Just a reminder, if you have questions as we chat, feel free to drop them into the chat below. Voting is on everyones mind at the moment, and with coronavirus, more voters than ever are trying mailin ballots or voting early. Ith coronavirus, more voters than ever are trying mailin ballots or voting early. Alternatives to our usual voting methods, a lot of people are asking will voting become digital, as well . Thent to kick off conversation by asking, why would we even want online voting . My bias is coming from seattle where we have a robust mailin ballot system, and the process is already quite easy. Im curious what the conversation would look like around, why do we need this kind of technology . I think the appeal is in normas. Is enormous. In theory, it has largely been attempted in this country for military deployed service members. It could be used for people with disabilities who dont have a lot of ease getting to the polls. If we somehow had a robust online Voting System, it wo
U. S. District 21. Good evening cared welcome to this your voice, your vote congressional debate. I am randy beamer with news 4 san antonio. We are doing this in partnership with San Antonio Chamber of commerce. Flock san Antonio Ryan Wolf is also here. Ryan we are live here and also live fuming the debate on our website. Randy we will be broadcasting for half an hour on tv. We will extend that on the web. Right now, we want to introduce you to the candidates. First in the studio, joining us live, is the incumbent for district 21, republican congressman chip roy. Ryan and we want to introduce, from austin tonight, democrat wendy davis. She is a former state senator who ran for governor. Both candidates were given the chance for an in studio appearance. Thetor davis opted to do debate remotely due to the pandemic. The district includes much of the hill country and part of san antonio stretching east up to parts of austin as well. Randy before we get to their questions, here is a quick w
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Within the last 20 minutes Oakland Police said they heard multiple gunshots coming from inside the business where all of this is happening right now. And, negotiators are working to actively get the suspect surrender peacefully. Reporter likely have been a normal thursday for those who live and work in the area of high street and bancroft avenue in oakland. Instead, it descended into a chaotic scene that involved a crush of Police Officers, s. W. A. T. , and hostage negotiators, working to bring up his lens to a situation with a murder suspects Holding Someone at gunpoint. We can share with you we know this individual is connected to a double homicide here in oakland. At the time, we did respond to the 1600 block of high street and that is when this individual took a hostage. Reporter around 11 30 a. M. , a man went into the ws s shoes waving a gun. Authorities say there were two employees inside at the time and one managed to escape the other did not. The gunmen held that person hosta
Second the committee is discussing conducting this hearing in compliance with house regulations. It is being broadcast live on the committees website. Because of the threat posed by the pandemic remains ongoing, we are meeting remotely to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff and public. While we wish we could return to all standard in person events, health and safety protocols dictate we find alternate means of carrying out obligations. Ok so, let me remind members of a few remote hearing procedures. First consistent with the regulations the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on using themselves when they seek recognition or been recognized for their 5 minutes. Because there are sometimes delays, i would ask members and tonesses to allow some time ensure the last speaker has finished. Members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. If you need to step away, leave your camera on. If you encounter tech