Rule of law and voter integrity. We warned we could end up in a situation where nevada decides the presidency. Changedd the democrats the selection system, gave us mailin ballots and despite the fact there are thousands of ballots found in trash cans, people getting 18 ballots to , we were told signatures would serve against fraud. Today, we have not been able to [indiscernible] believe there are many inil inn this group of male people that are not proper voters. In the last days, we received reports of irregularities. Voterseve there are dead that have been counted. Confident there are thousands of people whose votes have been counted that have moved out of clark county during the pandemic. We have a voter who was denied access to vote. She showed up to vote. She was told someone already cast her ballot. She was denied the opportunity to vote. We are filing in Federal District court, las vegas, asking for emergency relief, t. L. O. , injunctive release, asking the judge to go through
Live now with a discussion with Public Health officials unsafely on safelythe u. S. Reopening the u. S. Good morning and welcome to Washington Post live. Im eugene scott, political reporter of the Washington Post, and id like to welcome our first guest this morning, assistant Health Secretary at hhs and a member of president Trumps Coronavirus Task force. Thank you so much for joining me. Good morning, is great to be here with you, thanks for the invitation. Host and i got the correct, right . You know, im from deep down in the country louisiana and that is pretty darn close. Thats a great first try at that. Host ok, great, great. Admiral, you are the white house testing czar and lead developer of the hhs Public Health policy recommendations, so i was hoping you could give us a bit of an overview on the Current Situation on the ground today. So, the situation on the ground with the pandemic, i think everyone understands that similar to where we were postmemorial day, we have had a sign
Will return afterward. Have a great day. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by reverend dr. Plain, worship,mmins, capitol washington, d. C. Me. Chaplain come pray with he who reigns from heavens thrown, we stand before you, god, on the eave of this election, l exercising our sacred and conis of democracy the right to vote. Peaceful demonstrations conis he blood, y patriots codified by the framers within the constitution to their devotion. Citizen, every dutifully seek your wisdom for when the righteous are in people rejoice. Ut when the wicked rule, they mourn. Ust as jethro instructed the lawgiver moses whose image ever atches over this chamber, choose out able leaders such as god, lovers of truth, covetousness to rule over israel. Too, choose wisely. Pestilence afflicts us, you promised king solomon to would humble if we ourselves and turn from our ways. D o let us turn that you, merciful father, may heal. Jesus name, amen. You. Peaker thank pursuant t
Were looking at what has become a typical scene, long lines at polling places. Youve studied elections and polling at the bipartisan policy center. Do we have any real baseline to understand what is going on with the electorate going into this election . Matthew this election is unlike any in the past so it is hard to know if theres a good corollary. Already we have seen far more early and absentee voting than we saw in 2016 so it is really off the charts this time around. Host i have a chart that looks at early and in person voting and how it is trended the last couple of years. As folks can see from watching it, the trend has been for more prior voting, either by absentee or mailin ballot, then in person on election day. What is happening in thinking about the conduct of elections, that has led to this . And then accelerating this trend this year . Matt sure. It has been a trend 20 years in the making. Ever since colorado, Washington State and oregon state made it easy for their vote
Favor the Democratic Party over the next quarter century. Meansts discuss what this party and theican Democratic Party morning, im director of overnmental studies at the bipartisan center. Welcome to our change event, an been doing weve here for four years but it even couple of years beyond that. States of change is a partner with the center for merican progress, and also i want to mention the participation of at the enterprise institute. Together am has put election information, and combined with demographic information. About the future of our electorate. New data, a have new report. Says, about the name the state not only our country but how the states are changing nd how they might change over time and we often have different scenarios as to what might change indemographics one way and Voter Preferences in another. Every year, we have an interesting report. Were going to hear from the authors of that and walk through that, but we also have a particular theme this year that were emp