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Qualified electors for the state of "x," and then the votes are cast, they have the signatures of the qualified electors. thats what the real ones look like. can we put those on the screen together? i think we have them from a bunch of different states. theres the five i just mentioned. as you can see, its the same basic information on all of them. all these documents serve the same purpose, they meet the constitutional threshold they need to. but they all look a little different. they convey th...

Overcoming opposition and passing voting rights in the senate. >> these bills help treat the symptoms of the disease, but they do not fully address the disease itself. while i continue to support these bills i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country. >> senators kyrsten sinema and joe manchin, another protector of the filibuster, seem to believe when it comes to protecting democracy the cure is worse than the problem. in their minds ...

There is moderate democrats too. there is a lot of criticism for her vote for voting rights legislation. they had a 60 vote threshold. they needed every democrats support. in the end, manchin and sinema did not support that rules change, which is why a seven-year house member, a veteran, more progressive. he has been fielding ka us from senate democrats urging him about senator cinema. when asked about this, sinema office shrugged off any challenger. they are not concerned about the 2024 electio...

That needs to be articulated clearly so people can understand what to do, how to keep themselves safe. which risks are tolerable and not tolerable. thats something that needed to be done a long time ago, probably one administration ago. its good that they are getting to that point now, those papers that came out in jama a couple days ago from multiple biden advisers, from the campaign, is really kind of setting the tone for how we have to move forward in this pandemic. >> ellison, we are now at ...

That i have seen in a long time. it is obviously had an army of lawyers looking at this. the decision itself is very sober, very considered, and it has really looked at every single angen it has really looked at every single anger. so i think attacking it is going to be very difficult. the threshold for attacking any decision on a jurisdictional error basis is very high. most of these court cases dont win. in terms of decision making, ithink dont win. in terms of decision making, i think it is t...

Tornado outbreaks in history. how one canadian province found itself at the epicentre of 2021s climate change—fuelled extremes. it is the effects of these extreme events that can be devastating and lead to loss of life, loss of livelihoods. this is why we are concerned about climate change, exactly. and melting in the tropics, the ice thats disappearing from some of africas highest mountains. ive come to cairngorm mountain in the heart of the scottish highlands. the ski resort here has been gr...

Gathered enough signatures to meet that threshold for three of lincoln county seven polling places. the board of elections is still verifying those signatures, but as for now, they have successfully deliver the vote on this issue. and may very well have saved them from being consolidated. joining us now, reverend denise freeman. lincoln county minister an activist who is key leader in the signature drive, that succeeded in putting the plan to rollback the number of polling sites on hold. reveren...

He is planning to hold a vote to change senate rules to allow for a talking filibuster on the voting legislation and lower the threshold to break the filibuster from 60 votes to 51 votes. that is expected later tonight. it is also expected to fail. to georgia now, where voting could be getting harder soon in a little-known county. unless you live there, of course. the board of elections in lincoln county is considering reducing the number of polling locations from seven to just one ahead of th...

Senate, instead of having to clear a 60 vote procedural threshold. this morning, senator schumer, and nine democratic senators, met with senator joe manchin for an hour. urging him to support that rules change. after that meeting, joe manchin appeared to be undecided about supporting a rules change. >> what did you make of the presidents speech last night? >> was a good speech. he had a good speech. >> does it change your opinion at all on the senate rules changes? >> everyones talking. >> he sa...

That sentiment sinema said about her own history with the 60 vote threshold. >> there is no need for me to restate my long sanded support for the 60 vote legislation. there is no need for me to restate its role from protecting our country from wild reversals in federal policy. >> my long-standing support for the 60 vote threshold to pass legislation. here is kristen sinema in 2010, discussing the 60 vote threshold while she mocks a democratic summiteer for being insufficiently loyal to -- >> wel...