all of us to take the necessary actions. that means in blue states, by the way, improving voting laws substantially from where they are in many states where democrats have the ability to make voting easier. it includes recruiting and training and making sure that good people are filling the slots of local election officials. there s been a lot of reporting recently about how good election officials are being driven out of their positions because trump crazies are driving them out. of course, the courts have to be a piece of this. you know, i started my career as a recount lawyer. i know the power of the judiciary to ensure that the will of the voters is abided by in election returns. finally, people like you, the media and activists speaking out and putting a spotlight on what is going on, on the fact that republicans are planning a constitutional crisis by targeting election certification processes, by putting a spotlight on it, we might be able to head some of it off.
this area, it s incumbent on all of us to take the necessary action, that means in blue states by the way, improving the voting laws substantially, from where they are in many states. where democrats have the ability to make voting easier. it includes recruiting, and training, and making sure that good people are filling the slots of local election officials. there is been a lot of reporting recently about how good election officials are being driven out of their positions, because trump crazy s are driving them out of their positions, of course the courts have to be a piece of this, i started my career as a recount lawyer, and i know the power of the judiciary to ensure that the will of the voters is abide by in election results, finally people like you, the media and activists speaking out, and putting a spotlight on what is going on, a spotlight on the fact that republicans are planning a
spot on as usual. unlike most lawyers who come to voting rights, i actually started as a recount lawyer. so i focused on the back end of the ross, the accounting and the certification of elections. and while we are doing a lot in this country to look at how do we make voting more accessible and how do we make sure that everyone can register and everyone can vote? and even doing things to protect election workers all of which are admirable. the bill the senate democrats released today, very good bill. but we also need to pay attention to the back end of that process. how do we go from ballots cast to ballots counted and certified? right. and right now we are assuming the problem is that good election officials at the top save the day. but what if the election officials at the top are not the good ones but the bad ones? that i mean, yes.
they re reviewing the largest pocket of votes. they are literally rigging the counting, so these really aren t just voter restriction laws, potentially voter nullification laws. explain what that means in practical terms. when i m asked how did i get into this field, i took an unusual path, i began as a recount lawyer and how ballots are counted and elections certified. it was during the 2020 general election aftermath that we saw first the state of texas seek to invalidate, that failed in the supreme court, and then what did we see? the president of the united states himself calling local canvass board officials in