Ms. Bradshaw thank you very much. Back and the next person to speak for us would be laura coxe. I see you. Waiting to see if you get on muted. Please spell your first and last the floor is yours. Cox. Name is laura thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon. I am asking you to delay certification. There are too many questions that need to be answered, too many numerical anomalies and credible reports of procedure irregularities. Distrust. Remove the this vote will be certified and the will of the people will be upheld but we need to ensure that there is a fair and accurate vote first. This election had its issues and every step of the process has been stacked against republicans, starting with the challenger process. Every election they find credentials for thousands of republicans to volunteer to observe and challenge the. Lection counting process this year i was honored to perform that duty and thousands showed up across the state. Electionity of Electio
Been movement and supported and we will be taking will call the just like we did and our teams meeting. This did not change. [indiscernible] orthere any discussion motion regarding the approval of the minutes . Discussion on the approval of the minutes for october 15 . Will you please take a roll call vote . Taken]all vote four ayeir, you have votes. The second item on the agenda is the certification of the november 3, 2020 general election. Thank you, chair brad chop. Chair bradshaw. [indiscernible] all fourike to thank of you for your dedicated service to our stay. The staff recommendation is that you certify. You have before you the results of michigans election. More than 5. 5 million ballot, ars cast a record in our state. Two constitutional amendments. [indiscernible] dissipationng amidst a Global Pandemic is inspiring and voters should be commended for having their voices heard in november. State. Lf of our this is an effort that is unprecedented in scope and difficulty. Long be
That just a minute. I have to start out, full disclosure, and say that when johanna wrote me about this event a few months ago and said is there any chance youd be free . I wrote her immediately back and said absolutely. I would love to see you. The book sounds great. I cant wait to see it. We go back to the white house in the early 1980s when both of us were just out of middle school. Well put it this way, we were early on in our career as journalists. I think we bonded back then, even though i was in broadcast and she was in front. We always kind of gravitated towards each other. I was such a huge fan of her reporting and she was such a respected journalist. Johanna, youve gone on to even greater things. She went on to earn her ph. D. As youve just heard, she is a scholar and resident. Shes done extraordinary historical work. For those of you have not had a chance to read it or peek at it, you are in for a treat. Johanna, without going any longer on all the professes, just why havent
And the aflcios Richard Trumka talks about Union Members and campaign 2020. Then priorities usa chairman guy cecil talks about his super pacs role in the election. Washington journal is next. Ccept yours i a nomination for Vice President of the United States of america. That was californias democratic senator, kamala this is the washington journal for august 20. Joe biden will accept his nomination. You can see that starting at 9 00 this evening. For the next hour your comments on the event of the Democratic Convention including senator harriss acceptance speech. Yo if you support joe biden, 202 7488000. If you support President Trump, 202 7488001. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. Cspanwj, and you can post on our facebook page. Our coverage starts at 9 00 tonight for the final night of the Democratic National convention which you will hear from joe biden and senator cory booker and the former mayor of south bend indiana, former president ial candidate,
Was in print. We always kind of gravitated toward each other. I was such a huge fan of her reporting and she was such a respected journalist. But johanna, youve gone on to even greater things. She went on to earn her ph. D. , as you just heard. She is a scholar in residence. Shes done extraordinary historical work and this latest book is just a treat for all of you who havent had a chance to read it yet or peek at it, you are truly in for a treat. So johanna without going any longer on all the prefaces, just why havent you changed in 30 years . [laughter] johanna full disclosure good doctors. [laughter] judy you covered i knew you as a reporter, Los Angeles Times, covering politics. You covered the white house, the state department and conditioning congress. How did you find your way from doing that to being interested in history . Johanna well, actually, i was very happy as a journalist. I loved what i was doing. Can you all hear me . But in late 2008 when the economy was collapsing,