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Despite some heated contests between candidates, the election offices in Monroe, Lehigh and Northampton counties all say they are ready for voters on Tuesday. “Everything is going fine,” said Timothy ...

Regain control of the congress. here are a few of the things we didnt hear -- we didnt hear mention of the right to choose. >> reporter: abortion barely mentioned in todays republican plan. and not at all at todays event. democrats have seized on the issue since the supreme court struck down roe v wade. >> so in 46 days, americas going to choose. if republicans win control of the congress, abortion will be banned. >> reporter: democrats are hoping for a repeat of what recently happened in kansas...

Passed, what happens? >> we have a cacophony and a complete mixedup situation in terms of actual state voting procedures going into these midterms. we would have a patchwork of state voting laws that are going to lead to absolute chaos going into this november midterms and even the primaries that lead into the midterms where you have had multiple, i think, 31 or 32 states pass voter suppression laws, making it more difficult for people to vote where theres no clarity whatsoever about that proced...

Are concerned. and they rightly should be. and the question is, how can the responsible people, its not fair that this has to fall on democrats, the democrats have to be the responsible ones. but thats the reality right now. so i think we have to come up with a pragmatic solution, they could bring manchin on board, maybe these republicans on board. and pressure and attack, the ones who are putting our democracy under threat. that is the path to follow, rather than sort of hoping for the perfect,...

Would come much closer together and i think thats one of the things that republicans just have no appetite for. they dont want federal overreach in state voting issues and thats really been a pattern throughout history and the united states and so its interesting to me to watch the democrats kind of navigate that terrain, but certainly theyre no closer to navigating it or passing these bills now than they were a year ago. and that is, thats quite frustrating to see. joe bidens going to address t...

Majority at that time, every state voting one time as jamie raskin outlined in his book. so this is very significant because unless the laws are reformed, unless we understand the plot that was used last time, we wont be able to defend this next time. >> and i think the committees work, jeremy, is inching toward being able to put together the narrative to show us how close we came, because at this point, the only people that are saying that are people that understand what you just articulated, r...

In part because virginia counties are not just allowed -- theyve been directed by voting reforms that they could start preprocessing ballots that came in, absentee ballots that came in ahead of the polls closing right now. isnt that right? >> yeah, and thats the difference, in 2020, they had to wait until the mail was all counted to release the early. they could release the early right away. >> it is now 7:00 p.m. eastern time and the polls have closed in virginia. now, again, at this point, we ...

For voters of color in the way that we have done in the past. so redistricting is on the table, too. were going into a season of redistricting, where drawing the lines of power that will sit in place for ten years is also at stake. so, this is the thing. is that right now, the democrats have to act. they have to act boldly, because they have everything to lose. >> dean, the john lewis act passed out of the house this week. theres been a lot of comparison to the for the people act, which is a muc...

To be transparent with our viewers forgive us if you have to go and look and read whatever decision might come out here. talk through what we could see in the remaining cases outstanding? >> hi, hallie. youre right. were tracking all of this. the big cases are a ruling on obamacare that may sound familiar but there is a case before the court that could change limit or even potentially legally end a big part of obamacare. religious freedom. theres a big interesting case about free speech rights o...

The last one is on state voting a case that pits voting rights protections against the newer restrictive laws weve seen. im not speaking of the ones the viewers may be familiar with in texas and georgia. these are previously passed laws in arizona, but similarly restrict voting rights and we will see soon enough whether the supreme court says thats okay, thats their call or whether that violates voting rights in the courts view. >> ari, thank you very much for that. i know youre keeping an eye o...