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There were calls in to the district. i don't want making voting for speak er a tough one. i don't want to go to the floor and win with 220 votes. i think the best thing for our party right now is that you have 247 votes on the floor. if we're going to be strong, we have to be 100% united. and i think, you know what, let's put the conference first. [ inaudible ] look, look, we have been talking with a number of members. we've been thinking about this throughout the week trying to see if we can get there. i just think it's best we have a new face. >> how much did your comments about benghazi las...

Youngstown is located, their county commissioners voted unanimously that their county also should allow weekend hours for early voting. the county commissioner said they have the money to do it, the space 2to do it, and they'r able to make early voting on weekends happen. to make early happen. ohio had early votings in '08, early votings on the weekend in 2010, early votings on the weekends even for the presidential primaries this year. and now these democratic-leaning counties are in revolt over the republican secretary of state getting rid of early voting on weekends, just in time for the ge...

For early voting. the county commissioner said they have the money to do it, the space to do it, and they're able to make early voting on weekends happen. ohio had early voting on weekends in '08, in 2010, early voting on the weekends even for the presidential primaries this year, and now these democratic leaning parties are in revolt over the secretary of state getting rid of early voting on the weekends just in time for the general election. i realize this is not getting a lot of national attention yet, but this voting rights chaos and open conflict and attempted firings and this local resis...

Election. so this is a problem. >> this is an extraordinary problem. one of the things we deal with, you were the sponsor and drafter in the 2008 election. we wanted to provide provisional ballots. if somebody comes to the polls, and the volunteers who are trying to do their job, they may not be able to check that particular day or hour, what we said was, okay, they will cast a provisional ballot. that ballot will then be put aside, taken to the election office that day or the next, and if it's verified that ballot will be counted. >> this sounds like it's designed to accommodate making voting...

Broke today, mccarthy explained his decision to reporters. >> you probably need a fresh face. i'll stay on as majority leader. but the one thing i found in talking to everybody, if we're going to unite and be strong we need a new face to help do that. i don't want making voting for speaker a tough one. i don't want to go to the floor and win with 220 votes. i think the best thing for our party right now is that you have 247 votes on the floor. >> the question is with a debt vote looming and the house republican caucus in complete disarray who will replace mccarthy as boehner's successor? mccar...