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TED: COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

IT'S ELECTION DAY.

WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT POLLING PLACES AROUND THE VALLEY AND AT THE MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTION CENTER.

>>> ALSO ON ELECTION NIGHT, A TRIP TO CAMP O'CONNOR WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVICS.

>>> AND TEN DAY ART AND MUSIC EVENT CELEBRATING SCOTTSDALE CANAL'S WATERFRONT.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

IT IS ELECTION DAY.

POLLS IN ARIZONA OPENED AT 6:00 A.M. AND REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 7:00 P.M.

THERE WERE FEW REPORTS OF EXCESSIVELY LONG LINES.

THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS THAT LINES COULD REACH UPWARDS TO AN HOUR AT THE BUSIEST VOTING SITES IN THE VALLEY ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE DAY.

SOME VOTING SITES EXPECT 2000 VOTERS TO CAST BALLOTS TODAY.

SECRETARY OF STATE ADRIAN FONTES SAYS SO FAR, SO GOOD.

>> AS FAR AS EVERYTHING I KNOW, EVERYTHING IN ARIZONA IS RUNNING ABOUT AS SMOOTHLY AS IT COULD BE.

ONGOING TABULATION OF BALLOTS WILL CONTINUE AND WILL NOT STOP TODAY.

AS MANY OF YOU, ARIZONA ALLOWS -- UNLIKE SOME STATES -- ARIZONA ALLOWS FOR TABULATION WELL BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBERS TONIGHT, MANY COUNTIES ESTIMATE WE'LL BE AT 55% OF OUR TOTAL.

THAT WILL NOT INCLUDE ELECTION DAY VOTERS AND NOT INCLUDE THE EARLY BALLOT VOTERS WHO TURNED IN BALLOTS TODAY.

TED: FONTES HAD A MESSAGE FOR ELECTION-DAY RESULTS.

>> PLEASE BE PATIENT, WE WANT RESULTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND WE LEAVE IT TO THE MEDIA TO MAKE PROJECTIONS WHEN YOU LIKE, BUT WE WILL HAVE OUR NUMBERS 10 TO 13 DAYS AFTER ELECTION DAY BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

WE'RE NOT JUST MAKING PROJECTIONS, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS.

AFTER THE ELECTION AND AFTER WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, THERE WILL BE POST-ELECTION AUDITS THAT THE COUNTIES WILL RUN.

THIS HAND COUNT AUDITS AND/OR LOGIC AND ACCURACY TESTS AS WELL AS ON THE FRONT SIDE THAT WE HAVE SOLID INTEGRITY IN OUR ELECTIONS.

TED: OTHER ELECTION DAY NOTES, PROBLEMS WITH PRINTERS AND A SHORTAGE OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS WERE REPORTED IN APACHE COUNTY.

RESULTING IN LINES OF UP TO THREE HOURS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAJO NATION SAYING VOTERS WERE TURNED AWAY WITHOUT CASTING A BALLOT.

NAVAJO NATION OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO EXTEND VOTING HOURS THERE.

>>> SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TOM HORNE WAS REPEATEDLY KICKED OUT OF LINE FOR ELECTIONEERING.

HORNE COLLECTED SIGNATURES FOR ELECTION BID BUT HE WAS NOT VOTING, JUST TO COLLECT THE SIGNATURES.

HORNE SAID HE WASN'T AWARE HE WAS WITHIN THE 75 FOOT PERIMETER AFTER HE WAS TWICE REMOVED FROM THE LINE.

>>> A SURVEY BY THE CENTER FOR FUTURE OF ARIZONA AND THE "GALLUP" ORGANIZATION SHARES PUBLIC VALUES AND MOST AFFECT THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF ARIZONA RESIDENTS.

HALF OF AMERICANS CAN NAME THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND 25% CAN DEFENDANT A RIGHT GUARANTEED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

WE ARE INTRODUCED TO A SUMMER CAMP THAT TEACHES THE ABC'S OF GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL SUMMER CAMP.

>> E-A-G-L-E!

>> Reporter: INSTEAD OF CREATING CRAFTS, CAMPERS ARE CREATING CAMPAIGNS.

INSTEAD OF CREATING TikTok DANCES, THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT DEMOCRACY.

WELCOME TO CAMP O'CONNOR.

THE PROGRAM IS PUT ON BY THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY, CONCEIVED BY THE LATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DURING A LUNCH WITH THE INSTITUTE'S INTERNS.

>> OVER THE COURSE OF THE LUNCH, SHE ASKED IF YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO OVER AGAIN, WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL, WHAT MIGHT BE?

THEY UNIVERSALLY SAID WE WISH WE HAD MORE CIVICS BUT WISH WE COULD HAVE EXPERIENCED CIVICS.

>> Reporter: THE MERIT-BASED CAMPUS OPEN TO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

SARAH SUGGS WHO LEADS THE INSTITUTE SAYS RESEARCH SHOWS EARLY CIVICS EDUCATION CAN LEAD TO LIFE LONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MORE.

>> THERE ARE STUDIES THAT SUGGEST HIGHER VOTER REGISTRATION IN A GIVEN AREA BODES WELL FOR A LOWER CRIME RATE.

>> WE THINK CIVICS EDUCATION IN GENERAL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> Reporter: EIGHTH GRADER SIGNED UP BECAUSE HE THINKS HE HAS AN INTEREST IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OTHERS.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND CIVICS AND HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKS BECAUSE WITHOUT IT YOU'RE LOST.

IF YOU ARE EDUCATED, YOU CAN REALIZE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR YOU, NOT AGAINST YOU.

>> Reporter: VIVIAN MURRAY CAME FROM CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE SAYS HER SCHOOL DOESN'T TEACH MUCH ABOUT CIVICS AT ALL.

>> I WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT AT STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS BECAUSE I HAVE AN INTEREST IN GETTING INVOLVED IN OUR SOCIETY AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

>> Reporter: AS IT TURNS OUT, VIVIAN'S STORY IS A COMMON ONE.

THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT REQUIRED SOCIAL STUDIES OR CIVICS STANDARDS BE BOUGHT IN CLASSROOMS BUT VAGUE ON HOW SCHOOLS MUST ACHIEVE THAT.

ACCORDING TO RESEARCH, ONLY SEVEN STATES REQUIRE A FULL YEAR OF CIVICS IN ORDER TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.

31 STATES, INCLUDING ARIZONA, REQUIRE A SINGLE SEMESTER, AND 13 STATES DON'T HAVE ANY REQUIREMENT AT ALL.

THE WEEKLONG CAMP IS STRUCTURED AROUND THE THREE BRANCHS OF GOVERNMENT.

MORNINGS ARE FOR FIELD TRIPS WHICH INCLUDE A VISIT TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT AND VISIT TO THE STATE CAPITOL TO MEET WITH LEGISLATORS AND UNDERSTAND HOW LAWS ARE PASSED.

>> NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ABSTRACT WHERE YOU SEE HOW THE DECISIONS ARE MADE, SEEING WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A PRIVATE MEETING WITH ARIZONA GOVERNOR KATIE HOBBS, A HIGHLIGHT FOR VIVIAN.

>> FOR ME AS A YOUNG WOMAN TO SEE WOMEN IN TOP OFFICES LIKE THAT, IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT FOR MYSELF.

I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT, READ ABOUT IT IN BOOKS.

>> Reporter: THE CAMPERS HEAD TO MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTIONS CENTER TO LEARN ABOUT ELECTIONS AND VOTING.

>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU DO A FEW EXERCISES THAT GIVE YOU A SENSE HOW TO VOTE.

>> Reporter: THEY FILL OUT PRETEND BALLOTS AND COLLECT I VOTED STICKERS AND OFF FOR A TOUR FOR RECORDER STEPHEN RICHER TO SEE HOW BALLOTS ARE SECURED, COUNTED AND VERIFIED.

>> A VERY COOL EXPERIENCE TO SEE HOW THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OPERATE OUR GOVERNMENT AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO VOTE.

>> Reporter: THE CAMP CULMINATES IN MOCK PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION ON, FIRST DAY, THE CAMPERS ARE SPLIT INTO FOUR GROUPS.

>> NOMINATE SOMEONE, AKIN TO A PRIMARY, AND ON FRIDAY, THEY BUILD UP TO THE CONVENTION AND THE NOMINATION FOR THE STARS AND STRIPES PARTY CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

>> Reporter: THE CAMPERS SPEND AFTERNOONS WORKING ON CANDIDATES' SPEECHES AND POSTERS.

VIVIAN AND RYLAND ARE THE CANDIDATES FOR THEIR GROUPS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE OPENED THEIR EYES THAT POLITICS CAN BE CIVIL.

>> I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE A WELCOMING OPEN PLACE WHERE I COULD SHARE MY VALUES AND THEY SHARE THEIRS.

>> PEOPLE DEMONIZE THE OTHER SIDE AND DON'T PROVIDE A LOT OF UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER.

IF YOU GET INTO CIVICS EARLY ENOUGH, YOU CAN FOSTER RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND FOR CIVIL DEBATE.

>> Reporter: IN THE END, VIVIAN WON THE CANDIDACY, BUT BOTH CAMPERS SAY THE REAL VICTORY IS SOMETHING MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.

>> THE THING THAT CAMP O'CONNOR TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT IS NO MATTER HOW YOUNG YOU ARE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE 20+ YEARS EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT OR LAW OR POLITICS, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> TO ME, TO BE A CITIZEN OF THE COUNTRY AND BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD BECAUSE WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN SOMETHING INCREDIBLE.

I THINK IT'S AWESOME TO BE A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF IT.

TED: TO LEARN MORE, VISIT THE O'CONNOR INSTITUTE'S WEBSITE AND CLICK ON THE CIVICS EDUCATION TAB.

>>> MANY AMERICANS DON'T KNOW ABOUT CIVICS INDICATES A BETTER NEED FOR CIVICS EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS.

RECENTLY THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PUBLISHED A POLICY BRIEF TITLED WHEN AND WHY DID AMERICA STOP TEACHING CIVICS?

WE LEARN MORE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK.

TED: POLICYWISE, WHEN AND WHERE DID AMERICA STOP TEACHING CIVICS?

DEFINE CIVICS.

>> THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP.

IF YOU THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF CIVICS EDUCATION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GOVERNMENT CLASS AND LEARN ABOUT THE WORKINGS OF GOVERNMENT.

TED: SO WHEN AND WHY DID AMERICA STOP TEACHING THE STUFF?

>> 11:32 A.M. -- [ LAUGHTER ] >> IT'S A LONG STORY, AND PART OF THE REASON WHY WE PUT OUT THE BRIEF, WE WANTED TO CONDENSE IT IN A WAY THAT A READER COULD EASILY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

THE BACKGROUND IS SPECIFICS IS NOT INCIDENTAL TO AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION, IT USED TO BE CORE.

YOU COULD READ THE FOUNDING FATHERS ON THIS, HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO TEACH PEOPLE CIVICS IN A NEW NATION FOUNDED ON IDEAS AND WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT GOING INTO THE 19th CENTURY, WHEN WE HAD THE WAVES OF IMMIGRATION, IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT, AND A TRICKLEUP EFFECT, STUDENTS PASS IT TO PARENTS.

STORY CONTINUES UNTIL THE 1960s.

IN THE 1960s WHEN WE FIRST START TO SEE A SHIFT IN CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY.

TED: WHY THE SHIFT?

WAS IT MOSTLY POLITICAL?

WHAT WENT ON THERE?

>> WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 1960s, FOR A FIRST TIME IN A SUSTAINED WAY, CRITICS BEGAN SAYING THIS CIVIC EDUCATION WE HAVE IS TOO ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

A DIVERSITY OF STUDENTS FROM ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, A DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVES ON THE UNITED STATES, SO THIS DISAGREEMENT STARTED BUBBLES UP.

WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE VIEWERS.

REMEMBER THE 1960s, WE LEARNED ABOUT -- TED: SOME OF US DO.

YES.

[LAUGHTER] >> THESE DISAGREEMENTS WERE NOT OXFORD-STYLE DEBATES, THEY GOT PRETTY PERSONAL.

IDENTITY WAS PART OF IT.

THEY GOT VICIOUS.

IF THERE'S ONE THING FROM THE BRIEF THAT THE VIEWERS SHOULD TAKE AWAY, WHEN CIVICS BECOMES CONTROVERSIAL.

WHEN IT'S PERCEIVED AS THE DISAGREEMENTS ARE PERSONAL, WHEN IT GETS KIND OF NASTY, THIS IS WHEN SCHOOLS START TO BACK AWAY FROM TEACHING IT.

TED: SO WHAT DO YOU DO TO KEEP IT, A, FROM BEING CONTROVERSIAL, TOO CONTROVERSIAL.

AND, B, GET THE CONSTITUTIONS BACK TO TEACHING GOVERNMENT AND DOING SO IN A WAY, OKAY, A FEATHER MIGHT BE RUFFLED BUT YOU CAN'T IGNORE THE WHOLE THING.

IS THAT WHAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, IN SOME INSTANCES YES.

IN EDUCATION, A HYPERLOCAL ISSUE, DIFFERENT PLACES, DIFFERENT THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THERE'S A COURSE CAUSING CONTROVERSY.

THE HARD THING TO DO IS GET EVERYBODY IN A ROOM AND TAKE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT TO SEE WHAT SHOULD WE PUT IN?

TAKE OUT?

THAT'S HARD IF EVERYONE IN THE ROOM IS WORKING TOWARD A PRODUCTIVE GOAL.

IF EVERYONE IS SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER, THE HARD WORK IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS DIAL DOWN THE RANCOR ON THIS.

TED: SHOULD THERE BE FEDERAL GUIDELINES?

>> THERE ARE SOME IN CIVICS.

THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE BY LOCAL SCHOOL LEADERS, DISTRICTS, STATES.

WE'RE SEEING SOME POSITIVE MOMENTUM, YOU KNOW, BOTH AT THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL LEVEL, AT THE STATE LEVELS, WHERE PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE HERE.

TED: SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE CONCENTRATION ON S.T.E.M.

ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT CIVICS ENGAGED, TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE, TALKING ABOUT MATH.

HELPS KIDS PREPARE FOR THE WORKFORCE AND SOUNDS LIKE CIVICS TOOK A BACK SEAT TO ALL THIS?

>> THE EASIEST WAY TO SEE IS THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT WHICH TIED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS TO MATH AND READING TEST SCORES, SCHOOLS TAUGHT MATH AND READING MORE AND MORE AND MORE, THERE IS ONLY SO MANY HOURS IN A SCHOOL DAY, AND NOTHING AGAINST S.T.E.M., SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH.

FEDERAL FUNDING IS NOT FOR CIVICS.

TED: THEY ARE LESS COMFORTABLE AND LESS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF TEACHING CIVICS?

>> WE HEAR THAT TEACHERS ARE NOT PREPARED TO TEACH CIVICS.

THEY DON'T KNOW -- EXACTLY WHAT CIVICS IS.

WHAT IS IT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE CONVEYING AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO TEACH IT IN SUCH A CONTENTIOUS ENVIRONMENT WHERE, THEY CAN'T BE SURE A DISCUSSION IN A CLASSROOM WILL BLOW UP INTO SOMETHING BIGGER.

SO THAT'S THE SORT OF ENVIRONMENT WHICH THEY'RE WORKING.

TED: LAST QUESTION, THIS REPORT, WHAT DO YOU WANT FOLKS TO TAKE FROM THE REPORT?

>> TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, I WAS THINKING ON THE DRIVE OVER, LIKE THE EQUITIES MARKETS, WHEN THE SECTOR IS UNLOVED OR OVERLOOKED, THAT MIGHT BE THE TIME -- I'M NOT GIVING INVESTMENT ADVICE BUT MIGHT BE THE TIME TO BUY.

I THINK WE'RE IN THE MOMENT IN OUR COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE BUY CIVICS.

WE HAD DECADES WITHOUT CIVICS EDUCATION, IF I COULD SAY ANYTHING TO VIEWERS, IT WOULD BE DIAL DOWN THE ANGER, DIAL DOWN THE RANCOR BECAUSE NOBODY WILL GET WHAT THEY WANT IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.

COMPROMISE IS OFTEN PORTRAYED AS A NICE THING AND NICE TO HAVE, WE SEE IN THIS STUDY, A NECESSARY THING TO GET ANYTHING DONE IN THIS SPACE.

TED: YES, TO GET ANYTHING DONE IN A LOT OF SPACES WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.

LIAM JULIAN, GOOD STUFF, GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE.

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TED: CANAL CONVERGENCE IS A TEN-DAY OUTDOOR IMMERSIVE EVENT THAT CELEBRATES SCOTTSDALE'S CANAL WITH ART INSTALLATIONS AND MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCES.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

TED: CANAL CONVERGENCE IS A CELEBRATION OF THE CANAL BUT ART AS WELL, IS IT NOT?

>> A CELEBRATION OF WATER, LIGHT, HISTORICALLY, THE CANAL, SRP WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY TO DRAIN THE CANAL SYSTEMS AND NOT THE MOST AESTHETICALLY PLEASING SCENE SO THEY PARTNERED WITH SCOTTSDALE ARTS TO DO THIS TODAY.

TED: HOW LONG AGO?

>> ROUGHLY ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO.

THIS IS OUR TWELFTH CANAL CONVERGENCE.

TED: A TEN-DAY EVENT, EIGHT MAIN PIECES AND THESE ARE BIG PIECES, NOT A PICTURE WITH A LITTLE EASEL NEXT TO IT.

>> NO, THEY ARE LARGE MASSIVE PIECES, THEY ARE CREATED TO BE SHOWCASED AT NIGHT AND TYPICALLY HAVE INTERACTIVE COMPONENT OF SOME SORT.

TED: THREE OF THEM I WANT TO LOOK AT HERE.

ONE IS CALLED THE ARRAY, FROM CANADA, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE?

>> YES, THIS IS ACTUALLY A SERIES OF 14 MIRRORED PIECES SO WE'LL HAVE SEVEN SHOWCASED ON ONE SIDE OF THE CANAL AND THE REMAINING SEVEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CANAL.

IN THEORY AS YOU WALK UP, IT'S SUPPOSED TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD, SO ONCE YOU WALK UP TO THE PIECE, YOU WILL SEE POSITIVE IMAGES, PHRASES, THE THEME THIS YEAR IS IMPERFECTION, WE WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE A MOMENT, PAUSE AND REFLECT AND ENGAGE WITH ARTWORKS.

TED: LOTS OF MIRRORS AND LOTS OF REFLECTION THERE, HUH?

>> YES.

TED: ANOTHER ONE IS CALLED A GAIASCOPE, MORE MIRRORS HERE TOO?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ALL THE PIECES WILL BE REFLECTIVE PHYSICALLY OR PSYCHOLOGICALLY IN NATURE.

WANT PEOPLE TO PAUSE AND THINK.

THIS IS A SERIES OF THREE COLLIDE SCOPES -- KALEIDOSCOPES.

THEY SHOWCASE INSIDE ARIZONA'S LANDSCAPE AND SCENERY.

TED: SO LOOK INSIDE THE CONE SORT OF THING?

>> YEAH, YOU LOOK INSIDE THE CONE AND MANIPULATE WHAT'S INSIDE.

WE'LL HAVE PUSH BUTTONS AND PANEL, AND YOU WILL PLAY AROUND WITH LIGHTS, SOUNDS, IMAGING.

TED: THAT LOOKS LIKE THE EFFORT THERE.

CAN'T BE EASY TO SET SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP?

>> COMING FROM AN ARTIST OUT OF COLORADO AND THE PREVIOUS ARTWORK, THAT IS AN ARTIST OUT OF CANADA.

WE HAVE INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL REACH FOR OUR ARTWORK.

TED: INDEED.

THE OTHER IS THE PORTAL.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOT CIRCULAR, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

>> YEAH, ESSENTIALLY IT'S SUPPOSED TO TRANSPORT YOU TO ANOTHER DIMENSION AND THIS PIECE IS INTERACTIVE BEYOND WALKING THROUGH THE PORTAL.

OUR GUESTS WILL BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEMES, SOUND COMPONENT, LIGHTING COMPONENT.

AS YOU WALK THROUGH, THERE IS CO2 MIST THAT SHOOTS OUT.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE IMAGES IS WE WON'T HAVE THE RAMP, IT WILL BE FLUSH TO THE GROUND TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR GUESTS TO INTERACT WITH THE PIECE.

TED: SO IT ENVELOPS YOU AS IT GOES THROUGH, IS THAT THE IDEA?

>> THE IDEA IS TOTAL TRANSPORTATION TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

TED: YEAH, IT'S A PORTAL IS WHAT IT IS.

AND THIS IS -- THESE ARE THREE OF THE EIGHT BIG ART INSTALLATIONS, CORRECT?

>> YES.

AND ONE OF THOSE ARE DRONE ARTWORK PERFORMANCE.

TED: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE INTERACTIVE.

BUT WE'LL HAVE AN ABSTRACT ARTWORK DRONE SHOW THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THE SECOND WEEK OF OUR EVENT.

TED: LIKE AN AIRSHOW EVENT?

>> ESSENTIALLY AN AIRSHOW.

WE'RE WORKING WITH AN ARTIST WHO MADE IT REFLECTIVE IN NATURE AND WANTS TO INVITE PEOPLE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND PAUSE AND PONDER.

TED: THE MUSIC AND THE DANCE PERFORMANCES ARE, ARE THEY SIMILAR AREAS?

SAME STAGE?

WHERE IS THAT LOCATED?

>> SAME STAGE.

THIS IS THE SALARI STAGE NEAR SCOTTSDALE ROAD.

WE'LL HAVE LIVE MUSIC, POP-UP DANCE PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO LOCAL MUSIC.

ALL VARIETIES OF MUSIC.

TED: SO SCOTTSDALE ROAD TO WEST?

>> TO GOLDWATER.

TED: TO GOLDWATER?

>> WE TAKE UP THE ENTIRETY OF THE CANAL.

FROM GOLDWATER TO SCOTTSDALE ROAD, WE'LL HAVE THE ARTWORKS SPREAD OUT.

THE LIVE MUSIC AND DANCE COMPONENT AND NOT NECESSARILY ON-SITE BUT FEATURING A MINI FILM FESTIVAL AT HARKINSES AT THE FASHION SQUARE NOVEMBER 15 AND 16.

TED: THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GROWN A LOT OVER THE YEARS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

TED: ARE YOU READY TO GROW MORE NOW?

>> FROM SCOTTSDALE TO GOLDWATER, ARE YOU READY TO TAKE UP MORE SPACE?

>> WE'RE READY TO EXPAND.

AND WE EXPERIENCE FAIRLY LARGE CROWD SIZES AND SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE ARE WANTING EXPANSION A LITTLE BIT MORE.

TED: KIARA BROWN, CANAL CONVERGENCE COORDINATOR.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

TED: YOU BET.

.

TED: AND BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, CHECK IN WITH PBS "NEWSHOUR"'S STEPHANIE SY.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING OUT THERE?

>> HEY, TED, I LOVE THE CANAL ART SHOW, I WISH WE COULD STAY ON THAT TOPIC.

TED: ISN'T THAT GREAT?

>> IT WAS GREAT.

A DIFFERENT VIBE HERE THAN FOUR YEARS AGO.

OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF SECURITY, ELECTION OFFICIALS COME OUT HERE.

THEY'RE ESCORTED BY ARMED DEPUTIES.

WHEN THEY GO TO LUNCH, THEY'RE ESCORTED BY ARMED SECURITY.

THERE'S AN IRON GATE FENCING OFF THE CENTER.

THIS WAS THE SITE OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS CONTESTING THE RESULTS OF THE LEGITIMATE RESULTS HERE IN ARIZONA.

A VERY CALM DAY TODAY.

EARLIER TODAY, I WAS AT TWO POLLING LOCATIONS.

THE WEIGHT TIMES AT MOST POLLING LOCATIONS WAS SHORT, BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES.

I WAS AT A REALLY BUSY POLLING LOCATION IN SCOTTSDALE AND COMPETITIVE DISTRICT, CD1, AND THE WAIT TIME THERE WAS 45 MINUTES.

I SPOKE TO A LOT OF VOTERS, AND I WILL ALSO NOTE THERE WAS A PINK SCOTTSDALE PARTY BUS THERE HIRED BY THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE FAR RIGHT GROUP, TURNING POINT USA TO SHUTTLE VOTERS WHO WANTED TO GO TO A POLLING LOCATION WITH SHORTER LINES, AND I SAW VOTERS TAKE THEM UP ON THE OFFER.

IT WAS INTERESTING AT THE SCOTTSDALE INDIAN BEND WASH LOCATION.

THERE WERE SOME CANDIDATES THERE.

THERE WAS SOME MEDIA THERE, AND THERE WAS ALSO A GUY WHO WAS GETTING PEOPLE TO SIGN THE ELON MUSK SWEEPSTAKES PETITIONS.

SO THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF CHARACTERS THERE TODAY.

OVERALL, WE'RE TOLD THERE HAVE BEEN NO WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS IN MARICOPA COUNTY.

WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING SOME PROBLEMS, WE'VE LEARNED OF, IN APACHE COUNTY, ON THE NAVAJO NATION.

MOST OF THOSE VOTING SITES ARE OPERATIONAL, BUT EARLIER TODAY, MANY OF THOSE VOTING SITES WERE EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, AND THAT'S A STORY WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW TONIGHT, TED.

TED: YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE AT A COUPLE OF POLLING LOCATIONS EARLY TODAY.

WHEN YOU TALKED TO FOLKS, WHAT DID YOU HEAR?

>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT REPORTING FROM MARICOPA COUNTY.

THE REASON THIS IS A BELLWETHER COUNTY FOR SO MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY, BUT ALSO REALLY IS THE WILD WEST OF POLITICAL OPINIONS.

I JUST WANT TO PLAY A SAMPLING OF WHAT VOTERS TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY.

TAKE A LISTEN.

DO YOU TRUST THE ELECTION PROCESS, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT DAY AFTER ELECTION DAY?

>> I DO TRUST THE PROCESS.

I BELIEVE THEY CREATED THE PROCESS SO WE DON'T HAVE THE MISHAPS, AND IT'S CRAZY HOW THINGS KEEP COMING ABOUT IN ODD WAY, BUT I TRUST THE ELECTION.

EVERY VOTE COUNTS, AND PEOPLE HAVE TO COME OUT AND VOTE.

>>> YOU'RE A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN.

WAS IT A TOUGH DECISION AT ALL THIS YEAR?

>> NO, IT WAS AN EASY DECISION.

WITH THE CAVEAT THAT TRUMP'S CHARACTER IS PRETTY DEFICIENT AND I DON'T LIKE THAT, BUT TRUMP WAS A GOOD PRESIDENT AND WOULD BE GOOD AGAIN.

HE'S NOT A GUY I'D LIKE TO HAVE FOR A NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR.

>> YOU CAME OUT OF THE POLLING BOOTH CRYING?

>> JUST AN ORDEAL GOING THROUGH THIS LAST ELECTION.

I'M IN MY LATE 70s, AND I HAVE BEEN A PROPONENT OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS FOR DECADES.

I FOUGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS, AND SO THIS WAS A BIG ELECTION FOR ME.

>> SO, TED, I GUESS THE WAY I WOULD DESCRIBE THE VIBE OVERALL AT THE POLLING LOCATIONS I WAS AT IS PRETTY CHILL, BUT YOU GET VOTERS TALKING, AND AS MR. RODGERS WOULD HAVE SAID, THERE WAS A LOT OF BIG FEELINGS BEHIND ALL OF THAT.

WE'LL BE AT THE TABULATION CENTER ALL NIGHT.

THERE'S AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE POLLS CLOSE.

AN HOUR AFTER THAT WE'LL SEE POLLS CLOSE.

TED: WE'LL LOOK FOR YOU LATER ON THIS EVENING AS WE HAVE OUR 10:00 FULL HOUR OF RESULTS, PBS "NEWSHOUR" IS COVERING THE NATIONAL ELECTION SCENE.

FIRST RESULTS 8:00 OR SO AND THEY COME IN 10:00, MAYBE 11:00, YOU SEE THE BARCODE?

IF YOU WANT LIVE, REALTIME ELECTION RESULTS, HIT UP ON THE BARCODE.

THAT'S AP RESULTS AND THAT WILL GO RIGHT TO YOUR PHONE, RIGHT TO WHEREVER YOU WANT THEM TO GO AND GET THEM WHETHER THE RESULTS COME IN AND FOLLOW IN REALTIME WHATEVER RACE YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THIS EVENING.

TAKE A SNAP SHOT OF THE BARCODE AND WATCH OUT FOR US AS WE HAVE OUR FULL HOUR LONG ELECTION SHOW COMING UP TONIGHT AT 10:00 RIGHT HERE ON ARIZONA PBS.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.