good morning. please welcome to the stage politico editor at large peter canellos. [applause] good morning and welcome. i m peter canellos, political editor at large. i d like to thank you all for joining today s event, america s biggest voting bloc, nonvoters. thanks to those watching via live stream. as a 202020 campaign ramps up both democrats and republicans are working very hard to rally the base. they re also trying to win over swing voters, but i think we all know especially we will see today that by far the largest bloc of voters out there come when hundred million voters voting ages of those who don t go to the polls. i can t say enough that the balance of power in the united states rests in those voters. these nonvoters span every demographic, and the racial demographic, age demographic, education demographic. today we re going to have i hope very enlightening panel discussion discussing with party leaders themselves how the plan to appeal to this group and ge
vote block of voters out there, 100 million voters are those who do not go to the polls thati cannot say enough the balance of power in the united states rests in those voters. nonvoters span every demographic, every racial demographic, age, education. have iwe are going to hope a very enlightening panel discussion discussing with party leaders themselves how they plan to appeal to this group and get some of these people to go to the polls. we will also discuss the interesting results of the night study that is being released today. we have all been anticipating for a long time. i want to encourage you all as you follow our discussion to join the conversation on social media. #political elections. here s a quick video from our sponsor. there s a crisis facing our democracy. who has the power to solve it? is it america s voters, or perhaps it s america s nonvoters? in 2016, we witnessed one of our country s most contentious presidential elections. donald trump won the pres
and 10 minutes long. dillingham. chairwoman maloney: the committee will come to order. good morning, everyone. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee any time. with that i will now recognize myself to give an opening statement. good morning and thank you all for being here today. the 2020 census is now underway. two weeks ago, the census bureau counted its first person in rural alaska. next month, the counting will begin in earnest around our country. the constitution requires us to count every single person in the united states without exception. this census will be the largest and most complex in american history. and it is essential that the count is full, fair and free from any interference. person ie united states without exception. this census will be the largest and most complex in american history and this is essential that the count is full, fair and free from any interference. this year census will have enormous consequences for
without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of his committee at any time. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. good morning, i thank all of you for being here today. good morning, today we are examining our nations history of voter suppression as well as the obstacles that many minority communities continue to face to this day. in exercising their fundamental right to vote. tomorrow we will be holding a ceremony to honor our dear friend and colleague and a former chairman elijah cummings. we will be renaming this hearing room after him and commending everything he stood for. today s hearing is part of our efforts to honor his legacy. protecting the right to vote was one of the most important issues if not the most important issue he fought for during his decades of service. we are holding this hearing in a gory during black history month with black americans whose voices were stifled, blocks and silenced for centuries. it is black americans who are s
are working very hard to rally the base. they re also trying to win over swing voters, but i think we all know especially we will see today that by far the largest bloc of voters out there come when hundred million voters voting ages of those who don t go to the polls. i can t say enough that the balance of power in the united states rests in those voters. these nonvoters span every demographic, and the racial demographic, age demographic, education demographic. today we re going to have i hope very enlightening panel discussion discussing with party leaders themselves how the plan to appeal to this group and get some of these people to come to the polls. we re also going to discuss the very interesting results of this night study that is finally being released today, and we ve all been anticipating for a long time. i want to encourage you all as you follow our discussion to also join the conversation on social media, hashtag politico elections. and to begin the sponsored s