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BIG CHANGE, THERE'S BEEN AN ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT REFORM AND WE'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS MOVEMENT IN STATES TOWARDS REFORM SO THE RULES WE'RE GOING TO USE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
PIECE FOR "NEW YORK TIMES" AND ASKED PEOPLE TO WEIGH IN. AS PEOPLE SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE POPULAR VOTE AND THE WAY WE ELECT OUR PRESIDENT OVERALL,...
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Richie, Robert - Executive Director
GREAT TOPIC BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE SO MANY GOOD IDEAS AND THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER. I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN STATES...
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| 00:02:59 |
Scully, Steven - Host
IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" SAID WE NEED A SECOND PARTY. HE SAYS WHEN YOU PLAY SCRABBLE SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT YOUR SEVEN LETTERS AND YOU HAVE ONLY ONE VOWEL...
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Richie, Robert - Executive Director
GUEST: I THINK AMERICANS ARE HUNGRY FOR BETTER CHOICES AND BETTER CHOICES NOT ONLY WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND I'M SURE SOME REPUBLICANS ARE HAPPY...
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| 00:04:52 |
Scully, Steven - Host
RICHIE'S DIALOGUE, PART OF THE "NEW YORK TIMES" SUNDAY, ONLINE, IN WHICH HIS LETTER AND RESPONSES ARE POSTED. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THEIR WEBSITE....
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IS, BY WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THE PROCESS FOR THE COMING ELECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION RULE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: THANK YOU. GUEST:
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| 00:05:48 |
Richie, Robert - Executive Director
IMPORTANT QUESTION AND IT'S A REAL CONCERN, THAT PART OF WHAT MAKES A DEMOCRACY WORK IS THE OTHER POINTS I'VE BEEN MAKING THAT EVERY VOTE SHOULD BE EQUAL,...
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Scully, Steven - Host
OF YOUR SPECIFIC PROPOSALS BUT JOE HAS THAT POINT -- THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WAS NOT JUST AN UNFORTUNATE NECESSITY, IT WAS DESIGNED PURPOSELY SO THAT...
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Richie, Robert - Executive Director
THE LOOKING BACKWARD JUSTIFICATION. AT THE TIME, THAT WAS REALLY -- WHAT IS IN THE CONSTITUTION ON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WAS TO SAY, LET'S LET STATES...
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| 00:09:34 |
Scully, Steven - Host
AND NEW MEXICO, GEOGRAPHICALLY LARGE BUT POPULATION-WISE, SMALL, ARE NOT IN PLAY. GUEST: THE 11 SINGLE STATES
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| 00:09:45 |
Richie, Robert - Executive Director
ARE NOT IN PLAY. IF YOU CAN FIND ONE THAT IS, WHICH IS NEW HAMPSHIRE, BUT THE GREAT MAJORITY AREN'T AND THEY'RE COMPLETELY IGNORED BUT IF THEIR VOTES...
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| 00:10:01 |
Scully, Steven - Host
DONNA'S POINT, WHY DON'T THEY PUT PICTURES ON VOTER CARDS? GUEST: I THINK
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| 00:10:06 |
Richie, Robert - Executive Director
WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH HOW TO DO THIS. PICTURES ON VOTER CARDS COULD BE DONE BUT THE STATE HAS TO INVEST MONEY IN IT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS RUN...
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| 00:11:14 |
Scully, Steven - Host
CYNTHIA, REPUBLICAN LINE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I'M SO SORRY TO DO
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CALLER, -
THIS SO QUICKLY BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, THIS MUST BE COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ITSELF, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO RUSH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE...
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Richie, Robert - Executive Director
THERE WERE DIFFERENT THINGS JUMP OUT WITH THAT CALLER. I'M THINKING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE FOR BILL, THE PREVIOUS GUEST. I THINK WE CAN ALL GET AROUND...
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| 00:14:08 |
Scully, Steven - Host
IS CALLED, A BETTER WAY TO ELECT, PART OF A DIALOGUE OUR GUEST IS WEIGHING IN ON THE "NEW YORK TIMES" WEBSITE, PART OF THE OPINION PAGES. BOTH ROB RICHIE'S...
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CALLER, -
MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN. I DEFINE MYSELF AS AN INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE. I WANT TO COMMENT THAT ROB RICHIE'S CONTEMPT OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE...
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Richie, Robert - Executive Director
THE EXCITING PART OF THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE PLAN THAT HAS LED TO A LOT OF CONSERVATIVES BEING IS THERS OF THIS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A ...
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Scully, Steven - Host
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FAIRVOTE FUNDED BY
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Richie, Robert - Executive Director
WHOM? GUEST: FUNDED BY INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE SOME FOUNDATION SUPPORT, THE FORD FOUNDATION IS ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS THAT HAVE BACKED US OVER THE YEARS....
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| 00:18:07 |
Scully, Steven - Host
AND CAUCUSES WOULD TAKE PLACE IN 10 TWO-WEEK INTERVALS, CALLING FOR A GRADUAL INCREASE IN TOTAL POPULATION OF RANDOMLY SELECTED STATES HOLDING CONTESTS...
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Richie, Robert - Executive Director
CERTAINLY ISN'T IN THE CONSTITUTION AND SHOULDN'T BE MANDATED THEY HAVE THAT SPECIAL STATUS. I'M SORRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND IOWA, BUT CAN YOU SHARE....
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Scully, Steven - Host
FROM WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. CALLER: GOOD
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MORNING. MY QUESTION IS, WELL, I DON'T REALLY AGREE WITH THE REPUBLICAN BECAUSE I'M A DEMOCRAT, BUT WHY SHOULD IT MATTER IN THE SEASON AS FAR AS VOTES...
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Richie, Robert - Executive Director
TO IS WHY THE DEMOCRATS DIDN'T HAVE A NOMINATION CONTEST THEMSELVES AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A DECISION BY THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE CHALLENGED BARACK OBAMA...
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| 00:21:36 |
Scully, Steven - Host
VIEWERS SAID, I'M A DEMOCRAT, I LIVE IN KANSAS AND THAT MEANS I DON'T HAVE A VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. GUEST: THE CANDIDATES
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| 00:21:44 |
Richie, Robert - Executive Director
TREAT YOU AS IF YOU HAVE NO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND IF YOU WERE A REPUBLICAN IN KANSAS, IT WOULD BE THE SAME WAY. WHEN GEORGE BUSH WAS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION,...
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| 00:22:43 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THE NEXT QUESTION ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL RE-DISTRICTING. ONE VIEWER SAYS, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT ROB THINKS ABOUT THE RE-DISTRICTING PROCESS AND A VIEWER...
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Richie, Robert - Executive Director
GOOD QUESTION. ON RE-DISTRICTING, THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST GERRYMANDERING, SIGNED HIS PLAN, THE FAMOUS SALAMANDER MAP, SO WE CAN FEEL SAD...
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| 00:25:31 |
Scully, Steven - Host
JOINING US, REPUBLICAN LINE, OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: MR. RICHIE,
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CALLER, -
YOU REPRESENT FAIRVOTE. FAIRVOTE IS YOUR STOCKING HORSE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IS TRYING TO WIN AN ELECTION WITH THE...
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| 00:26:36 |
Scully, Steven - Host
YOU THERE SO WE HAVE TIME TO RESPOND AND A FOLLOW FROM AN EARLIER VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHO ARE THE MAJOR VOTERS TO FAIRVOTE.ORG. SO ON BOTH POINTS,...
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| 00:26:55 |
Richie, Robert - Executive Director
A DEMOCRATIC STOCKING HORSE. OUR LONG-TIME CHAIR AND HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY IS THIS WEEK SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HIM IS JOHN ANDERSON WAS IN 1980,...
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| 00:28:54 |
Scully, Steven - Host
WILL CONTINUE ON THE "NEW YORK TIMES" WEBSITE, NYTIMES.COM AND FAIR VOTE. WE WILL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION TOMORROW MORNING HERE ON C-SPAN, "WASHINGTON...
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WITH JEFF BINGAMAN, AND THEN A HEARING WITH BEN BERNANKE. AFTER
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.