and even democrats in red states listening to right now? these sorts of polls with public opinion, or are they listening to the nra and their vonted voter list of voters who are single-issue voters who vote on guns and guns alone? you know i think a lot of us got this wrong at the outset, and me specifically, i actually do think that i talked to a number of equivalent members of the house in the last 12 to 24 hours who have said we recognize we have to do something. it s not going to be an assault weapons ban. it s not going to be some sort of age change for buying weapons. but you could see some sort of narrow legislative measure that would strengthen background checks. we reported this morning it would give the government the ability to take away weapons for 21 days from people who are either charged with domestic abuse or violent.
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data. is that true? that even if you had all of this information that you guys were asking for, you wouldn t be able to uncover the kinds of problems that are being suggested? well, we haven t even started meeting yet. as we meet and have those discussions, i think we should probably refine what it is we re looking for. it s like looking at everyone s driving records to see if there are any drunk drivers o out there. it doesn t necessarily follow. the problem we ran into, the request that came from the commission said all the information being conveyed from the commission was going to be necessarily public information. under maine law, anyone who accesses the voter list, whether it s a candidate, campaign, party, et cetera, or someone doing research, has to keep that information confidential. so we could not comply with the request, as it was stated before. there s a big privacy issue, there. you can make people really vulnerable to having their identity stolen, especially if you t
activity in indiana and other places. that s the next wave of making it more difficult for eligible citizens to register and vote. final question. what about the friendship side where obviousry voter rolls do have people on there who are ineligible or deceased snp what do you say to people the white house invoking that as a sign of vulnerable to voter fraud. there is a clear distinction between maybe there s a duplication or on a voter list or someone registered in more than one state versus actually voting twice in the same election. we can and should continue to strive for as accurate as voter roles as possible. but if they were genuine about wanting to i don t have the integrities the exeyes number one focus on the russians number two but funding out to states to invest in new voting systems and technology because across the country our voting systems are aging. and in need of updating. secretary, thank you for
the creative purging the voter rolls not no compliance with the fireman voter registration act. you have litigation in ohio. activity in indiana and other places. that s the next wave of making it more difficult for eligible citizens to register and vote. final question. what about the friendship side where obviousry voter rolls do have people on there who are ineligible or deceased snp what do you say to people the white house invoking that as a sign of vulnerable to voter fraud. there is a clear distinction between maybe there s a duplication or on a voter list or someone registered in more than one state versus actually voting twice in the same election. we can and should continue to strive for as accurate as voter roles as possible. but if they were genuine about wanting to i don t have the integrities the exeyes number one focus on the russians number two but funding out to states to