Thank you very much for coming. This is a critical issue for all of us, i think. Existingentage of your business is dumb online now . For best buy, depending on the quarter, it is in the high single digits, about seven or eight percent. Market share online is lower than the physical world. We have established a goal to get parity from that point. Thank you for being here. We are honored to have you here. You say we are on the five yard line. And we can probably push it across the finish line this year. What do you think the options are . There are some out there who will try to put up a stiff defense on the last goal line stand, i expect. Can we get a vote on this before the august recess . Who is going to be opposed to it . Where are our challenges . Is broadse is there agreement that this issue needs to be fixed. I have not heard anyone saying the current construct makes sense. The decision in the Supreme Court in 1992 was made before ecommerce existed and we talk about how important ecommerce is, so everybody agrees any to be fixed. The senate voted last year. It is now in the house. A congressman from utah, jason chaffetz, who was done terrific work, there were some issues in the senate bill. He has worked, each of them, to make sure that the solution is simple, is fair, and be implemented, that it can be phased. The states that have some influence on how it can get done, so there is excellent work that has been done. My understanding is there is an important law that expires on november 1, which is the not taxing internet access. The house will have the opportunity to expand the moratorium on not taxing the internet. Send this to the senate. My understanding is the senate then wants to attach a bill. Is it the original bill or coming from the house is not for me to say, but it is a brilliant move because it makes it clear that it is not about not taxing the internet, it is about establishing fairness in the marketplace, so that it comes back to the house, and then leaders of the house will have to make sure it gets done either in september or later. Or in lame duck. Instead of talking about the obstacles, it is good to talk about what we can do. Each governor talking to their delegation can have both on the senate and house side, highlighting the urgency many states have highlighted the opportunity to lower the tax rate. In some states that is very impactful. In fact, for us to discuss how the states should use the proceeds, there is a great thing in this country, which is called democracy, and it is a federal system, so it is for the states to decide this, so for the governors to clearly talk to their delegations, say you can do this with leadership, and press the urgency of the matter. There is no technical obstacle today to solving this. The reason why the Supreme Court 20 years ago decided against it is they felt it was too complex. We are the country that took man to the moon and of these extraordinary things, calculating facts, software can do this. There are Many Companies that provide the software. It is not difficult. We do this every day. It is limited, the ability to audit, because it was a consent about so many states auditing more companies at the same time. I think the work that has been done in the house will solve this. There is no technical obstacle, so i would like to say that defining what to do is often easy. Defining how to do it sometimes is more difficult. Just doing it, that is true in business, that is why i take the analogy of the fiveyard line. If we push together and talk to everybody who will make a decision, we know who the decisionmakers are, lets just get it done. It will be good for the country. I see it now. My perception is all of you have done so much, and after 10 years, it can feel that you are tired. No, this is the fiveyard line, so this is the time to push. Any other questions . Can i just say one more thing . It is an interesting time, and you hear talk about corporate greed and some of the challenges that we have in me marketplace out there. Best buy is a remarkable store, you started in 1968, really a Success Story that we can all learn from. I did note that Forbes Magazine named you the best top company in america here a few years ago, but just as impressively, they named you the top 10 most generous corporations in america. Tell us a little bit about your philosophy at best buy, and how does your giving back i think here in the national area, you probably have three or four stores right here in tennessee. What is your philosophy of giving back to the community as part of your Corporate Mission statement . Governor, thank you so much for this question. This is something that is very dear to the heart of everyone at best buy. We feel that when you lead a major corporation, we have responsibilities as do all of the stakeholders. Of course we have a big response will be because we have shareholders. We completely get that. We have a big responsibly for our customers, for our employees, and we have a big responsibility for the communities in which we operate. We are very grateful for the hospitality that each of your states provide, and we feel we are in the boat and rowing together. This is from the dna of minnesota. When i moved to minnesota six and a half years ago, i felt very clearly that there was a sense of common responsibly, the common good of the community, and everybody in minnesota gets in the boat and rows. We have our charitable activities. We have the best buy childrens foundation. We are very focused on kids and technology. Each year we do a big fundraiser in minneapolis. We ask all of our vendors and partners to contribute, and we raise the several millions of dollars to contribute from that standpoint. It also means getting involved. Many of us are involved in local institutions. The program that is the most remarkable i think at best buy is the recycling program. Recycling, of course the planet we really care about this planets, and being able to recycle in the last four years one billion pounds of electronic products is a great contribution to the common good and the planet. And because of our relationships with various vendors and so forth, we then take the Raw Materials that are in these products and recycle them, so it is not that we just get them out of the home, we do something with them. I am not alone speaking. Many corporations in america and around the world feel the same. This is not just about making a buck this is about contributing to the common good, and through the jobs we provide but also through the impact we have on the community, so we are very passionate about this, and we thank you for your question, governor. Based on your hospitality or your generosity, i appreciate that particularly in my neighborhood of minnesota, in particular in the twin cities, some people may not know this, but it was Just Announced by the nfl that the super bowl is going to be in the twin cities, and i thought i particularly feel generous because it makes my commute to watch the packers plan a super bowl much shorter than it normally is, so i appreciate that. [laughter] we are not a true competitor with that team. Do you have a professional law team in your state, governor . I think the 13 World Championship that we have compare with zero i think there are in minnesota, but [laughter] i also was probably a little more they dig when i said it. I am a good midwesterner, and i think it is only right for our neighbors because it is probably closest a vikings fan will ever get to the super bowl, so that is pretty good as well. [laughter] thank you for sharing that story. [laughter] this was the great case of the community in minnesota getting together to get this outcome, so the governor and the Sub Companies in minnesota all got together and said we want to get this done, and my friend who got the super bowl 20 years ago, and mitchell davis, the chairman and ceo of u. S. Bank, all of us got together and we provided the ipads for the presentation and so forth, and this was the case of a team effort to get this done, so we like to get together and do great things, and yes, i know, we have got some work to do. We will keep working on this, governor. All right. Thank you so much. We appreciate your time today. It was very exciting to hear how the transition of your company and integrating ecommerce with main street and how all of that works. You gave us so many ideas to take back home. We appreciate it. Thank you so much. Lets give a round of applause. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. And we all like to shop at best buy, so we appreciate that. Were counting down to our final few moments at the closing session of the National Governors association, and may i just say that it has been a great honor and a great pleasure to serve as your chair this year. I really have enjoyed getting to know even better our fellow governors across our nation, and it makes me very proud of the great work that we do together in a bipartisan way, both democrats and republicans, talking about our best practices, public policy, issues, challenges, opportunities facing our very states, and certainly working with our corporate sponsors, our different organizations that also belong to the nga, we appreciate your parents as well because this gives us great insight, great expertise from your very industries to have you as members of the National Governors association. Before i leave today, i also have to thank someone was stuck by my side during this year because as you can imagine, governor hickenlooper, it does take a little extra time to begin national chair, but that is my husband, wade christiansen. [applause] i appreciate it, honey. Thank you for everything. I also want to thank our executive board. We are getting ready to change over, and i know some of our members have already had to leave, but our incoming chair, Governor John Hickenlooper. Governor hickenlooper and i have worked closely over the past year on many different issues that we find commonality on, so thank you, governor hickenlooper. Im looking forward to your service. Governor branstad, we appreciate your service on the executive committee. Governor bullock, governor herbert, governor walker, thank you so much, and we also have governor beebe and governor dayton, who has already left, so thank you for your service on the executive committee. Once again, thank you to Governor Haslam and his team, your staff. I know it is not only you and christie by your staff that have worked very, very hard to make this possible and all of the tennessee hosts and sponsors as well as all of the people that are in the rooms today as our corporate sponsors. I also want to thank the nga Staff Members because it takes a tremendous amount of work you put on his conferences, and there are many of them across the nation, not only our summer meeting, our winter meeting, but also the congress as we have on health care, transportation, homeland security, education you name it. Also the congress as we have on health care, transportation, homeland security, education you name it. Cyber security. They do work all year round and provide great seminars for our staff. I also want to recognize our great team with the nga, and there are a lot of people, but i want to start out with the Top Executive leadership. Dan, thank you for being our executive director. We appreciate you. Where is the . He . [applause] you tell him great job. We appreciate him. David plum, david moore, jodi omar, did i say that right . [applause] thank you all. Also on myy and project, america works, richard lang, garry gross, and art knockout job. Thank you very much. Just a bang up job on that. They did a super job putting together all of the materials and giving us something that we can all take home with us. And i have to tell you that when i was nominated to be the national chair, i went back to my staff and i said guess what, we got nominated to be the vice chair, which means that in a couple of years, you will be the chair. I wont repeat the words of what my chief of staff said to me [laughter] but she did say she would not be with me any longer. But she is here today, and we have spent 20 years together working through various bu positions, but my chief of staff, denise northrup, i want to give her a round of applause. [applause] thank you very much. Katie, who is our policy director, works very hard with all of your stuff across the nation. Wentz, ournett, alex communication strategist, taking pictures right now. Travis brower, who was put together all of our materials, and there are many other people, but these are the core people here today. Thank you to my staff. [applause] it has been a great pleasure. I know governor hickenlooper, you are going to have a ball. It is a lot of fun to work with our fellow governors and our Corporate Partners throughout the nga, so now i would like to call on our chair of our nominating committee, governor governor early tomlin, who is to share our executive committee nominations. Thank you, governor chair. We would like to say thank you for your Great Organization over this past year, and we want to know we want to let you know that your committee has worked very hard, very diligently over the last 72 hours to come with the recommended ages for leaders of this organization, from 2015. We look north and we look south, east, and west, we did hear,ound checks, we did butid all kinds of things, it is really my privilege and honor to officially nominate the following governors to lead your innovation through 2015. I will start with the nga governor committee, Terry Branstad of iowa, mark dayton of minnesota, pat mccrory of North Carolina, Steve Bullock of montana, you, madam chair, mary fallin oklahoma, dan malloy of connecticut, and scott walker of wisconsin. Chair, governor gary herbert of utah, and is 2015, chair for Governor John Hickenlooper of colorado. Madam chair, i move that the nominations. Thank you for your work. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed nay. The motion carries. Governor hickenlooper, congratulations as the new chair of the National Governors association. [applause] all right. I turn it over to you. Well, thank you, mary. You have been a truly outstanding leader for the National Governors association, and im excited to continue the work that we have started together. I am looking forward to work with our new vice chair, herbert , and we have a history of working on those organizations. We have all committed to that and that we can influence stressed the importance of governors, states working within the nga. Believe in governors and their role of directing the laboratories of innovation, democracy, we believe in the nga. The ngas role in helping governors do better. There has certainly never been a greater urgency for governors to play that role, and governor fallin, you have done that. Or is no small work over the last year that governor fallin has been remarkably dedicated to the work of the nga, to better connecting the educational he jobs of our states to t markets of the future, and on behalf of all of your colleagues , i would like to tell you i have never had so many people come up and just say what a great job somebody has done. Im honored to present you with this gavel, commemorating your year as the chair of the nga. Oh, wonderful. [applause] thank you. Dont hit it yet. During the last year, mary and i both started a consistent message, states leading this nation forward, governor from across political spectrum and from literally all parts of the country are working to improve the way government operates, putting politics in place that improves the lives of our citizens in every corner of this country. Some of us may believe that governments should be larger, some of them believe it should be smaller, but we all believe that government has to work. The work that we do collectively through nga is so important and so valuable through that enterprise. As we have seen this weekend, sharing our stories and best practices with each other really helps each of us to do a better job managing the challenges we face. Each year, the nga chair chooses an initiative of importance to them and importance to other governors across the country. This year, were going to broaden the focus a little bit. Touchesvernment today numeral aspects of peoples lives and delivers an array of services from building and operating new highways to broad social programs. Poised to make these operations work in the most costeffective, the most efficient costeffective way possible. And colorado, we have been saying efficient, effective, and elegance to drive home that part of the Summer Service at the end. That is why have chosen to focus for the year 20142015 the National Governors association chairs initiative of what were going to call delivering results. As the stewards of revenues collected by states as well as those that fall from the federal government, governors oversee significant operations in both scope and scale. That expansion makes it even more important for governors to harness the human talents, innovative and imaginative emergingew and technology, and sophisticated analytics to increase performance and deliver results. Some of our governors are already taking advantage of recent innovations to address the fundamental issues of how do we deliver better results. There are truly some cuttingedge ways to do this, including recruiting the best and the brightest to work in their administrations, employee modern Management Practices to keep government lean, and last but not least, using technology to drive results, track progress, and really create innovation. There is a Large Community including academic leaders, businesses, thinktanks, a broad array of skilled consultants who have assisted governors in this work. This Community Health governors generate success across the country. By showcasing the successes in various states and providing an opportunity to share best practices with each other, we can Work Together over the next streamlined State Government and improve the lives of people across the nation. I know we in colorado have ideas and innovations to share, but i think like all states, we are going to gain much more than we give. During the next year, my initiative will can be in several meetings of experts, from State Government, from universities and innovators from the public sector, including nongovernment organizations, to score the cutting edges of operation, instate and in policymaking. The knowledge gained from these meetings will lead us to a summit in 2015, which i hope many of my fellow governors will attend and be able to call attention to the promising and best functioning practices, and frankly to borrow and quite nakedly to steal from each other. I am looking directly at Governor Haslam and governor walker. I know each of you believes in this mission and every governor is working on it, but i think why focusing on that ability to share best practices, we can accelerate our progress, and i look forward to working with each of you on this and all of the issues over the next year. Again, thank you all for being here for the 106 nga summer meeting, and thank you, Governor Haslam. Amazingu have been an host. I think this will go down in history as one of those trends were now people will be elbowing each other to make sure they are at each summer meeting. Thank you so much for doing that. We are now adjourned. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] 40 years ago, the watergate scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. Throughout this month and early august, American History tv revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration. This weekend, here the Supreme Court oral argument, united nixon, questioning executive privilege over oval office recordings. He may be right and how he reads the constitution, but he may also be wrong. And if he is wrong, who is there to tell them so . One, then thes no president of course is free to his course of erroneous interpretations. About ofcomes our constitutional form of government . Watergate, 40 years later. American history tv, on cspan 3. Former Vice President dick cheney will be joined by his wife and daughter tomorrow for a discussion with elliptic cochief White House Correspondent mike allen. They are expected to talk about u. S. Border security and the 2014 Midterm Elections. We will have live coverage at 11 30 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2. Later, the house rules committee, considering the rules for debate on a bill to fund highway and transportation projects. Current funding may run out in august unless Congress Asks acts. That will be live on cspan 3. Next, a look at the relaunch of rock the vote, and what it hopes to a compensating up to the Midterm Elections. From washington journal, this is 30 minutes. We want to welcome ashley splane, the president of rock the vote. She laufrmingz a new campaign to sign up millennialnches a new c sign up millennials to vote. Thank you for having me. What is this relaunch of rock the vote all about . I got involved in politics because, i think like many young people, there is an issue that i care about that was really important to me and i felt like being involved in a campaign in the political process is the way to, you know, address it and get people involved, and i am excited to be, you know, 10 years later, so involved and involved in a really exciting organization like rock the vote thats so committed to doing the same thin, getting young people involved and making sure that they are participating and that they have the access to participate. We are dividing our phone lines a little differently for this segment. We want to hear of those between the ages of 18 to 29. Number is 2025853880. And if you are 30 or older, give us a call at 2025853881. The goal is to registered about 1 and a half Million People including 400,000 who are under the age of 30. You are also working with latino did to register. Race awareness of the impact of the Voting Rights law on young people, advocate for policies that will make it easier to vote and revamp some of the websites that is easy to use and mobilefriendly. So may look at this and say, this will help the democrats more than the republicans. I get that question a lot. As it turns out, you know, but voting is not a partisan issue and having young people participating in the political process and voting is more than anything about the health of our democracy and, you know, we dont care how they vote. We are just really happy that they turn out and get to participate. Pugh looked at the fragmentation and there is a harvard study we want to share with you that looks at the disillusionment of young people when it comes to voting by millennial did, whether or not politicians were motivated by selfish reasons. 62 said yes. 58 said politicians do not share their priorities t almost half said politicians and politics is too partisan and 41 believe that they have no say in government. I mean, i think its not surprising that young people think that. You have politicians who arent really speaking about issues that matter to young people, and talking to the people that they think are going to come out and vo vote. And, you know, part of the mission that rock the vote is to build political power for young people by inspiring them to participate and then helping empower them to. So some of the things you were talking about earlier in terms of our website relaunch, you know, we moved to 100 mobile website because young people are online. You have over 90 of millennials koektd to the internet on a daily basis. Over 60 connected with when they were away from home. You know, we are really trying to make the process easier for participation and, you know, i think the more that we can engage people and get them involved and make it easier, the more likely we can force the politicians to talk about the issues that actually matter to young people. You may have seen this chart from the u. S. Census bureau looking at voting patterns around the country. In the northeast, most notably in New Hampshire as well as in massachusetts, here in washington, d. C. And midwest, the darker the color, the higher the of the vote. The lighter the color, the lower the permission. Its particularly light in West Virginia, texas. This is from the 2012 president ial election. Why . Why such low turnout . I think when compared to the overall population . Yeah. I think part of the issue, which is what you will see in the Midterm Election is it depends upon how many resources are expended in the state in order to get young people involved. And, you know, texas and West Virginia are not president ial battleground states so there is less information being put out there by candidates about why people should participate and, also, about the process, how they should, which is what you see in the Midterm Election, there is a significant decline in spending by can dauts. Safkt, there is not as much information out there in the system. The website is rockthevote. Com and this is what it looks like. Who is behind this effort . Who is funding it . Funding the website . The website . And the organization . We are supported by a lot of nonpartisan foundations and individuals who care very much about engaging the youth in our democracy. Back in the early90s, the big push was to go to concerts and get people to sign up there. A different approach in 2014 . Yeah. You know, like i said, most millennials are online so we are really he can up and downing our digital effort in order to reach even more people than we would at a concert. Music is our roots. We were started in 1990 and had significant support for Music Industry, cultural leaders and we are doing continuing engagement of these folks in our campaign this year. At big priority is an online push because we can reach so many more people. Our guest is ashley spillane, the president of rock the vote. We have a line set aside of those of you who are millennial did, 2025853880. John from tucson, arizona. How old are you, john . I am 24. And are you politically active in terms of voting . I am but we shouldnt get emotional about it. The system is stacked. Politicians are heavily backed. Citizenship united was the wrong decision. People need to realize that Companies Like blackstone supported cantor, the speaker of the house lost, you know, it regime, cia changed both years. The mistrust of government. Whats interesting, i think what john is saying is that there is a strong feeling out there that the system is broken. The message we are delivering is, you can fix it. You can participate. There are more millennials in this country. Its the largest generation, more than even baby boonlers. Young people have the potential to be a huge voting bloc and affect change. I think that this ideamers. Young people have the potential to be a huge voting bloc and affect change. I think that this idea that young people dont care or are lazy ongoing to be out spent by huge corporations, i mean we just have a pour that needs to be tapped and i think participation is the way to show that. Here is how the expected participation is shaping up according to the harvard poll that came back out in april. Those millennials doevenlt voting in the 2014 Midterm Elections, about a quarter, 23 , probably voting, 16 , another quarter, 25 remain undecided. 20 say they likely will not vote. And 16 saying they definitely will not vote in the upcoming Midterm Elections. From thet from baltimore maryland good morning caller good morning to. Host go ahead caller i was wondering about the rock the Vote Campaign. How about the u. S. Citizenship of puerto rico who are unable vote . I think the rock the vote, we are forgetting 4 Million People. Host a somewhat different issue. Guest rock the vote has an international program, i think, of which this would fall. We have chapters all over the world and people organizing on our behalf. We are always excited to have another. I would suggest you start it. Host host here is a look at the 88 million mil ennials. Those registered to vote, about 70 are registered, and 26 are not registered. Lets go to dan from brooklyn, maryland. Good morning. Good morning, sir. I would like to ask the young lady how interested are there is their organization . Not only to get people to recommending sister, which i am in favor of, but, also, to educate them to try to get them go out and get themselves well informed whon the issues. You take, for instance, the national debt. You take talk to young people and older people, too, as far as that goes, but mostly younger people. They have no concept of the national debt. Host host thanks for the call. Guest a huge part of our website is making sure people have the information they need to make an informed decision. On rock the vote. Com we have an entire Election Center that provides the information you need in order to make sure you are at the right place, that you have the right id or information that you are required to present in order to vote, and then we direct you to other resources where you can learn more about the issues for the candidates. Many would argue that the Midterm Elections affect people more than the president ial election. This is, again, based upon a new study looking at the millennials. Will you definitely vote in the 2014 Midterm Elections among all millennials . 28 say yes in 2016 for the upcoming president ial election. About 55 say yes. You essentially have about 72 in the Midterm Elections saying, no, they are not going to vote and nearly half saying they are not going to vote in the president ial election. You know, i said this earlier, but the during a Midterm Election, first of all, its not just young people that dont vote. There is a significant decline and turn out. I think there is a real case to be made as to why participation in local elections is important, and we, right now, are running our campaign to make sure people understand the importance of a midterm. Like i said, you know, there are fewer resources being expend pended bynate of midterm and local elections on information about how to participate. We really want to that, we feel is our job to get out there and make sure people have that information. Our topic, the relaunch of the rock the Vote Campaign in time for the Midterm Elections. Chris is joining us from dixon, illinois. Good morning. Hi, ashley. Excuse me. I am kind of nervous. I have been thinking lately. Everybody is so busy with their lives they dont take time to Pay Attention to whats going on government. And i watch t. V. And i see these ads for the dangers of smoking or the new medications that are coming out and i think if somebody would just put an ad on t. V. During prime time about a few the topics that would affect them in government and the importance of them going and voting, i think that would work so good and more people would come out to vote because their lives are so busy, they are not paying attention . I think you touch on two really important issues. The first is acceptability. People are busy, particularly millennials who have grown up Digital Natives and expect to be able to do things online. Our system is not set up to meet people where they are. In over half of the states in our country, you cant even register to vote online. Thats a huge problem. We want to first address the systematic issues that make it more challenging to participate and then, second, you know, our big campaign in year is we havent announced our creative concept, but it will be around this issue, this idea that, you know, by note voting, you are saying youre totally fine with how things are. We know that thats not the case. All of the polling that you are sharing indicates that so we have a really big job ahead of us to make sure people understand that if you want to produce change and you want to see issues that matter to you, you have to vote. This is an instructive chart to look at, the changing demographics of the American Population right now, the white population accounts for about 64 of the population and its expected to drop to about 59 in 2020. Lets move ahead to 2040. By 2040, the white population will be about half, about 27 will be hispanic followed by asian and africanamerican and by 2015, we will be in the minority. The white population will be in the minority. As at a time hispanic population increases by 31 . Lets get to rick in shcharlott North Carolina. Good morning. Good morning. Ashley, i want to encourage you to continue what you are doing. I call in because of the old folks and i dont mean this negatively. And they have got everything messed up for your generation. And its going to be your generation that makes america the leader of the world in a country that its supposed to be. Look at all of the racism. You all do not even care about that. You all care about people, individuals. So you all would make that right. The next thing that i want to talk about is the mess that they have made. Look at these wars. They didnt on want to hold bush, cheney accountable. They want to blame it on barack. You know whats right. Its your group of people who will change this country and change this country. The gass crisis, 3. 85. You all can change that, go more electric, think about the future here is the most important thing. You have to save the planet . We will get a response. Ashley spillane. It is the largest generation. There is a lot of power in that it is the most diverse, the millennial is 43 people of color. And its huge and its growing, and as a result is that the the diversity that we have, you are going to see new issues be addressed in a different way and progress made. When and why did you get involved in politics . At what age . I got involved when i was in college, and i was really concerned. It was right after 911. I think there were a lot of people getting involved in different issues and causes at that point, and i felt like the best way that i could help hors doeuvre the country would be involved in help get people voting. Is there correlation between the declining of young people voting and the elimination of civics as a Basic High School curriculum class . Absolutely. Its one of the huge problems we have in this country. Civic education is hugely important to make sure that people understand. I mean, you know, i have said this a couple of times but having the information you need in order to part us pate is really, really important and high school education, about how to participate is one big component of that. This point on lauras twitter page at cspan wj. She says there is no one running in 2014 who can inspire millennial did to vote en masse. The number for 18 to 29, alex from lake charles, louisiana. How you . Doing excellent. How old are you . 21 years old. Is and did you vote when you turned 18 . Absolutely. Okay. Go ahead with your comment or question. Yeah. I am sure. We have been talking about the Midterm Elections, the 2016 president ial elections. I think a lot of people dont Pay Attention to the republic part. Is the rock the vote doing anything on the local and state level as far as political and state elections . Thank you, alex. Yeah, we are we are involved in all elections. We want people to vote at all levels of government and increase participation across the board. And so the information that you can find on our website about your local e leingsz and the information that you need in order to participate is part a key component of our program. Another comment from john who says, quote, young folks are naive and idealistic. Only folks who have felt the boot heel of government on their neck study politics. What an optimistic view. I think that that is tough, but i think what you have in the millennial generation and what i feel person ally is very Optimistic Group of people about their future and their ability to make a difference. You have a really Entrepreneurial Group of people. You know, whats happening right now, you have all of these young people who actually real incredibly passionate and care very much and are addresses problems in the communities they live in outside of the system. You have, you know, people who cant get a cab. They create an app, several different apps to fix that. You know, there are volunteers at the local level, and i think that anything that we do to tell people that that that they actually have no voice or impact is really detrimental to our the health of our democracy because when young people participate, they become habit annual voters and in order to further our country and have a really strong and healthy democratic process, you need people who are voting all through their life span. Get more information by logging on to rockthevote. Com and this is what the website looks like. Lynn goldmacher says this you give me hope for the future we have not left your generation to work with. Sorry. Ryan, go ahead, ryan. Caller im sorry. I wasnt able to hear that. Host host you are on the air. Please go ahead. Caller ashley, i think what you are doing is to be commended and its great to see especially a young person with such dedication. Thats to be appreciated. What i would like to ask, though, is why do the millennials need courting so bad . Were do they need chased . Guest i think its not necessarily about needing to be chased, and there are lots of studies about this but people need to be asked to participate in our democracy and i think to the previous callers point, with the cuts in high school Civic Education we have a generation of people coming up who arent familiar with how to participate. So, you know, what we are doing is fighting back against or, you know, countering efforts to have people make sure that they are informed about how to get involved and participate and, you know, we run a program called democracy class, which is a high school, 45 minute lesson plan on the history of voting, why its important and how to make sure you are participating going forward. And raysponding, also, to mikes point saying, millennials have grown up in a society where they get a trophy for participation and have an inflated sense of their own self worth. Save the planet . Got to mike, houston, texas. Good morning. Ca okay. We will go to lynn caller this is mike. I would like to address this argument, the same argument that you are raising, the false argument that your vote doesnt matter. I live in texas and texas is traditionally a republican state. So that means whoever wins the primary is by a large margin reelected the next elected official. Based upon all of the demographics, although not a significant immediate change, the dem graphics of texas appear to go shifting over the next 10 to 15 years . I think if people will vote, it can shift a more Balance System for sure. We have a primary for Lieutenant Governor. 1. 8 eligible voters voted in the primary. Was a a landslide. 65 for dan at that tipatrick. That the means 1. 3 of the eligible voters potentially decide who our Lieutenant Governor is, the most powerful man in texas. [the voters that vote in the least in the lowest fraction will get out and vote, they can change the election. Their vote will matter if people will vote, their vote will matter in this election. Mike, thanks for the call. This is a tweet from a viewer saying with the illegal immigration, youth unemployment is soaring. Do you follow issues like that . Guest yes. I mean we monitor all issues that matter to young people. Immigration is a huge one. Jobs, the economy, in addition to Womens Health and the environment and there are a myriad of issues that young people care about that arent at the forefront of the political conversation right now that we would like to elevate to that point. Generally speaking, when you are talking to your friends and family around the same age, what do they tell you about the electoral process and political process in this country . They like to make fun of how much time i spend on it. And they are their helpful reminder of how much time sort of nonpolitically people spend on it and at this interesting to hear how people approach the system as they are going about their daily lives and their every day routines. We talk about online Voter Registration because its convenient and helps people get involved in an easy way. A lot of my friends are incredibly excited about that because the system is just challenging, and its different across every of the 50 states and so you have a really mobile generation, people who leave states to go to college or for work and are confronting the registration process being different, the requirements when you participate being different whether there is a voter id requirement or not. Some states allow longer periods of early voting. Some dont allow periods of early voting at all. I think its really helpful. I am encouraged about how much enthusiasm is out there right now to get people involved and fix the process. Where is home for you originally . I am from massachusetts. And have you been involved until Party Politics . Not in massachusetts but yes, before. I am you worked for the Iowa Democratic party. Uhhuh. This is a truly nonpartisan push, though . Yes, it is another question i get a lot. So, i worked in partisan politics for several election cycles and have left because i am equally frustrated with both parties, which i know that my generation shares that frustration and i felt like this is a really Good Opportunity to refocus the conversation not on partisan issues, not on Party Politics but on the issues that matter and making sure that people were able to participate and have a voice on those issues. I think things have become so engrained in one side or the other, the bickering, the earlier point about the questions my friends request me. They tune it out. They dont want to talk about it. They dont want to hear about it. I really am so optimistic that we can help change that. Our topic, the millennial did, Midterm Elections and registering young people. Ashley spillane who is with voc the vote. Larry from west village. Good morning. Welcome to the program. Good morning. I would like to say i am very glad pushing people to vote, but i feel they have got to make sure they are educated voters because an uninformed vote is worse than no vote in my opinion. The other thing i would like to say is i know they fought hard to get the vote down to 18 i think the 21 should be the age to vote and 21 should be the anal for everything. Drunking. If you are old enough to vote, you should be old enough to drink. If you are old enough to die for u country, you should be old enough to dripping and old nut to vote. They let them die at 18. I feel people should join the military and get trained but they shouldnt be able to go into a combat zone until they are 21. I think everything shutted be 21. Informed votes are what count. Host host okay. How do you respond to that . Guest i am committed to protecting the 26th amendment which gave the young people the right to vote. There is a lot of you know, there is a recent case in North Carolina that has arguments around the 26th amendment and statebased law that was put into place to make it more challenging and for now, it is law that 18yearolds are allowed to vote and we will fight to make sure that their rights are not infringed upon. On our line for those who are millennial did, ryan is on the phone. Bridgeton, in general. How old are you, ryan . Its brian. Actually. I mean as far as that definitely gets some franchise and voters from our particular voter base. I have written a paper on how poverty threatened our democracy as a whole. Thats just another effect of the disenfranchisement of voting today. The Voting Rights act. More devisiveness within our voter demographics. Ryan thanks for the call. Another tweet commends you for getting involved. You seem intelligent and honest. Thank you for your effort. Even if you looked at a highturnout election among the overall population, its still often less than 60 . Anywhere from 3530 to 45 of the eligible voters dont cast their ballot regardless of age. Why . I think there is a couple of different reasons. I think one, it is about access to information and how to participate. People like to be asked to vote, too. I think thats really important and you have a lot of people that site barriers like not being able to make it in time or not being registered in time, which is why provisions like sameday Voter Registration, early voting and access to gos absentee ballots without an excuse are really important. To the joann from james town North Carolina, good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for cspan host good morning. You are on the air. Caller i am calling from North Carolina and i really enjoy cspan and i am so happy that i got through this morning i would like to talk about what is happening in North Carolina. We now have a Republican Legislature and a republican govern. We have very draconian voter id law that will take votes from College Students and the elderly and minorities and this is the most important election for young people. We will get a response. Is her sentiment accurate . No. I think that she is right to it be concerned about whats happening in North Carolina. There was legislation passed earlier last year to eliminate p preregistration for young people, to eliminate sameday Voter Registration, which two and a half was two and a half times more likely to be tain advantage of by young people to get registered to vote and participate. There have been cuts to Civic Education. There have been cuts to eliminate mandatory registration drives in high schools. I think there is a systematic approach to making it more challenging for young people to vote and we are really enthuse that the court case earlier this week has been brought up so that it challenges those things. I think she actually makes a really good point about the fact that voter id laws dont impact just young people but elderly people who might not have a drivers license. So one thing that rock the vote has been committed to is fair and acceptable id requirements. So anything that will that people would have to be able to produce. Becky makes this point. Feeling old . Yes. Rock the vote was founded back in 1990 by the Music Industry the last call is from victoria in new york city. Good morning. We lost the call. Whats next for rock the vote . We are excited about the midterm campaign. We are going to be registering 1. 5 Million People, continuing to engage people online in an ongoing conversation about why participation matters. We are amming up our mobile and social media programs and will be all across the country at events encouraging people to keep it healthy. Ashley spillane you can keep in touch with events using any phone, anytime. To hearall the number congressional coverage, Public Affairs programs, and todays washington journal program. 5 00isten to a recap at p. M. Eastern. You can also listen to Public Affairs programs on sundays, beginning at noon eastern. Q a,ght on cspan, with george will. After that, prime ministers questions at the british house of commons. Later, president ial historian Richard Norton smith on the 50th anniversary of 1964s Gop Convention where Barry Goldwater was chosen as the republican nominee for president. This week on q a our guest is author and columnist george will who discusses his latest book, a nice little place on the north side Wrigley Field at 100 which looks at the history and impact the home of the chicago cubs has had on the franchise. 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