Bay Area voters' concerns ahead of Election Day

Now, according to the Secretary of State's office, of the roughly six and a half million ballots that have already been cast, more than six million were sent in by mail. Ballot boxes in the Bay Area have seen plenty of traffic as well leading up to tomorrow night. KTVU's Tom Vacar joins us live from one of those locations in Alameda after catching up with voters. Tom? Well, when you really think about it, this box contains the wishes, the voters' wishes. And we wanted to talk to them about their coming concerns. Every time Alameda's mayor sees the ballot drop-off box outside City Hall, it's clear it's a very, very big turnout. It has been steady. Every time I've come out of the building, it's been steady. So I think that's great. We came to Alameda not to talk so much about the issues, but to ask about the credibility of the election. Also, about where the economy will be going now. And finally, if AI is going to take their job. Given all the president's claims of a rigged election, how confident are they in this nationwide election? Positive, but still hesitant, like, cautious. I'm worried about the credibility this time because I don't know what this administration is capable of. Nervous. I'm nervous about what's going to happen afterwards with the results. Who knows what that guy's going to do. I mean, he's crazy. There is room for some mischief, but I don't think it's significant enough to really matter. I can just see that if it isn't a total landslide, I see the fact that we could get in just all kinds of litigation. I really do hope it improves at this point because it seems like a lot of things is totally just gone. haywire at this point. Even if things go south, I think there's all the lawyers in place. I think that, you know, a lot of people are awake. I think the public's not going to stand for it. What does the post-election economy and affordability look like? It's going to be a rough road. I'm not super optimistic right now. I'm hoping things aren't going to get any worse. I think it's in the worst shape it's been in a long time. I'm not sure if it will ever go back to where we were before, but I'm hopeful that it will at least be a little more affordable. Will AI, artificial intelligence, be a job killer? I think if we don't really monitor it, it certainly will. Yeah, absolutely. More homeless, more people out here trying to fight. To get food, live, get their family food to survive. I think there's just a real lot unknown at this point. And I'm kind of glad I'm retired. It's going to take jobs away for some people. Hopefully we can make it work out for everybody. Plato noted once that one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by... Your inferiors. One other note as we come back live. In the two minutes that we did that report, five people came here and they deposited their ballots and more will be coming. Reporting live, Tom Vacar, KTVU Fox 2 News. Claudia, back to you. Yeah, Tom, it's nice to see that being a busy ballot box tonight and certainly it'll be a busy day tomorrow. A lot of emotions from the voters that you talked about. Did you get the sense that they were also enthusiastic or determined to make sure that they got their ballot in and voted in this election? Oh yeah, that was a very important consideration. One of the reasons that many people walked them in, a couple of them told me that they were afraid that somebody was going to tamper with the mail, so they wanted to make sure that it got delivered directly to the registrar voters, and this is the way to do it. Right next to me is a mailbox. I didn't see one ballot going there, every one went in here, and there are plenty of people coming. That's really amazing. Yeah, it's certainly important to have their voices heard. All right, thank you, Tom.