for proof that you re a citizen and you could say i m an illegal and the justice department is saying, you don t have a right to ask that question? that s exactly right. the election assistance commission produces what s called a federal registration form used all over the country under the motor voter law. and kansas and arizona asked the federal government to please let us put our state requirements in this form that let people prove they re citizens. and the obama holder justice department fought them every step of the way through the federal district court tenth circuit court of appeals. so now we have people who can say, i m not a citizen but i m voting. you said motor voter. some states in the country that allow you to register and vote in the same day. how do we know people aren t getting on buses and going from one state to the next state as long as they can register to vote? it s called same-day registration and it s a big problem. they have it in states like
oregon, blessed thou among women, politicians. blessed are thou amongst small d democrats everywhere. this is groundbreaking. joining us now for the interview is the new governor of the state of oregon, kate brown. governor brown, thanks for your time tonight. thank you so much. i was delighted to hear your recap of our new motor voter law. did i explain the change in the law correctly? no other state has done this, so i m learning it just from you. that is correct. however, louisiana is essentially doing the same thing with their 16 and 17-year-olds. the first state to have it happen to all of our potentially registered voters in oregon, we re very excited about the legislation. so the way i understand this is going to work, logistically, is you ve got about 2.2 million people registered to vote right now in oregon. when this law goes into effect, it s expected to almost instantly add about 300,000 new voters to the rolls. people who are eligible to be
people to vote, not fewer. oregon, blessed thou among women, politicians. this is groundbreaking. joining us now for the interview is the new governor of the state of oregon, kate brown. governor brown, thanks for your time tonight. thank you so much. i was delighted to hear your recap of our new motor voter law. did i explain the change in the law correctly? no other state has done this, so i m learning it just from you. that is correct. however, louisiana is essentially doing the same thing with their 16 and 17-year-olds. the first state to have it happen to all of our potentially registered voters in oregon, we re very excited about the legislation. so the way i understand this is going to work, logistically, is you ve got about 2.2 million people registered to vote right now in oregon. when this law goes into effect, it s expected to almost instantly add about 300,000 new voters to the rolls.
become the first state in the country where it is easier to be registered than not. it s an opt-out system instead of an opt-in system. as the tide of voting laws in this country has been rushing the other way, oregon is first to push this hard to get more people to vote, not fewer. oregon blessed thou among women, politicians. this is groundbreaking. joining us now for the interview is the new governor of the state of oregon kate brown. governor brown, thanks for your time tonight. thank you so much. i was delighted to hear your recap of our new motor voter law. did i explain the change in the law correctly? no other state has done this so i m learning it just from you. that is correct. however, louisiana is essentially doing the same thing with their 16 and 17-year-olds. the first state to have it happen to all of our potentially registered voters in oregon we re very excited about the
4g lte. plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. there s a lot going on this morning. here are some things we just thought you should know. oregon is the first state in the nation to enact a motor voter law. new legislation allows any resident that has interaction with the state dmv to be registered to vote. the law will add as many as 300 registered voters to the rolls. 73%, oregon has the highest voter registration in the nation. romney is set to square off against evander holyfield. the two participate in an event benefitting a charity, headed by