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Really had the naivety of a child, listening to my parents around the fear of trying to vote, the two different voting systems but now we live in a country where predominantly black counties, areas in georgia, the way to vote, average way to vote in predominantly black communities documented by reuters and brennan is almost an hour, 51 minutes, for a white voter, it's six minutes. think about that for a second. you have places -- do we want to live in a country where a black person has to wait seven, eight times longer to vote and some areas in america like texas where in minority communities ...

Votes by the u.s. senate in the winter of 1891. i don't want to make that mistake again. i don't want to stand by and say i let this happen, i let them erode the, not only voting rights, but the counting of votes, substituting of partisans for nonpartisan voting officials. allowing legislatures to get involved in counting and certifying votes. that's inimkabul to democracy itself and i don't want to say, oh, man, we made a decision in 2022 in the winter that's going to reverberate for generations in this country as we try to get our democracy back. i just, that vote in 1891 haunts me, nicolle....

Really— for him to do an about—face is really very— for him to do an about—face is really very peculiar, to say the least — really very peculiar, to say the least l — really very peculiar, to say the least. . , ., ,., ., least. i was reading some of the comments _ least. i was reading some of the comments republicans this i least. i was reading some of the i comments republicans this weekend who say, look, in many of the states what they really want is reform of voting rights legislation to tighten up voting rights legislation to tighten up the ballots people have to appear with id...

And there's some areas in america like texas where in minority communities the wait to vote is seven, eight hours. that's a day's work. are we saying people will tolerate a country where people have to afford to give up hours of work or taking care of their children? that's america today, if you don't think our democracy is in peril by all these threats on voting officials, all of these voter suppression laws creating such distinctly different experiences in voting in america, then, and if you are passive and sitting on the sideline at this moment and not taking some responsibility to say i've...

As a template, a canary in the coal mine for what is coming, but it is not just georgia, it is not just the deep south. >> you and i have been talking about this for so long. and you operate, and so many of you in georgia, because you have been doing this for so long, some of it takes place in registration, some of it is targeted against voting officials. but for people who say, who recite this mantra that is put forward by republicans that look, we've got to make sure that our voter integrity is as strong as it can be, as our voting systems are as safe as they can be, what do you say to them....