Fulton County District Attorney’s Office employee has been "accidentally" shot inside courthouse. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/fulton-county-district-attorneys-office-employee-accidentally-shot-inside-courthouse-police-say/BRV4MQKVBJHWPJDDW42CYV3LDI/
Serious question, who would I have to sue to challenge the Supreme Court decision that corporations are people and contributions are free speech based on the fact that this dilutes my/our vote giving me and other individuals less influence in our democracy leading to policies that directly harm us and our abilities to fully utilize our constitutional rights?
@@davekearney1944Fair and respectable to have that opinion, the only argument against the popular vote I’ve ever heard is that it gives control to a minority of states, however, we currently have the same system as only a handful of swing states have control currently. Is there any other reason you would be against a popular vote system?
if it was by popular vote the only states that would matter are California, New York and maybe Texas or Florida. Do you really want 3 or 4 states to determine every election ? Thats why the electoral college was formed.
@@davekearney1944 What would be your preferred system? In my country we vote in areas for a party / Member of Parliament, the party that gets the most Members of Parliament forms the Government. Some people want proportional representation. which would essentially be popular vote, but it is hard to see how it would work here. No one system is perfect I suppose.
Yes MSM needs to have Mark on more often instead of all the Trump shit that we turn off because we cant stand looking at that face. Its pretty obvious by the numbers watching this in the first hour they would be getting more viewers. Everyday MSM loses more viewers because of the incompetent journalists they insist on parading as experts. It is totally sickening.
100% from afar. Where I live… (NZ) - voting is promoted, never obstructed - registration is free, never made difficult to achieve - voter identification cards are sent out before every election to fast track voting - voting stations are everywhere so that wait times are minimal - an app (Vote Compass) is provided so that anyone can answer [with degree of agreement responses] policy type questions, and in conclusion, it advises your % alignment with each party (we have many parties) - votes are not overridden, most votes win … This does mean however that most often, party coalitions are required (which ensures the majority of the country is represented in government). Sorry to say but we are shocked at the American system and especially the claims of “greatest democracy”!
Yes!!! These retrumplicans are working in secret nationwide to stage another coup. We need to also be working with a similar adherence to the efforts they are making to create confusion!
Liberty, Justice, and the VOTE for ALL AMERICANS! Don't let the Republicans fool you - MAGA really means MAKE AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT ABSOLUTE. 🇺🇸💙🌊💙🇺🇸
how would that work? Fine those that vote against? I mean they might be voting against because of under funding for example. I don't see how that would work. Ideas?
@@pmac1951 Considering Republicans defy court orders, thus making the courts assign a special master for the task, might be a good idea. Just, you know, to tell the Republicans how idiotic they are
That was already decided by the Supreme Court. The case is Rucho vs Common Cause (decided in 2019). The court said that extreme partisan gerrymandering was not something the courts should be concerned with. It’s a political matter not a legal one. So partisan gerrymandering is legal. That’s why we’re seeing it so much.
@@hightide4782 Unfortunately just like everything else even the supreme court is partisan, so in the case of republicans they overturn roe and ignore gerrymandering (as is the current mindset of the party). So to overturn this either the supreme court must switch sides or the party mindset needs to change, neither is going to happen anytime soon.
@@cohoanglervancouverwa6755 it is because, right now, that benefits Republicans. When it hurts them, it will suddenly be totes bad. However I do NOT trust any political party. Prior to the Dixiecrats fleeing the Party due to the Civil Rights Act, it was the Democratic Party that was... unpleasant and fascistic. I can't guarantee that will not flip back. So I'd rather trust neither party, but do state (later federal) constitutional amendments to expand voting access, make gerrymandering a felony (40 year prison term plus massive fines) and more, to prevent another hit job like Project REDMAP. No politician should get to choose their voters. Protecting voter access at the at the state constitutional level will do more to eliminate fascism, and nuke a lot of stupidity, than keeping stupid gerrymanders around. We get enough states on the same page, and we can do a national amendment to protect an American's right to vote. Also, if we're really lucky, we'd be able to get a corporation defined not as a person but as a non-corporeal entity that possesses only limited rights, and one of those is not dumping cash to buy politicians.
Don’t understand why the whole country doesn’t follow the way we do it in Oregon and just have all elections vote by mail. We’ve been doing it for over 20 years and it WORKS!
Same thing in Washington. It works well for everyone particularly for elderly & disabled people and shift workers. I worked 12 - 16 hour shifts for years and could not leave work to go vote in person. Requested a absentee ballot 30 years ago so I didn’t miss an election. Did the same thing when I was in the military including when at sea duty & never missed voting in any elections.
Same in California, every registered voter gets a ballot mailed to them, pre-paid return envelope, too. I don't think we have local 'precincts' where you can walk in and vote on election day anymore, but we do have multiple walk-in polling centers in a lot of California counties that open two (maybe three?) weeks before election day (and I'm in a solidly 'red' Republican county!). There's really no reason not to vote anymore.
Republicants are trying to make sure they win. They believe the American people are chosen by them, not that we choose them, and that's called cheating.
@@PaulaMionmy state is all mail in and it’s so beneficial to those of us that work. I can vote from the privacy of my own home. I then go to a drop off box to make sure it doesn’t get lost in the mail.
@@LollieVox There will always be malcontents and radicals. We just need to insure majority rule and stop allowing the minority to cheat to create a false equivalency.
I’m so grateful to Mr Elias and all the other lawyers and other legal workers for doing this important and highly non-lucrative line of work. Unsung heroes one and all.
@@SUKADIK11Did you hit your head? Just 1, ONE, conviction on any count in his 4 indictments locks him up,😢 and at his age it will be for LIFE. Or he offs himself like the coward he is.
It still baffles me that we have such a convoluted voting system in the supposedly leading democratic nation in the world. Gerrymandering, restriction on lawful voting, Electoral College (LOL). Glad we have people like Marc Elias.
I don't know how it's possible to have votes that can be traced back to the voter and thus identify areas that can be split up to get the result you want.
No much to be said of our country under the heading of "leading". This country's best days are behind us and will remain behind us so long as corporate America is permitted to line the pockets of politicians - on both sides of the aisle.
@@SUKADIK11 Wrong. Not worried about Trump anymore. He ain't going anywhere but jail. Just worried about the fascist Republicans that want to win no matter what, even by commiting crimes as your orange Jesus did. The one whining and crying today is Trump everyday.
Right now, the best FL and TX can hope for is a surprise victory in key areas that end up kicking GOPers out of having the power to determine everything that happens in those states simply because they turned districts into spaghetti to try and enshrine their rule. In both states, too, they are making the place a hell hole full of theocratic educational land mines, so I have no doubt at least a few people who would vote blue are leaving to protect either their careers, their kids, or both.
I couldn't agree more! That's exactly why the GQP do gerrymandering, to prevent or make it more difficult for democrats to vote. They can't win on their own. 💙
Got that right. I’m in Ohio and my mom always tells me to be careful when I go to vote. I tell her all the time, I’m white. I’m in a red district in rural Ohio. Super easy for me to vote. All the MAGA morons by me just assume everyone is a Maga moron in the county.
No gerrymander at all. Require as centralised electoral districts as possible, unfortunately Voting Rights Act gets in the way of this Gerrymandering is about drawing weird shapes along partisan grounds, while the VRA requires maps be drawn along ethnic line. Both should be done away with
Duh, there's also Alabama and Tennessee. Tennessee lost a democratic representative from the house when they gerrymandered Nashville giving us to our Republican county neighbors
Salt lake county is a blue dot in a red ocean....the retugs split it four ways among the four districts...... local districts are also gerrymandered to ensure an overwhelming rethug legislature. In 2018 there was a proposition that passed hugely to have an independent commission to draw voting districts and the legislature ignored it and set up an "advisory commission" which they totally ignore.....
“Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” - MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” - MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
Thank you for posting these crucially important quotes from MLK. Capitalism wants an oligarchy, wants to disenfranchise people and weaken democracy, wants to have workers be slave labor, as they're doing now. For instance, how do you tame inflation? Lower prices, lower profit margins, higher wages all work against inflation. But what does the Fed do? Raise interest rates which helps banks,, credit card companies, mortgage companies, etc.and hurts ordinary people.
Something needs to be done regarding Voter Suppression, Period. Imagine the good Patriot Liz Cheny who voted against the John Lewis Right to Vote Bill. What are Republicans' afraid of?? Losing?
Wild is TRUE!!! Thank you Marc! I live in redstate NY. It’s sooooooo frustrating! 😡 I will do everything in my power, including working the polls and writing letters, to facilitate democracy 🎉🎉🎉
I think that if you are opposed to giving free food and drink to people waiting in line to vote, the solution is to make sure there aren’t lines, or they are small & quick enough that food and drink isn’t necessary. I’ve lived in three different states and only once waited for about 30 minutes to vote. Usually, I’m in and out in five minutes. This is the way it should be for all American voters, no matter the state.
Thank you BTC and Marc Elias for your timely and thorough coverage of these key voting issues. Good to hear that there is hope for cleaning up some of the gerrymandering. Keep it up.
Wow, I am thankful to you both for going thru all the details that allow those of us who are not legal experts to get a gasp of the implications concerning these issues...
Thank you so much Brian for regularly featuring Marc Elias in your podcast. I always like listening to his legal analyses of the political litigations in court.They are sound, lucid, pungent and rational.
"[The Republican Party] is spending its money not to elect Republicans, not to battle its ideas in the public space but to suppress voting rights in states around the country." Marc Elias nails it.
I really like listening to Marc Elias! Bit of sense of dry humor(very appealing) and explains things in a way that's understandable to the newly-hatched-of-necessity legal nerd.
An Aussie here who finds it difficult to understand. We have a referendum coming up to make a change to our constitution. Here are the voting options available to eligible voters: * In person at an early voting centre * If you’re overseas during the referendum period, you may be able to vote at an overseas voting centre or by post. * AEC mobile polling teams will visit voters who are not able to get to a polling place. Mobile polling teams will visit some residential care facilities and remote areas of Australia. Mobile polling will be carried out around Australia during the referendum period. * Voters who are blind or have low vision can cast a vote using our dedicated phone service from any location. * Voters living with a disability may also be eligible to cast their vote by post, or can vote with assistance at a polling place. * If on polling day you are outside the state or territory where you are enrolled, you will need to vote at an interstate voting centre. With an independent electoral commission and mandatory voting, gerrymandering or obstructing voting procedures is very difficult.
You should be able to request a absentee (mail in) ballot from your county. I had one mailed to me for every election in my state & for presidential election while I was active duty military and afterward as a civilian because I worked 12 - 16 hour shifts & couldn’t leave work to go vote in person.
Being a proud liberal Cheesehead, I have been so used to the extreme gerrymandering that gave us no chance at the ballot box even though it is true the northern and rural districts run red. I also am a fulltime RVer so I always vote absentee. Thank you #MarcElias for all you do to fight for fair maps and keep voting accessible!
New York is heavily segregated politically outside of the city. Western NY is a few blue cities surrounded by cow towns, and the divide is extremely apparent.
My district is a cowtown and the congresswoman is a Trump boot licker. Every time she wins, it’s held up in court for months. Last time 2000 new voter registrations were NOT processed. Most were young first time voters so you know they were anti-trump. They fired the supervisor but it wasn’t a fair vote. I imagine this plays out in many districts. Clerk said she couldn’t get to them despite the fact they had ample time to process them. Also question the judge’s allegiance here - twice he has ruled in favor of Republicans despite the deliberate oppression of new voters. I wish someone could look into these cowtowns for corruption.
@@jacksmith-vs4ct no, because if you say "I'm from new york" people usually assume the city. The deeply conservative nature of the rural population here has throttled our government for decades via senate control.
Im from a suburb of Rochester NY and can confirm. Just cross county line road about 2 miles east of me and its all red and becomes just as backwoods as places down south the further from the citys you go.
Dems have strong control over the senate, unlike the tRump Republican party who are wasting taxpayer money with bogus investigations that still to this day have brought no evidence of any crimes other than what tRump has done, are doing their jobs.
@@lylecarpenter3121 And Trump being on the ballot will drive turnout from Democrats and never-Trump Republicans, which will have down ballot effects. And it will actually depress the Republican vote, as a lot of normal Republicans who can't stand Trump won't vote period.
I live in New York State, and it surprised me to learn just how much of the state is designated red. Of course, land doesn't vote, nor do cows and horses, and the four or five blue areas are where you'd expect; Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, possibly Syracuse, and, of course, the largest urban population on the East Coast of the North American continent. But just outside of NYC, on Long Island, in Westchester, and Rockland, where I live, it's red, because of the large amount of professionals living here and working in the city. Still, as I noted, land does not vote, and Fishs Eddy definitely has fewer registered voters overall than there are people in the average graduating class of a Brooklyn high school. So the state is almost guaranteed to be blue in national elections, but locally, the red is not to be discounted.
The same up here. Im in a suburb of Rochester and 2 miles east across the county line it just becomes redneck land. No different than the deep south in some areas.
@@RubbishFPS Yeah, between Rochester and Buffalo, you can practically hear the banjos. I went to school at SUNY Fredonia, and lived for five years in Rochester. Except for the urban areas, it's all extremely conservative.
We live in Kansas and ever since brownbeck and now his right hand person who thankfully couldn't beat our governor, but he did win the AG spot. We early vote in person, because we don't trust them not to mess with mail in votes. The surprising thing is how many people have been there early voting. Mark please don't give up on Kansas, please. I live in Lawrence and we don't have any representation, Tracy Mann has only been here a few times and still hasn't opened a office here yet. We don't belong in first district, we are not rural. We have to colleges, KU being the biggest college in the state. Our city is at least 80% blue 💙 probably higher. Please keep trying, please 🥺
Thank you, Mark. Mississippi is an off year election coming up in Nov for Gov, Lt Gov, Sec St, AG, Treas, Auditor, Ag & Ins Coms, & State Legislators, as well as a lot of County offices. Tate Reeves vs Brandon Presley ads are running on local channels a lot. Republicans here are really hard core but Presley is giving a good showing for the Dems. Wouldn't that be awesome. Voter turn out here is so crucial.
I would love to see an episode like Marc mentioned around how to improve voting in NY. I lived in NYC for 5 years and was astounded at how bad its voter laws were, even compared to my home state of Arizona which has had permanent mail in voting for decades. Would love to see episodes like that for like the 3 worst states! Love the idea
Ohio is shameless in it's gerrymandering. Sure wish the US Congress could have passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Thank you Marc Elias for all that you and your team do to help keep our democracy.
I’m so glad we have mail in voting here in Oregon. It’s so easy. It’s fun, actually! Although usually I drop off my ballot at the library or wherever instead of mailing it in
They aren't. There is nothing but hate and division in every aspect of life now. You can literally comment that a human baby or any baby animal is cute on social media and someone will come along with a hateful negative comment that puts yours down. It really gotten bad. We have no civility anymore.
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Fulton County District Attorney’s Office employee has been "accidentally" shot inside courthouse.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/fulton-county-district-attorneys-office-employee-accidentally-shot-inside-courthouse-police-say/BRV4MQKVBJHWPJDDW42CYV3LDI/
Serious question, who would I have to sue to challenge the Supreme Court decision that corporations are people and contributions are free speech based on the fact that this dilutes my/our vote giving me and other individuals less influence in our democracy leading to policies that directly harm us and our abilities to fully utilize our constitutional rights?
I’m
Are you going to cover Bob menendez indictment?
Good. If the house flips, maybe something can actually get done.
If the voters get out and vote, esp the young voters, we can definitely flip the house, and keep the Senate and POTUS. Get the vote out.
Definitely
Except the Senate may also flip and the stalemate will remain BUT the GOP will go back to appointing judges 😫
Just imagine if every eligible voter actually voted, and the popular vote won....what a concept.
The Electoral College Voting system is a Joke. The popular Vote is the only Vote that should count. Then we can talk about Real Democracy.
I'm probably in the minority but I'm not a fan of the popular vote system.
@@davekearney1944Fair and respectable to have that opinion, the only argument against the popular vote I’ve ever heard is that it gives control to a minority of states, however, we currently have the same system as only a handful of swing states have control currently. Is there any other reason you would be against a popular vote system?
if it was by popular vote the only states that would matter are California, New York and maybe Texas or Florida. Do you really want 3 or 4 states to determine every election ? Thats why the electoral college was formed.
@@davekearney1944 What would be your preferred system? In my country we vote in areas for a party / Member of Parliament, the party that gets the most Members of Parliament forms the Government. Some people want proportional representation. which would essentially be popular vote, but it is hard to see how it would work here. No one system is perfect I suppose.
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Redistricting is a nice way of saying reversing illegal gerrymandering
Agree
Yes
not in this case, it's actually installing gerrymandring of all one party.
No it isn't. It is legal and many many states do it. If it was illegal the state would be sued and it would be reversed !
You’re just mad and but hurt cause Don is still not locked up and winning to be your next year’s president. Keep crying❄️😘😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Make it fair in New York. Vote BLUE
🦋🧢💙 voting blue for democracy!!!!
Because of that unfair map in NY the GOP flipped about 5 seats in NY and that helped them to win the house
Agree save Democracy vote blue 💙💙💙🇺🇸💯
so voting all one party and gerrymandering it to be all blue, is " fair". LOL
@@christigoth LOL
Thank you Mr. Elias for the work you do. Much appreciation.
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Yes MSM needs to have Mark on more often instead of all the Trump shit that we turn off because we cant stand looking at that face. Its pretty obvious by the numbers watching this in the first hour they would be getting more viewers. Everyday MSM loses more viewers because of the incompetent journalists they insist on parading as experts. It is totally sickening.
Look at what voting blue has done to the country and cities....Seriously.
Yah, and that is how we get where we are.
Get rid of the Electoral College system !!! Who gets most votes, wins ! Simple, no more gerrymandering ! 💙💙💙
Republicans will never let that happen. It's the only way they ever win elections.
100% from afar.
Where I live… (NZ)
- voting is promoted, never obstructed
- registration is free, never made difficult to achieve
- voter identification cards are sent out before every election to fast track voting
- voting stations are everywhere so that wait times are minimal
- an app (Vote Compass) is provided so that anyone can answer [with degree of agreement responses] policy type questions, and in conclusion, it advises your % alignment with each party (we have many parties)
- votes are not overridden, most votes win
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This does mean however that most often, party coalitions are required (which ensures the majority of the country is represented in government).
Sorry to say but we are shocked at the American system and especially the claims of “greatest democracy”!
If that was only able to be done in 2015, we wouldn’t be here.
There will always be gerrymandering. The seats in congress rely on it.
Electoral College and gerrymandering are two separate issues.
Great news. Keep pushing and we will come out on top. Just hope it's going to happen soon enough 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Yes!!!
These retrumplicans are working in secret nationwide to stage another coup.
We need to also be working with a similar adherence to the efforts they are making to create confusion!
so, keep on gerrymandering all blue, that's what you just said.
@@christigothLMAO!! Another trumpy, santos lover. No more useless thugs please!!! Vote blue! 💙💙👤🗣️🎶💙💙
Yea you can thank President Obama and Eric Holder for fighting against gerrymandering
Liberty, Justice, and the VOTE for ALL AMERICANS! Don't let the Republicans fool you - MAGA really means MAKE AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT ABSOLUTE. 🇺🇸💙🌊💙🇺🇸
Im gonna spread that for us its brilliant.
Huh. That's actually a good acronym.
That sums up their agenda so well. You will see your acronym used frequently from now on.
@Caroline-iq5rh
That's absolutely BRILLIANT😊
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Thank You Caroline ! And Thank You, Brian and Marc !
We should fine members of Congress if there's a government shutdown.
how would that work?
Fine those that vote against? I mean they might be voting against because of under funding for example.
I don't see how that would work.
Ideas?
They are taxing the people with stress and worry....right now!
It would be fairer if congressfolk didn't get paid during a shutdown, since so many others aren't.
@@natsterjam everyone
$5000/ per day/ per member of responsible party … or more?
I'd love to see the GA 14th district get redrawn
It's a result of a newly formed district. Traitor Greene moved there to get elected.
Is that MTG's district?
@@LisaForTruth Yes. Hopefully a miracle happens and she's gone.
@@Not_a_lier Agreed; I am so over her and BoBo in particular
@@pmac1951 Considering Republicans defy court orders, thus making the courts assign a special master for the task, might be a good idea. Just, you know, to tell the Republicans how idiotic they are
We need gerrymandering against the American voters to be deemed unconstitutional. Not every vote is counted.
That was already decided by the Supreme Court. The case is Rucho vs Common Cause (decided in 2019). The court said that extreme partisan gerrymandering was not something the courts should be concerned with. It’s a political matter not a legal one. So partisan gerrymandering is legal. That’s why we’re seeing it so much.
I've always believed gerrymandering should be illegal.
@@hightide4782 Unfortunately just like everything else even the supreme court is partisan, so in the case of republicans they overturn roe and ignore gerrymandering (as is the current mindset of the party).
So to overturn this either the supreme court must switch sides or the party mindset needs to change, neither is going to happen anytime soon.
It has been ruled unconstitutional, and Republicans still use the jerrymandered maps and received no punishment for it.
@@cohoanglervancouverwa6755 it is because, right now, that benefits Republicans. When it hurts them, it will suddenly be totes bad.
However I do NOT trust any political party. Prior to the Dixiecrats fleeing the Party due to the Civil Rights Act, it was the Democratic Party that was... unpleasant and fascistic. I can't guarantee that will not flip back. So I'd rather trust neither party, but do state (later federal) constitutional amendments to expand voting access, make gerrymandering a felony (40 year prison term plus massive fines) and more, to prevent another hit job like Project REDMAP. No politician should get to choose their voters.
Protecting voter access at the at the state constitutional level will do more to eliminate fascism, and nuke a lot of stupidity, than keeping stupid gerrymanders around. We get enough states on the same page, and we can do a national amendment to protect an American's right to vote. Also, if we're really lucky, we'd be able to get a corporation defined not as a person but as a non-corporeal entity that possesses only limited rights, and one of those is not dumping cash to buy politicians.
"Suppressing voter rights" wasn't that the main agenda of the GOP -- at least since the tea-party movement?
I remember saying that in 2004
It's been the Republican movement for decades
Since Nixon and the "Southern Strategy." Fan the flames of racism to turn the South into a Republican stronghold. It worked.
It's still the Tea Party. The only change is they replaced Jesus w/ Trump.
It's been WAY longer than that.
Awesome work, Mark!
Thank you Brian for keeping us in the know!
Don’t understand why the whole country doesn’t follow the way we do it in Oregon and just have all elections vote by mail. We’ve been doing it for over 20 years and it WORKS!
Tell that to the Republicans.
Same thing in Washington. It works well for everyone particularly for elderly & disabled people and shift workers. I worked 12 - 16 hour shifts for years and could not leave work to go vote in person. Requested a absentee ballot 30 years ago so I didn’t miss an election. Did the same thing when I was in the military including when at sea duty & never missed voting in any elections.
Same in California, every registered voter gets a ballot mailed to them, pre-paid return envelope, too. I don't think we have local 'precincts' where you can walk in and vote on election day anymore, but we do have multiple walk-in polling centers in a lot of California counties that open two (maybe three?) weeks before election day (and I'm in a solidly 'red' Republican county!). There's really no reason not to vote anymore.
Republicants are trying to make sure they win. They believe the American people are chosen by them, not that we choose them, and that's called cheating.
You’re just mad and but hurt cause Don is still not locked up and winning to be your next year’s president. Keep crying❄️😘😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This would be a good year to announce a National Election Day holiday
I agree that would be so cool 😎👍🍾🍺🎉
And real accommodations for those who must work. We are not much of a democracy when we attempt to prohibit democratic elections. 🗳️
Yes most definetly!
Mandatory for all states to offer mail in voting!
@@PaulaMionmy state is all mail in and it’s so beneficial to those of us that work. I can vote from the privacy of my own home. I then go to a drop off box to make sure it doesn’t get lost in the mail.
Vote’em out! Make Democracy Great Again!
Democracy is great always, but we need to make America reflect it again!! 💙🦋🧢
I agree forever 💙💙💙🇺🇸💕💯🎉
@@LollieVox There will always be malcontents and radicals. We just need to insure majority rule and stop allowing the minority to cheat to create a false equivalency.
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Hopefully the Republicans will finally realize they're losing people from the party in huge numbers.
I’m so grateful to Mr Elias and all the other lawyers and other legal workers for doing this important and highly non-lucrative line of work. Unsung heroes one and all.
You’re just mad and but hurt cause Don is still not locked up and winning to be your next year’s president. Keep crying❄️😘😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@SUKADIK11Did you hit your head? Just 1, ONE, conviction on any count in his 4 indictments locks him up,😢 and at his age it will be for LIFE. Or he offs himself like the coward he is.
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It still baffles me that we have such a convoluted voting system in the supposedly leading democratic nation in the world. Gerrymandering, restriction on lawful voting, Electoral College (LOL). Glad we have people like Marc Elias.
I don't know how it's possible to have votes that can be traced back to the voter and thus identify areas that can be split up to get the result you want.
I don't think America is still considered the leading democratic country any more, far from it
No much to be said of our country under the heading of "leading". This country's best days are behind us and will remain behind us so long as corporate America is permitted to line the pockets of politicians - on both sides of the aisle.
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@@SUKADIK11 Wrong. Not worried about Trump anymore. He ain't going anywhere but jail. Just worried about the fascist Republicans that want to win no matter what, even by commiting crimes as your orange Jesus did. The one whining and crying today is Trump everyday.
Awesome awesome 👏 thank you Brian 💙💙💙
One person, one vote. No more maps or redistricting. No gerrymandering.
The Electoral College has to go!
All sane Countries, and Democracy's have one person, one vote. So do Kindergarten classes.
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AND companies are NOT people.
Love to see OHIO get redrawn. 4th District OHIO - Gerrymandered JIM JORDAN.
As someone that lives in his district, I would love this.
Ohio here , voting blue blue blue 🙌🥰
Me Too !! 😤
Marc Elias, folks, doing the nitty gritty work of defending American democracy.
Deep gratitude!
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Thank goodness! Those idiots "running" the House aren't doing anything!
Well, Hawley is on video running through the House trying to evade the insurrectionists he inspired!
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@@SUKADIK11 What alternate universe are you living in? That was ONE poll, skewed right.
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@@LisaForTruthThis is a copy and paste troll bot.
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Good news for New York.
Do you think Florida will get it's maps corrected? They gerrymandered the heck out of North FL counties. It's sickening.
Right now, the best FL and TX can hope for is a surprise victory in key areas that end up kicking GOPers out of having the power to determine everything that happens in those states simply because they turned districts into spaghetti to try and enshrine their rule. In both states, too, they are making the place a hell hole full of theocratic educational land mines, so I have no doubt at least a few people who would vote blue are leaving to protect either their careers, their kids, or both.
I believe Marc's legal group are working on that too.
Thank you Mark and Brian
I love Marc! Thank you for all the work you continue to do for upholding and maintaining our democracy!💙💙💙
I love these voting rights discussions! Thank you, Brian, for presenting them, and thank you, Marc, for your good work and your good explanations.
Thank you Marc Elias! You are a hero to democracy and the people.
Gerrymandering in the red states should be redistricted to make it easier for poc and for the benefit of the voter
I couldn't agree more! That's exactly why the GQP do gerrymandering, to prevent or make it more difficult for democrats to vote. They can't win on their own. 💙
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They can't, because many Republicans are voting Democrat again in 2024. Because they still can't stand any Republican running.
Got that right. I’m in Ohio and my mom always tells me to be careful when I go to vote. I tell her all the time, I’m white. I’m in a red district in rural Ohio. Super easy for me to vote. All the MAGA morons by me just assume everyone is a Maga moron in the county.
@@kellidinit3725I'm confused hopefully your talking vote blue 💙🔵💙🔵💙🔵💙🔵
No gerrymander at all. Require as centralised electoral districts as possible, unfortunately Voting Rights Act gets in the way of this
Gerrymandering is about drawing weird shapes along partisan grounds, while the VRA requires maps be drawn along ethnic line. Both should be done away with
Duh, there's also Alabama and Tennessee. Tennessee lost a democratic representative from the house when they gerrymandered Nashville giving us to our Republican county neighbors
Salt lake county is a blue dot in a red ocean....the retugs split it four ways among the four districts...... local districts are also gerrymandered to ensure an overwhelming rethug legislature. In 2018 there was a proposition that passed hugely to have an independent commission to draw voting districts and the legislature ignored it and set up an "advisory commission" which they totally ignore.....
I’ve seen an abundance of complaints about highly gerrymandered districts in Texas too.
This news made my day. Vote blue!💙💙💙💙💙
“Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.”
- MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961.
“We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.”
- MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967.
“The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.”
- MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
those facts he spoke are the reason why the government had him “silenced”
Beat me to it, Casual.
Thank you for posting these crucially important quotes from MLK. Capitalism wants an oligarchy, wants to disenfranchise people and weaken democracy, wants to have workers be slave labor, as they're doing now. For instance, how do you tame inflation? Lower prices, lower profit margins, higher wages all work against inflation. But what does the Fed do? Raise interest rates which helps banks,, credit card companies, mortgage companies, etc.and hurts ordinary people.
@@p12423073 It's 'filthy causal' to you 😜
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Something needs to be done regarding Voter Suppression, Period. Imagine the good Patriot Liz Cheny who voted against the John Lewis Right to Vote Bill. What are Republicans' afraid of?? Losing?
She's just a Republican, after all. Shame on all of them
Exactly.
Bigly
They are terrified of losing!
The fact they wana prevent voting booths at colleges makes it painfully clear.
They wana prevent blue votes as much as possible.
Wild is TRUE!!! Thank you Marc! I live in redstate NY. It’s sooooooo frustrating! 😡 I will do everything in my power, including working the polls and writing letters, to facilitate democracy 🎉🎉🎉
Thank God for Marc Elias for his work. He is the real patriot !! He is saving our democracy.
I think that if you are opposed to giving free food and drink to people waiting in line to vote, the solution is to make sure there aren’t lines, or they are small & quick enough that food and drink isn’t necessary. I’ve lived in three different states and only once waited for about 30 minutes to vote. Usually, I’m in and out in five minutes. This is the way it should be for all American voters, no matter the state.
Very grateful for both of your work!
Americans are deeply grateful for Marc Elias and Colleagues for fighting for our voting rights! And BTC for keeping us informed!
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Thank you BTC and Marc Elias for your timely and thorough coverage of these key voting issues. Good to hear that there is hope for cleaning up some of the gerrymandering. Keep it up.
Wow, I am thankful to you both for going thru all the details that allow those of us who are not legal experts to get a gasp of the implications concerning these issues...
Thank goodness for Mark and company
Thank you to all who fight for our democracy 🇺🇸🙌🏼
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Thank you so much Brian for regularly featuring Marc Elias in your podcast. I always like listening to his legal analyses of the political litigations in court.They are sound, lucid, pungent and rational.
Remember, vote blue everywhere 💙💙💙
"[The Republican Party] is spending its money not to elect Republicans, not to battle its ideas in the public space but to suppress voting rights in states around the country." Marc Elias nails it.
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@@SUKADIK11Dude...learn to spell butt.
@@SUKADIK11 Aren't you embarrassed to still be supporting him? I know I would be!!
I really like listening to Marc Elias! Bit of sense of dry humor(very appealing) and explains things in a way that's understandable to the newly-hatched-of-necessity legal nerd.
Cheating at Everything .. what desperate and unconstitutional actions
They are desperate. Like a cornered rat
A Democratic state and yet we do not have mail in vote or ballot vote! You must do in person voting!! WHY???
NY has mail in voting. I vote by mail or go to early voting when it's quiet.
Good question, seems to me it's voter suppression.😳
An Aussie here who finds it difficult to understand. We have a referendum coming up to make a change to our constitution. Here are the voting options available to eligible voters:
* In person at an early voting centre
* If you’re overseas during the referendum period, you may be able to vote at an overseas voting centre or by post.
* AEC mobile polling teams will visit voters who are not able to get to a polling place. Mobile polling teams will visit some residential care facilities and
remote areas of Australia. Mobile polling will be carried out around Australia during the referendum period.
* Voters who are blind or have low vision can cast a vote using our dedicated phone service from any location.
* Voters living with a disability may also be eligible to cast their vote by post, or can vote with assistance at a polling place.
* If on polling day you are outside the state or territory where you are enrolled, you will need to vote at an interstate voting centre.
With an independent electoral commission and mandatory voting, gerrymandering or obstructing voting procedures is very difficult.
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You should be able to request a absentee (mail in) ballot from your county. I had one mailed to me for every election in my state & for presidential election while I was active duty military and afterward as a civilian because I worked 12 - 16 hour shifts & couldn’t leave work to go vote in person.
Being a proud liberal Cheesehead, I have been so used to the extreme gerrymandering that gave us no chance at the ballot box even though it is true the northern and rural districts run red. I also am a fulltime RVer so I always vote absentee. Thank you #MarcElias for all you do to fight for fair maps and keep voting accessible!
Same here in Tennessee.
Thank you Mark!!!
New York is heavily segregated politically outside of the city. Western NY is a few blue cities surrounded by cow towns, and the divide is extremely apparent.
My district is a cowtown and the congresswoman is a Trump boot licker. Every time she wins, it’s held up in court for months. Last time 2000 new voter registrations were NOT processed. Most were young first time voters so you know they were anti-trump. They fired the supervisor but it wasn’t a fair vote. I imagine this plays out in many districts. Clerk said she couldn’t get to them despite the fact they had ample time to process them. Also question the judge’s allegiance here - twice he has ruled in favor of Republicans despite the deliberate oppression of new voters. I wish someone could look into these cowtowns for corruption.
That's why the garbage Staphanik is in the House.
So like basically every other state in the country lol
@@jacksmith-vs4ct no, because if you say "I'm from new york" people usually assume the city. The deeply conservative nature of the rural population here has throttled our government for decades via senate control.
Im from a suburb of Rochester NY and can confirm. Just cross county line road about 2 miles east of me and its all red and becomes just as backwoods as places down south the further from the citys you go.
One of my favorite guests! Marc Elias always gives me more hope!
Everyone needs to be very vocal about redistricting! And get maps back to fair voting districts
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So grateful for your steady hard work for voting rights, Marc. And thank you, Brian, for your great coverage of this very important issue.
Thank You for all your team does, Mark!
Thank you, Brian! 🇺🇸🫡💙✊️
Love Marc Elias and Brian 💙💙 keep the fantastic work going 💙💙💙👐👐
You the man Mark keep up the good fight!!
Elias you are saving our country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!
Man, does this guy get tired of winning lawsuits? Keep up the great work, both of you
More good news 👍
I believe that the house will be flipped. It's the Senate that I am concerned about
Dems have strong control over the senate, unlike the tRump Republican party who are wasting taxpayer money with bogus investigations that still to this day have brought no evidence of any crimes other than what tRump has done, are doing their jobs.
The Senate is actually doable since we have strong incumbents running who have good approval ratings, especially in Montana and Ohio.
@@pomerlain8924 Ohio is a maga State. I'm worried since Vance was elected over Ryan and LaRose is just as bad as Vance and endorsed by him
The Senate will gain Dems because the House is so effed up & reflects on all Repubs.
@@lylecarpenter3121 And Trump being on the ballot will drive turnout from Democrats and never-Trump Republicans, which will have down ballot effects. And it will actually depress the Republican vote, as a lot of normal Republicans who can't stand Trump won't vote period.
Thank you both for your hard work and dedication 👏💙💪
🔊 gerade a really big shout out for Justice and Democracy from Germany 🇩🇪🇺🇲 and a big HALLELUJA too😇
It's great when you have Marc on. He always has great information for us. thank you.
This just highlights we all need to be resilience and do our digilience at the local & state levels.
Thank you both for your tireless efforts! ❤
I live in New York State, and it surprised me to learn just how much of the state is designated red. Of course, land doesn't vote, nor do cows and horses, and the four or five blue areas are where you'd expect; Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, possibly Syracuse, and, of course, the largest urban population on the East Coast of the North American continent. But just outside of NYC, on Long Island, in Westchester, and Rockland, where I live, it's red, because of the large amount of professionals living here and working in the city. Still, as I noted, land does not vote, and Fishs Eddy definitely has fewer registered voters overall than there are people in the average graduating class of a Brooklyn high school. So the state is almost guaranteed to be blue in national elections, but locally, the red is not to be discounted.
The same up here. Im in a suburb of Rochester and 2 miles east across the county line it just becomes redneck land. No different than the deep south in some areas.
@@RubbishFPS Yeah, between Rochester and Buffalo, you can practically hear the banjos. I went to school at SUNY Fredonia, and lived for five years in Rochester. Except for the urban areas, it's all extremely conservative.
Thank you guys for all you do. 💙
We live in Kansas and ever since brownbeck and now his right hand person who thankfully couldn't beat our governor, but he did win the AG spot. We early vote in person, because we don't trust them not to mess with mail in votes. The surprising thing is how many people have been there early voting. Mark please don't give up on Kansas, please. I live in Lawrence and we don't have any representation, Tracy Mann has only been here a few times and still hasn't opened a office here yet. We don't belong in first district, we are not rural. We have to colleges, KU being the biggest college in the state. Our city is at least 80% blue 💙 probably higher. Please keep trying, please 🥺
Please do what you can to encourage people to vote. Our democracy depends on it
Thank you so much, I always learn a lot from Mark.
Amen. Let’s get this Congress term started.
Like right now
Brian and Marc, please, stay on it!
SO grateful for your hard work.
Vote!!
Vote blue 💙👍🏻
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Thank you, Mark. Mississippi is an off year election coming up in Nov for Gov, Lt Gov, Sec St, AG, Treas, Auditor, Ag & Ins Coms, & State Legislators, as well as a lot of County offices. Tate Reeves vs Brandon Presley ads are running on local channels a lot. Republicans here are really hard core but Presley is giving a good showing for the Dems. Wouldn't that be awesome. Voter turn out here is so crucial.
Thank you, Marc & Brian - sitting here in a NY red district stuck with Nick Langworthless, fashy Trump supporter. Great discussion & info!
I appreciate you bringing in Marc's knowledge, time, and clear communication.
I would love to see an episode like Marc mentioned around how to improve voting in NY. I lived in NYC for 5 years and was astounded at how bad its voter laws were, even compared to my home state of Arizona which has had permanent mail in voting for decades. Would love to see episodes like that for like the 3 worst states! Love the idea
Yes, SAME!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Thank you, Marc Elias, for all your work in getting so many illegally-gerrymandered district maps redrawn across so many states. You rock!!
As a woman voter who lives in Jacksonville, thank you for your good work!
Ohio is shameless in it's gerrymandering. Sure wish the US Congress could have passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Thank you Marc Elias for all that you and your team do to help keep our democracy.
ThankYou Brian - NIIIICE TRUTH !!
dude is getting it done.
Right??????)🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank u 🙏 both for what y’all do!!!
I’m so glad we have mail in voting here in Oregon. It’s so easy. It’s fun, actually! Although usually I drop off my ballot at the library or wherever instead of mailing it in
Marc really seems as pumped as he was in that video, it had to be good news
Y’all rock! Thank you diving into and sharing your knowledge. Chaotic stuff! Yikes.
How are REPUBLI'CAN'TS making America great again??
They have become complete facists, can you believe these idiots?
They aren't. There is nothing but hate and division in every aspect of life now. You can literally comment that a human baby or any baby animal is cute on social media and someone will come along with a hateful negative comment that puts yours down. It really gotten bad. We have no civility anymore.
@@sickandtiredofbeingsickand Right?! It's so sad. 😞😞
IKR they aren't they making it Divide Again 🎉
That is some great news right there! Thank you 🥰
CAN THEY DO THIS IN KENTUCKY PLEASE
Great presentation Brian and Marc. Thank you. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Let’s stop the gerrymandering!