e SUNNYEdition 67 • 44 | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 | theworldlink.com Follow us online: facebook.com/theworldnewspaper twitter.com/TheWorldLink instagram.com/theworldlink Trump, Biden cede stage to voters WASHINGTON (AP) — After had a narrower but still feasible a closing get-out-the-vote effort by a larger electoral margin than than two dozen voters who lined a campaign marked by rancor road to clinch 270 Electoral Col- before awaiting election results he did in 2016, when he tallied up more than hour before the and fear, Americans on Tuesday lege votes. Control of the Senate in his hometown of Wilmington, 306 electoral college votes com- polling site at the Cobb County decide between President Donald was at stake, too: Democrats Delaware. His running mate, pared to Democrat Hillary Clin- Civic Center outside Atlanta Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, needed to net three seats if Biden Sen. Kamala Harris, was visiting ton’s 232. The president, who opened on Tuesday morning. selecting a leader to steer a captured the White House to gain Detroit, a heavily Black city in returned to the White House after “And I believe that once we get nation battered by a surging pan- control of all of Washington for battleground Michigan. Both of 3 a.m. on Tuesday following a past the names and the titles and demic that has killed more than the first time in a decade. The their spouses were headed out, busy day of campaigning, also the personal agendas, then you 231,000 people, cost millions House was expected to remain too, as the Democrats reached for planned to visit his campaign know, we can focus on some real their jobs and reshaped daily life. under Democratic control. a clear victory. headquarters in Virginia. He issues.” Nearly 100 million Americans Voters braved long lines and Biden and his wife, Jill, invited hundreds of supporters to On their final full day on the voted early, and now it falls to the threat of the virus to cast started the day with a stop at an election night party in the East campaign trail, Trump and Biden Election Day voters to finish ballots as they chose between St. Joseph’s on the Brandywine Room of the White House. broke sharply over the mechanics the job, ending a campaign that two starkly different visions of in Wilmington, Delaware, with The first polls close at 6 p.m. of the vote itself while visiting was upended by the coronavirus America for the next four years. two of his grandchildren in Eastern time in swaths of Indiana the most fiercely contested bat- and defined by tensions over The record-setting early vote — tow. After a brief church vis- and Kentucky, followed by a tleground, Pennsylvania. who could best address it. Each and legal skirmishing over how it it, the four walked to his late steady stream of poll closings The Republican president candidate declared the other fun- will be counted — drew unsup- son Beau Biden’s grave, in the every 30 minutes to an hour threatened legal action to block damentally unfit to lead a nation ported allegations of fraud from church cemetery. Beau, a former throughout the evening. The last the counting of ballots received grappling with COVID-19 and Trump, who refused to guarantee Delaware attorney general, died polls in Alaska shut down at 1 after Election Day. If Pennsylva- facing foundational questions he would honor the election’s of brain cancer in 2015 and a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday. nia ballot counting takes sev- about racial justice and economic result. had encouraged the former vice The hard-fought campaign eral days, as is allowed, Trump fairness. Fighting to the end for every president to make another White left voters on both sides eager to claimed without evidence that Biden entered Election Day vote, Biden was headed to Phil- House run. move on. “cheating can happen like you with multiple paths to victory adelphia and stopped by a car- Trump made a morning “I believe there’s a lot of divi- have never seen.” while Trump, playing catch-up in penters’ union hall in his native appearance on “Fox & Friends,” sion and separation,” said Kelvin a number of battleground states, Scranton on Tuesday as part of where he predicted he will win Hardnett, who was among more Please see Election, Page 3 Oregon turnout nearly 67 percent THE WORLD Nearly every county in Oregon saw voter turnout over 60 percent by Monday morning and statewide the percentage of ballots returned was at 66.8 percent, according to the Oregon Elections Division. The only counties with less than 60 percent voter turnout by Monday morning were Josephine (57.1 percent), Malheur (55.9 percent) and Umatilla (56.8 percent). In contrast, nine counties had better than 70 percent turnout: Benton (74.7 percent), Clacka- mas (71.9 percent), Coos (70.9 percent), Curry (70.8 percent), Deschutes (71.5 percent), Grant (72.9 percent), Tillamook (71.9 percent), Wallowa (70.5 percent), and Wheeler (71.2 percent). Douglas County was at 65.7 percent, according to the state totals. Ballots must be returned by 8 p.m. tonight to various drop box- es located throughout the county. Huge turnout expected despite virus, political rancor ASSOCIatED PRESS The scourge of a global pandemic produced an election season like no other in the U.S., persuading record numbers of Americans to cast their ballots early, forcing states to make changes to long-established election procedures and leading John Gunther, The World to hundreds of lawsuits over A dredge scoop pulls up material from the channel in Coos Bay near Eastside as part of routine dredging in July. The next two months, dredging will be completed in the how votes will be cast and which Charleston Marina Complex. ballots will be counted. Polls began opening Tuesday as election officials warned that millions of absentee ballots could Dredging planned in Charleston Marina Complex slow the tallies, perhaps for days, in some key battleground states and as Work expected to November and December and The outflow pipe is marked extreme caution when operating President Donald Trump threatened boaters are urged to be wary of within the inner basin with vessels within the vicinity of the legal action to prevent ballots from continue through the work. orange pencil buoys. The pipe marked dredge pipe,” officials being counted after Election Day. The dredging will take place extends into the bay from the said. “If the marked pipe has Amid the tumult, tens of December near the Point Adams Facility marina and is marked with four the potential to interfere or alter millions of Americans heeded and the Russell Marine fuel large, white floats. navigation for vessels operating warnings to act early, prompted dock. Boaters are advised to use The dredging work will im- within the Marina or the Coos by concerns over Postal Service THE WORLD extreme caution navigating in prove navigability within the ma- Bay Harbor, please contact port delays and worries about the the inner basin and within the rina footprint and ensure ongoing dredging crews for further assis- virus spreading through crowded The Oregon International vicinity of the outflow pipe in accessibility for the commercial tance in navigation.” polling places. Port of Coos Bay is conduct- both the marina complex and and recreational fishing fleets, The crews can be reached by ing dredging operations in the within the Coos Bay Harbor, Port Port officials said. phone at either 541-294-1555 or Please see Turnout, Page 3 Charleston Marina Complex in officials said. “Mariners are advised to use 541-294-3234. eEdition Drug measures, Senate race TUE WED THU FRI SAT highlight Oregon ballots Voters in Oregon are Facebook CEO Mark political advertisements. Cloudy with Cloudy Rain Cloudy with Partly cloudy deciding two high-profile Zuckerberg and his wife Currently, there is no limit showers showers drug measures and a U.S. Dr. Priscilla Chan, who in contributions to candi- Senate race while people favor a health-based ap- dates or ballot measures. in Portland choose a mayor proach to drug addiction. U.S. SENATE in a race that has drawn About two dozen district national attention amid attorneys in Oregon had Democratic U.S. Sen. 62° 63° 59° 52° 53° ongoing protests in the urged a no vote on Mea- Jeff Merkley faces Re- state’s largest city. Here’s sure 110. publican Jo Rae Perkins. Merkley is seeking his 55° 54° 45° 43° 39° a look at major races in the — 108 (Cigarette tax) Oregon: third term. Perkins drew This measure would attention earlier this year increase Oregon’s cigarette MEASURES when she made referenc- tax by $2 per pack — from es to QAnon, including — 109 (Mushrooms) $1.33 to $3.33 — bump up saying that she stood with This ballot question the cap on cigar taxes to Hurricane Eta inches “Q” and holding up a would legalize controlled $1 per cigar and add a 65% QAnon sticker. QAnon is a therapeutic use of psilocy- tax on electronic cigarettes baseless conspiracy theory bin mushrooms. Backers and vaping products, that claims a shadowy which are not currently toward Nicaragua coast of Measure 109 say the cabal of liberal elites who state, which was the first in taxed. The funds from the are Satan-worshipping MANAGUA, Nicaragua towns across the region, he northern Caribbean coast, the nation to decriminalize tax increase would be used pedophiles runs a global (AP) — Hurricane Eta said. The area had already torrential rains from Eta’s marijuana, should lead the for public health programs child sex-trafficking ring.