let s turn tonight to california senator, barbara boxer. senator, great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. when do you do election reform? well, i think when there s not an election going on and people are paying attention. i want to thank you for doing this. this has been a story that we have spent countless hours on, leading up to the election. but how do you see the federal government setting standards? what does the l.i.n.e. act do for states like ohio and florida, where there have been problems? well, first, thank you for all the work you ve done on this. i ll tell you, my heart sank when i saw those lines, because i thought back to the 04 election in ohio. and i don t know if you know this, but i actually stalled thç electoral college vote, because i was so incensed when i learned that in minority precincts in ohio, people waited for 12 hours to vote and many gave up. it was pouring down rain. this is really disen chancement.
criminals. this is what they give a book party for this guy vadum that wrote. so, clearly, when you say they are there, it seems to prevent voting. they have a their own opinion of who ought to be voting and who ought to be participating in the democratic process. that s right. it s important to understand who they are following and listening to. and people like matthew vadum clearly do not believe that we should have a robust democracy. instead, he d rather that we cut off participation of american citizens. and so they are listening to this guy and then they are going out and training their folks to be at the polls. but really what s really scary about this is that apparently they are not only training people to be poll watchers, to work for candidates and for the parties, but they also are training people to be poll workers. so we re concerned that they are going to be on both sides of the equation. and if they target minority precincts, we know that in 2010, that it was an int
can you course correct me or at least flesh out the distinction that i drew there between voter fraud on the one hand and election fraud on the other? you ve got it just about right. voter fraud involves individual voter, somebody who might be voting twice, somebody who might be coming in under a different address. and there s never been a systemic proof of systemic voter fraud. in fact the non-part sen center said there s more of a chance of getting hit by lightning. could you analyze mr. kirk s reference in that tape to the minority precincts. he called them vulnerable precincts. what does he mean by that? vulnerable to who and why? we d love to know because it s one of the most cynical things we ve ever heard and we asked him to explain what vulnerable is. he s chosen precincts that are heavily african-american, low income, unemployeded, the most vulnerable people there and people who are vulnerable to
can you course correct me or at least flesh out the distinction that i drew there between voter fraud on the one hand and election fraud on the other? you ve got it just about right. voter fraud involves individual voter, somebody who might be voting twice, somebody who might be coming in under a different address. and there s never been a systemic proof of systemic voter fraud. in fact, the non-partisan sector said there s more of a chance of getting hit by lightning. could you analyze mr. kirk s reference in that tape to the minority precincts. he called them vulnerable precincts. what does he mean by that? vulnerable to who and why? we d love to know because it s one of the most cynical things we ve ever heard and we asked him to explain what vulnerable is.
thank you, keith. can you course correct me or at least flesh out the distinction that i drew there between voter fraud on the one hand and election fraud on the other? you ve got it just about right. voter fraud involves individualç voter, somebody who might be voting twice, somebody who might be coming in under a different address. and there s never been a systemic proof of systemic voter fraud. in fact, the non-partisan sector said there s more of a chance of getting hit by lightning. could you analyze mr. kirk s reference in that tape to the minority precincts. he called them vulnerable precincts. what does he mean by that? vulnerable to who and why? we d love to know because it s one of the most cynical things we ve ever heard and we asked him to explain what vulnerable is. he s chosen precincts that are heavily african-american, low income, unemployed, the most