Are trying to cast ballots that others are trying to vote twice but theres no history of that happening just to be clear entrust no voting weve been doing a very very long time and United States. Voter fraud is extremely rare in the United States the rules for mail and voting depend on where you live in the u. S. This year 9 states and washington d. C. Sent ballots to voters automatically this is what the president has railed against. In more than 30 states voters could apply for a ballot to send in by mail in these 5 states in order to vote by mail if you have to give a reason why you couldnt vote in person and the pandemic alone was not reason enough. Mail and voting can be complicated for anyone doing it for the 1st time some forget to sign the ballot others dont seal it exactly right this year around 30 states have allowed voters to curate their ballots they contacted voters letting them know there was a mistake and allow them to correct it as america gets more and more used to mai
It is about 90 minutes. Tonight as i said we are partnering with the Hauenstein Center. If you have not heard bill brands speak before, you will be delighted, and if you have been here in the past, youre in for another treat. Please join me in welcoming my colleague, gleaves whitney, director of the Hauenstein Center to introduce our speaker. [applause] thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction. We really appreciate our partnership with the ford. It is always a treat. We will continue to bring you excellent programs. That stimulate the mind and heart for public service. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and our audience here at the ford. Its really neat to be here recognizing washingtons birthday. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. We have had him back to west michigan so many times i have lost count. He should be awarded a lifetime tenure award. I have probably personally introduced bill more than a dozen times. Each time i go back and check his bi
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All of these details that are on our website at archives. Gov women. Lets begin our discussion today. My first guest is miss susan b anthony. Hello, miss anthony. Im feeling very energetic today. How are you . Wonderful, thank you. My first question is how did you get involved in the Womens Suffrage Movement . I didnt start my life as an agitator in the Womens Suffrage Movement. It kind of grew gradually over time. It began when i first was made to understand that married women had no legal rights in this country. They could not own property or keep their earnings and i was taught to believe that women and men were equal and should have equal rights in my quaker household, we were treated equally. This was a very cruel comeuppance to me when i was taught about that. It was going to be a long, slow process to change those laws. I became interested in the temperance movement. We thought perhaps if we could take the alcohol out of the hands of abusive husbands, things would not be quite s
Americans along the gulf coast to expect extreme, life threatening and historic flooding in the next 24 hours. As Hurricane Sally turns just sowings of alabama, forecasters say the storm could dump several feet of rain when it roars ashore near mobile bay tomorrow morning trapping people under sixfoot storm surge. As we come on the air, the outer bands of sally are lashing the coast and could spin off tornadoes later tonight. Sally is proving to be a challenge to predict, changing her speed and intensity several times over the past 24 hours, and tonight, forecasters are warning she could have more theres a lot of new reporting and the latest forecast to get to tonight. Weve got our team of correspondents standing by. Cbs David Begnaud is going to lead off our coverage in Pensacola Beach, florida. Good evening, david. Reporter good evening, norah. Storm surge from the gulf of mexico is pushing the coast into Pensacola Beach where the flooding has already begun. The storm is 500 miles wi