<Anchor> The
pre-voting fever is hot in the US about two weeks before the presidential election.
In some states, rulings have been issued that allow vote-by-mail to arrive after the election date, raising the possibility that the final winner of the election will be masked quite late.
This is Kim Yoon-soo, correspondent in Washington.
<Reporter> There
is a long line of people at each polling place, waiting for pre-voting on the spot.
In Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, the pre-voting fever is hot.
It is a record number of 31.4 million voters who have completed the pre-voting so far, reaching 70% of all pre-voting votes in the last presidential election.
[Gachitorina: The biggest reason (we voted in advance) is to avoid situations where there are many people. I didn't want to vote in a crowded place.]
[Shuller/Pre-voter: The results of this election are very important. In the meantime, I've been through the Corona 19 pandemic, and I have seen the issue of racial discrimination. I think all of these things are at stake in this election.]
Another pre-voting method, the validity period of the mail-by-mail voting, has even been going on in court.
In Pennsylvania, a Supreme Court ruling that a ballot by mail that arrives three days after the presidential election must be admitted, and a similar lawsuit is in progress in North Carolina.
Biden's side welcomes them that it will be in their favor, while Trump's camp is strongly opposed.
[Trump/US President: Where are you going to count your votes after the election? What is it doing? You wait for a while after November 3rd and announce the results? It's crazy.] In
particular, the possibility that the winner will not be confirmed after the election date has been raised as lawsuits for expiration of mail voting have been followed in key contending states that will determine the presidential election.
(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, Video editing: Jung Yong-hwa)