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but that agency has essentially been without commissioners, no commissioners over the last year. we went through the election without it. we have a structure to try and deal with this. we just don t have the political will. republicans have blocked appointing people to the eac. so on the federal level, that doesn t seem like right now it s going to be a pathway to trying to get some major changes in our election system. it s going to have to be fought state by state and locality by locality. political science professor rick hassen from uc irvine. thank you very much for your time tonight. your perspective on this is very, very helpful. thank you. thank you. i think one way to watch this is to look at this in parallel with climate change. climate change is another issue on which the democrats believe the republicans will never do the right thing. that republicans on climate change are too close to petro interests, essentially. and on voting that they re too close to their own elec
were against her. that s what the president put on the table. and the president is a smart political strategist. what kind of strategy is this? is it hope? is it the same kind and i don t say that dismissively. it is the same kind of hope and optimism and persistent never give uppism that is embodied by deseline v victor, is it that k of hope and persistence and optimism? awesome. but also, is there a plan b if it turns out republicans aren t really going to come around on this and they still feel about this the way they have for years now. joining us is rick hassen at the university of california irvine law school. he writes the election law blog. he is the author of the voting wars. professor, it s great to see you. great to see you. great to be here. i m a political observer on
0 most bizarre police stories i think we ve ever seen unfold right before our eyes. he was hiding out right across from the police command post, and came across a couple of women who were going to clean the cabin, didn t take their lives, nor did he take the life of the person who was driving a truck and got carjacked. but there is a string of dead people, and now dorner is not 100% confirmed dead, according to the sheriff s office, but of course since he is former naval reserve and former lapd, i m sure they ll have the dental records. and it will be probably within the next 48 hours that they would make a positive identification. that s the ed show. i m ed schultz. the rachel maddow show is starting right now. good evening, rachel. great job last night, again. thank you, ed. i have to tell you, i m having a little trouble with my audio right now. so we ll see how my show goes tonight. if you can hear me, you can there was one moment of the speech, though, last night where you
rick hassen says we should declare florida an election disaster area and bring in the fed s. congress should nationalize it and the option of using your thumbprint as i.d. at the polls. the center for justice is recommending that congress require early voting in every state. the same amount and set a standard for number of voting machines so every polling place has enough to go around. if you want to take the long view, hillary clinton s count every vote act is kicking around from 2005. she wanted to declare a federal holiday for voting. she wanted to send money to states for modernizing elections. here s an idea. how about when hillary clinton finishes up time, she and sandra o connor lead a commission on reform, a national nonpartisan election reform commission. i would be for that. who would be against that? we re getting to a point we can t ignore the failings of our election system. we can t guarantee the vote to citizens and ask citizens to stand in lines that start before