Madam clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes, due to the covid19 health emergency, the City Employees and the public and the board of supervisors and the legislativ legistate meetins closed. And precaution is taken to the local, state and federal orders, and declarations and directives. The Committee Members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if physically present. Public comments are available on each item on channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org or streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities to speak during a Public Comment period via phone call by calling 1 415 6550001. Again, 1 415 6550001. And meeting i. D. 1466495693. Again, 1466495693. And then press pound twice. When connected you will hear the meeting discussions but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, dial star, 3, to be added to the speaker line. And ca
The university of florida as of this morning where than 79 million valid seven casts and that includes 27 million early ballots and 52 absentee ballots and 39 million absentee ballots outstanding. In some counties and states we are nearing the point where the more ballots are cast for election day 2020 than during the entire 2016 voting time. It also mean this will be the First National election were more than half of the ballots are cast prior to election day and the shift occurred in a once in a century pandemic working with electric show officials to adapt. Election administrators deserve all our respect and admiration in voting is happening right now and processing is happening right now weve decided to symbol a group of voting experts with men Election Officials who been studying it for their entire careers to discuss what to affect in its unprecedented elections years and hopefully. Before i introduce them i ask the questions throughout this event either through facebook or youtu
Science professors and others around the united states. 1990s for thehe white house interview program. They were trying to develop some institutional memory by talking to people that had various white house death and over time. Staff positions over time. They can find out what happens to staff positions for both parties. Directedolved and is by martha i am a member of the Advisory Board along with other colleagues as well as people like norm ornstein and other people from the larger washington community. Providetry to do is nonpartisan backing for what kinds of things have worked and not worked so well in and around the white house when a new president is getting ready to take over. In 2016 whencase President Trump was coming to office and here in 2020 when the president elect biden is likely coming into office, you speak directly with those campaigns or the Transition Teams . Karen i do not personally. What we do begins well before the candidates campaigns put together the Transition
Is 2027488000. Republicans use 2027488001. Independents and others, its 2027488002. Send us a text if youd like, 2027488003. Include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter its cspanwj. And we welcome your comments on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Well show you some of the comments of the majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell, and the minority leader shuck schumer. Washington times this morning their lead story is on the attorney generals efforts. Barr improves inquiry into voter fraud. Authorized the Justice Department to probe what he said are substantial allegations of voter fraud as President Trumps legal team detailed new evidence of purported election violations in two battleground states. Mr. Barr issued the memo days after presumptive president elect joseph biden was declared the winner of the 2020 president ial election by several media outlets. The president has launched legal challenges to the results in states where the voting margins are razor thin by giv
At virginia tech. Shes also a member of the white house transition project advisory board. Thanks for being with us on washington journal. Karen good to be here. Host the white house transition project, tell us about it. This is a nonpartisan, nonprofit entity. It is staffed by Political Science professors and others around the united states. 1990s for thehe white house interview program. They were trying to develop some institutional memory by talking to people that had various white house death and over time. Staff positions over time. They can find out what happens to staff positions for both parties. Directedolved and is by you speak directly with those Transition Teams from those campaigns. What we do do, really beginning well before the candidates campaigns are putting together their Transition Team. But after each party nominates its candidate. What we make available to transition directors is our materials. Many will be Password Protected and not available to the general public