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Despite some heated contests between candidates, the election offices in Monroe, Lehigh and Northampton counties all say they are ready for voters on Tuesday. “Everything is going fine,” said Timothy ...
Regain control of the congress. here are a few of the things we didn't hear -- we didn't hear mention of the right to choose. >> reporter: abortion barely mentioned in today's republican plan. and not at all at today's event. democrats have seized on the issue since the supreme court struck down roe v wade. >> so in 46 days, america's going to choose. if republicans win control of the congress, abortion will be banned. >> reporter: democrats are hoping for a repeat of what recently happened in kansas. the conservative state voting overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights. the big question -- ...
Passed, what happens? >> we have a cacophony and a complete mixedup situation in terms of actual state voting procedures going into these midterms. we would have a patchwork of state voting laws that are going to lead to absolute chaos going into this november midterms and even the primaries that lead into the midterms where you have had multiple, i think, 31 or 32 states pass voter suppression laws, making it more difficult for people to vote where there's no clarity whatsoever about that procedurely. even without the john lewis voting rights act or the other voting rights act there throughou...
Are concerned. and they rightly should be. and the question is, how can the responsible people, it's not fair that this has to fall on democrats, the democrats have to be the responsible ones. but that's the reality right now. so i think we have to come up with a pragmatic solution, they could bring manchin on board, maybe these republicans on board. and pressure and attack, the ones who are putting our democracy under threat. that is the path to follow, rather than sort of hoping for the perfect, and wagon your finger at joe manchin if he doesn't come along. that's not going to solve what is ...
Would come much closer together and i think that's one of the things that republicans just have no appetite for. they don't want federal overreach in state voting issues and that's really been a pattern throughout history and the united states and so it's interesting to me to watch the democrats kind of navigate that terrain, but certainly they're no closer to navigating it or passing these bills now than they were a year ago. and that is, that's quite frustrating to see. joe biden's going to address this today in his speech, but i want to note that joe biden has given fewer press conferences ...