| 01:20:28 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
THEY PROTECTED THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. >> CAN YOU FEELCALLY TO -- FEEL FREE TO PRECLEAR SOMETHING WITHOUT HIGHER UPS? >> I HAVE
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| 01:20:39 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
THE AUTHORITY TO PRECLEAR VOTING CHANGES WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY OF ANYONE ELSE. >> IN THE
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| 01:20:44 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
GEORGIA CASE, FOUR OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM RECOMMENDED DISAPPROVAL, IS THAT RIGHT? >> I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PUBLIC COMMENTS...
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| 01:20:55 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
THAT MR. BERMAN, MS.
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| 01:21:00 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
ZARINSKY, MS. MOSS, MR. MOORE, ALL RECOMMENDED NO, AND MR. ROGERS RECOMMENDED
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| 01:21:05 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
YES, IS THAT RIGHT? >> I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. >>
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| 01:21:10 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ALSO SAY THAT MR. BERMAN HAD BEEN WORK IN THE DIVISION FOR 28
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| 01:21:16 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
YEARS, MR. BARINSKY, FIVE TO SIX YEARS, MR. MOORE, FIVE YEARS, MS. MOSS, THREE YEARS. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> AND THAT -- WELL, YOU...
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| 01:21:29 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
AND MR. ROGERS, HOW
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| 01:21:30 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
LONG HAD HE BEEN WORKING FOR THE DIVISION? >> A SHORT PERIOD. >> THREE MONTHS? >> I DON'T KNOW THE PRECISE TIME. >> I JUST -- I JUST HAVE ONE FURTHER...
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| 01:21:45 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
AN
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| 01:21:46 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
AWARD CEREMONY WHERE EVERYBODY IN YOUR DIVISION BUT TWO RECEIVED AN AWARD? >> NO. >> HAVE VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE --
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| 01:21:54 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
DID MR. ROGERS
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| 01:21:55 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
RECEIVE
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| 01:21:57 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
AN AWARD, AN ON THE SPOT
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| 01:22:01 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
AWARD? >> I HAVE HEARD THAT. >> AND WERE THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO DISRED WITH THE
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| 01:22:11 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
GEORGIA DECISION --
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| 01:22:13 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
WHO DISAGREED WITH THE GEORGIA DECISION REPRIMANDED? >> NO. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE TO GO VOTE NOW. I WANT TO THANK MR. TANNER...
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| 01:22:25 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
THREE VOTES, WE WILL COME BACK PROBABLY
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| 01:22:27 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. SINCE WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMITTEE FOLLOWING THIS, I URGE EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE TO COME BACK, THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO RETURN, AS SOON
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| 01:22:37 |
Tanner, John - Deputy Assistant Atty. General
AS WE GET TO THE
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| 01:22:38 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
LAST VOTE ON
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| 01:22:39 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
THE FLOOR, WHERE WE'LL HEAR THE SECOND PANEL. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE STANDS IN RECESS. >> I THANK THE MEMBERS FOR RETURNING, THOSE WHO HAVE. THE COMMITTEE,...
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| 01:23:37 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
LOCKELIN McDONALD HAS DIRECTED THE PROJECTS RIGHT IN GEORGIA, HE PRACTICED LAW, SPECIALIZING IN VOTING RIGHTS AND DISCRIMINATION CASES. HE HAS ARGUED...
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| 01:24:28 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
AGREEMENTS, WINNING THREE MERIT AWARDS FOR HIS WORK. FOLLOWING HIS SERVICE HE SERVED AS PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CENTER OF DEMOCRACY AND ELECTION MANAGEMENT,...
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| 01:25:52 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
SHE SERVED AS TRIAL ATTORNEY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT AND COUNCIL TO BILL LANDLEE. AS A REMINDER YOUR WRITTEN ...
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| 01:27:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RIGHTS ACT. BUT
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| 01:27:17 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
UNFORTUNATELY,
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| 01:27:18 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
RECENT REVELATIONS
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| 01:27:19 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
OF PARTISAN
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| 01:27:20 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
BIAS IN ITS DECISION MAKING SERIOUSLY UNDERMINE THE SECTIONSO SECTION'S ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION FIVE, PARTISAN BIAS BREEDS A LACK OF CONFIDENCE AND...
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| 01:31:41 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
END QUOTE, AND RICH WAS COMMENTS WERE ECHOED BY BOB KINGLE, A LAWYER WHO SPENT 20 YEARS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION AND SERVED AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF...
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| 01:33:02 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
SECTION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION FROM 2000-2006. MY SERVICE IN THE SECTION WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, FOR A WHITE SOUTHERNER BORN...
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| 01:33:14 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND DEVOTING MYSELF TO THE SAD RACIAL HISTORY AND ITS PROGRESS WAS A HIGH HONOR INDEED. I'M ALSO SOMEWHAT UNCOMFORTABLE TESTIFYING....
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| 01:38:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I THINK THIS IS A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE AND THIS PANEL IN PARTICULAR CAN BE VERY HELPFUL TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC IN TERMS
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| 01:39:01 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
OF UNDERSTANDING HOW VOTING RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT WORKS. WE'VE GOT A SUBCOMMITTEE
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| 01:39:07 |
Driscoll, Robert N. - Attorney
HERE, MEMBERS ALSO OF A FULL COMMITTEE THAT HAS GREAT INFLUENCE ON THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY AND WHO THEY ARE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S THE MEMBERS...
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| 01:43:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SEEMS THERE'S AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWS THAT CALLS TOGETHER THE INTEGRITY OF THE STAFF WHO RUN
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| 01:43:13 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
THE VOTING SECTION AT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION AND THE PRIORITIES THEY CHOOSE
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| 01:43:17 |
Fernandes, Julie - Senior Policy Analyst
TO ENFORCE. WE READ OF POLITICAL HIRING, UNETHICAL CONDUCT, PARTISAN INTEREST TRUMPING LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE ALSO LEARN THAT WHILE THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE...
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| 01:48:37 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES OF -- I THINK IT WAS A RANKING MEMBER THAT TALKED ABOUT -- MAYBE IT WAS BOTH. ANYWAY, 400,000 PEOPLE ALLEGEDLY WERE ENROLLED...
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| 01:49:33 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
THE ONLY KIND OF ELECTION FRAUD THAT THE PHOTO I.D. BILLS ARE ALLEGEDLY DESIGNED -- >> THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT 2000 PEOPLE VOTED IN FLORIDA AND NEW...
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| 01:50:00 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
EVER BEEN IN ANY -- ANY IN-PERSON VOTER FRAUD, SO IT'S A BILL THAT ADDRESSES A PROBLEM
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| 01:50:06 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
THAT DOES NOT EXIST. AND ABOUT THE DOUBLE VOTING, I WOULD JUST REMIND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COURTS HAVE HELD THAT IT'S NOT NIEWF TO VOTE...
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| 01:50:48 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
HE MADE THE DECISION ON THE GEORGIA CASE. >> I HEAR YOU SAY THAT MR. MR. SIFKOSKY MADE THE DECISION? >> I THINK BOTH OF THEM DID IT VERY
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| 01:51:06 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
WELL. I THINK JOHN NEWS WHAT HANS WANTED. HANS MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR. TECHNICALLY, WHO MADE THE DECISION IS ALMOST IMMATERIAL. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT...
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| 01:51:22 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
SENT INFORMATION ON THE 26TH OF AUGUST,
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| 01:51:25 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
ON THE 25TH, THE SECTION PEOPLE SAID DON'T PRECLEAR ON THE 26TH, GEORGIA SENT INFORMATION, ABOUT 600,000 -- INCORRECT DATA, AND ON THE 26TH, IT WAS...
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| 01:51:41 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
DID THEY HAVE TIME TO ANALYZE THE CORRECTION OF THE DATA ABOUT THE DATA OF THE 600,000 PEOPLE, IT WAS ANALYZED? >> SIR, I DON'T THINK THEY ANALYZED...
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| 01:52:09 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
HE OVERRULED FOR THE FIVE ANALYSTS, BUT HE
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| 01:52:14 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
DID OVERRULE FOUR OF THE FIVE ANALYST? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THE ONLY ANALYST WHO THOUGHT THE LAW SHOULD BE UPHELD, SHOULD BE
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| 01:52:21 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
PRECLEARED, WAS A FELLOW WHO HAD
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| 01:52:23 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
BEEN HIRED POLITICALLY IN WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS POLITICIZED HIRING OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ONLY A FEW MONTHS SNREFL. >> THAT'S -- YES. >> OKAY LET ME...
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| 01:52:36 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
PRIOR TO 2001, THERE WERE 20 CIVIL
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| 01:52:38 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
RIGHTS ANALYSTS AND SIX ATTORNEYS WHO ROW VIEWED SUBMISSION, GATHERED FACTS AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS ON OVER 5000 SUBMISSIONS EACH...
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| 01:52:49 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER STAFF SUGGESTING
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| 01:52:52 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
SUBMISSIONS, MANY WITH NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH SECTION FIVE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE 26 ANALYSTS, ONLY # ARE LEFT, IS THAT CORRECT? >> I HAVE NOT...
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| 01:53:20 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
WORK TODAY IN TERMS OF ITS -- >> FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FORMER
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| 01:53:24 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
COLLEAGUES, I HAVE SOME PICTURE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK IN THE SECTION FIVE ENFORCEMENT. THERE ARE A SMALL NUMBER OF ANALYSTS WHO ARE VERY OVERWORKED...
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| 01:53:43 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
BY HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT. >> I MEAN, IT'S SECONDHAND, BUT MY CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN THAT IT'S A VERY UNHAPPY PLACE TO WORK. >> AND WHY DO YOU THINK...
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| 01:54:03 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
THE DECISIONS THAT WERE BEING MADE. >> AND YOU THINK
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| 01:54:06 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
THAT THE DECISION -- THAT THE WORK OF THE ANALYST DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE DECISIONS? >> WELL, THERE
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| 01:54:12 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
ARE A NUMBER OF SECTION FIVE SUBMISSIONS THAT ARE NOT CONTROVERSIAL AND THEIR WORK
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| 01:54:17 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
IS ENORMOUSLY VALUABLE, BUT ON ANYTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE AND CONTROVERSY, NO, THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCE IN
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| 01:54:26 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
MY EXPERIENCE. >> POLITICAL DECISIONS ARE MADE FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY AND
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| 01:54:33 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
NOT ON THE MER SNITS. >> THAT WAS MY EXPERIENCE IN GEORGIA. >> THANK YOU. I GENTLEMAN. I REC KNEES FOR -- I RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES THE RANKING...
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| 01:54:50 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
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| 01:54:55 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
ADLER. >> THANK
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| 01:54:57 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. CHAIRMAN, I HATE TO START OFF MY QUESTIONS HERE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNER, BUT I WAS DISAPPOINTED...
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| 01:55:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I THINK THEY WERE
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| 01:55:17 |
Franks, Trent - U.S. Representative, [R] Arizona
VERY GENEROUS. >> WELL, THEY WERE PRETTY GENEROUS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY TO SUGGEST THAT MR. MOORE WAS SAYING THAT BLACK PEOPLE AND WHITE PEOPLE AGE DIFFERENTLY,...
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| 01:55:37 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
A VERY CLUMSY
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| 01:55:39 |
Franks, Trent - U.S. Representative, [R] Arizona
AND AWKWARD STATEMENT OF WHICH HE APOLOGIZED FOR THE AWKWARDNESS OF IT AND TRIED TO EXPLAIN HIS PURPOSE IN MAKING THE STATEMENT WAS TO POINT OUT THAT...
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| 01:57:53 |
Driscoll, Robert N. - Attorney
AND THEREFORE, CAN DRIVE TURNOUT UP, WHICH IS SOMETHING EVERYONE WANTS, AND I THINK THAT AS A POLICY MATTER, THAT I HAPPEN TO PERSONALLY AGREE WITH....
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| 01:59:44 |
Franks, Trent - U.S. Representative, [R] Arizona
CONSTITUTIONAL, GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO VOTE IN THIS COUNTRY AND WI WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN IN EVERY CASE, BUT I'LL QUOTE A LITTLE SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM...
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| 02:00:52 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
BEING HERE DURING AND THROUGHOUT AND CONTRIBUTING TO THIS SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING BECAUSE TO ME, THIS IS EXTREMELY
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| 02:01:06 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
IMPORTANT. AND I WANT TO COMMEND BOB DRISCOLL AS THE MINORITY WITNESS WHO BRINGS A COMMITTED ATTITUDE TO THIS SUBJECT. WHEN YOU SAY THAT WE ALL WANT...
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| 02:04:47 |
Fernandes, Julie - Senior Policy Analyst
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEE IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON THAT COULD BE CHANGED, WHETHER IT'S IN MANAGEMENT OR THE POLITIZATION QUESTION. >>...
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| 02:05:19 |
Fernandes, Julie - Senior Policy Analyst
NVRA HAS BEEN USED TO DO THESE
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| 02:05:21 |
Fernandes, Julie - Senior Policy Analyst
BROAD PURJS THAT WIPE OUT TO SEEN ELIGIBLE VOTERS FOR NO GAIN AND THEN THIS QUESTION ABOUT PEOPLE VOTING, AND JUST TO TIE THIS TOGETHER WITH THE VOTER...
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| 02:06:12 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
SORRY. >> MS. FERNANDEZ, LET'S SAY THERE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS, PERHAPS AS MANY AS 24 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED FOR VOTING IN...
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| 02:06:34 |
Fernandes, Julie - Senior Policy Analyst
THE VOTER
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| 02:06:36 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
I.D. BILLS? >> TENS OF THOUSANDS. SOME BILLS ARE MORE ONEOROUS THAN OTHERS. >> YOU -- ONEROUS THAN OTHERS. >> YOU DO THIS KIND OF WORK AND MR. McDONALD,...
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| 02:06:52 |
Driscoll, Robert N. - Attorney
AS WELL, IS THE MAIN COMPLAINT OF LATINO VOTERS,
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| 02:06:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BLACK VOTERS S. THE MAIN PROBLEM THE BARRIER TO VOTING, THE FACT THAT SOME STATES DON'T HAVE A VOTER I.D. REQUIREMENT? >> NO. IN FACT WHAT THIS REALLY
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| 02:07:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IS, I THINK, PERFORM ELLISON,
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| 02:07:07 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
I THINK WHICH IS PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING FEWER PEOPLE VOTE HAVE KIND OF WHIPPED UP THIS WHOLE NOTION OF VOTER FRAUD IN PERSON. WE'RE TALKING...
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| 02:07:24 |
Fernandes, Julie - Senior Policy Analyst
RISK PROPOSITION, CARRIES CRIMINAL PENALTIES, YOU'D HAVE TO CREATE 500,000 COCON CON CONSPIRATORS TO DO. IT'S AN INEFFICIENT WAY TO STEAL AN ELECTION...
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| 02:08:00 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE -- I HAVE TROUBLE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO
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| 02:08:07 |
Fernandes, Julie - Senior Policy Analyst
VOTE ONCE, RATHER THAN ROUNDING UP PEOPLE
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| 02:08:09 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
TO TRY TO STEAL AN ELECTION. MR. McDONALD, I HAVE TO ASK
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| 02:08:13 |
Fernandes, Julie - Senior Policy Analyst
YOU THIS QUESTION, DO
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| 02:08:14 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
YOU THINK VOTERS OF COLOR WHO WANT CONFIDENCE IN AN ELECTION AND WANT TO BELIEVE THEIR VOTE REALLY MATTERS, IS THEIR BIGGEST ADVOCACY TO HAVE A VOTER...
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| 02:08:50 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
POLICE UNIFORM OUTFITS STANDING AROUND POLLS QUESTIONING PEOPLE AND TELLING THEM THAT THEY'D BETTER HAVE THEIR CHILD SUPPORT PAID OR THEY'RE GOING...
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| 02:09:06 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
AND THEY OUGHT TO BE ADDRESSED. >> WHAT ABOUT RECENT ELECTIONS WHERE THEY HAVE THESE FAKE LITTLE MEMOS AND LETTERS AROUND SAYING IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR...
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| 02:09:21 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
THERE ARE LETTERS LIKE THIS, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM, AND THIS ISN'T TEN, 20 YEARS AGO, THIS IS LAST ELECTION. >> WE'VE
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| 02:09:28 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
DONE MONITORING OF ELECTRICALS SINCE THE 2000 ELECTION AND WE'VE FOUND MANY EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT ARE UNCONSCIONABLE EFFORTS TO TARGET MINORITY PRECINCTS,...
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| 02:09:48 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
CONCERNED ABOUT, ISN'T THAT RIGHT? AND I'M GOING TO STATE MY OWN OPINION FOR THE RECORD AND FORGIVE THE INTERRUPTION, I BELIEVE VOTER I.D. BILLS ARE...
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| 02:10:24 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
LAW WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON RACIAL MINORITIES, BUT IT DID NOT REACH THE SECTION TWO ISSUE THAT RESERVE DOLLARS A RULING ON THAT, THEN WHEN IT...
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| 02:11:24 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
THANK YOU. THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. McDONALD. I ASKED IN THE EARLYIER...
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| 02:11:44 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
REDISTRICTING, SPECIFICALLY WHETHER OR NOT COALITION DISTRICTS ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS LIKE THAT THAT WE...
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| 02:11:55 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
MAKE SURE THAT ARE RESOLVED BEFORE WE GET INTO THE NEXT ROUND OF REDISTRICTING? >> WELL, I THINK THAT IF THERE IS A COALITION COMPOSED OF RACIAL MINORITIES...
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| 02:12:22 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
THAR SIERP -- SURE THEY'RE RESOLVED SO STATES DOING THEIR REDISTRICTING, LOCALITIES START DOING THE REDISTRICT THANK THAT'S A QUESTION WE NEED TO LOOK...
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| 02:12:40 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
TO GO MAIN DATES CANDIDATES OF CHOICE -- AND I'VE SCUD THIS WITH PEOPLE IN THE LEGISLATURE WHOOUS OPINION I RESPECT, TYRONE BROOKS, ROBERT HOLMES, THEY...
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| 02:12:53 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
OF THE BLACK LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS WOULD SUPPORT REDUCING MAJORITY BLACK DISTRICTS BELOW 50 PERCENT, AND THE REASON IS THAT ONCE A DISTRICT BECOMES MAJORITY...
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| 02:13:44 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
ARE THERE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT? >> NO, I THINK THAT'S THE CENTRAL ISSUE AND I AGREE WITH LAUGHLIN. >> MR. MOORE, WAS THERE...
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| 02:14:00 |
McDonald, Laughlin - Director
DISPARITE IMPACT ON THE MINORITY COMMUNITY? >> WE BELIEVE STATE HAD
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| 02:14:04 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
NOT MET ITS BURDEN THAT PROVE IT DID NOT. IT WAS A COMPLICATED STATISTICAL RECORD WITH NO SMOKING GUNS, BUT -- >>
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| 02:14:11 |
Fernandes, Julie - Senior Policy Analyst
WERE THERE MEMOS TO THAT EFFECT THAT
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| 02:14:15 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
WERE WRITTEN? >> I BELIEVE "THE WASHINGTON POST" PUBLISHED A MEMO THAT WE WROTE. >> >> DID "THE WASHINGTON POST" SUGGEST THAT MEMOS HAD
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| 02:14:24 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
BEEN CHANGED? >> THE MEMO THAT "THE WASHINGTON POST" PUBLISHED WHICH WAS THE FINAL STAFF MEMO WAS
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| 02:14:33 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
IN MY VIEW DOCTORED TO REMOVE THE RECOMMENDATION
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| 02:14:37 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
AND TO REVERSE MANY OF OUR
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| 02:14:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
KEY FINDINGS. >>
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| 02:14:42 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
WERE THERE -- IN THE PREVIOUS PANEL, I ASKED WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE HAD
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| 02:14:47 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
BEEN REPRIMANDED WHO DID NOT AGREE WITH THE FINAL DECISION ON THE GEORGIA CASE HE SAID NO ONE HAD BEEN REPRIMANDED. IS THAT ACCURATE? >> NO. NOT IF...
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| 02:15:04 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
NOT FOR AN ORAL REPRIMAND. >> THE FOUR THAT DISAGREED WERE ORALLY REPRIMANDED? >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MR. BERMAN. THE OTHER THREE OF US WERE REPRIMANDED....
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| 02:15:18 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS IN THE VOTING RIGHTS SECTION? >> I WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH HIRING FROM THE SERIES OF ATTORNEYS WHO JOINED THE SECTION IN THE LAST...
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| 02:15:27 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
YEARS WHILE I WAS THERE. EITHER IS WAS -- IT
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| 02:15:30 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
WAS POLITICIZED OR THEY GOT VERY LUCKY. >>
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| 02:15:36 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
IN INVESTIGATING THE OHIO IRREGULARITIES, MR. TANNER,
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| 02:15:42 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
A POLITICAL APPOINTIE, DID THE INVESTIGATION HIMSELF, IS THAT RIGHT? >> MR. TANNER IS A CAREER EMPLOYEE, YES. >> IS HE CAREER OR POLITICAL? >> THAT'S...
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| 02:15:59 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
I'M SORRY? >> OKAY. WAS THERE A REDUCTION IN STAFF WHILE YOU WERE THERE? >> YES, THERE WAS, BUT HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS A RESULT
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| 02:16:11 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
OF PEOPLE LEAVING OUT
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| 02:16:12 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
OF UNHAPPINESS AND HOW
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| 02:16:14 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
MUCH WAS THE NATURAL CYCLE AS WE -- AS
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| 02:16:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE CENSUS
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| 02:16:19 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
OF 2000 BECAME FURTHER
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| 02:16:22 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
A GO. >>
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| 02:16:28 |
Moore, Toby - Analyst
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS MR. CHAIRMAN. I'LL YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN. >> I THANK THE GENTLEMAN. ON BEHALF OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, I WANT...
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| 02:16:49 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
HEARING. WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUBMIT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE WITNESSES WHICH WE WILL
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Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
FORWARD AND ASK THE WITNESSES TO RESPOND AS PROMPTLY AS YOU CAN SO THAT MAY BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. YOU HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO ADJUST REMARKS...
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