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Tuesday 3 November 2020
'Raw exposed nerves': anxious nation awaits Election Day

the election, an AP-NORC right and wrong," said Mc- and the chaos of 'what's he
poll found. Biden support- Garity, who voted for Biden. going to destroy next?'" she
ers were more likely than "When someone in leader- said.
Trump voters to be nervous ship is aware of something Trump at a recent debate
— 72% to 61%. that could flip your whole declined to clearly con-
But Trump's supporters, too, world upside down and demn white supremacy.
said they feel a sense of they don't inform you. And He told a far-right group to
dread. The president has you have the right to vote "stand back and stand by."
warned that if he loses to change that, shame on As a Black woman, Char-
crime would consume the you if you don't." lotte Moss, 64, of Oakland
streets and freedom would Trump has alleged that County, Michigan, had
buckle under political cor- widespread absentee vot- become increasingly con-
rectness. ing will lead to fraud, though cerned about embold-
"If we let that other guy in, there is no evidence to sup- ened militant groups.
all hell is going to break port that claim. She had never owned a
People carrying signs supporting voting rights are reflected in loose," said Dan Smith, 53, In Macomb County, Terry gun, but about a month
a puddle as they arrive at an early voting center at Model City in Norfolk, Virginia. He's sup- Frandle plans to vote in ago, bought one. She took
Branch Library, as part of a "Souls to the Polls" march, in Miami, porting Trump because he's person on Election Day. a class at the Detroit chap-
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. concerned about "law and "I just don't trust anything ter of the National African
Associated Press
order." As the coronavirus anymore," he said. American Gun Association.
Continued from Front she voted for Biden. crisis surges to more than He hung Trump banners Chad King started the club
A nation already uncer- 230,000 dead, the election outside his house and no- in 2017, and it's grown to
Here in Macomb County tain about its future amid a for many is a referendum ticed neighbors who used 210 members. In the weeks
and across the country, worsening pandemic and on how Trump has handled to stop to chat crossed the before the election, he
some have obsessively a national reckoning on the pandemic. Many of his street. He doesn't blame scheduled two courses on
tracked polls to soothe racism is now contemplat- supporters say they find no Trump for the discord — deescalating tense situa-
their nerves, or bought ing the added threat of fault in his response. he blames the media for tions. They sold out in three
guns, or researched mov- clashes in the wake of Elec- In New Albany, Ohio, Jason failing to give Trump a fair days. Michelle McDonald
ing abroad, or retreated to tion Day. Baker, 44, said that he and shake, he said. got chills when she sub-
a cabin in the woods. Ten- In Texas, vehicles festooned his family all had COVID-19 On the other side of the mitted her early ballot for
sion has ratcheted up, as with Trump flags swarmed two months ago, still he vot- aisle, too, people are grap- Biden in Macomb County
each side believes the oth- a Biden campaign bus. ed for Trump. He believes pling with political tension. last week.
er is threatening to usher in Weeks ago, a group of the pandemic has "been In the Chicago suburbs, She was anxious as she
the end of America as we men were arrested for al- highly politized to the point Phyllis Delrosario, 73, said walked into the clerk's of-
know it. legedly plotting to kidnap where it's disgusting." her mood vacillates from fice, but as she walked out
"Our country is in a state of Michigan's Democratic But Theresa McGarity in excitement to depression. she felt something differ-
chaos," said Roberta Hend- governor. Gun sales have Mount Clemens, Michigan, She researched moving to ent: hope.
erson, as she deposited her skyrocketed. Trump refused lost her mother to COVID at another country if Trump is "I did my part," she said. "I
ballot in Sterling Heights, to promise a peaceful 76 years old. reelected. have faith that no matter
Michigan. She voted Trump transfer of power. "I guess because it hit "I just feel like I'm this raw what happens things are
in 2016. But she grew tired About 7 in 10 voters say home, it's not political any- exposed nerve all the time, going to get better. God
of his divisiveness. This time, they are anxious about more. It's a plain, simple and the anxiety of all this has us all."q

Justice Barrett joins Supreme Court arguments for first time

By JESSICA GRESKO self and my colleagues to extended timelines for re-
Associated Press welcome Justice Barrett to ceiving and counting bal-
WASHINGTON (AP) — She the court," he said, wish- lots in Pennsylvania and
didn't have to wear a black ing her "a long and happy North Carolina because of
robe or even be in Wash- career in our common call- the need for a quick resolu-
ington, but Justice Amy Co- ing." Participating in oral tion and "because she has
ney Barrett joined her new arguments is among the not had time to fully review
colleagues at the Supreme first things Barrett has done the parties' filings," Arberg
Court on Monday to hear as a justice after being said at the time. But her

arguments for the first time. confirmed a week ago in a vote also wouldn't have
Because of the coronavirus 52-48 virtual party-line vote, changed the outcome in
pandemic, the high court with Republicans overpow- either case.
began hearing cases by ering Democrats to install On Monday, Barrett and
phone in May. That meant President Donald Trump's her colleagues heard two
the public didn't see the third Supreme Court nomi- hours of argument in two
new justice Monday, but at nee. The justices had a pri- relatively low-profile cases: In this image provided by the Collection of the Supreme Court
the beginning of the day's vate conference Friday but the first involving the Free- of the United States, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., right,
arguments Chief Justice Barrett didn't participate dom of Information Act administers the Judicial Oath to Judge Amy Coney Barrett in the
John Roberts welcomed "so that she could prepare and the other involving dis- East Conference Room of the Supreme Court Building, Tuesday,
her publicly to her new role for oral arguments" ac- ability benefits for railroad Oct. 27, 2020, in Washington as Judge Barrett's husband, Jesse
with the traditional greet- cording to a statement employees. M. Barrett, holds the Bible.
ing. from court spokeswoman Like her colleagues, Bar- Associated Press
"Before we commence the Kathy Arberg. rett asked questions in both official stamps "draft" on a other factors would a court
business of the court this She also did not participate cases. Her first question had document in order to try consider" to determine
morning it gives me great in decisions the high court to do with a hypothetical to avoid disclosing it. Bar- whether the document
pleasure on behalf of my- issued last week involving case where a government rett wanted to know "what should still be disclosed.q