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I still believe when you put the facts out, which we did, voter i.d., there's nothing wrong with a voter i.d., but give people many alternatives. but still i.d.s are -- when you talk to people about security, they think an i.d. is security. we just want to make sure that the person lives where they say they live, they are who they are. and that's very easy. we gave many, many variations very simply to do that. and all the people on my side of the aisle pushed back and said that's unfair. >> the caveat is time. that if you don't get this done before the midterms you're going to have these laws ...

York city for mayor. it may take of course weeks before we know who actually ends up winning because new york is historically slow to report election results. this time, there are 13 candidates and a new ranked-choice voting system. let's bring in cnn's polo sandoval joining us live from a polling system in brooklyn. has the ranking system deterred any voters? >> it's a good question. we've actually been posing that to many of these voters that are coming out here and making use of that ranked-choice voting system. and so far so good. many of them are bringing their own cheat sheets. they've w...

Democrats united here, and manchin told me he's not there yet. >> really quickly before i go to you on the bus there to talk about voting rights, on infrastructure, garrett, is senator manchin indicating -- as least the way i heard it was, president biden seems to be onboard with the bipartisan plan? >> reporter: look, we have known for a long time that president biden is eager to get a bipartisan agreement on something if it can be done. i am standing outside the office of kyrsten sinema, the democrat from arizona, and officials were coming to be briefed by them, a little back and forth, and ...

Balls right now. and he certainly thinks he has an opportunity for a bipartisan result, in part, on infrastructure. and i don't think he wants to stoke this debate to the partisan level of ten at this moment. >> so as to get an infrastructure bill? >> i think he wants an infrastructure bill. i think he needs this to play out in sequence. getting joe manchin on board was a significant thing. the compromise joe manchin laid out was a significant thing. i think as a practical matter, that is the bill for democrats. that's the principal vehicle that they will pursue. >> the manchin compromise? >> ...

Going to get manchin on board in the last few hours susan collins, republican of maine, saying that the rhetoric from democrats has been over the top. lisa murkowski also willing to buck her party, republican of alaska saying that this is a very partisan bill. i mean, this is the result of this as you have these republicans who voted to convict trump during impeachment, saying that this bill is garbage. >> well, i think one thing is clear. there is no version of a voting bill that republicans will support in this particular political climate. the question is should this version of the bill, th...