Election 2020: Cities And Businesses Prepare For Post-Election Unrest, Violence

Workers board up a building in downtown Washington, D.C., in preparation for possible protests.

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Phil Brach spent the weekend putting huge sheets of plywood up over the massive glass windows of the store where he works, Rodman’s Food and Drug in Washington, D.C., in preparation for Election Day.

“We’ll probably go up two or three boards high,” Brach says.

Across the country, there are growing concerns that the bitterness and animosity over the presidential election will not end when the polls close Tuesday night. From coast to coast, cities are preparing for possible protests, civil unrest and violence, regardless of the election’s outcome.