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This year, electing democrats who campaigned on preserving it. those democrats are now working to ensure that citizens, meaning all citizens, can participate in a democratic process. by allowing every eligible voter to vote. but for the first time in a while, democrats have a governors and legislators to help back decision. take minnesota, for example, where democrats are in charge of both chambers for the first time in eight years. where governor tim walt is asking his democrats to think big about voting issues. while democrats control the state senate for the first time in nearly 40 years wh...

Lead on this, we are going to do it here. i know governor whitmer has talked about it, and i'm with you. it is an exciting time that democracy prevails. it does not mean that they're going to vote for democrats, it means that more people are going to have access to the ballot box and we get better representation. >> that is exactly right, governor. one of the things that i have learned in studying all of this democracy modernization is at the more people who participate, the extremes of parties go down because you want to get all the voters. i think that what you're putting down, is absolutely...

>> that is right. here, it was independent. remember, we are a state where independents at the governor's office, with then -- these are legitimate big i independents and they care about this. here in minnesota, we have an incredible's secretary of state, steve simon. you will not find a more dedicated public servant. i think this is probably what was echoed across the country, these are folks that do their job to protect the democracy and they do it with, they are so passionate about it. and these election judges out there, my mother has been one, my 80 some-year-old mother was so proud to be...

reports. >> reporter: it's a pretty good picture of them using a curve ball to get in. and a pretty good picture of those who broke in. >> reporter: jean quan led a tour through oakland city hall, showing where and when protesters broke in. >> it's a beloved building that's a symbol of oakland's resilience. i think people are getting ready angry. >> reporter: oakland police say they arrested 400 protesters in all last night. protesters targeted the downtown ymca and sandized frank ogawa -- and vandalized frank ogawa plaza. today some members of the occupy movement say despite the cla...

is your disappointment? my disappointment is that we have not had a single public statement from the republicans that they'll do anything to help with us the bill. quite to the contrary. that is too bad for the american people. american people last year called for change and change is taking place. the president did spend time going through the things that we've accomplished this year. it may have been significant based on where he was when he took office. even before became president 670,000 jobs were lost in december. november more than 700,000. february more than 700,000. but we'v...