AFTER 4-30 THIS AFTERNOON.

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((JOCELYN BENSON//MICHIGAN

SECRETARY OF STATE))"THE FACT

THAT THESE CITIZENS WERE

BOTTLENECKED INTO ONE LOCATION

IN EACH OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO

REGISTER AND VOTE IN ONE

LOCATION: THEIR CLERK'S

OFFICE. THAT MEANT THE

INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP TO

HANDLE MAYBE 10 OR 20 OR 30

REGISTRATIONS AND BALLOTS CAST

IN A DAY NOW HAD TO GRAPPLE

WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE

SHOWING

UP."

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SUE:..HER HOPE IS TO OPEN

ADDITONAL SATELLITE LOCATIONS

IN COMMUNITIES THAT SAW A

MASSIVE TURNOUT TODAY SO

PEOPLE CAN REGISTER QUICKLY --

AND LEGALLY.

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SUE:..OUR TEAM COVERAGE

CONTINUES NOW.WE'RE GETTING

REACTION FROM BOTH JOE BIDEN

AND BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTERS.

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BRIAN:..LEON HENDRIX IS WITH

SANDERS SUPPORTERS IN GRAND

RAPIDS.FIRST TO DETROIT --

HEATHER WALKER IS WITH BIDEN

SUPPORTERS IN THE MOTOR CITY.

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HEATHER:..

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(( 22:50:03 TO ALL THOSE WHO

HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN... NOW

WE ARE VERY MUCH ALIVE.

(APPLAUSE) 22:50:26 ))

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BRIAN:..NOW TO THE OTHER SIDE

OF THIS RACE... LEON HENDRIX

IS WITH SANDERS SUPPORTERS IN

GRAND RAPIDS.

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LEON:..A LOT OF LONG FACES,

UPSET, AND FRUSTRATION HERE AT

THE BERNIE SANDERS WATCH PARTY

AS THEY GOT THE NEWS THEY DID

NOT WANT....

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A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE GATHERED AT

THE VITALE'S SPORTS BAR ON THE

NORTHEAST SIDE OF GRAND

RAPIDS.... THEY WATCHED AS THE

RESULTS CAME IN.... THEY

WATCHED BIG BLOWS TO THE

VIABILITY OF BERNIE SANDERS

CAMPAIGN..... SOME WERE

BROUGHT TO TEARS IN

RECOGNITION OF THE NARROWING

PATH FORWARD FOR VERMONT

SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS....

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MICHELLE TRUSKOWSKI / BERNIE

SANDERS SUPPORTER / IT'S A

VERY HARD DAY. I'M 68 YEARS

OLD.AND I BEEN DOING THIS FOR

A LONG TIME AND I'M JUST SICK

OF IT. I'M JUST SICK OF IT. I

HAD ALL MY HOPES HERE. AND I

LOVE BERNIE SANDERS AND ALL

THOSE

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PEOPLE IN THERE DO TOO. THIS

IS ALL ORCHESTRATED BY

SOMEBODY.

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LEON:..NOW THE QUESTION IS -

WILL THE BERNIE SANDERS JOIN

THE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE.... A BIG

GROUP THAT THE DEMOCRATS

NEED.... OR WILL THIS DEFEAT

CAUSE THEM TO SIT OUT THE VOTE

OR SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP....

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN....

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