NOW IS SAM BRODY CONGRESSIONAL
REPORTER FOR THE DAY, THE BEAST
IS AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US THIS MORNING. THIS THIS
FEDERAL BIT CALLED H OR ONE
WHAT EXACTLY IS IN IT.
>> YEAH, I GET TO BE HERE.
THIS IS SORT OF IT
DEMOCRAT SIGNATURE. I'M NOT
JUST VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION
YOU KNOW THEY CALL IT A MOCK
RECEIVER FORM SO
THAT INCLUDES MEASURES LIKE YOU
KNOW ELECTION DAY A FEDERAL
HOLIDAY FOR EXAMPLE DOESN'T GET
MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE CREATING
AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION SO
THAT FOLKS
ARE JUST ALREADY IN THE ROLES
AND CAN OPT OUT OF IT INSTEAD
OF OPTING INTO IT
BEYOND THAT THERE'S CAMPAIGN
FINANCE REFORM THERE'S
REDISTRICTING REFORM
ETHICS REFORMS ALL THAT KIND OF
STUFF UNDER UNDER ONE UMBRELLA
HOUSE DEMOCRATS PASSED
THIS LAST HERE WHEN THEY WERE
IN THE MAJORITY OF COURSE THEY
DID NOT HAVE THE SENATE OR THE
PRESIDENCY SO THAT REALLY YOU
KNOW MAKES SOMEWHAT MORE
POSSIBLE THAT THEY
EVENTUALLY GET THIS INTO LAW
CERTAINLY MORE SO THAN BEFORE
AND THEY'RE FEELING MORE URGENT
ABOUT THIS PUSHING THIS
LEGISLATION BECAUSE OF WHAT
HAPPENING ON THE STATE
REPUBLICANS IN THE WAKE OF THE
2020 ELECTION,
PUSHING HUNDREDS BILLS IN STATE
LEGISLATURES. ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO
ROLL BACK VOTING RIGHTS IN
RESPONSE YOU KNOW PERCEIVED IN
YOU
KNOW BASELESS. AT CLAIMS OF
SYSTEMIC VOTER, ROD AND A LACK
OF VOTING INTEGRITY.
>> AS SAM, I KNOW IN YOUR PIECE
YOU CITE SOME OF THAT SPECIFIC
DATA THAT MORE THAN 250 BILLS
TO YOUR POINT RESTRICTING
VOTING ACCESS HAVE BEEN FILED
IN 43 STATES
SINCE THIS START OF THIS YEAR
THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE BRENNAN
CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY. SO THIS BILL I
THINK AS YOU MENTIONED THERE IT
IS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT
SPECIFICALLY IN RESPONSE TO
THAT IS THAT THE CASE.
>> SO I NECESSARILY I THINK
DEMOCRATS WOULD WOODLAKE YOU
KNOW WE'D
LIKE TO PASS THIS BILL THEY
THEY WANTED TO PASS IT LAST
YEAR THEY WANT TO PASS IT NO
MATTER
YOU KNOW I THINK THERE IS
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION THAT'S
THAT'S NOT JUST EAT
OR WHAT BUT DEMOCRATS YOU KNOW
FAIRLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WHAT
THEY CALL THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING
RIGHTS
ADVANCEMENT ACT WHICH IS
SEPARATE LEGISLATION THAT IS
DESIGNED TO REALLY YOU KNOW
LEGAL PROTECTIONS
FOR SURE VOTERS FROM YOU KNOW
HISTORICALLY DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST AND DISENFRANCHISED
SOME OF THOSE PROTECTIONS HAVE
ROE DID OVER THE YEARS AND THEY
LOOK TO REBUILD THAT. SO THAT'S
JUST KIND OF
ANOTHER ANOTHER THINGS HERE I
THINK THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT IS
JUST MAKING THIS PUSH THOUGH
YOU DIDN'T EVEN MORE BECAUSE
IT'S LIKELY THAT THESE BILLS ON
THE STATE LEVEL WILL
BECOME LAW. SOME OF THEM, I
MEAN GEORGIA HAS HAD JUST
PASSED A BILL.
THAT WILL BASICALLY
EXCUSE ABSENTEE THE GOVERNOR IS
IS POISED TO SIGN THAT INTO LAW
HE WANTS TO WIN SO THESE THINGS
ARE REALLY HAPPENING ON THE
STATE LEVEL THE PROBLEM FOR
DEMOCRATS IS IF.
YOU KNOW REPUBLICANS WANT TO
STOP HR, ONE AND BILLS LIKE
IT, BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO PASS THIS IN
THE SENATE. THEY LACKED 60
VOTES TO DO SO IN THE EVENLY
SPLIT CHAMBER, SO UNLESS YOU
KNOW GET RID OF THE
THE FILIBUSTER. THE 60 VOTE
THESE RUNNING THOSE ARE GOING
TO GO ANYWHERE.
>> ALL RIGHT LET'S SHOW THIS UP
FULL SCREEN WE DID GET COMMENTS
FROM THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
MIKE PENCE ON THIS AT JUST LAST
WEEK OF COURSE NOW HE IS WITH
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, A
CONSERVATIVE
THINK TANK. WRITING THAT
ELECTION REFORM IS A NATIONAL
IMPERATIVE BUT UNDER OUR
CONSTITUTION
ELECTION REFORM MUST BE
UNDERTAKEN AT THE STATE SAM,
BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS OR
A BILL HR ONE IS GOING TO BE
HARD IF NOT VIRTUALLY POSSIBLE
TO PASS WITHOUT THOSE 60 VOTES.
I NEEDED IN THE SENATE WHAT
COULD LOOKED A YEAR AND A HALF
FROM NOW. 4 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN
WE HEAD BACK TO THE
POLLS WITH THE CHANGES THAT
REPUBLICANS ARE PUSHING FOR AT
THE STATE LEVEL.
>> YEAH, IT'S A VERY GOOD
QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK AGAIN
THERE IS MOVEMENT AMONG
DEMOCRATS.
TO END THE FILIBUSTER
EXPLICITLY
IT TO PASS A VOTING RIGHTS
LEGISLATION SENATOR AMY
KLOBUCHAR FOR EXAMPLE I CAME
OUT IT SUPPORTED ENDING THE
FILIBUSTER RECENTLY BECAUSE
OF OF THEY NEED TO PASS A
VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION BUT
THAT'S STILL A LONG WAY OFF.
I THINK WHAT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN
IS AS.
SOME OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S
WRAP UP THEIR WORK THIS YEAR A
BUNCH INCLUDING GEORGE ARE
GOING TO PASS THESE BILLS
DESIGN TO BE IN PLACE FOR THE
2022 ELECTION. THAT'S CERTAINLY
THEIR INTENTION. MY
SUSPICION IS. THAT I DON'T
THINK WILL SURPRISE A LOT OF
FOLKS IS THAT A LOT OF THESE
BILLS WHAT WILL PROBABLY GET
TIED UP
IN COURT. THAT'S THE MOST
SORT OF AVENUE THAT VOTING
RIGHTS ADVOCATES HAVE TO
PREVENT THESE FROM BECOMING LAW
IN 2022. BUT OF COURSE IT'S
IT'S NO
SURE THING. IT'S NOT TOTALLY
UNREASONABLE TO THINK ABOUT THE
2020 TO VOTING LANDSCAPE OF
COURSE THAT PIVOTAL MIDTERM
ELECTION WITH CONTROL OF THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE ON
THE LINE WHERE VOTERS IN SOME
OF THE STATES WHERE DEMOCRATS
MADE A LOT OF GEORGIA AND YOU
KNOW BECAUSE OF
THE PARTICIPATION OF MINORITY
VOTERS, YOUNGER VOTERS, THOSE
WHO ARE LESS LIKELY TO VOTE
NOT HARD TO SEE A SITUATION
WHERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
MADE IT EASY FOR THEM TO VOTE
IN 2020 ARE ARE NO
LONGER THERE BECAUSE OF THESE
BILLS PUSHED BY REPUBLICANS
IN MAY.