| 00:00:00 | THANK THE GENTLEMAN. |
| 00:00:02 | WE ALREADY KNOW THAT IN 38 STATE THERE IS IS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD SUPPRESS THE PARTICIPATION IN THE VOTES OF YOUNG, MINORITY, AND ELDERLY VOTERS. |
| 00:00:11 | NOW WE SEE THEIR ALLIES HERE IN CONGRESS TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE ONLY FEDERAL AGENCY CHARGED WITH IMPROVING THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY VOTE COUNTS. |
| 00:00:20 | IF YOU LIKE THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES, YOU'RE GOING TO BE THRILLED BY THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US TODAY TO CLOSE THE ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION. |
| 00:00:30 | THE VOTERS VOTE -- THE VOTER'S VOTE SHOULD BE BEHIND A CURTAIN OF SECRECY BUT THE PROCESS BY WHICH REGISTRATIONS RIGHT HAND ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT. |
| 00:00:42 | IF NOT, VOTERS WILL CEASE TO BELIEVE THE VOTING IS FAIR AND THEIR VOTE COUNTS. |
| 00:00:47 | LET ME REMIND MY COLLEAGUES, THERE IS NOTHING MORE CRUCIAL TO DEMOCRACY THAN THE FAIRNESS AND ACCOUNTABLE OF ELECTIONS. |
| 00:00:56 | DEMOCRACY WORKS ONLY IF CITIZENS BELIEVE IT DOES. |
| 00:00:59 | THE SYSTEM MUST WORK AND THE PEOPLE MUST BELIEVE IN IT. |
| 00:01:03 | VOTING SHOULDN'T BE AN ACT OF BLIND FAITH. |
| 00:01:05 | IT SHOULD BE AN ACT OF RECORD. |
| 00:01:07 | THE E. |
| 00:01:08 | A.C. HELPS MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS TOO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE LEGITIMACY OF THE ELECTION RESULTS, DISMANTLING THE E. |
| 00:01:19 | A.C. WOULD FURTHER ERODE THAT NECESSARY FAITH IN THE PROCESS. |
| 00:01:23 | WE'VE DISCUSSED, SEVERAL TIMES, AND OTHERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT IF MANIPULATING THE OUTCOME OF ELECTIONS OCCS, HOW MUCH EASIER WILL IT BE ONCE THE E. |
| 00:01:36 | A.C. IS ELIMINATED? |
| 00:01:38 | MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE CASTING THEIR VOTES NOW ON UN AUDITABLE VOTING MACHINES AND THE RESULTS OF MOST ELECTIONS ARE NOT AUDITED. |
| 00:01:47 | ELIMINATING THE E. |
| 00:01:48 | A.C. WOULD INCREASE THE RISK THAT THE ELECTORAL PROCESS WOULD BE COROMISED BY VOTER INTIMIDATION, BY VOTER SYSTEM IRREREGULARITIES. |
| 00:01:59 | CAN WE AFFORD TO TAKE THAT RISK? |
| 00:02:01 | CERTAINLY NOT. |
| 00:02:02 | DO WE WANT PROBLEMS TO GO UNDETECTED? |
| 00:02:05 | I WOULD HOPE NOT. |
| 00:02:06 | LES OVERSIGHT, LES STANDARDS, LESS TEST, FEWER AUDITS WEAKEN OURS DEMOCRACY. |
| 00:02:13 | ABOLISHING THE E. |
| 00:02:14 | A.C. IS THE WRONG WAY TO GO. |
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