Week in revenue. Well be leaving this Washington Journal Program to go live now to a hearing on Election Security. You can watch the remanldinder this program on cspan. Org. This hearing comes after we laid to rest a giant in Voting Rights. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it. We must vigorously defend our right to vote, our access to the ballot box and the integrity of our election. In less than 90 days americans across the country will participate in an election unlike any other in our history. The covid19 pandemic is forcing state and local Election Officials to rapidly expand vote by mail, early voting and other crowd reducing election policies so no voter has to choose between their democratic rights and their health. As states scramble to administer safe primary elections seemingly administrative decisions related to the number and location of polling sites had substantive impacts on peoples right to vote. Long lines in predominantly black and brown neig
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Security measures leading up to the 2020 election. The hearing focuses on the spread of disinformation, the role of the u. S. Postal service and options for modernizing the voting process with sameday Voter Registration and expanded polling locations. This hearing will come to order. This hearing comes a week after we laid to rest a giant. Before he died, congressman lewis reminding us that the vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it. We must vigorously defend our right to vote. Our access to the ballot box and integrity of our election. In less than 90 days, americans across the country will participate in an election unlike any other in our history. The covid19 pandemic is forcing state and local Election Officials to rapidly expand vote by mail, early voting and other crowd reducing election policies so no voter has to choose between their democratic rights and their health. As
president biden speaks today at emery university in atlanta following this week s shootings in georgia. the president will be joined by vice president kamala harris. we ll have live coverage at 4:40 eastern here on c-span. washin continues. host: our guest is adam brandon, president of freedomworks. thank you for joining us. remind viewers what freedomworks is and what its mission is. guest: it is a national grassroots group. we work with activists across the country on economic issues. you mentioned we are engaging on election integrity. host: how are you folks funded? guest: we have over 50,000 funders last year and we are structured as a 501 c3, 501(c)4, and we also have a pac. host: you have a push for what you are calling election integrity. you have a website. what are you proposing, and why are you doing it? ? guest: it wasn t just reaction to the last election. if you go back to 2016 65% of democrats did not believe the election was fear. was fair. this cycle, t
MEMPHIS, Tenn. —Gun violence continues to impact people of all ages across the Memphis area, and a local fifth grader is hoping to be a voice for change. Ben Williams, an 11-year-old who attends Grahamwood Elementary School, believes every child deserves to feel safe. Williams wants to make the world a better place, a place […]