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A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper
'Raw exposed nerves':

anxious nation awaits

Election Day

By CLAIRE GALOFARO cans are exhausted from
AP National Writer constant crises, on edge
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — She because of volatile po-
could have dropped her litical divisions and anxious
ballot at the post office, but about what will happen
she wasn't sure if she should next. Their agony is not in
trust the mail. She consid- deciding between Presi-
ered slipping it into the se- dent Donald Trump or his
cured box outside City Hall, Democratic challenger,
but what if something hap- Joe Biden. Most made that
pened? A fire maybe. choice long ago. Instead,
This year has delivered so voters arriving in record
many shocks that any- numbers to cast early bal-
thing seemed possible. So lots say basic democratic
58-year-old Diane Spiteri foundations feel brittle: Will
trudged up three flights of their vote count? Will the
steps to place her absen- loser accept the result? Will Diane Spiteri clutches her absentee ballot before dropping it off at the city clerk's office in Warren,
tee ballot straight into the the winner repair a sick and Mich., Wed, Oct. 28, 2020.
hands of the clerk in this unsettled nation? Associated Press
battleground suburb of De- "I just can't wait until the
troit. whole thing is over. And just so much anxiety," said ing that there wasn't too be undone."
As the traditional Elec- I think it's long from over, Spiteri, who voted last much damage done in the
tion Day closes in, Ameri- even after Tuesday. There's week for Biden. "I am hop- last four years that it can't Continued on Page 2