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It has also given the EC all the powers required to take over any premises for the conduct of elections. There were some objections to taking over schools and other important institutions during the period of elections.
There anything could be done to change that in the courts, is there anything the department of justice can do to change it? >> the freedom to vote act, you have provisions that prevents and over rule the will of the voters when it comes to elections. we have been talking about the infrastructure bill. those things really matter. they're extremely important of the lives of the american people. the most important legislation that congress is going to have the consider are these voting reforms. our democracy is at stake. we have to make sure that we are doing all we can to protect our democratic ...
For schumer and senator manchin and the president today, they've made it very clear he wants it to be done. this understanding of what the bill is going to be by the end of the month. so it really shows that the democrats are trying to coalesce around this. the urgency is something you just mentioned. the idea democrats haven't been able to get voting reforms back. they need to say we didn't get those things passed. we did get this big transformational bill passed. >> yamish, do you find it as significant as i do that we wake up this morning to find out that joe manchin, chuck schumer are in d...
Court. as governor, i'll continue to push back on the big lie. i'll continue to make sure that the only bills that get my signature when it comes to voting reforms are ones that protect and enhance access to the ballot box. and so, that's the kind of work we've done as a.g. and the kind of work i'll continue to do as governor will be the same, protect voting rights. here is the thing, ali. if we're going to make progress on the main challenges we face, the inequities that exist in your education system, our healthcare system, our criminal justice system and make real progress there, you can't ...
The Massachusetts State Senate on Wednesday went on record supporting the permanent adoption of COVID-era voting allowances like expanded early voting and...