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You know, i think it was three and three, three republicans, three democrats. >> thats right. >> again, theyre playing -- the party is the one that assigns the people a role, but theyre playing this official role in the county. we remember, right, two of the republicans voted not to certify the results, and donald trump called to congratulate them. they ended up backing down. then it went up to the state board of elections i think, and, again, there were several different republicans i think who...

Formal powers that give them a direct role in how elections are run, and the details are little bit different in every state, but sometimes its picking up poll workers. sometimes its picking the members of the boards that oversee the elections. sometimes its having a say in who actually gets on the ballot, either because theyre collecting signatures, or because theyre voting directly in nominating conventions instead of public primaries. so this was the plan that bannon highlighted in february, ...

Theyre the worker bees of the party, so to speak. theyre the ground game. theyre the field organization. theyre knocking on doors. theyre making phone calls. but not only that, they have these formal powers that give them a direct role in how elections are run, and the details are a little bit different in every state. but sometimes it is picking the poll workers, sometimes it is picking the members of the boards that oversee the elections, sometimes it is having a say in who actually gets on th...

Republicans voted not to certify the results. and donald trump called to congratulate them, they backed down, and then it went to the state board of election, and again there are several republicans who voted against certifying the results and one who did, who subsequently got threatened. i remember thinking, i didnt think about the role, the leverage point, the kind of our comedian leverage point that these random party officials are in making sure an election gets certified. i want to give you...

I knew this day was coming but i just hope that washington would act before my colleagues here would act and hopefully provide some cover. so to me it is a very solemn day. >> strict new voting decisions are on their way to texas governor greg abbotts desk after going through the state legislature. full approval was given today. the lava shakes early voting and adds criminal penalties for some poll workers, pretext partisan poll watchers and institutes voter i.d. for vote by mail. red state laws...

We made it clear that voting rights is under attack. and so long as they can do this at night, which is what they like to do in texas, right? when nobody is paying attention, and sweep it under the rug -- then hey, who cares, who knows, right? but instead we rang the alarms and said, hey, listen up, things are getting really bad. our democracy is under attack. >> despite the best efforts of democrats in texas, the inevitable is moving closer to the reality. today house republicans were finally a...

Against wohl and burkman making it the largest robo call fine ever proposed for violating the consumer protection act. its not an original crime. discouraging black people from voting through targeted mailing making bogus claims about penalties for votingying election laws, pony express version of these robo call, hiring off-duty cops to patrol the polls in minority neighborhoods to try to intimidate black voters. when they got caught rnc agreed it a dissent decree. it expired in 2018. kind of m...

Variant could be threatening many companys return to work plans with some americans say they would actually pay up to avoid going back to the office. in a new poll workers are less engaged with their jobs compared to before covid with nearly half of them looking for a new job. all of this shifting the employer/employee dynamic and who holds the power. weve been all over this story and now tom costello is digging in. whats driving all this? >> reporter: stephanie, good morning. so many companies ...

Carve out on filibuster for voting rights, thats the only area where i would allow that kind of reform. >> joining us now is sean morales-doyle, hes acting director of the voting rights program at the brand center. mr. morales-doyle, good evening. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> what are you seeing in the run up to these bills that stands out to you? the latest report calls us the most aggressive wave of restrictions in more than a decade, motivated by allegations of voter fraud that it des...

If we have to do a small carveout on filibuster for voting rights, thats the only area i would allow that kind of reform. >> joining us now is sean morales doyle at the brennan center. welcome. >> thanks for having me. good to be here. >> what do you see in the run up in the bills that stand out to you? motivated by allegations by voter fraud described as false and often racist? >> yeah, i mean, we track these laws every year. we have been tracking them for over a decade and this, as you said, i...