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operation. this is a great step. >> and, congratulations to the activists who have been pushing for this. and a congressional and executive-level for a long time. hats off to the biden white house. its an amazing that appreciating president not call trump didnt do this. >> its about time. good news. >> yes it is. >> thanks money,. >> think. >> thank you. >> president biden began his address to the nation tonight. on gun violence. with the report on what he found in his visit to uvalde....

And doubt and undermine confidence. this is just another one of their strategies. there is a process, there are procedures in place and these folks can just march into polling places, and do whatever they want. the poll workers that are selected to work by our counties, are trained, and they are prestigious to follow. we are gonna be ready to intervene if these folks just go rogue like this. >> barb byron, is michigan particularly vulnerable in the way that the systems are run? vulnerable to thi...

Country, and that theres, quote, no shortage of job opening for local election officials in the key states of michigan, pennsylvania, or wisconsin. so the question is, now that those positions are empty, who is going to fill them? joining us now, a local election official in the great state of michigan, barb byron, clerk of ingham county, michigan. barb, thank you for joining us tonight. thank you to you and people like you across this country who make elections work in this country. the idea is...

Election officials, all of it together makes it no wonder that states are now having trouble filling election related jobs. the associated press reporting that huge numbers of election officials are either quitting or retiring early all over the country, and that theres, quote, no shortage of job opening for local election officials in the key states of michigan, pennsylvania, or wisconsin. so the question is, now that those positions are empty, who is going to fill them? joining us now, a local...

Have been working in elections, we dont know what party youre with or what youre doing, causing good people to go out because of intimidation, because of threats, because of all these laws to make it difficult. and then playing the long game of putting people in there who share their conspiracy theories. >> theyre absolutely playing the long game. and the truth of the matter is, in michigan, most election officials are republicans. so that i find interesting. i also find interesting its not just...

To see is new people filling those positions that dont have elections experience or in it for other reasons, and that is very concerning. its very concerning. >> barb byron, thanks for sharing some of your own experience with us. shes an election official for ingham county, michigan. thank you for your time tonight and for your time helping us have safe elections. >> coming up next, the actions progressives are taking to try to do anything, anything, to stop states from rolling back voting right...