* Local and state officials warn of violence across the country on Election Day as preparations are underway
* Retailers and other property owners boarded up their buildings and storefronts over the weekend
* In New York City, major brand names secured their Manhattan locations by putting up plywood
* Businesses in Beverly Hills and some San Francisco Bay Area counties are coming up with emergency plans
* Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said police vehicles will be parked close to commercial areas downtown
* In Washington, DC, university students were told to stockpile food and essential medicine for the days ahead
Tuesday’s presidential election has the nation on edge and business and property owners in some of America’s major cities are taking no chances in case violence spills out into the streets.
Workers were seen this weekend all across the country boarding up store fronts, business offices, restaurants, banks, hair salons, and other places of commerce as law enforcement warned of possible unrest on Tuesday night.
Business owners are eager to avoid a repeat of the turmoil that followed the May 25 police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis - an event that triggered nationwide rioting and looting.
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