Axios PM: Inspiring American voter surge — Pup trick — 🎃 treat

1 big thing: Americans rise to the occasion | Friday, October 30, 2020

Open in app View in browser   Presented By Morgan Stanley   Axios PM By Mike Allen ·Oct 30, 2020 Good Friday afternoon: Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 485 words, a 2-minute read. ⏰ We fall back tomorrow night. ⚡ Bulletin ... NEW YORK (AP) — Confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases surge past 9 million as infections are on the rise in 47 states.     1 big thing: Americans rise to the occasion A voter checks in before casting his ballot in Inglewood, Calif. Photo: Brittany Murray/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images   I was going to write a grim newsletter today, but was blown away by the final stretch of early voting, which combines in-person and mail-in ballots. The big picture: Early voting hit 61.7% of 2016's total turnout as of this afternoon, Axios' Ursula Perano reports. Texas and Hawaii are over 100%. Other states are close: Montana: 91.2% Tennessee: 89.6% Washington: 88% New Mexico: 87.9% Georgia: 86.9% North Carolina: 85.6% Oregon: 82.4% Nevada: 82.2% Florida: 81.6% Arizona: 80.4% Wisconsin: 58.4% Iowa: 53.8% Michigan: 52.8% Ohio: 46.3% Between the lines: Pennsylvania is at 34.3%. Historically only about 5% of Pennsylvanians have voted by mail. What's next: Early voting ends today in Texas, Nevada, Massachusetts, Maine Idaho, Georgia, Arizona and parts of Utah. It ends tomorrow in North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Virginia, West Virginia and parts of Florida. The bottom line: Many states face an unprecedented task of handling this year's volume of mail-in ballots. While some states require only that ballots be postmarked by or shortly before Election Day, others require ballots to be received by election officials on Tuesday. Many states also can't begin counting their mail-in ballots until Election Day, which is likely to cause a backlog in results — and could shift results in Biden's favor as more get counted in the following days. Go deeper: Republican Party officials say they're already looking to Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Nevada as likely battlegrounds for post-election lawsuits if the results are close, Axios' Stef Kight reports.     2. Pic du jour Photo: Sam Yeh/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Couples take part in a mass wedding at Taiwan's Army Command Headquarters, where two Taiwanese soldiers and their civilian same-sex partners tied the knot — marking another LGBTQ rights landmark in Asia.     A message from Morgan Stanley Access & Opportunity podcast with Carla Harris: Articulating our 'why?'     Discover the "why" of Morgan Stanley's Multicultural Innovation Lab as hosts Carla Harris and Alice Vilma share their personal journey behind the firm's initiative to create a more equitable funding landscape for women and entrepreneurs of color.     3. Catch up quick Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) and her dog, Boomer, complete a trick during a campaign event in Scottsdale. Photo: Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images   Belgium is going back into lockdown to keep its health system from collapsing. Go deeper. A 6.6 magnitude earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 14 in Turkey and Greece, the N.Y. Times reports. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman told Axios' Alayna Treene he's launching a $1 million digital ad campaign in battleground states to urge voters to be patient with election results. Go deeper. 🎧 Axios Re:Cap digs into what hospitals have, and what they still need, with Lloyd Dean, CEO of CommonSpirit Health, one of America's largest operators of hospitals and health clinics. Listen here.     4. 1 🎃 treat A candy chute in Winchester, Mass. Photo: Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images   From candy chutes to trunk or treat, Halloween will look way different this year, Axios' Ursula Perano reports. Why it matters: The CDC has deemed most traditional Halloween activities as "high-risk," including door-to-door trick-or-treating, indoor parties, haunted houses and communal candy bowls. People got creative in response: An Austin neighborhood has a pirate-themed candy cannon and a clothesline delivery system. (KXAN) One Indiana family planted a "candy garden" by sticking candy on wooden dowels in their yard. (USA Today) For those who can't go outside, there's a new rush of virtual events to make sure everyone gets their chance to be spooky. (WashPost) Happy treating!     A message from Morgan Stanley Access & Opportunity podcast with Carla Harris: Articulating our 'why?'     Discover the "why" of Morgan Stanley's Multicultural Innovation Lab as hosts Carla Harris and Alice Vilma share their personal journey behind the firm's initiative to create a more equitable funding landscape for women and entrepreneurs of color.     Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? 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