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That's what the new category of negotiation is all about, and i think it's ball game. i think republicans understand that if they control the counting rooms and the counting process, that is the way in which they can systematically undermine democracy in the most profound way. we saw it on display, the threat of it in 2020. i think if any bill that democrats take up in the senate or in the house or in congress over these coming months, if it doesn't address that issue, it misses the point. >> the for the people act was written last year. it was written before the election, long before we saw t...

Tried to get access to the auditor up in the coliseum, not in the nosebleeds but close to it, trying to watch what's going on, obviously they have chain of custody that they've promised that they'll maintain the security of the ballots. so it was shocking to me to see that they had let someone else besides the workers and whoever they had planned to into those ballot cages. >> so jessica, what do you make of this? this is clearly this one would think highly partisan film crew here with a definite point of view allowed right next to the ballots. how unusual is that? >> this is extremely unusual...

Not only was i a law enforcement officer. i was beat and abused by police officers, but i went inland side and i pushed for reform and change. i know there are those who feel this is not the moment we should come together, but i don't believe that, and countless number of new yorkers and americans have proved just the opposite. it is time for us to come together. >> during the counting process, you sued the board of elections after they miss counted about 135,000 ballots that were test ballots. are you going to keep up with this lawsuit now that you're the apparent winner? >> no, and the lawsu...

>> absolutely. this past friday before we came -- the secretary of state announced that he was dropping 100, 000, voters from the voting -- we've seen now a majority of african-american counties in southwest georgia that they are now attempting to close polling sites there. in addition, they're actually putting off people off the board of elections in the county area. this is a blatant abuse of power. we need federal legislation to stop that. to expand protection and we need to make sure the courts are aligned. >> michael, is there a way to get out of the provisions of some of these laws aroun...

Really implement the process, and the board members were also a part of the counting process so they didn't like that outcome so they decided they wanted to challenge it. we wanted drop boxes. we wanted more polling locations. we wanted a diverse work force because we wanted young people that knew how to operate new voting equipment. our co-workers' average age was 75 years of age. we had to have different people during this pandemic -- >> it looks like helen butler's connection is frozen there. what is your reaction to these new changes at this level? at helen's level? >> my reaction is simpl...