Good to be with you. Good to see you. When did Voter Suppression become a thing . I mean, i know that over time theres been efforts to restrict the votes of some people, laws have changed, we hope that were in a society where everybody is allowed to vote. But it seems like overnight it went from being a thing here and a thing there to being an epidemic. Yeah, i mean, this latest iteration, obviously throughout our history, as you mentioned, theres been different times, but this latest iteration, its interesting because after 2000, after what happened in the election of 2000, you had the help america vote act. You really had us sort of going as a country in the direction in the right direction. Right, in the right direction of making sure that everybody got a chance to vote. And then, what happened was, and just to be real about it, is that the Republican Party decided, wait a minute, that doesnt really work for us. So, they decided that they were gonna basically target folks who were r
Advisory commission which we just saw. This briefing is 30 minutes. All right. Good morning, everyone. My name is michael blake, one of the vice chairs for the Democratic National committee. Thank you for joining us on today. We are grateful we are here with chair of dnc commission, and also president of the vote who is vice chair of the commission we have which well talk about in ha moment. Secretary of state from california alex pa da an are here to join us today. We are here because we know President Trump has brought forth a commission having first meeting today around the myth of voter fraud which we consistently and regularly reject. Our job should be making it easier for people to vote, no the harder. And so we have come forward to create a commission that is focusing on what are we going to do to protect the opportunity for americans to vote across the country. Well be here to make sure we provide consistent response to the Trump Administration. When you have leaders that have
Announcer in response to the opening meeting of the president ial committee, the Democratic National committee criticized it and question the justifications for this is half an hour. All right. Good morning, everyone. My name is michael blake. I am one of the vice chairs for the Democratic National committee. Thanks for joining us today. We are grateful we are here with our chair of the commission, and the president of let america vote, congressman terri sewell, who is the vice chair of the commission we have which i will talk about the moment. Secretary of state from california is here to join us. We are here because, as we know, President Trump has brought forth a commission, they will be having their first meeting today, around the myth of voter fraud. We consistently and regularly reject that. Our job should be making it easier for people to vote, not harder. And so we have come forward to create a commission that is focusing on, what are we going to do to protect the opportunity f
Announcer in response to the opening meeting of the president ial committee, the Democratic National committee criticized it and question the justifications for this is half an hour. All right. Good morning, everyone. My name is michael blake. I am one of the vice chairs for the Democratic National committee. Thanks for joining us today. We are grateful we are here with our chair of the commission, and the president of let america vote, congressman terri sewell, who is the vice chair of the commission we have which i will talk about the moment. Secretary of state from california is here to join us. We are here because, as we know, President Trump has brought forth a commission, they will be having their first meeting today, around the myth of voter fraud. We consistently and regularly reject that. Our job should be making it easier for people to vote, not harder. And so we have come forward to create a commission that is focusing on, what are we going to do to protect the opportunity f
Announcer in response to the opening meeting of the president ial committee, the Democratic National committee criticized it and question the justifications for this is half an hour. All right. Good morning, everyone. My name is michael blake. I am one of the vice chairs for the Democratic National committee. Thanks for joining us today. We are grateful we are here with our chair of the commission, and the president of let america vote, congressman terri sewell, who is the vice chair of the commission we have which i will talk about the moment. Secretary of state from california is here to join us. We are here because, as we know, President Trump has brought forth a commission, they will be having their first meeting today, around the myth of voter fraud. We consistently and regularly reject that. Our job should be making it easier for people to vote, not harder. And so we have come forward to create a commission that is focusing on, what are we going to do to protect the opportunity f