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Condition, won't be at any events tonight. but he's leading in a lot of votes, especially on the democratic side already cast. they allow mail voting in pennsylvania. democrats much more likely than republicans to use it. votes of votes already cast in this race. the other thing that looms over this is the governor's race, the republican primary for governor, doug mastriano who has taken the lead in this thing in the average of polls. mastriano organized buses to take folks to the capitol on january 6th, subpoenaed by the 1/6 committee. here is the dynamic, mastriano endorsed kathy barnette in...

According to the brennan center, continue the trend of restricting access to mail voting. recurring restrictions include shortening the window for applying for a mail-in ballot, shortening the deadline, and restricting voters' ability to receive assistance with returning a mail ballot. some of that increased access was in response to the pandemic, and i wonder what you make of the fact that we're still very much living in the time of the pandemic. >> yeah, nicole, and you know, one other advantage of mail-in voting, at least from a lot of the voters that i talked to, particularly voters of col...

Doing anything to promote by mail voting, at the penalty of a state jail felony. if i assist a voter by saying to them, just put both numbers on there, i am in danger of a state jail felony and so are my colleagues around the state. >> the application is clear, it asks for the driver's license or state i.d. number and if you don't have that, the last four digits of your social. if someone's application for a mail-in ballot is rejected, what can you do to help them out? or do they have to proactively seek help from you? >> that is correct. the ball is entirely in the voter's court. now, it used...

That number is for you to put on your new application and that number must match what's on the voter registration roll and if it doesn't match, it's an automatic rejection. now, here's the thing. the common sense thing is to tell voters, well, write both numbers on your application, your social security number, and it's just the last four digits, or your driver's license number. except the new state law prohibits election officials doing anything to promote by mail voting, at the penalty of a state jail felony. if i assist a voter by saying to them, just put both numbers on there, i am in dang...

That we stopped here. but let's teach the provisions of this bill one of the time. and make it even harder for them to vote against some of these things that people on both sides of the political aisle and support. >> senator booker makes a good point here. what are these common sense provisions? allow me to break it down starting with the freedom to vote act. because you should know what is actually being blocked by these republicans and moderates. the bill would make election day a federal holiday. wow. controversial. it would require online, automatic and same-day voter registration. set a ...