effects of trump s big lie on american s confidence in elections. it s under those conditions that nearly 30 races for secretary of state will take place this year. joining me now is gina griswald, secretary of state of colorado. senator griswald, as we watch voting rights stall in congress, are midterms overtake our political life, what role do america s secretaries of state play in protecting the vote, where it appears that our congress increasingly cannot or will not? well, reverend, thank you for having me on for this really important conversation, and secretaries of state are one of the last line of defenses to americans right to vote. in 2020 we were there during the pandemic expanding access in a historical way and the country
democracy does not sleep. jenna griswald, secretary of state of colorado. joining me now is democratic congressman jamal bowman, he represents new york s 16th congressional district. he s a member of the house committee on education and labor. congressman, it s always a pleasure to see you so early in the morning. liz, you got a calm extra hours of sleep, because we re in the same time zone. but i want to start with what secretary griswald was just say. we have fires on every front when it comes to securing democracy, on the right to vote, on the spreading of the big lie, on the january 6th stuff. and now as secretary griswald was talking about, we know that in september, there were incidents in colorado, now in ohio, we re hearing about them in michigan, where there are election officials who are perpetrating nonsense, who are fiddling with machines, who are inserting hard drives and taking out information, both to prove nonexistent fraud and to continue to undermine our faith in our