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Electorate that was electrified to get out and vote newsom out because they were against masks or something. we actually before we got on the air tonight went to steve kornacki, our election guru, and asked what we should watch for as the night goes on. he told us this, which i think is instructive and helpful for the rest of the night. he said, quote, we're going to learn a lot very quickly as soon as the polls close in california. most of the voting is done by mail and has been coming in for weeks. the counties are allowed to count that vote in advance and just about all of them will relea...

A twist. and trump was fixated on this twist pence said. it was the provision that could theoretically at least keep trump in power. while the democrats held the current house majority the 12th amendment of the constitution stated voting on a contested election wouldn't be done by a simple majority vote in the house. instead the amendment said the election vote would be counted in blocks with one vote per state. republicans controlled more delegations in the house of representatives meaning trump would likely win if the house chamber ended up deciding the victor based on the prescripts of that...

There was a time it was passed on a bipartisan basis. so we got together over the summer. we put together a bill that is intended to get broad support. it does things like ensures that there is access to the ballot. who could be against that? to make sure that eligible americans can vote whether it's through early voting, vote by mail, weekend voting. it ensures that states will have same day registration. the kinds of things that just make it -- makes voting accessible to the average person. in addition to that we're addressing these voter suppression laws that we're seeing all across our cou...

Around the country. well, the freedom to vote act released today for the first time is 592 pages of compromised legislation that would establish national minimum standards for early voting and vote by mail and national minimum standards for nonpartisan map making for drawing congressional districts and federal standards for handling elections equipment and records including cyber security around those things. it's a lot. it's 600 pages of a lot. the democrats say every single democratic senator will support it. crucially they have put democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia in charge o...

By dealing with issues around cyber security and ensures states like georgia that have voter i.d. laws, that those laws are intended to make sure eligible people can vote. but they're not used to cherry pick certain voters. and so the bill provides a baseline for voting so that you have access to that basic american right no matter where you live. it's the most american thing we can do. it's the most important thing we can do this congress. and i think that as important as other issues are if we fail to do it we will have failed the people who sent us here in the first place to debate about al...