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WELCOME TO THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE. I'M JOHN FOR THIER. AND WELCOME TO OUR ELECTION DAY PRESENTATION. OF COURSE, THIS IS ELECTION DAY...
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| 00:00:44 |
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OF VOTING THAT OCCUR BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND OFTEN AWAY FROM THE POLLING PLACE. LET ME SET A LITTLE OF THE STAGE BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO A DISCUSSION...
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| 00:11:28 |
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WITHOUT PROVIDING JUSTIFICATION. CLOSE TO 30 STATES ALLOW VOTERS TO CAST EARLY BALLOTS IN PERSON. 21 STATES OFFER EARLY VOTING BY MAIL. EARLY VOTING...
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| 00:14:41 |
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BE PRECEDED BY MY EXPERIENCE IN
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| 00:14:44 |
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MARINE CORPS BOOT
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| 00:14:47 |
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CAMP. MY SENIOR DRILL
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| 00:14:49 |
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INSTRUCTOR -- YOU KNOW, THIS WAS WHILE THERE WAS STILL A BOOT CAMP IN SAN DIEGO, BECAUSE NOTHING COULD HAVE GOTTEN ME TO PARIS ISLAND, HE USED TO SAY...
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| 00:26:21 |
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NUMBER OF DAYS, EARLY, ABSENTEE OR WHATEVER HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH TURNOUT, BUT MORE SO TO DO WITH CHOICE AND SO PROVIDING CHOICES FOR MILLIONS...
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| 00:35:55 |
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WHICH RELATIVELY RECENTLY HAS BEEN 100% VOTING BY MAIL AND ITS EFFECTS ON TURNOUT. AND SOME EARLY STUDIES ON SMALLER INITIATIVES IN OTHER STATES. ...
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| 00:38:30 |
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CAN'T THINK OF A POLLING STUDY THAT CAN BE MORE VALID THAN THE AGGREGATE DATA OF VOTING. AND THAT'S TRUE OF EARLY VOTING AND NO EXCUSE ABSENTEE. THE...
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| 00:41:24 |
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COURSE. IN NEW MEXICO, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY EXPERIENCE MORE NEW VOTERS VOTING EARLY AND ABSENTEE THAN THE TRADITIONAL VOTERS THAT ARE GOING TO...
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| 00:41:44 |
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GOING TO MY POLLING PLACE ON ELECTION DAY. IT MEANS I'M GOING TO VOTE ON THAT DAY. THIS IS THE LAST DAY, THE DAY THAT I CAN VOTE AND I EXERCISE MY...
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| 00:44:00 |
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DISTANCE PROBLEM IS REAL AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT LAW. THE SECOND THING TO BE SAID ISNi THAT IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT NO EXCUSE ABSENTEE AS OPPOSED TO...
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| 00:46:28 |
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THE RESTRICTIONS OR HOOPS THAT YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET WITNESSES OR TO GET A NOTARY PUBLIC, YOU SHOULD SHOW YOUR PLANK BALLOT TO AND FILL IT OUT...
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| 00:47:30 |
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BALLOT, CAN I HELP YOU FILL IT OUT OR CAN I DELIVER IT FOR YOU? AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN NEW MEXICO. ONLY THE VOTER CAN DO THAT OR A CLOSE RELATIVE....
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| 00:50:06 |
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THEY GO? THE POLLING PLACES THAT YOU GO TO VOTE EARLY, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THERE AND HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THERE RELATIVE TO HOW MANY POLLING PLACES...
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| 00:50:42 |
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REPORTED TO MY OFFICE I HAD A WOMAN CALL JUST THE OTHER DAY THAT SAID, I HAD TO WAIT MORE THAN AN HOUR TO VOTE AND IN BURLIO COUNTY, THEY'RE WAITING...
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| 00:52:29 |
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BALLOT. OUR ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THE RIGHT TO A SECRET BALLOT CAN ONLY BE PROTECTED WHEN VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOT IN THE SECRET...
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| 00:52:43 |
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PROBLEM OF INCREASING VOTER PARTICIPATION, IT COR RESPONDS TO THE GENERAL DEMOCRATIC INTERESTS PROVIDED IT DOES NOT JEOPARDIZE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, SUCH...
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| 00:53:42 |
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I'LL TAKE THAT AS A COMMENT AND NOTE THAT
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| 00:53:45 |
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THERE ARE SOME ABSENTEE AND EARLY VOTING GOING ON ABROAD, THAT THERE IS AN EXPERIMENT WITH POSTAL VOTING GOING ON IN BRITAIN, AND THE IDEA IS THEY'RE...
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| 00:54:01 |
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NEXT? WE'LL GO TO -- DID I SEE YOUR HAND UP? WE'LL GO HERE IN THE FRONT AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER HERE. >> THANKS, JOHN. GARRETT MITCHELL FROM "THE MITCHELL...
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| 00:54:31 |
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HAVE LEARNED IS THERE'S SOME DATA THAT SUGGESTS THIS SYSTEM OF CHOICE IS HAVING WHAT MIGHT ARGUABLY BE THE REVERSE IMPACT, WHICH IS THAT IT
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| 00:54:41 |
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IS DRIVING
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| 00:54:42 |
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DOWN PARTICIPATION. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, A, IS THAT TRUE? B, ARE THERE OTHER DATA POINTS THAT WE COULD GET HERE TODAY THAT WILL HELP US GET...
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| 00:55:34 |
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THE CITIZEN VOTING POPULATION, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN COME TO ANY OTHER DIFFERENT CONCLUSION. I THINK YOU CAN SLICE IT AND DICE IT ANY WAY YOU WANT TO,...
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| 00:56:19 |
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QUITE AS FAR TO BE MORE SPECIFIC IN REGARDS TO HOW VOTERS VOTE UNIFORMLY AND ARE TREATED UNIFORMLY WITHIN THE STATES. BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING INTO...
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| 00:57:58 |
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LOOKED AT THAT PROBLEM AND RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR 100% SECURITY FROM SOFTWARE BREAKDOWN, 100% SECURITY FROM VIRUSES AND HAECERS AND 100% SECURITY FOR...
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| 00:58:41 |
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WANT TO VOTE? >> IT'S NOT THAT THEY CAUSE PEOPLE NOT TO VOTE.
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| 00:58:47 |
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ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, SOME PEOPLE FORGET. THEY GET THE BALLOT AND THEY DON'T DO THAT. BY PROVIDING EASE, YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY PROVIDING MOTIVATION....
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| 00:59:05 |
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TRUE, THAT INDIVIDUAL ELECTIONS , YOU KNOW, CANDIDATES OR ISSUES, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THE MOTIVATION. THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU ANALYZE THE DATA, YOU AGGREGATE...
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| 01:00:32 |
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CERTAINLY SOME OF THE BIG STATES THAT ARE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY IN THIS DIRECTION ARE IN THE WEST, SO YOU SEE A GREAT DISPARITY FROM SOME OF THE EASTERN,...
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| 01:01:13 |
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WE HAVE DEFINED WHAT CONSTITUTES A VOTE. AND SO, IF YOU
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| 01:01:17 |
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HAVE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, FOR EXAMPLE, A PAPER BALLOT, THAT -- WHERE THERE WAS AN OVERVOTE. OF COURSE, THAT ONE WILL
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| 01:01:26 |
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NOT COUNT, THOSE CHOICES WILL NOT COUNT, BUT
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| 01:01:29 |
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EVERYTHING ELLS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE COUNT. EVERYTHING UNDER THAT OR IN THE MIDDLE OR WHEREVER IT'S AT. IN REGARDS TO SPOILED BALLOTS, I DON'T HAVE...
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| 01:02:50 |
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YES. MM-HMM. >> OK. I'VE BEEN TOLD TO GO TO THE BACK, AND I THINK I WILL. I'LL GO AS FAR BACK AS I CAN. OVER
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| 01:02:58 |
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HERE. WE'LL
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| 01:02:59 |
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MAKE KIM WORK HERE. >> POOR KIM. >> HI, THERE. I'M A
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| 01:03:09 |
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CONSULTANT AND BASICALLY OUR QUESTION GOES BACK TO
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| 01:03:12 |
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SOMETHING CURTIS MENTIONED VERY BRIEFLY. FOR A DOZEN YEARS THE TELEVISION NETWORKS, PARTICULARLY COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, THE REST OF THEM HAVE BEEN TRYING...
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| 01:03:25 |
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BUT TRYING TO INCREASE OBVIOUSLY
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| 01:03:27 |
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VOTER INTEREST. BUT IT DOESN'T WORK AS WE'VE SEEN. CURTIS, HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE INTERESTED AGAIN? IS IT POSSIBLE? >> SURE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN...
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| 01:03:54 |
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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LONG-TERM SUSTAINING INTEREST AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE, WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, WE NEED TO IMPROVE BOTH THE QUANTITY...
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| 01:07:11 |
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VOTE AWAY FROM THE POLLING PLACE. AND I THINK THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN CREATE POLLING-PLACE-LIKE ATMOSPHERES. WHY CAN'T WE...
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| 01:07:59 |
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DISTRICTS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE THING THAT IS CREATING OUR POLITICAL POLARIZATION IN THE COUNTRY. AND SECONDLY, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO...
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| 01:08:49 |
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18-21-YEAR-OLD BRACKET WAS ALLOWED TO VOTE, HAS DRIVEN DOWN VOTER TURNOUT ONLY BECAUSE THE 18-21 POPULATION HASN'T, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, HASN'T TURNED...
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| 01:09:00 |
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NUMBERS. BUT MR. GANS COMMENT THAT IN 2002, OREGON ACTUALLY HAD AN INCREASE WHEN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE HAD -- THE NATIONAL AVERAGE HAD GONE DOWN, TURNOUT...
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| 01:09:36 |
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THING. OREGONIANS INCREASED GREATER
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| 01:09:38 |
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NATIONALLY
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| 01:09:39 |
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THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE INCREASED, BUT LESSER THAN ITS
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| 01:09:43 |
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BRETHREN BATTLEGROUND STATES AND 18 STATES, YOU KNOW, HAD GREATER INCREASES THAN OREGON WITHOUT RESORTING TO MAIL VOTING. >> BUT HOWEVER
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| 01:09:53 |
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IT CHANGED, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A HUGE -- THAT'S A PRETTY BIG CHANGE TO CHANGE IT
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| 01:09:57 |
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FROM, YOU KNOW, VOTING PLACES TO MAIL-IN AND -- >> BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SIX ELECTIONS, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING IN 2000. >> BUT CHANGE TAKES TIME. IF IT'S...
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| 01:10:13 |
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LOWEST THEN THE THIRD LOWEST -- >> THE OREGON TURNOUT IN THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY WAS THE LOWEST IN ITS HISTORY. >> THANK YOU. >>
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| 01:10:22 |
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OK. WE'LL GO RIGHT HERE, SECOND
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| 01:10:27 |
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ROW. >> HI. I'M
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| 01:10:31 |
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JOSEPH JACOBS,
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| 01:10:32 |
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. MR. GANS, IF ABSENTEE AND EARLY
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| 01:10:36 |
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VOTING IS HERE TO STAY, HOW CAN WE REFORM IT
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| 01:10:41 |
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SO IT CAN
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| 01:10:42 |
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ACHIEVE ITS INITIAL GOAL OF INCREASING VOTER TURNOUT? >> YOU CAN'T. I MEAN, IT SIMPLY HAS TO BE
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| 01:10:49 |
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ABANDONED, YOU KNOW, AND -- AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THE POLITICAL PROCESS HAS GOT TO ENCOURAGE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY. I MEAN, THE PARTIES...
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| 01:11:05 |
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OUT EARLY. BUT I THINK THE SAME PATTERN, YOU KNOW, WILL EXIST WHEN WE DO THE SAME FIGURES, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS -- I MEAN, WE'RE LIKELY TO HAVE GREATER...
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| 01:12:33 |
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TURNOUT. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT TWO-HOUR LINES IN EARLY VOTING
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| 01:12:38 |
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AND TWO-HOUR LINES IN
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| 01:12:40 |
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ELECTION-DAY
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| 01:12:41 |
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VOTING. THERE NEED TO BE MORE POLLING SPACES. EVERY STATE OUGHT TO HAVE NEW YORK'S HOURS, 6:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M. BUT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE AN ELECTION-DAY...
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| 01:15:22 |
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THERE SHOULD BE VOTING ON ELECTION DAY. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ELECTION DAY, ALWAYS. AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT CHOOSE TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY SHOULD...
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| 01:17:42 |
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1964. AND WHAT YOU SEE IS THE ONLY GROUPS THAT HAVE INCREASED THEIR RATE OF TURNOUT ARE PEOPLE OVER 75. >> THE POLL WORKERS. >> AND YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN...
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| 01:18:17 |
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THE PEOPLE -- THE LEAST PEOPLE VOTING RIGHT NOW
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| 01:18:19 |
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ARE PEOPLE 18 AND 19, BUT WHEN THEY BECOME 30, THEY WILL VOTE AT A LESSER RATE THAN THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED -- WHO WERE 30 A DECADE AGO. >> AND I HAVE TO...
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| 01:18:49 |
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BE GOING TO THE POLLING PLACES EVERY ELECTION CYCLE BECAUSE WE, AS CHIEF ELECTIONS OFFICIALS, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION....
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| 01:20:01 |
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VOTER REGISTRATION EVERY TWO YEARS -- WELL, IN MOST CASES. WELL, IN JAPAN, WE HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
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| 01:20:10 |
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EVERYBODY REGISTERS RESIDENCY WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND THIS RESIDENCY REGISTRATION SERVES FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES. WHEN YOU GO OPEN A NEW BANK ACCOUNT,...
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| 01:21:39 |
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REACH US. IT WOULD GO BACK TO THAT ELECTIONS OFFICIAL, WHEREVER IT WAS SENT FROM, AND SO THEN THAT ELECTION OFFICIAL WILL ASSUME THAT THAT PERSON LEFT...
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| 01:23:26 |
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WORLD IN WHICH THE ONUS FOR QUALIFYING FOR VOTING FALLS ON THE
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| 01:23:32 |
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CITIZEN. EXCEPT IN NORTH DAKOTA, WHICH HAS
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| 01:23:36 |
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NO REGISTRATION. FRANCE IS ANOTHER. YOU KNOW, AND IT HAS A 20 PERCENTAGE POINT HIGHER TURNOUT THAN WE DO. IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS, I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE...
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| 01:24:55 |
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HAVE PROBLEMS ACROSS STATES GIVEN OUR FEDERALISM AND OUR -- IN OUR E>ECTIONS.co ALL RIGHT. I THINK THIS MAY BE THE LAST QUESTION. WE'LL GO RIGHT...
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| 01:25:28 |
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REALLY DOES NOT AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION. I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHETHER YOU AGREE, AND IF SO, WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT?...
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| 01:25:58 |
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NONVOTERS WOULD HAVE BEEN 64%. ALTHOUGH THAT'S ONLY AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET. IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO ANYTHING ELSE BELOW THE TOP OF THE TICKET. BUT THAT'S...
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| 01:30:17 |
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AS MUCH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION OUT THERE, WE CAN LEAD THE HORSE TO WATER, AS WAS WAS MENTIONED, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T FORCE IT TO DRINK. IF YOU...
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| 01:31:37 |
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CONSIDER FIRST THAT YOU VOTE, BUT SECOND THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH YOUR STATE AND DISTRICT IS CONDUCTING THIS VOTE AND...
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