hopefully, a billion dollars richer. simone picks things up from here. greetings. you are symone watching. in a midterm election where the stakes could not be hire. and with election deniers on the ballots in droves, and it is more important than ever to make sure your vote is counted. we will be on the to talk to the democratic candidate for governor in arizona. we will talk with kari lake we will get into it. also, let me say it again because we can t say it enough. democracy is literally on the ballot. nbc news has details from a new report with disturbing findings about election deniers, running for state legislatures in key battleground states. and the impact on the 2024 presidential election if they win. plus, we are speaking to someone deep in the battle for democrats to hold on to control of the house. amelia sykes is running for congress in a newly drawn district in ohio. she has lots of support. but will that get her across the finish line? i am symone and
The elections, but also 2022? because there are people on the ballot. not just on the ballot but a lot of those states in minnesota, arizona, michigan, nevada, whoever is elected this november will still be an office when presidential electors get sent to congress in 2024. we are, however many days we are out now, nine, i guess, from electing the folks who may have this power we just discussed so we are at the stage of the project all in on this idea we were founded five years ago by myself and adam, i was a former state lawmaker who had seen how much, frankly, on our side state legislatures are left behind. we focus on trying to do whatever we can to help candidates themselves around the best possible campaigns. that means more resources, but it also means helping them to know that, for example, how their time is best spent, this is inspiring on a sunday afternoon, knocking on doors, voting i will know, the doors are
Founding partner of the states project, the group that compiled this data and works for both state legislative campaigns. i want people to know that he is also a former state legislator himself, a former state senator from new york. you are more than qualified i think to be leading these efforts. let s show folks the stakes that you investigated for 2022. arizona, nevada, minnesota, pennsylvania and new hampshire. daniel, spell this out for us because these are all states that are very important when it comes to the electoral college and that cannot be a coincidence. absolutely, and you talked about it in terms of policy and we just heard the secretary of state in arizona talking about it in terms of democracy. the answer is, it s both of those things. every one of these is a close swing state, we have a majority of republican lawmakers, who have signaled that they do not believe and legitimate election
That four members of the supreme court have already signaled that they believe this and this is the idea that state legislatures themselves, not even state governments, are able to act without the government, without the state courts, with enormous authority, even to override the rid of the voters or to violate other basic laws that are on the books. it should be for scary for everyone who is, even if you re not paying attention, if you are watching the show look at potentially happen is quite concerning. the project that you have undertaken, and you are calling it the states project you, all have really set your sights on protecting the integrity of the 2024 elections we talked about it on the show that over 6000 state legislators are on the ballot in 2022. you are targeting the states we talked about, arizona, of eta, minnesota, michigan, and pennsylvania. what s your strategy here in the states for 2024 to protect
Results. and the stakes are already high, but as we head towards 2024, it will shock many people to know that the supreme court is sharing a case now that would give them even more power, absolute power over federal elections, without any say in their states from the courts or the governor. today, every swing state in america has a republican legislature, save minnesota, which is one of the closest races this year. if they have a majority of legislatures and they have a unique power to determine who won, whatever the will of the people s, well, that risks very democracy itself. you know, you talk about the supreme court case and i think it is very important that people understand what is happening here. the supreme court has agreed to hear this case. and it is really based on this theory that is being peddled in right-wing circles. it s astounding that it is made