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Crisis. one of the most biggest existential crises that our world is facing. and young people recognize that with so much moral clarity. what i do with my organization is mobilize those same exact communities to get out the ballot and vote. i think that young people are becoming more and more energized and also more and more tired by these empty promises that we're seeing from our politicians who continually make these really large claims on the sanctity and the right to vote yet consistently, administration after administration, seeing to action on either. >> you know, we often talk about how...

We need federal legislation. as we that i about going forward, that's a short-term solvent. we need to rethink about the supreme court. the supreme court should be expanded. we should have a senate more reflective of the country, we need d.c. to have statehood, puerto rico to have statehood. why are we accepting taxation without representation. in order for us to have the kind of democracy laid out in the constitution we need real structural changes. >> you want it to be narrowed as far as how votes are counted, which is where moderate republicans may be willing to come on board, is that enoug...

Make election day a federal holiday and expand mail-in voting and early access to the polls. this legislation would truly double down on our democracy. but instead, republican-led states want to make it harder to vote. 19 states have passed 34 restrictive voting laws. kyrsten sinema defends the senate filibuster, however, those like james clyburn are not giving up hope. he sent this message this afternoon. >> we're going to be steadfast in this. this is worth doing. not just for african-american voting rights but hispanic-american voting rights. i don't understand how any senators can look at ...

We have neither. tell me more. >> no, you're exactly right, alicia. the reality is that right now we are seeing so many obstacles to our right to vote and gaining access to the vote. black people, brown people, indigenous people, young people are the same exact communities targeted by voter suppression efforts. so what we're seeing is this sort of dual function of people unable to cast their ballots and their inability to pass any meaningful legislation on the climate crisis. >> climate scientists have been sounding the alarm well before many millennials, all of gen z were even born. for those...