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The Anna & Raven Show: Election Day Coverage!

The Anna & Raven Show: Election Day Coverage!

Tuesday November 3rd, 2020

It’s Election Day! Some people claim that (depending on the winner) they’d probably move out of the state. Would you take such a drastic measure if the Election didn’t work out in your favor? (0:00)

People always say they are going to move to Canada if their candidate doesn’t win, so we decided to contact Canada to see if we can actually move there if things don’t go our way after Election Day.  Let’s see what they say… (2:06)

We asked on Facebook where your desired place to move would be if the Election didn’t work out the way you wanted to. Some of the answers were definitely unique! (6:02)

If you are using the weather as an excuse to not vote today, or if you ask people around your neighborhood who you are voting for this year, that’s all I need to know about you! (9:42)

Our Election Day poll monitors are in position and ready to report what is going on out there during Election Day. Anna & Raven check in with Big Mike in Long Island and Producer Jon in Connecticut. (12:37)

We have some fun/real facts for you before you get out to those polls and vote! Be sure to listen to them before you show up at the polls to vote! (16:10)

We hit the streets and asked kids if they knew what some electoral terms meant. Have they been paying attention in school or have they even been taught these things yet? Find out! (19:27)

We check in again with Big Mike and Producer Jon at the polls to see how the turnout has been and how the weather has been treating everybody. (25:26)

Couples Court: Jared’s been working from home throughout the pandemic and is constantly on Zoom with a female coworker. Jared’s wife, Angela, says it’s too much. She’s uncomfortable with her husband constantly working with another woman and thinks it’s inappropriate. He says she’s a coworker, they’re working, even if it’s late. She wants time boundaries; he says that’s not feasible with their company right now. (29:22)

Christine is up in today’s Can’t Beat Raven with $2,900 on the line! Can she pull it off or will we add another $100 to tomorrow’s jackpot?! (37:03)

We continue our coverage of Election Day with both Big Mike in Long Island and Producer Jon in Connecticut! How has it been going all morning? What have they been seeing and who have they been running into? (40:50)

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Guy Spreads Positivity From Street Corner Every Day For 2 Months Straight

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Guy Spreads Positivity From Street Corner Every Day For 2 Months Straight

We’ve all been through a lot in 2020 so far. Pandemic, civil unrest, a crazy election coming up tomorrow. The most positive boosts we can get, the better.

For two months now this one guy in Harrisburg, PA has been standing on this one street corner for 6 days a week doing his best to brighten people’s day.  Waving at drivers, smiling, holding signs with positive messages like “You’re important” and “Red or Blue, I love you”.  His motivation? He says he knew people were super stressed about the pandemic and the upcoming election. So back on September 1st he decided to do this every morning until Election Day.

Love it. More of this!

 

Photo credit: Getty Images

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How Do Astronauts Vote From Space?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How Do Astronauts Vote From Space?

With election day coming up tomorrow today’s mystery is how do astronauts vote from space?

As you might imagine it’s very similar to how military members vote via absentee with a few additional things because ya’know… space.

This is how it’s explained from NASA…

Like other forms of absentee voting, voting from space starts with a Federal Postcard Application, or FPCA. It’s the same form military members and their families fill out while serving outside of the U.S. By completing it ahead of their launch, space station crew members signal their intent to participate in an election from space.

Because astronauts move to Houston for their training, most opt to vote as Texas residents. Of course, NASA’s astronauts come from all over, so those wishing to vote as residents of their home states can work with their counties to make special arrangements to vote from space.

Once their FPCA is approved, the astronaut is almost ready to vote. Like many great things in space, voting starts with an experiment. The county clerk who manages elections in the astronaut’s home county sends a test ballot to a team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Then they use a space station training computer to test whether they’re able to fill it out and send it back to the county clerk.

After a successful test, a secure electronic ballot generated by the Clerk’s office of Harris County and surrounding counties in Texas, is uplinked by Johnson’s Mission Control Center to the voting crew member. An e-mail with crew member-specific credentials is sent from the County Clerk to the astronaut. These credentials allow the crew member to access the secure ballot.

The astronaut will then cast their vote, and the secure, completed ballot is downlinked and delivered back to the County Clerk’s Office by e-mail to be officially recorded. The clerk has their own password to ensure they are the only one who can open the ballot. It’s a quick process, and the astronaut must be sure to submit it by 7 p.m. local time on Election Day if voting as a Texas resident.

 

So there you go. That’s how it’s done. Best part? No polling place lines in space.

 

Photo credit: Getty Images

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Things to Know Monday November 2nd

Things to Know Monday November 2nd

Police: Bridgeport girl found CT Post

Quinnipiac says it sent students home for violating COVID-19 restrictions at Anthony’s Ocean View CT Post

Fairfield school officials report 4 new cases in district CT Post

You have until tomorrow night to drop off your absentee ballot WFSB

Wind gusts of 50 mph reported, advisory posted through this evening WFSB

COVID cases grow in Wilton with 13 in 2 days, student athletes quarantined The Hour

New Haven closes Anthony’s Ocean View due to alleged COVID violations The Hour

Friendly’s to close at CT tourist magnet in bankruptcy sale The Hour

Stretch Your Dollar: Black Friday deals arrive early for eager shoppers WTNH

UConn announces dorm quarantine on Stamford campus Stamford Advocate

The Anna & Raven Show: Credit Due, Voting and Christmas Music

The Anna & Raven Show: Credit Due, Voting and Christmas Music

Monday November 2nd, 2020

Every Monday we check in and give you credit for something you did over the weekend that went unrecognized. What did Anna & Raven do this weekend that they did not get credit for? Find out! (0:00)

People were shocked this week to find out Shaquille O’Neal has never voted before. Hear what he had to say about it in his podcast, and we check around our office to see if people knew what swing states and electoral votes were. (6:58)

It’s time for All I need to know about you. If you steal someone’s cat while handing out election pamphlets or you steal someone’s Halloween candy, that’s all I need to know about you! (9:46)

Should Election Day be a national/federal Holiday? Some people claim they don’t vote because they are too busy and have to work, which impedes the time they have to get in their vote.  (12:57)

Twitter has declared a War between Christmas and Thanksgiving!  Which should we be celebrating right now?  And do we really need this kind of argument during such a stressful year? (20:19)

Don’t you love Christmas music?  Would it blow your mind if you knew that some of your favorite Xmas songs were originally Thanksgiving songs?  Anna and Raven talk about what songs were originally written about Turkey Day! (23:20)

Can you do accents?  Anna’s pretty good at them, but Raven is terrible.  So, of course, Anna had him read a sentence in 3 different languages! (26:42)

Couples Court: Joy has been working from home throughout the pandemic. She has complained to HR about the lack of performance from her coworkers. She is obsessed with reporting her co-worker’s Zoom behaviors, their lack of professional dress, and has complained that they are using their children as an excuse to get out of meetings. Her husband Darrell says she is going too far and all it will do is making her look insensitive to her management team. Whose side are you on? (30:41)

Can’t Beat Raven:  Does Michele have what it takes to finally beat Raven and win the largest jackpot ever?  Hopefully she knows her Full House trivia… (37:49)

Michele Plays Can’t Beat Raven

Michele Plays Can’t Beat Raven

Raven seems to be unstoppable right now! Michele had a shot at the Can’t Beat Raven jackpot today. Would you have answered all five of these pop culture trivia questions correctly? Tune in tomorrow at 8:10am for your shot at a $2,900 jackpot and bragging rights for taking down Raven!

Tell Me Something Good: Pandemic Leads To Classic Toys Making A Big Comeback

Tell Me Something Good: Pandemic Leads To Classic Toys Making A Big Comeback

If you have kids this is one thing you’ll be happy about in 2020.

As a result of the pandemic classic toys are making a huge comeback this year. Barbie Dolls, Hot Wheels, and Legos are all WAY up in sales. Even Tonka trucks have jumped 250% from last year.  The reason for this seems to be that people miss the simpler times of when these toys were popular. Also because parents are sick of seeing their kids stare into screens for hours and hours.

I say good! Bring back all the real toys. Less screens, more Legos.

 

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