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>> the results of these elections? i dont think it has shot. i dont like it because i would rather have one election day and we all know it on that same day. and its a national day. but were still a nation of one man, one vote, whether you voted by mail, whether you voted by absentee or whether you showed up in person. but i dont vote that democrats take advantage of it. and are they using it better than republicans are? i think the answer is overwhelmingly yes, as evidenced by the early votes. ...

And we have no excuse absentee voting, but only 7% voting absentee. both work together to post our results up very quickly. neil: how do you feel about that? i guess some people who want to exercise their constitutional right better to vote early, you know, than not vote at all. even if the alternative was day of and you couldnt do that and tens of millions of americans i have, i think excess of 40 million across the country if im not mistaken, mr. secretary. how do you think its changed the vot...

Went from voting in person to voting early absentee has everything to do with the fact that in the 2020 election, we were in the middle of a pandemic. and people did not want to go stand in a school auditorium in line with other people and catch covid. so, that was the genesis of this. but trump turned it into something that no one ever thought someone could turn it into, which is an attack on the absentee ballot process. and he was clearly looking for some storyline to protect him if he lost th...

Population in florida on top of voter registration efforts coupled with the florida gop and the desantis team and rick scott and marco rubio. its a huge win. what is happening in virginia looks good. we have a long night to go. im very optimistic. >> what about the senate races? what are your thoughts? >> i think theyre all going to be tight. were seeing clark county have some pretty good numbers for republicans. well see if that holds. a lot of it will come down to election day vote. look at pe...

Can, at the battleground desk. where are the votes coming in, david? because obviously this is a very strong early lead for democrats that i dont think is going to bear out throughout the rest of the night. >> one of the things we are going to be looking at all night long where we can is sort of what kind of vote is in. is it free election vote, absentee by mail, early vote, which we know tends to favor democrats more. they show up in more robust numbers that way versus election-day votes. this ...

Georgia. and so if you have a scenario where johnson hung on, where republicans won nevada, and where georgia went to a runoff, then we would be in a situation where senate control would come down to the georgia runoff, and we would have no answered into the second stretch. >> imagine that. waiting for georgia. alaska, you are not worried about. thats not a thing that is going to change control of the senate? >> the issue is, its two republicans. you are starting to see the numbers come in. ther...

This right. for the democrats to say that republicans arent getting this right on elections, look at florida and look at ohio. very large states that well get results from tonight because they know how to run elections. we shouldnt have to be waiting weeks to get results like in new york. >> you said pennsylvania, did you say that all of the vote weve seen is all the mail-in vote, that they havent started voting counting day of? do you know that? >> youre -- youre getting mostly mail-in right no...

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