5 Things To Know Today: Tuesday, Nov. 8

• Today's election day: Polls will be open at the Redding Community Center, the Weston Middle School gym and at Samuel Staples Elementary School in Easton from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. Patch will post results as soon as they become available.

• The Easton Board of Finance is holding a special meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Samuel Staples Elementary School.

• The Redding Planning Commission meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Town House.

• Happy 80th birthday to 60 Minutes' Morley Safer.

• On this day in 1889, Montana was admitted as the 41st state of the Union.