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They might find themselves in including being arrested. >> absolutely. were prepared to pay hotel bills to help them stay out of texas or whatever needs to take place. this is is the type of fight we must be in at this moment. we have a short window. we have until the middle of september because when the census data is released it starts the redistricting process. this would be the first redistricting process without the full potential of the voting rights act. that is something we have not gone...

Four republican congressmen, it takes out sharice davids in the third. we can do that. we can draw four republican congressional maps. >> do you think thats inevitable? >> no, i dont think its inevitable. i do think -- this is some of the most -- the way that theyre being so blatant about it, its insulting to the people, to the voters in the state of kansas, and frankly across the country. you know, i think that nonpartisan -- a nonpartisan independent redistricting process would be a win for th...

Them. >> im just going to come back to this because the quote here is really amazing. we have everything working in our favor right now. normally, a politician can say that and say, look, the recovery is going to be bad or maybe hell say something about inflation or, you know, we have everything working in our favor. or usually parties do well in the out years. theres a million things you can say after that. to say as a politician, everything is working in our favor right now. we control a redis...

Them. >> im just gonna come back to this because the quote here is really amazing. we have everything working in our favor right now. normally a politician can say that and say look, the cover is gonna be better maybe hell say something about inflation or something. we have everything working in our favor usually parties do well on the out years. theres 1 million things you can say after that. but to say as a politician that everything is working in your favor right now. we control a redistricti...

Lets start with what we just heard from republican senator lindsey graham about how this legislation would change the redistricting process when it comes to gerrymandering districts so as to have more democrats or more republicans. >> theres a provision in sr1 that would take away from states the ability to draw congressional lines and give it to an independent commission created in washington. that means that when people move to south carolina, florida, and texas, and we get new congressmen and...

We are not immune from some of these efforts to weaken our democracy. >> those words come as the fight over voting rights comes to ahead in the senate. senate majority leader chuck schumer vowing to bring a sweeping voting rights bill to the floor for a vote, the bill which democrats call for the people act would create automatic voter registration and expand access to early and absentee voting. it would also require states to overhaul their voter registration systems, limit states ability to li...

Is up from years ago. we are seeing an increase of aapi students are being admitted, but im glad you and hassan brought him up, and he had a hand in that, clear, he challenged redistricting process and its interesting that this is an interest of conservatives who normally reject identity politics. hassan, a campus thats considered too asian or too black or too latino is seen as problematic, but this is all in comparison to white people. so why are predominantly white campuses considered the norm...

Critical than ever. >> the majority of people in strategist tom hallford died and this country abide by the rules of this democracy, they pay his daughter discovered taxes, but they dont participate. documents among his private they dont have a say and they choose not to have a say. possessions. >> his daughter finds these zip >> well, that is the question. do they choose not to have a drive with information that say? shows he had engineered this as i think most people feel like their votes dont...

2010 when i was a college student in georgia, i was aide to state legislator part of a redistricting process. it was very intriguing being there at the table, assisting with someone at the table, being a part of that process and learning the repercussions for those who dont win. with that said, personally, david, i think elections should be fair. and there have been some republicans in the past and some democrats who have tried to argue for maybe nonpartisan commissions set up to create district...

Of the states 13 congressional seats. there are lessons to be learned here. were only two years away from the redistricting process happening again in north carolina and in states around the country. and i think we need to make sure that there are citizens who are engaged in this process who force state legislators to have transparency in what they are trying to do with the maps to take public input on what they try to do with the maps and make sure there is some sunlight on this process so they...