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Say, partisan-contested rules around early voting and the availability of voting machines. how long it was going to take people to vote. is there -- as you have championed the idea of reforming the role of money in politics, is there also sort of energy right now for the idea of election reform? there being federal advance thement for the states to get their acts together. >> the electoral system is a state function. but in a federal election, we should be able to pass legislation that people should be able to vote and the rest of the long lines are an obstacle. they are a form of voter suppre...

Election reform? there being federal advancement for the states to get their acts together. >> the electoral system is a state function. but in a federal election, we should be able to pass legislation that people should be able to vote and the rest of the long lines are an obstacle. they are a form of voter suppression. whether it's money suffocating the air out of the air waves, whether it's suppressing the vote through regulation or state laws, or it's just telling people that this is poisoning the debate so people throw up my hands, i don't want to vote. all of it is really an obstacle to ...

There being federal standards, federal advancement for the states to get their acts together? >> as you know the electoral system is a state function. but in a federal election, we should be able to pass legislation that people should be able to vote in one our or two hours, and the rest of these long lines are an obstacle. they are a form of voter suppression. whether it's money suffocating the air out of the airways with endless money. whether it's suppressing the vote through regulation or state laws, or it's just telling people that this is poisoning the debate so people throw up my hands,...

Right now for the idea of election reform? there being federal advancement for the states to get their acts together. >> the electoral system is a state function. but in a federal election, we should be able to pass legislation that people should be able to vote and the rest of the long lines are an obstacle. they are a form of voter suppression. whether it's money suffocating the air out of the air waves, whether it's suppressing the vote through regulation or state laws, or it's just telling people that this is poisoning the debate so people throw up my hands, i don't want to vote. all of it...

On, that rivals everything else, i've introduced legislation like that. that's a bit of an overstretch to say that i've done away with the second amendment. >> i need to respond to that. because the fact is if we did not have a national liability bill, then people would have been able to go to states like, say, massachusetts or new york and sue gun manufacturers where they would not pass a gun liability bill. so unless you have a national standard to protect manufacturers of guns, you would create the opportunity for the elimination of gun manufacturing in this country and defactor elimination...