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Majority at that time, every state voting one time as jamie raskin outlined in his book. so this is very significant because unless the laws are reformed, unless we understand the plot that was used last time, we won't be able to defend this next time. >> and i think the committee's work, jeremy, is inching toward being able to put together the narrative to show us how close we came, because at this point, the only people that are saying that are people that understand what you just articulated, right? that understand that if you -- if you neither get to the threshold, then it's thrown into ch...

In part because virginia counties are not just allowed -- they've been directed by voting reforms that they could start preprocessing ballots that came in, absentee ballots that came in ahead of the polls closing right now. isn't that right? >> yeah, and that's the difference, in 2020, they had to wait until the mail was all counted to release the early. they could release the early right away. >> it is now 7:00 p.m. eastern time and the polls have closed in virginia. now, again, at this point, we are expecting that we will get results soon, but while we are looking at polls closing right now ...

For voters of color in the way that we have done in the past. so redistricting is on the table, too. we're going into a season of redistricting, where drawing the lines of power that will sit in place for ten years is also at stake. so, this is the thing. is that right now, the democrats have to act. they have to act boldly, because they have everything to lose. >> dean, the john lewis act passed out of the house this week. there's been a lot of comparison to the for the people act, which is a much broader bill that would preempt state voting, election laws. the john lewis act, more narrow. it...

To be transparent with our viewers forgive us if you have to go and look and read whatever decision might come out here. talk through what we could see in the remaining cases outstanding? >> hi, hallie. you're right. we're tracking all of this. the big cases are a ruling on obamacare that may sound familiar but there is a case before the court that could change limit or even potentially legally end a big part of obamacare. religious freedom. there's a big interesting case about free speech rights of students off-campus. any parent knows what students say online can feel as real to them as what...

The last one is on state voting a case that pits voting rights protections against the newer restrictive laws we've seen. i'm not speaking of the ones the viewers may be familiar with in texas and georgia. these are previously passed laws in arizona, but similarly restrict voting rights and we will see soon enough whether the supreme court says that's okay, that's their call or whether that violates voting rights in the court's view. >> ari, thank you very much for that. i know you're keeping an eye on that. teeing up really this next discussion here, as he said, voting rights is one of the bi...