{"id":"1793748243019-news-show_open","slug":"first-polls-close-on-election-night","title":"First Polls Close on Election Night","summary":"Westchester County ballot scanners/tabulators did malfunction because of a programming update, and voters used emergency paper ballots. Mike Lawler publicly rejected conspiracy claims and said every ballot would be counted; CNN's “no shenanigans” wording is from its own video.\n\nPolls in parts of Kentucky and Indiana close at 6 p.m. Eastern time, making them among the first to close on election night.\n\nThe video is authentic: Bill Clinton was the University of Michigan's 2007 commencement speaker and praised Abdul El-Sayed, who is now a Michigan Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.\n\nThe New York Times reported that Jacob Allen Morley, a convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison, was captured near Kansas City, Missouri.","publishedAt":"2026-11-03T23:24:03.019Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"News Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Westchester County ballot scanners/tabulators did malfunction because of a programming update, and voters used emergency paper ballots. Mike Lawler publicly rejected conspiracy claims and said every ballot would be counted; CNN's “no shenanigans” wording is from its own video.\nSource: [axios.com](https://www.axios.com/2026/11/03/ny-voting-ballot-polls-ballot-issue), [nbcnews.com](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/routine-voting-issu (https://x.com/CNN/status/2117751344815546677)\n\nTRUE: Polls in parts of Kentucky and Indiana close at 6 p.m. Eastern time, making them among the first to close on election night.\nSource: The Associated Press NAMES: — (https://x.com/AP/status/2117756383001018380)\n\nTRUE: The video is authentic: Bill Clinton was the University of Michigan's 2007 commencement speaker and praised Abdul El-Sayed, who is now a Michigan Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.\nSource: CNN; University of Michigan NAMES: Abdul El-Sayed = Michigan Democratic Senate candidate and former Detroit health director; Bill Clinton = former U.S. presiden (https://x.com/CNN/status/2117758315157426563)\n\nTRUE: The New York Times reported that Jacob Allen Morley, a convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison, was captured near Kansas City, Missouri.\nSource: The New York Times NAMES: Jacob Allen Morley = escaped Tennessee inmate who was captured (https://x.com/nytimes/status/2117753210802762207)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Westchester County ballot scanners/tabulators did malfunction because of a programming update, and voters used emergency paper ballots. Mike Lawler publicly rejected conspiracy claims and said every ballot would be counted; CNN's “no shenanigans” wording is from its own video.","sourceName":"[axios.com](https://www.axios.com/2026/11/03/ny-voting-ballot-polls-ballot-issue), [nbcnews.com](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/routine-voting-issu","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/CNN/status/2117751344815546677","claim":"Responding to voting machine problems in Westchester County, New York, Republican Rep. Mike Lawler assures voters that there are \"no shenanigans\" and that all emergency ballots will be counted. https://t.co/SF9Th41xBM","author":"@CNN"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Polls in parts of Kentucky and Indiana close at 6 p.m. Eastern time, making them among the first to close on election night.","sourceName":"The Associated Press NAMES: —","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/AP/status/2117756383001018380","claim":"The first polls of election night have closed in Kentucky and Indiana. Follow our live coverage. https://t.co/CAgxMHhOyT","author":"The Associated Press (@AP)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The video is authentic: Bill Clinton was the University of Michigan's 2007 commencement speaker and praised Abdul El-Sayed, who is now a Michigan Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.","sourceName":"CNN; University of Michigan NAMES: Abdul El-Sayed = Michigan Democratic Senate candidate and former Detroit health director; Bill Clinton = former U.S. presiden","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/CNN/status/2117758315157426563","claim":"In a resurfaced video, former President Bill Clinton praised Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed during his 2007 commencement speech at the University of Michigan. https://t.co/8NHccGxuyE","author":"@CNN"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The New York Times reported that Jacob Allen Morley, a convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison, was captured near Kansas City, Missouri.","sourceName":"The New York Times NAMES: Jacob Allen Morley = escaped Tennessee inmate who was captured","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/nytimes/status/2117753210802762207","claim":"Breaking News: A convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison last week has been captured near Kansas City, Missouri. Jacob Allen Morley was found hundreds of miles away after breaching a fence. https://t.co/vroGwKJXzB","author":"The New York Times (@nytimes)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/CNN/status/2117751344815546677","name":"[axios.com](https://www.axios.com/2026/11/03/ny-voting-ballot-polls-ballot-issue), [nbcnews.com](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/routine-voting-issu","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@CNN"},{"url":"https://x.com/AP/status/2117756383001018380","name":"The Associated Press NAMES: —","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"The Associated Press (@AP)"},{"url":"https://x.com/CNN/status/2117758315157426563","name":"CNN; University of Michigan NAMES: Abdul El-Sayed = Michigan Democratic Senate candidate and former Detroit health director; Bill Clinton = former U.S. presiden","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@CNN"},{"url":"https://x.com/nytimes/status/2117753210802762207","name":"The New York Times NAMES: Jacob Allen Morley = escaped Tennessee inmate who was captured","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"The New York Times (@nytimes)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793748243019-news-show_open-first-polls-close-on-election-night","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793748243019-news-show_open-first-polls-close-on-election-night","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793748243019-news-show_open-first-polls-close-on-election-night and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"It's Tuesday, six twenty-two on News Tonight, and the first polls just closed in Kentucky and Indiana."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the AP on X. Control of Congress is on the line, and the count starts now."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fox News also posted on X that its election-night coverage is officially underway."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Early results are only a trickle, but every precinct starts telling the story."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And we already have our first machine problem. CNN posted on X that scanners went down in Westchester County, New York."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Programming update knocked them out. Voters used emergency paper ballots."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Republican Mike Lawler is telling voters there are 'no shenanigans' and every ballot will be counted."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Right, because a programming update on election night never fuels conspiracy theories."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But it does. And the best answer is the one Lawler gave: every ballot gets counted, with paper backups to prove it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Fair. The paper trail saves it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The New York Times posted on X: convicted murderer Jacob Allen Morley captured near Kansas City."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Breaking out in Tennessee, and he's caught near Kansas City."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Now he's back in custody. That story closes fast."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And now the early returns from Kentucky and Indiana set the tone for a very long night."}]}