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LYNSEY:..IN JUST ONE HOUR --

POLLS WILL CLOSE ACROSS THE

STATE.RIGHT NOW ON WEST

MICHIGAN'S ONLY SEVEN O'CLOCK

NEWSCAST -- WE'RE GETTING YOU

READY FOR WHAT TO EXPECT.

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LYNSEY:..HELLO, I'M LYNSEY

MUKOMEL -- THANKS FOR JOINING

US.OUR STATE'S VOTE COULD GO A

LONG WAY IN DECIDING áWHO WILL

BE NAMED THE DEMOCRATIC

NOMINEE TO CHALLENGE PRESIDENT

DONALD TRUMP THIS FALL.

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WE START WITH OUR FIRST ROUND

OF TEAM COVERAGE -- A MAJOR

FLUX OF NEW VOTERS IN LINE TO

REGISTER TODAY.NEWS 8'S KYLE

MITCHELL IS LIVE IN KALAMAZOO.

BUT WE START WITH JACQUELINE

FRANCIS -- AT THE GRAND RAPIDS

CITY CLERK'S OFFICE -- LOTS OF

FIRST TIME VOTERS ARE STILL

TRYING TO REGISTER -- AND VOTE

BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE..

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JACQUELINE:..

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LYNSEY:..JACQUELINE, THANK YOU.

A SIMILAR SCENE IS PLAYING OUT

ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH -- DOWN

131.NEWS 8S KYLE MITCHELL HAS

BEEN MONITORING THE LONG LINE

AT THE KALAMAZOO CITY CLERKS

OFFICE -- THE WAITS MORE THAN

TWO HOURS NOW THERE-- KYLE?

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KYLE:..LINDSEY, WHEN WE FIRST

GOT HERE THIS LINE WAS

SPANNING THE WIDTH OF CITY

HALL AND YOU CAN SEE IT NOW

GOES OUT THE DOOR.LET'S TALK

TO SOME PEOPLE IN LINE.THIS IS

FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO

REGISTER AND VOTE IN THE CITY

OF KALAMAZOO,

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KYLE:..ANYONE IN LINE WILL BE

ALLOWED TO REGISTER AND THEY

ARE IN LINE BY 8PM.BACK TO YOU.

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LYNSEY:..WE ALSO HAVE

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TEAM COVERAGE FOCUSED ON THE

TWO DEMOCRATIC FRONT-RUNNERS.

NEWS 8'S HEATHER WALKER IS

LIVE IN DETROIT AHEAD OF A

WATCH PARTY HOSTED BY BIDEN

SUPPORTERS.BUT LET'S START

WITH LEON HENDRIX.HE'S LIVE IN

GRAND RAPIDS TALKING TO

SANDERS ORGANIZERS.WHAT ARE

THEY SAYING TONIGHT, LEON...

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LEON:..THE VOLUNTEERS HAVEN'T

BEEN HANGING OUT HERE THEY ARE

PUT ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING

PEOPLE TO HEAD TO THE POLLS

AND NOT LEAVING ANYTHING TO

CHANCE....

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SANDERS WAS

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HERE OVER THE WEEKEND RALLYING

SUPPORT SOME 4000 PEOPLE

SHOWED UP TO SEE HIM OUT AT

CALDER PLAZA. HE CLEARLY SEES

A SHOT HERE IN MICHIGAN AS HE

HELD SEVERAL EVENTS IN THE

STATE OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.

IN 2016 HE ENDED OUT A WIN IN

A SURPRISE HILARY CLINTON

UPSET.... AND SOME DEEPLY

ENTRENCHED DEMOCRATS ARE

SUPPORTING HIM AND HOPEFUL

HE'LL DO IT AGAIN.....

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I THINK SANDERS HAS THE RIGHT

MESSAGE. WHEN YOU HAVE THE

REGULAR, PARTY LINE DEMOCRATS

WE ALWAYS GET 'WAIT 'TIL WE DO

THIS, WAIT UNTIL WE DO THIS',

SO WHAT SANDERS IS TALKING

ABOUT IS IMMEDIATE REINFORCERS

THINGS THAT'S GOING TO HELP US

IN THE HERE AND NOW AND NOT

THE NOW AND LATER.

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LEON:..THE POLLS HAVE SANDERS

SET TO LOOSE TONIGHT BY A LONG

SHOT....:BUT THEY DID IN 2016

TOO.... WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND

SEE WHAT HAPPENS.....

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LYNSEY:..

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LEON, THANK YOU.LET'S HEAD TO

THE EAST SIDE OF THE STATE NOW

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WHERE HEATHER WALKER IS AT A

BIDEN CAMPAIGN WATCH PARTY IN

THE MOTOR CITY.HEATHER?

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HEATHER:..

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LYNSEY:..POLITICAL LYNSEY:..

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POLITICAL REPORTER RICK ALBIN

JOINS US NOW.HE'LL BE WITH US

IN STUDIO TONIGHT -- BREAKING

DOWN THE NUMBERS AS THEY ROLL

IN.WE KNOW MICHIGAN IS

NOTORIOUSLY PURPLE -- IT'S

WHAT MAKES US A BATTLE GROUND.

WHICH COUNTIES ARE WE WATCHING

THE CLOSEST TONIGHT?ááSENATOR

SANDERS WON 5 OF THOSE KEY

COUNTIES IN 2016 -- INCLUDING

SOME BIG MARGINS. COULD THOSE

FLIP TO BIDEN TONIGHT?áá

ááPOLLING HAS FORMER VICE

PRESIDENT BIDEN AS A BIG

FAVORITE HEADING INTO TONIGHT

-- NOT JUST IN MICHIGAN -- BUT

5 OF THE 6 PRIMARIES TODAY.

EXPLAIN WHY A BIG WIN IS SO

EXPLAIN WHY A BIG PRIMARIES

TODAY. BUT 5 OF THE 6 JUST IN

MICHIGAN -- TONIGHT -- NOT

HEADING INTO AS A BIG FAVORITE

PRESIDENT BIDEN FORMER VICE

ááPOLLING HAS TONIGHT?ááTO

BIDEN TONIGHT?ááááPOLLING HAS

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TONIGHT?ááTO BIDEN COULD THOSE

FLIP BIG MARGINS. INCLUDING

SOME COUNTIES IN 2016 --OF

THOSE KEY COUNTIES IN 2016 --

INCLUDING SOME BIG MARGINS.

COULD THOSE FLIP TO BIDEN

TONIGHT?ááááPOLLING HAS FORMER

VICE

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PRESIDENT BIDEN AS A BIG

FAVORITE HEADING INTO TONIGHT

-- NOT JUST IN MICHIGAN -- BUT

5 OF THE 6 PRIMARIES TODAY.

EXPLAIN WHY A BIG WIN IS SO

IMPORTANT.WIN IS SO EXPLAIN

WHY A BIG PRIMARIES TODAY.

EXPLAIN WHY A BIG WIN IS SO

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IMPORTANT.

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WE'LL HAVE ALL THE RESULTS FOR

YOU AS THEY ROLL IN TONIGHT --

PLUS THE LOCAL RACES AND

MILLAGES ON BALLOTS ACROSS

WEST MICHIGAN.AFTER THE 7 ON 8

-- OUR COVERAGE WILL PICK BACK

UP AT 8 ON WOOD -TV-DOT-COM

AND FACEBOOK LIVE.THEN LIKE

EVERYNIGHT -- NEWS 8 AT 10 ON

W-X-S-P AND AT 11 HERE ON

WOOD-TV WILL CAP OFF YOUR

PRIMARY COVERAGE.