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PA Election Law, The PCN Capitol Preview 05/04/26

On Monday's episode of The PCN Capitol Preview, Sen. Cris Dush, Majority Chair of the Senate State Government Committee, and Sen. Anthony Williams, Minority Member of the Senate State Government Committee, discuss voting laws in PA. Later, Sen. Judy Ward talks about her legislation to increase penalties for unintentional roadway deaths.

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00:05 - >>THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

00:07 - SPONSORED IN PART BY CUSTOMERS.

00:10 - BANK.

00:21 - >>WELCOME TO THE PC AND CAPITAL

00:24 - PREVIEW. AND FRANCINE SHIRTS

00:27 - ARE TODAY. WE'LL DISCUSS SOME

00:28 - VOTING LAWS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

00:28 - BUT FIRST, WE'RE JOINED BY

00:29 - CARTER WALKER REPORTER WITH

00:30 - BOTH FEET. THANKS FOR JOINING

00:32 - US TODAY. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

00:36 - THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S

00:36 - DECISION IN A LOUISIANA VOTING

00:37 - RIGHTS CASE LAST WEEK MAKES IT

00:39 - HARDER TO CHALLENGE. POLITICAL

00:41 - MAPS IS BEING RACIALLY

00:42 - DISCRIMINATORY. PEOPLE SEE THIS

00:43 - AFFECTING PENNSYLVANIA'S

00:45 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS.

00:46 - >>YEAH, THIS PROBABLY ISN'T

00:48 - GOING TO HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT

00:50 - ON PENNSYLVANIA. THESE RACIALLY

00:52 - GERRYMANDERED MAPS HAVE BEEN A

00:53 - BIG ISSUE IN THE SOUTH, BUT NOT

00:55 - SO MUCH HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

00:59 - AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE WAY

01:01 - STATE WORKS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE

01:04 - OUR RACIAL POPULATION CENTER

01:05 - EARLY, BUT THE COVERAGE AROUND

01:10 - THE CITY CENTERS AND BECAUSE OF

01:11 - HOW THEY ARE DISPERSED IN

01:12 - THERE, IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE

01:14 - IT NECESSARY TO. WE'RE ACTUALLY

01:17 - JERRY MAN TO GAIN PARTISAN

01:18 - ADVANTAGE. SO TRADITIONALLY,

01:19 - THE PARTIES HERE IN

01:21 - PENNSYLVANIA HAVE ENGAGED IN

01:22 - THAT A CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL.

01:26 - THERE IS A CASE CITING WHAT WAS

01:26 - AT ISSUE IN THIS SUPREME COURT

01:29 - CASE OUT OF HAZLETON. BUT

01:30 - THAT'S THAT'S IN A LOCAL SCHOOL

01:32 - DISTRICT RACE. NOT A

01:33 - CONGRESSIONAL MAP.

01:34 - >>LET'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF

01:35 - BACKGROUND WAS THE ORIGINAL

01:35 - INTENT OF SECTION 2 IN THE

01:38 - VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

01:39 - >>SECTION 2 IS AIMED AT

01:40 - PREVENTING RACIAL

01:43 - DISCRIMINATION

01:45 - IN VOTING AND THE WAY THAT

01:46 - OFTEN PLAYS OUT IS THAT PEOPLE

01:48 - WILL USE THAT SECTION TO SAY,

01:50 - HEY, THIS CONGRESSIONAL

01:51 - DISTRICT IS ILLEGALLY

01:54 - GERRYMANDERED AND IS

01:54 - PREVENTING A THIS GROUP OF THIS

01:55 - RACE FROM ELECTING A CANDIDATE

01:59 - OF THEIR CHOICE. AND SO THAT

02:01 - WAS WHAT WAS AT ISSUE IN

02:04 - LOUISIANA.

02:05 - >>THEY BE.

02:06 - >>WORKS THERE FELT THAT THE

02:07 - MAPS WERE DENY BLACK VOTERS,

02:10 - THEIR ABILITY TO SELECT

02:11 - CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE.

02:14 - SO 2 DISTRICTS WE'RE DRAWN TO

02:15 - GIVE BLACK VOTERS A MAJORITY

02:17 - THAT THEY CAN SELECT A

02:20 - CANDIDATE THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR

02:21 - VIEWS OF SUPREME COURT SAID

02:22 - THAT THAT IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE IT

02:24 - IS TAKING RACE DIRECTLY INTO

02:25 - ACCOUNT WHEN DRAWING THE

02:27 - BOUNDARIES OF THOSE MAP.

02:28 - EVEN THOUGH THE INTENT WAS TO

02:32 - GIVE THEM POLITICAL POWER WHEN

02:34 - A LOT OF TIMES THE CHALLENGE TO

02:35 - THIS TO THIS LATEST BATCH OF

02:37 - STRONG AS PREVENTING POLITICAL

02:38 - POWER. THE SUPREME COURT SAID,

02:39 - LOOK, WE WE CAN'T TAKE RACE

02:40 - INTO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE

02:43 - AREA AND I DIRECTION.

02:44 - >>BEING THAT THE UNITED STATES

02:46 - IS MORE RACIALLY DIVERSE TODAY

02:48 - THAN IT WAS WHEN THIS PROVISION

02:49 - WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 1965.

02:50 - IS THIS PROVISION STILL

02:53 - NECESSARY?

02:54 - >>WELL, THERE ARE FOLKS THAT

02:55 - ARE YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE

02:56 - COUNTRY HAS EVOLVED BEYOND THE

02:58 - TIME WHEN THIS WAS WRITTEN,

03:02 - BUT THEIR COURSES, PEOPLE STILL

03:03 - SAY NO. BLACK PLAYERS FACED

03:03 - DISCRIMINATION OF POLLED

03:06 - VOTERS. BUT ARE THE COLORS

03:07 - FACE DISCRIMINATION IN OUR

03:07 - COUNTRY? AND SO WE STILL NEED

03:08 - THESE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE.

03:11 - >>NOW, A MOMENT AGO, YOU JUST

03:12 - REFERRED TO A CASE IN HAZLETON

03:14 - THAT THIS PROVISION IS BEING

03:15 - INFO TO REGARDING THE HAZLETON

03:16 - CITY COUNCIL. CAN YOU EXPLAIN

03:18 - WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

03:19 - >>RIGHT. YEAH. THERE'S 2 CASES

03:21 - AT A HAZLETON. ONE WAS AGAINST

03:23 - THE WAY THAT THE CITY DROVER IT

03:25 - CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. THEY

03:28 - HAVE AN AT-LARGE VOTING

03:30 - DISTRICT ELECTION METHOD AND

03:31 - UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION,

03:34 - THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS

03:35 - SUED THE AS THE CITY UNDER

03:38 - SECTION 2 SAYING THAT WAS

03:41 - PREVENTING HISPANIC VOTERS FROM

03:41 - ELECTING CANDIDATES OF THEIR

03:42 - CHOICE WHEN THE TRUMP

03:43 - ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO

03:43 - OFFICE, THEY DROPPED THAT CASE

03:47 - HAS BEEN BACK UP BY VOTERS.

03:50 - THEY'RE INDIVIDUALLY. BUT

03:51 - THERE'S A SEPARATE UNRELATED

03:53 - CASE THERE IN THE SCHOOL

03:54 - DISTRICT WHERE TO RESPECT FOR

03:54 - OTHERS HAVE SUED UNDER SECTION

03:58 - TO THE READING RIGHTS ACT

03:58 - SAYING BASICALLY THE SAME THING

03:59 - ARE AT-LARGE METHOD OF ELECTING

04:03 - SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IS

04:03 - PREVENTING HISPANICS FROM

04:05 - ELECTING THE CANDIDATES OF

04:07 - THEIR CHOICE. SO REALLY CLEAR

04:09 - YET EXACTLY HOW THIS THIS

04:10 - RULING IS GOING TO AFFECT CASE.

04:13 - AND THAT EVER COME BACK FROM

04:13 - ME, LAWYERS IN THAT IN THAT

04:16 - FOR THEIR TAKE ON IT. BUT

04:17 - CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE

04:18 - IT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE LOOKING

04:18 - AT A CERTAIN KIND OF MOVE

04:20 - FORWARD.

04:21 - >>AND SOME OF HIS LEGISLATIVE

04:22 - DISTRICT BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN

04:23 - CHALLENGED SEVERAL TIMES IN

04:25 - RECENT DECADES. WHAT THE STATE

04:25 - LAW SAY ABOUT USING FACTORS

04:28 - LIKE RACE OR PARTISANSHIP AND

04:31 - DRYING THIS REDISTRICTING.

04:33 - >>SOME OF THE EXPERTS I SPOKE

04:35 - TO, THEY WORRY THAT WITH THE

04:36 - SUPREME COURT WEAKENING THE

04:40 - PROTECTIONS AGAINST IT, RACIAL

04:40 - DISCRIMINATION WITH THIS CASE,

04:43 - MORE STATES MIGHT LOOK TO DO

04:44 - PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING OF

04:45 - WHICH COURSE WE'VE SEEN A LOT

04:47 - OF CARE IN PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL

04:49 - BECAUSE PARTISAN AFFILIATION

04:50 - AND RACIAL IDENTITY, OFTEN THE

04:54 - LINE IN MANY CASES, THE THING

04:55 - IS IN PENNSYLVANIA, AS I'M SURE

04:56 - YOU WELL KNOW, MANY FOLKS WHO

04:58 - REMEMBER, WE'VE HAD OUR

04:59 - CONGRESSIONAL MAPS SHOW SEVERAL

05:00 - TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE

05:04 - YEARS FOR BEING ILLEGAL

05:05 - PARTISAN GERRYMANDERS UNDER OUR

05:06 - STATE'S CONSTITUTION. WE HAVE

05:09 - A GUARANTEE TO A FREE AND EQUAL

05:10 - ELECTION AND THE WAY THAT

05:13 - CLAUSE GETS INTERPRETED BIDEN

05:15 - COURSE USED FOR RENT PARTISAN

05:17 - GERRYMANDERING. SO THAT'S WHY

05:18 - SOME OF THE EXTRAS I SPEAK TO

05:20 - FEEL THAT THIS DECISION IS

05:21 - GOING TO HAVE LIMITED IMPACT.

05:23 - NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T

05:24 - TRADITIONALLY ENGAGED IN RACIAL

05:26 - GERRYMANDERING CARE AND

05:27 - PENNSYLVANIA, BUT ALSO BECAUSE

05:29 - WE HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL LAYER

05:30 - OF PROTECTION IN THE STATE

05:32 - COURTS THAT WOULD PREVENT, YOU

05:34 - KNOW, REALLY EGREGIOUS PARTISAN

05:36 - GERRYMANDERS.

05:36 - >>EVEN IF DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS

05:38 - WERE ABLE TO MOVE UPDATES TO

05:39 - THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, WHAT'S

05:40 - THE LIKELIHOOD THAT PRESIDENT

05:43 - DONALD TRUMP SIGNED IT?

05:44 - >>THAT WILL BE PROBABLY PRETTY

05:45 - UNLIKELY. YOU KNOW, HE HAS HIS

05:48 - OWN ELECTION PRIORITIES AS THE

05:49 - VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS NOT ONE

05:50 - THAT HE'S MENTIONS. I WOULD

05:53 - EXPECT HIM, YOU KNOW, IF THE

05:54 - DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL, IF THEY

05:55 - PUT SOMETHING BEFORE AND I

05:56 - WOULD EXPECT THEM TO THE TO

06:00 - >>PENNSYLVANIA'S PRIMARY

06:02 - ELECTION IS MAY 19TH. JEFF, ANY

06:03 - SENSE OF WHETHER THIS U.S.

06:04 - SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE

06:04 - VOTING RIGHTS ACT WILL IMPACT

06:05 - VOTER SENTIMENT THE SPRING?

06:09 - >>YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S HARD

06:10 - TO TELL. I TALKED WITH SOME

06:11 - ELECTION DIRECTORS WHO EVEN

06:13 - BEFORE THIS DECISION ARE SAYING

06:15 - THEY DIDN'T EXPECT A HIGH

06:17 - TURNOUT IN THIS PRIMARY

06:17 - ANYWAYS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE

06:20 - COURSE LOCAL RACES, SOME SENATE

06:22 - AND HOUSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE

06:23 - COMPETITIVE, BUT WE DON'T

06:25 - REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO HAPPEN

06:26 - TO TAKE IT AS A CRIMINAL TRIAL

06:28 - PRIMARY OR SEND U.S. SENATE

06:29 - PRIMARY. IT'S REALLY GOING TO

06:31 - DRIVE VOTERS OUT TO THE POLLS.

06:33 - >>WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH

06:33 - CARTER WALKER PETE, THANKS FOR

06:36 - JOINING US THIS MORNING.

06:37 - >>THANKS, SENTIMENT.

06:37 - >>MORE THE PEACE AND CAPITAL

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07:20 - THE RACES FOR GOVERNOR

07:20 - LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND KEY

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07:41 - POLITICS AND POLICY.

07:44 - >>WELCOME BACK. OUR GUESTS

07:46 - TODAY ARE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE

07:47 - STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.

07:49 - SENATOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS AND

07:51 - MAJORITY CHAIR SENATOR CRIS

07:51 - DUSH. LET SENATOR DUST WILL

07:52 - START THE LAST WEEK. THE U.S.

07:53 - SUPREME COURT REVISE THE VOTING

07:56 - RIGHTS ACT REMOVING RACE AS A

07:57 - CONSIDERATION IN DRAWING

07:58 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS, TC THE

08:01 - STAFFING IMPLICATIONS OF

08:02 - PENNSYLVANIA.

08:03 - >>AND POTENTIALLY THE

08:05 - PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT

08:07 - STRUCK DOWN MAPS BACK IN 2017

08:11 - AND THAT ACTUALLY I AGREED WITH

08:12 - THE FACT THAT THEY STRUCK THOSE

08:14 - MAPS DOWN, NOT GOOFY, KICKING

08:14 - DONALD DUCK. DUCK THING WAS.

08:19 - JUST ABSURD. THEY DIDN'T HAVE

08:20 - THE AUTHORITY TO WRITE THE NEW

08:23 - MAPS, BUT THEY DIDN'T.

08:30 - IT'S ALWAYS PART OF THE

08:31 - DISCUSSION AND HAS BEEN FOR AS

08:32 - LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN THE

08:33 - LEGISLATURE. I KNOW PROBABLY

08:35 - FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES BEFORE

08:38 - WHERE RACE WAS A FORCED TO BE A

08:41 - PART OF

08:42 - THE DECISION-MAKING. WE'RE AT A

08:44 - POINT HERE IN AMERICA RIGHT

08:45 - NOW. COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES

08:48 - IN THE WORLD THAT I'M IN.

08:51 - WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE.

08:52 - WE NEED TO GET TO WHAT DOCTOR

08:55 - KING SAID. YOU KNOW, JUDGE

08:56 - PEOPLE BY THE CONTENT OF THE

08:56 - CHARACTER RATHER THAN THEIR THE

08:59 - COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.

09:00 - AND WE'RE PROGRESSING TO THE

09:01 - POINT WHERE I THINK WE'RE READY

09:04 - FOR THAT. AND

09:07 - WE DON'T WE SHOULDN'T BE USING

09:10 - THAT AS A DETERMINATION ON WHAT

09:13 - OUR MAPS ARE GOING TO BE.

09:13 - >>SENATOR WILLIAMS, YOUR

09:14 - THOUGHTS ON THE SUPREME COURT

09:16 - DECISION.

09:16 - >>WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY

09:19 - CHILLING FOR AMERICA.

09:24 - THE REALITY THIS ENDESA.

09:24 - OUR KEEP OUR SIMILAR VALUES

09:27 - ABOUT FAMILY.

09:28 - 82 IS IN THE CONCUSSION EARLY.

09:30 - SO, YOU KNOW, SHARE THE SAME

09:32 - LAWS. BUT GETTING TO WHERE WE

09:35 - ARE.

09:36 - AND THE REASON WHY THAT TICKLE

09:41 - PART OF THE SECTION OF THE

09:42 - CONSTITUTIONAL FLAWS TRAFFIC

09:42 - WAS BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR THAT.

09:46 - RACE DISABILITY BLINDNESS OR

09:51 - IT WEATHER. ARTS AND

09:53 - THAT SEXUAL WERE USED AGAINST

09:55 - PEOPLE. WELL, BECAUSE THEY NEED

09:55 - TO BE ELEVATED. THEY NEED TO BE

09:56 - LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD.

10:01 - AND SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,

10:02 - DOCTOR KING SPOKE ONLY ABOUT A

10:04 - LITTLE 60 YEARS AGO AND TODAY

10:07 - WE

10:08 - STILL HAVE ON AN EVEN PLAYING

10:09 - FIELD THAT AMERICAN LAW FIRM,

10:11 - THAT DATA,

10:13 - IN FACT, HE'S ONLY BEEN IN

10:13 - RECENT YEARS AFTER AMERICAN TO

10:14 - THIS COUNTRY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

10:19 - ENJOY THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

10:20 - IT'S NOT BEEN 100 YEARS AFTER

10:22 - AMERICA'S IT HAD THE RIGHT TO

10:23 - VOTE. SO THIS IS JUST THAT

10:25 - WE'VE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED.

10:28 - PARITY AND ESPECIALLY THIS

10:29 - CLOSE RACE. AND THAT'S

10:31 - UNFORTUNATELY NOT ACCURATE.

10:32 - IS THAT ACCURATE? AFTER

10:33 - AMERICANS ARE BASED UPON THE

10:36 - DATA, IT MEANS TO PLAY IT.

10:39 - HOUSING ECONOMIC SEPARATION

10:40 - BETWEEN PEOPLE DOING THE SAME

10:43 - EXACT JOB IN AMERICA GETTING

10:45 - JUST BEFORE SHE PAY LESS.

10:46 - AND SO IT'S A NICE THING TO

10:47 - SAY. BUT IT'S A HARD THING

10:50 - APPARENTLY TO EXECUTE.

10:55 - >>REALLY IS NOT PLAYING OUT

10:56 - AS MUCH AND AMERICA AS FAR AS

11:00 - THE OPPORTUNITIES. WHAT'S

11:01 - INTERESTING IS IT'S A

11:02 - DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

11:02 - OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES.

11:10 - THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS IN

11:11 - THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,

11:14 - THE ASIAN COMMUNITY

11:14 - DISABILITIES. MY FAMILY'S BEEN

11:15 - INVOLVED WITH DISABILITY RIGHTS

11:19 - FOR A LONG TIME. THE

11:21 - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

11:25 - OPPORTUNITY AND RESULTS.

11:26 - WHEN YOU HAVE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE

11:31 - THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE,

11:31 - ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE

11:32 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT

11:39 - THEY LIKE TO KEEP US SEPARATED.

11:40 - AND I I DON'T SEE THAT SO MUCH

11:40 - IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

11:43 - BUT

11:44 - THERE ARE PLACES AND TIMES

11:45 - WHERE WE'RE WE'RE SEEING THAT.

11:50 - BUT I THINK WE'RE PROGRESSING

11:52 - BEYOND THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE'S

11:55 - TOLERANCE FOR IN THE BOX AND I

11:56 - WORK WITH IN THE MILITARY AND

11:59 - CORRECTIONS

12:00 - AND EVEN IN MY RELATIONSHIPS

12:03 - WITH THE INMATES IN THE

12:06 - PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT JUST

12:13 - ALL ONE OF THE ACTORS

12:14 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUY. HE SAID

12:16 - THAT NOT. AND HE SAID IF YOU

12:18 - WANT IT TO STOP, STOP TALKING

12:21 - ABOUT IT BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE

12:22 - TALKING TO THE POINT HE WAS

12:25 - MAKING, WAS THAT.

12:26 - IF IT'S ALWAYS A POINT OF

12:27 - CONTENTION, THEN IT'S ALWAYS

12:30 - GOING TO BE A PROBLEM WHEN THAT

12:33 - WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT

12:34 - UNIFYING AS AN AMERICAN, THEN

12:35 - THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED GETTING

12:35 - TO THE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS OF

12:38 - OUR CONSTITUTION.

12:39 - >>WE BELIEVE THIS IS JUST THIS

12:42 - IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND THAT

12:43 - PRESSURE WHO THE ACTOR IS A

12:44 - SURE WAY. BLACKS YOU'RE TALKING

12:48 - ABOUT. BUT I DO KNOW ONE THING

12:51 - IN MY WELL, A NEW MAYOR.

12:51 - IF YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE

12:52 - DIFFERENCE IS YOU DON'T RESOLVE

12:54 - THE DIFFERENCES. SO SAYS JUST

12:56 - THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM IS A

12:57 - PROBLEM. THAT IS A PROBLEM.

13:01 - SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT

13:02 - LOGIC COMES FROM, CHRIS, BUT IT

13:03 - DOESN'T HOLD WATER IN TERMS.

13:05 - I WAS OUT THERE FOR US. THE

13:07 - REALITY IS IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING

13:08 - THAT THESE ISSUES DO STILL

13:10 - EXIST, I CAN POINT TO,

13:10 - UNFORTUNATELY, TOO MANY PLACES

13:14 - WAY TOO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE

13:14 - TALK ABOUT. THIS HAS NOTHING TO

13:17 - DO WITH LIVING SEPARATE I'VE

13:20 - INTERACTED WITH YOU

13:20 - SIGNIFICANTLY. WE MAKE IT WILL

13:21 - MARK KARR AND JUST SEE YOU AS A

13:23 - PERSON. THE OUTLIER WHO

13:25 - REPRESENTS THE POPULATION OF

13:25 - COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T WANT TO

13:28 - BE CONNECTED.

13:28 - I DON'T ALLOW THAT TO INTERRUPT

13:29 - WHO I AM OR HOW I OPERATE WITH

13:31 - HUMAN BEINGS. I TAKE PEOPLE

13:34 - FOR WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY

13:34 - ARE AND THE RESULTS WERE NOT

13:38 - TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND SO THE

13:39 - DISTRACTION OF HOW PEOPLE FEEL

13:40 - ABOUT IT. MOSTLY I WILL TALK

13:42 - ABOUT THAT A LOT. APARTMENT,

13:44 - THE REALITY IN AMERICA AS IT

13:44 - STANDS TO PEOPLE IN YOUR

13:45 - DISTRICT IN MY DISTRICT, IF

13:48 - THEY'RE ALL COLOR. WELL, WITH

13:50 - ALL DUE RESPECT, THEY DO NOT

13:51 - HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE

13:53 - PEOPLE HAVE. NO, THAT DOESN'T

13:54 - MEAN IT WAS PEOPLE SIT THERE

13:56 - AND COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THE

13:57 - HOUSEHOLD. MY FATHER, LOOK,

14:00 - THERE'S REASON VERY CLEARLY,

14:00 - BUT TO SAY WHAT LIABILITIES

14:02 - WILL BE A FRONT OF YOUR LIFE.

14:02 - BUT THAT'S NOT TO EXCUSE NOT TO

14:07 - GO OUT. IT IS NOT FIGHT FOR

14:08 - THIS COUNTRY, NOT BELIEVE IN

14:08 - THE POSSIBILITIES. THAT KNOWS

14:12 - NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT AT ALL.

14:13 - IT HAS TO DO WITH BEING HONEST

14:14 - ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND NOT

14:15 - SUGAR COAT IT. WITH ALL DUE

14:17 - RESPECT, THE CURRENT WHICH WE

14:20 - LIVE POLITICALLY.

14:21 - IN REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC

14:24 - CURRY OUT EAST IN TV SHOWS THAT

14:25 - ARE ALIKE. I LIKE THE ISSUE

14:30 - OF RACE. SO TO SUGGEST THAT

14:31 - SOMEONE IN THE AFTER FROM THE

14:34 - COMMUNITY IS DIVIDING US TO

14:35 - KNOW WHO THAT IS. I DON'T KNOW

14:37 - WHAT LEADER THAT YOU'RE TALKING

14:38 - ABOUT OR INFLUENCERS WITHIN

14:40 - OUR COMMUNITY ARE TALKING

14:40 - ABOUT. IT IS DRIVING THE MASSES

14:43 - OF AFTER AMERICANS TO TALK

14:45 - ABOUT. WE NEED TO HAVE A FAIR

14:46 - SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM.

14:48 - AND HERE'S THE REASONS WHY

14:49 - WE'RE AND SOME OF THAT HAS TO

14:52 - DO WITH RACE HERE.

14:53 - >>AT LEAST 7 DIFFERENT STATES

14:56 - HAVE REVISED THEIR LEGISLATIVE

14:57 - DISTRICTS IN ADVANCE OF THE

15:00 - 2030, PRESS, A CENSUS DATA TO

15:00 - SUP 8 THAT PENNSYLVANIA WILL

15:03 - FOLLOW SUIT ON THAT.

15:07 - >>I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING

15:09 - RIGHT NOW. SIMPLY BECAUSE WITH

15:12 - THE DEFIANT DIVIDED

15:12 - LEGISLATURE, THE KNOW-HOW WHO'S

15:13 - CONTROLLING THE HOUSE AND THE

15:16 - SENATE. GETTING SOMETHING

15:16 - THAT'S MEANINGFUL ACROSS THE

15:17 - LINE. I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING.

15:21 - >>SENATOR WILLIAMS?

15:22 - >>WELL, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS

15:27 - >>YEAH, I THINK IT'S THE YOU

15:28 - KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR SENATOR

15:30 - DOES, BUT I'M I'M WATCHING

15:32 - >>COMMENTATORS AND OPINION

15:34 - SHAPERS TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

15:35 - HOW, YOU KNOW, RAY SHOOTING

15:39 - UNARMED QUALIFIER. THESE ARE

15:40 - THE SAME PEOPLE AROUND THE

15:41 - COUNTRY SAYING WE NEED TO

15:42 - INTRODUCE LEGISLATION FOR A

15:45 - REPUBLICAN, A

15:45 - REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED SEEING IT

15:48 - IN CONGRESS. SO IT'S OK TO TO

15:52 - A POLITICALLY.

15:54 - DRIVIN PARTISAN DRIVIN

15:55 - DISTRICT. BUT WHEN YOU TALK

16:00 - ABOUT SABLE BLIND. BIG OF

16:02 - COLOR. THOSE THINGS APPARENTLY

16:04 - ARE, YOU KNOW, UNFAIR

16:05 - ADVANTAGE. BUT BEING A

16:08 - REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT IS WHAT

16:09 - WE SHOULD BE DIVIDED AIRLINES

16:10 - AND I I DON'T SEE THE LOGIC

16:13 - IN THAT. WELL.

16:14 - I WANT TO HAVE FAITH IN THE

16:16 - COURT AND ONE POINT I IT SORT

16:18 - OF POINT THAT THE PARK WAS THE

16:19 - AL. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT

16:21 - QUITE SURE THAT THE COURTS WILL

16:24 - ALLOW FOR THAT TO BE WHAT IT

16:25 - SHOULD BE. AND THAT IS IF

16:26 - YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY

16:28 - POLITICS, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING

16:31 - WELL, ONE STANDARD TO PREVAIL

16:32 - AND SHOULD ALLOW ANY STANDARD

16:32 - PREVAIL, ONLY POPULATION, BUT

16:33 - THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

16:35 - >>WE'RE GOING TO TALK QUITE A

16:38 - BIT ABOUT LEGISLATIVE

16:38 - LEGISLATION BEFORE THE STATE

16:41 - SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT

16:41 - COMMITTEE. BUT I GET YOUR

16:43 - OPINION ON ONE OTHER ITEM AND

16:43 - THAT IS THE SAVE ACT, WHICH

16:46 - PASSED THE HOUSE IN FEBRUARY.

16:47 - IT SITTING BEFORE THE U.S.

16:48 - SENATE RIGHT NOW. WHAT YOUR

16:48 - VIEWERS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS?

16:55 - >>21. OH, WELL, AS GAS A LITTLE

16:56 - BIT, I WAS OFTEN I'VE LET OFF

16:57 - THE FIRST 2 OUTLET YOU TAKE

16:59 - TAKE POINT ON THIS ONE. WELL,

17:02 - BEING.

17:03 - LOT OF FANS SAY THAT THAT IS

17:09 - THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF REASONS

17:10 - WITHIN THAT BODY. THERE ARE

17:10 - THINGS THAT PEOPLE SUGGESTED IT

17:13 - STANDS FOR.

17:14 - YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET INTO

17:15 - THE WEEDS OF IT, FORCING

17:17 - DOESN'T SAVE MONEY. PEOPLE JUST

17:20 - PUT THAT SOMETHING RIGHT.

17:22 - WELL, I WILL RESPECTFULLY

17:23 - DISAGREE AS WE ARE. AND WE DO

17:27 - SO OFTEN.

17:28 - >>WHAT I WILL I WILL SAY THIS,

17:29 - THE THE POINTS OF CONTENTION

17:32 - THAT ARE MOST

17:35 - OFTEN CITED ARE THEY SAY THE

17:38 - WOMEN WHO MARRY, I CAN'T GET

17:39 - ID'S THAT HAVE THEIR PROPER

17:40 - NAME ON IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

17:43 - THE LADIES THAT I TALKED TO WHO

17:43 - HAVE BEEN MARRIED, MARRIED,

17:46 - DIVORCED AND REMARRIED.

17:49 - THEY FIND THAT AND THEY'RE

17:53 - HAVING A VOTER ID. IT'S

17:54 - SOMETHING THAT IS CRITICAL.

17:55 - WE NEED YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ID

17:58 - TO BUY LIQUOR E CIGARETTES.

18:01 - JUST THERE ARE A NUMBER OF

18:02 - THINGS HERE AND AMERICA THAT

18:02 - YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ID IN ORDER

18:05 - TO PURCHASE THEM.

18:09 - ENSURING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO

18:10 - ARE COMING AND EXERCISING THE

18:13 - THE RIGHTS OF THE FRANCHISE

18:14 - HOLDERS ARE IN THE IN THE

18:17 - FRANCHISE HOLDERS IS CRITICAL

18:20 - AND BUY.

18:24 - WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF OVER THE

18:28 - YEARS WHERE THE FRONT HAS

18:29 - ACTUALLY OCCURRED. AND IN 20

18:32 - JUST THIS YEAR, WE HAD OVER

18:33 - 2500 FRAUDULENT VOTES IN

18:34 - LANCASTER VOTER REGISTRATIONS.

18:39 - THOSE THINGS THAT KIND OF STUFF

18:40 - NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. AND ONE OF

18:40 - THE WAYS TO DO THAT AS HAVE

18:44 - VOTER ID AND I'M SURE THAT

18:44 - THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE

18:45 - TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO

18:47 - ARE COMING TO EXERCISE THAT

18:47 - RIGHT ARE INDEED THE FRANCHISE

18:49 - OWNERS.

18:50 - >>SENATOR, LET ME FINISH AND

18:53 - >>I WELL.

18:56 - >>YOU KNOW, IT IS A

18:59 - IRONY TO ME THAT PEOPLE ARE

19:00 - TIRED OF THE 4 AD, WHETHER IT'S

19:01 - FOR I MEAN, WE CAN DEBATE FRAUD

19:02 - A LOT BECAUSE FRANKLY, THERE'S

19:05 - NOT A LOT OF THAT. AND FRANKLY,

19:05 - THE ONES LANCASTER COUNTY, A

19:09 - LOT OF REPUBLICANS. SO I'M NOT

19:10 - QUITE SURE WHO'S IN CHARGE OF

19:12 - FRAUD THIS WITH THIS WEEK.

19:13 - BUT VOTERS HAVE OFTEN POSITION

19:16 - THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE SECURITY

19:17 - IN THE VOTING PROCESS, WHICH

19:19 - I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

19:21 - BUT THE REALITY IS IF YOU

19:22 - REGISTER TO VOTE, THERE'S A

19:23 - PROCESS. I MEAN, I GOT A

19:26 - VACATION IS A PART OF THE

19:27 - QUESTIONS. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK

19:27 - AT THE CASE. AND WITH ALL DUE

19:30 - RESPECT. YOU KNOW, TO WHATEVER

19:31 - WOMEN SO JUST SPOKE TO. THERE'S

19:32 - A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE

19:35 - OLDER.

19:37 - WHO UNFORTUNATELY DON'T HAVE

19:38 - THE ABILITY TO GET THE

19:41 - DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED.

19:42 - I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE FOR A

19:42 - LOT OF PEOPLE. AND SO IF YOU

19:46 - MAKE IT REASONABLE, MANY PEOPLE

19:46 - WOULD CONFORM TO UNDERSTAND

19:48 - THAT YOU NEED TO SUPPORT

19:50 - GETTING RICHER TO VOTE AND

19:51 - VOTING WITH THAT IN PLACE.

19:53 - SO IT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT ABOUT

19:55 - WHETHER YOU ARE PROPERLY

19:56 - IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON THAT'S

19:57 - REGISTERED THE RIGHT TO VOTE

19:59 - ITS THE MATH. IT THAT ARE

20:04 - REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH TO

20:05 - GUARANTEE THAT VOTE. SO WE

20:08 - ACTUALLY AGREE ON ELEMENTS OF

20:09 - MAKING SURE YOU'RE RIGHT OVER.

20:10 - SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A

20:13 - PROBLEM. WE JUST NEED TO

20:13 - ENSURE THAT THAT ACCESS IS NOT

20:14 - CUT OFF A CERTAIN FOLKS FOR

20:16 - SOME OTHER FOLKS. WHAT

20:18 - PROVISION COULD BE MADE FOR

20:19 - SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T CURRENTLY

20:20 - HAVE ALL THEIR DOCUMENTS OR

20:21 - WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A

20:22 - PROPER ID. PERHAPS THEY DO HAVE

20:23 - A PASSPORT. THEY DON'T HAVE

20:24 - A DRIVER'S LICENSE. WELL, I

20:27 - DON'T HAVE THE LIST, BUT THERE

20:28 - ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER DOCUMENTS

20:29 - SAID THE LAW ACTUALLY ALLOWS TO

20:31 - BE USED TO. SO IT'S NOT THERE

20:33 - ARE SOME EXTENSIVE LIST

20:34 - ACTUALLY.

20:36 - >>INSIDE PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO

20:37 - HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THEM SAY,

20:38 - WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS

20:39 - TO THIS SO THEY DON'T HAVE

20:42 - ACCESS TO THAT. BUT THERE ARE

20:44 - OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT THE SAVE

20:45 - ACT ACTUALLY ALLOWS TO BE.

20:46 - THAT'S HOW MANY OTHER STATES

20:48 - CURRENTLY HAVE VOTER ID.

20:50 - THAT I COULDN'T. I'M I DON'T

20:53 - HAVE A DIRECT ANSWER TO.

20:54 - >>ALL OPPOSE THIS. TO BOTH OF

20:55 - YOU. SENATOR, DOES SHE HAD

20:55 - MENTIONED ABOUT THERE BEING

20:58 - VOTER FRAUD? HAS THERE BEEN

21:00 - ANY EVIDENCE OF FRAUD OR VOTER

21:01 - DISENFRANCHISEMENT AS A RESULT

21:02 - OF VOTER ID IN STATES THAT HAVE

21:04 - IT?

21:07 - >>I'M NOT AWARE OF

21:08 - >>TONY, YOU HAVE I DON'T HAVE

21:11 - ANY IT WILL. FIRST OF ALL,

21:12 - EVERY REPUBLICAN STATE AND IN

21:13 - AN AMERICA THAT THAT SITS IN.

21:15 - A REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED SENATE

21:19 - AND HOUSE HAS VOTER ID OR WHAT

21:19 - PEOPLE WOULD DESCRIBE. AS FOR

21:22 - THE DEDICATION BUT

21:25 - >>THE

21:28 - >>OUTLIER RELATIVE TO

21:29 - SUPPRESSION, WHICH WAS A

21:29 - CONCERN THAT THE INITIAL PART

21:32 - OF THIS. THE DAY STILL BEING

21:36 - DEVELOPED. I DON'T KNOW IT.

21:37 - HONESTLY. I'M NOT QUITE SURE

21:38 - THAT THE DROP-OFF IN VOTER

21:39 - PARTICIPATION IS ANYTHING TO

21:41 - DO WITH A VOTER IDENTIFICATION.

21:45 - SO MUCH IS WELL, THOSE ARE NOW

21:45 - BEING TO THE POINT. CLEARLY

21:47 - WE'RE TIRED OF HERE BY ARE YOU

21:50 - AND THEY DON'T MISS A TRUST.

21:51 - GOVERNMENT, REPUBLICAN AND

21:54 - DEMOCRAT, RURAL URBAN AND

21:54 - SUBURBAN, WE DON'T TRUST

21:56 - GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE THEIR

21:57 - PROBLEMS ANYMORE. SO I THINK A

22:00 - LOT OF IT, I CAN'T SAY IS FOR

22:01 - DEDICATION. I THINK THEIR

22:03 - VOTER. I'M TIRED OF YOU GUYS

22:06 - ARE GOOD. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

22:08 - >>TONY, I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH

22:08 - IT STRONGLY. I THINK YOU AND I

22:15 - BOTH HAVE SEEN IT. THE THE

22:15 - DISENFRANCHISED FEELINGS OF

22:16 - THE END OF THE FEELING THAT

22:20 - PEOPLE HAVE THAT THEY ARE BEING

22:23 - DISENFRANCHISED AS WELL

22:24 - THEIR ANGST AT US AND THE

22:26 - FEDERAL LEGISLATURE AS WELL

22:29 - IT'S PRETTY STRONG. AND AND

22:32 - DESERVEDLY SO.

22:33 - >>HAS GOVERNOR SHAPIRO VOICE

22:34 - WHETHER HE WOULD SIGN A VOTER

22:37 - ID BILL.

22:38 - >>I DON'T THINK HE HAS. NO, I

22:39 - DON'T THINK HE'S IN SUPPORT

22:42 - OF IT. WELL, I KNOW YOU SO.

22:45 - >>HE HAS TO ME MY NOSE AND 2

22:46 - TEETH AND GOVERN AS AN

22:47 - EXPRESSION OF PAIN. WE HAVE

22:49 - 6 PRESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT.

22:52 - THOSE WHO WANT TO VOTE THEIR

22:56 - >>POTENTIAL VOTERS HAVE A RIGHT

22:57 - TO DO THAT. HE'S MADE THAT

23:00 - CLEAR.

23:01 - I DON'T THINK HE STANDS AS MANY

23:05 - DEMOCRATS A LOT TOO.

23:06 - OUR OPPOSITION TO CARE TEAM TO

23:06 - VOTERS WHO REGISTER TO VOTE.

23:10 - ARE LEGITIMATE.

23:12 - WOULD YOU ADMIT FOLKS TO VOTE?

23:15 - I THINK HE'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT

23:17 - THAT. HE'S ONE OF THE FEW

23:20 - DEMOCRATIC

23:22 - GOVERNORS AND THEN MANY

23:22 - REPUBLICANS FEEL IN ALL OF US.

23:26 - A FAIR SHAKE. HE POLLS VERY

23:29 - STRONGLY ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA

23:30 - PERIOD. SO I CAN IMAGINE JUST

23:33 - STANDING ALL.

23:34 - THE SIDELINES AND SAYING I'M

23:36 - AGAINST ALL VOTER

23:36 - IDENTIFICATION RULES IS IT JUST

23:38 - HASN'T BEEN AS POSITION AS HE'S

23:43 - >>LET'S SHIFT OUR FOCUS NOW TO

23:44 - TALK ABOUT A PRIMARY ELECTION

23:44 - SYSTEM ON LAST DECEMBER, A

23:47 - GROUP OF 5 INDEPENDENT VOTERS

23:48 - AND PLEADING POLITICAL

23:49 - COMMENTATOR MICHAEL SMERCONISH

23:50 - FILED A CHALLENGE TO THE

23:52 - STATE'S CLOSED PRIMARY SYSTEM.

23:53 - THE SUPPORT OF THE PRIMARIES.

23:57 - ABSOLUTELY NOT.

23:58 - >>A LOOK. THIS IS I LIKEN THIS

24:00 - TO THE BALTIMORE COLTS OR THE

24:03 - IS USED TO BE CALLED THE RAVENS

24:04 - PICKING THE TEAM MEMBERS FOR

24:07 - THE STEELERS AND EAGLES.

24:08 - YOU LET SOMEBODY ELSE THAT'S

24:09 - NOT A PART OF YOUR PARTY COME

24:13 - IN AND THE SIDE.

24:16 - THE MECHANISMS ARE THERE FOR AN

24:19 - INDEPENDENT PARTY TO ACTUALLY

24:23 - HAVE A CANDIDATE. THE

24:23 - MECHANISMS MECHANISMS ARE

24:24 - THEY'RE WITHIN THE ELECTION LAW

24:27 - IT'S JUST THAT THEY CHOOSE NOT

24:31 - TO DO IT. THERE INDEPENDENCE IS

24:31 - TO THE POINT WHERE THEY DON'T

24:32 - EVEN THEY DON'T TRUST ANY

24:35 - PARTIES. A LOT OF TIMES.

24:36 - BUT IF THEY WERE TO COALESCE

24:37 - AROUND A CANDIDATE, THEY CAN

24:37 - GET A CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT.

24:42 - TO HAVE PEOPLE UNDER. WE'VE

24:43 - SEEN IT IN OTHER STATES.

24:46 - THERE ARE EXAMPLES IN OTHER

24:48 - STATES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE

24:49 - SWITCHED IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE

24:51 - THE PRIMARY FOR THE OTHER

24:53 - PARTY. THE OTHER MAJOR PARTY.

24:54 - AND THAT'S HAPPENED ON BOTH

24:55 - SIDES OF THE FENCE. SO IT'S

24:58 - NOT A SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE

24:58 - TO EITHER THE DEMOCRATS OR THE

25:01 - REPUBLICANS.

25:06 - SENATOR WILLIAMS.

25:07 - >>PARTIES, THE DEMOCRAT WILL

25:07 - STAY THERE WITH THAT. BUT I

25:10 - BELIEVE IN LOCAL FARMERS WELL,

25:11 - I THINK ACTUALLY THE WHOLE

25:14 - SYSTEM.

25:14 - PRIMARY VERSUS THE GENERAL

25:17 - ELECTION IS VERY COSTLY.

25:18 - AND I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD

25:20 - BE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY.

25:22 - THEY WERE STANDING IN HIS

25:22 - ELECTION CYCLES. FIRST OF ALL,

25:25 - THE SECOND OF ALL, THE FASTEST

25:26 - GROWING POLITICAL PARTY IN

25:29 - AMERICA FOR INDEPENDENCE AND

25:32 - THEY'RE EXHAUSTED WITH

25:35 - DEMOCRATS. THE REPUBLICANS.

25:35 - >>BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,

25:37 - BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

25:39 - >>AND THE RESULT IS. INCREASED

25:41 - COST OF LIVING. SUEDE SHOES.

25:46 - LACK OF HEALTH CARE. QUALITY

25:49 - EDUCATION

25:51 - DOESN'T PERFORM WELL ABOVE THE

25:52 - LAW. SO THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT

25:55 - YOU SO

25:56 - WE WILLIAMS STANDS FOR. WHAT

25:57 - YOU TONY WILLIAMS ARE DOING TO

25:59 - RESOLVE MY PROBLEM, WE WILLIAMS

26:03 - IS DOING EVERY SINGLE DAY IS

26:05 - THIS IS STATES ARE TELL ME IF

26:07 - YOU NOT ALL TO THE NEXT GUY

26:11 - OR GAL REGARDLESS OF PARTY

26:13 - AFFILIATION, THOSE WHO THEY

26:13 - FEEL MOST OF THEIR FIGHT WITH

26:15 - THEIR COMMUNITY SHOULD

26:17 - REPRESENT THAT. NOT BECAUSE

26:17 - THEY'RE REQUIRED TO VOTE FOR

26:20 - DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN. AND

26:21 - YOU SEE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IN

26:24 - RECENT POLLS AS RELATES TO HARD

26:26 - BIG 10 REPUBLICANS. CHOOSING A

26:29 - DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. ON THE

26:31 - PRESIDENT AND THEIR PART BLAME

26:34 - IT ON. EVERY INDIVIDUAL KNOWS

26:37 - WHAT AND WHEN WE WILL SERVE

26:40 - BUSH. BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU

26:43 - KNOW, THEY'RE TAKEN A HIT.

26:44 - BECAUSE OF OUR PERSONNEL AS

26:47 - OPPOSED TO PERFORMANCE. IT'S SO

26:48 - I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE ANYONE

26:50 - HAS TO DO IS SAY, LOOK, I'M

26:52 - PROUD TO BE A DEMOCRAT FOR

26:53 - THESE BOEING REASONS. BUT VERY

26:56 - CLEAR. ALSO, CABLE RUN AN OPEN

26:57 - PRIMARY AGAINST A GREAT PARTY

27:01 - PARTY. STATE PARTY, 0 PARTY,

27:02 - REPUBLICAN PARTY AND STAND ON

27:05 - MY RECORD.

27:09 - >>I KNOW IT'S INTERESTING THAT

27:11 - FIRST OF ALL, WHAT TONY'S

27:14 - ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WITH THE THE

27:15 - IDEA OF JUST A 2 PARTY KNEELED

27:16 - ON GEORGE WASHINGTON WARNED US

27:21 - AGAINST THAT. BUT AS

27:22 - WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE PLAYING BY

27:22 - THE RULES AND WE'RE WE'RE

27:26 - GIVEN. AND THE

27:29 - ITS INTERESTING WHEN PEOPLE SAY

27:32 - THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE

27:35 - AND THAT THEY CAN'T RUN AGAINST

27:36 - THE INCUMBENTS OR WHATEVER I

27:36 - TOOK ON THE SPEAKER OF THE

27:38 - HOUSE, HE AND HIS FATHER AND

27:38 - HELD THE SEAT FOR A

27:39 - HALF-CENTURY BEFORE OUR FIRST

27:41 - CHALLENGE THEM.

27:43 - AND I WAS TOLD I'D BE

27:44 - DESTROYED. I WOULD BE ABLE TO

27:44 - LIVE IN MY OWN COMMUNITY.

27:49 - THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IT'S.

27:51 - WHAT HAPPENS IS TONY KNOWS,

27:54 - TOO, BECAUSE HE'S ON

27:55 - HIS COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE OUT

27:57 - AND WE'RE TALKING WITH PEOPLE

27:59 - AND THE FOLKS THAT YOU'RE

28:02 - TRYING TO EARN THEIR VOTE.

28:05 - YOU PICK THE PARTY RIGHT NOW

28:08 - THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU THE MOST

28:08 - ALIGNS WITH YOUR VALUES AND

28:11 - YOUR BELIEFS.

28:15 - AND YOU STEP INTO THE ARENA

28:16 - AND TAKE THEM ON AND IT TURNED

28:18 - OUT WELL FOR ME AGAIN, I SAID

28:22 - I WAS SOMEBODY CONSENT WAS JUST

28:22 - A JUST TO JAIL GUARD AS ONE OF

28:25 - THE PHRASES THAT WAS USED.

28:26 - AND TAKING ON THE SPEAKER OF

28:29 - THE HOUSE.

28:33 - IT CAN BE DONE.

28:33 - >>WHAT ABOUT PRIMARIES? AND

28:35 - THAT CAN BE CAN BE DONE.

28:38 - BUT THE CHRIS REALITY IS THIS.

28:40 - YOU TOOK ON HISTORICAL FAMILY

28:42 - BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF

28:48 - IS THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT

28:49 - IRAN IRAN AGAINST THE PARTY,

28:49 - THE PARTY. I MEAN, THE PARTY

28:52 - STRUCTURE WAS DO THAT AND THAT

28:54 - INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT, MY ENTIRE

28:55 - POLITICAL SYSTEM, PEOPLE ARE

28:55 - RIGHT THAT THAT THEY THEY ARE

28:57 - READY. YOU GOT TO BE A

28:59 - PROGRESSIVE MODERATE OR

29:00 - CONSERVATIVE BILL. NOTHING ELSE

29:02 - EXISTS APPEALING. SO PEOPLE WHO

29:04 - ARE POOR CAN'T WRITE ANYTHING

29:05 - WITH INDEPENDENT THINKER.

29:07 - I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE U.S.

29:10 - INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT, I READ

29:11 - THIS INFRASTRUCTURE ONE, HE

29:12 - ACTUALLY CAN DO THAT. NO DOUBT

29:15 - ABOUT IT. BUT IT IS CHALLENGING

29:16 - TO RUN AGAINST A TONY WILLIAMS

29:19 - WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO

29:20 - COMMUNICATE GOES ALMOST EVERY

29:22 - SINGLE DAY. HE WANTS TO.

29:24 - AND FRANKLY IS RUN AGAINST THE,

29:26 - YOU KNOW, PERSPECTIVE. HE'S

29:29 - WHAT PUTIN CALLS STAMPS.

29:31 - BUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER CAREER

29:33 - POLITICIAN, FAMILY LEGACIES

29:35 - ARE NOT READY, GET SET ALL THE

29:36 - TIME BECAUSE I'M OUT THERE.

29:39 - YOU'RE RIGHT. I DO WORK AT MY

29:40 - JOB AFFECTING PEOPLE. RESPECT

29:40 - ME AS SUCH UNITS WHICH SHOULD

29:44 - BE WHAT I DON'T THINK IT'S, YOU

29:45 - KNOW, FAIR FOR SOMEBODY TO COME

29:46 - AND SAY, WELL, WE HAVE SOME

29:50 - BUILT-IN ADVANTAGES BECAUSE

29:52 - OF THAT. THAT'S TRUE. WE CAN'T

29:53 - DENY THAT TO BE TRUE. SO THOSE

29:56 - WHO BELIEVE THAT I CAN'T EVEN

29:58 - RUN A QUICK WRIST IN

29:59 - CALIFORNIA. IT'S WORKING FOR

30:00 - REPUBLICANS TO RUN FOR

30:01 - GOVERNOR, BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW

30:05 - THAT OVER IN PRYOR BECAUSE YOU

30:06 - WAITED TO ROMNEY'S REPUBLICANS

30:07 - AND NO DEMOCRAT IN THE FALL

30:11 - BASED UPON HOW THEY ARE.

30:12 - YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE RULES

30:14 - OPERATE OUT THERE THIS TIME

30:15 - AROUND THAT JUNGLE PRIMARY IS

30:18 - AN ANIMAL OF ITSELF AND I'M NOT

30:21 - GOING TO THAT SARAH WOULD OFTEN

30:21 - PRIMARY BENEFIT ONE PARTY OVER

30:24 - THE OTHER.

30:26 - >>WELL, I DON'T THINK SO.

30:27 - I DON'T I DON'T. I THINK THAT'S

30:29 - THE POINT. I THINK THAT THERE'S

30:30 - A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE FRIENDLY.

30:31 - CHRISTMAS WEEK COMES UP.

30:35 - MY COLLEAGUES WE'LL SHARE IT.

30:36 - NO, I THINK THEY WOULD BE A

30:37 - LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT AN

30:40 - OPEN PRIMARY SEASON.

30:43 - I THINK WHO WOULD BENEFIT WOULD

30:47 - BE THE PEOPLE WHO

30:48 - >>FORWARD TO BRING CAMPAIGNS

30:51 - IN.

30:54 - TO EFFECTUATE WHO WILL BE ON

30:57 - BOTH BALLOTS. I MEAN THAT

30:57 - THAT'S WHERE I THINK MONEY WERE

31:00 - REALLY JUMP IN BECAUSE THEN

31:03 - THE PRIMARY IS THE LOWEST

31:05 - TURNOUT ELECTION. IT'S A FAR

31:07 - GREATER IMPACT ON YOUR VOTE

31:08 - SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER

31:10 - PEOPLE.

31:13 - WHEN IT COMES TO WHO'S

31:14 - FINANCING THOSE THINGS. AND I

31:17 - KIND OF STUFF THAT'S WHERE IT

31:18 - GETS. IF WE IF WE INDEED HAVE

31:22 - OPEN PRIMARIES

31:24 - IT WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH TO GET

31:24 - A CAMPAIGN ORGANIZED TO GET

31:27 - FOLKS OUT.

31:29 - ON THE ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER JUST

31:31 - TO GET THE THE PRIMARY CHAINS.

31:32 - SO YOU BASICALLY GOT 2 PEOPLE

31:35 - OF THE SAME.

31:37 - SCHOOL BACKGROUND RUNNING

31:38 - AGAINST ONE OTHER SIMILAR OR

31:39 - WHAT THEY HAVE ON CALIFORNIA

31:41 - RIGHT NOW.

31:45 - >>CHRIS ASKED YOUR QUESTION A

31:45 - QUICK TOUR. SO BECAUSE YOU

31:46 - THOUGHT THE COAST TO START

31:47 - TIME, YOU CLOSE THE STRAIT.

31:49 - SO GEORGE WASHINGTON IS FOR

31:50 - WHAT I HAVE FOR. WHY NOT FOR

31:52 - THAT?

31:54 - WELL, GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS

31:57 - AGAINST PARTIES.

31:59 - AND FACTIONALISM AND IT'S NOT

32:01 - QUITE HONESTLY. I THINK WE ALL

32:05 - OUGHT TO BE JUST AMERICANS.

32:06 - SO THAT AND HOLDING HOLDING TO

32:09 - THE IDEALS OF AMERICA.

32:09 - >>THEREFORE, WHY WOULD YOU NOT

32:12 - BE IN SUPPORT OF?

32:13 - LET'S THE BILL THAT WOULD SAY,

32:14 - YOU KNOW, GEORGE, IF IT'S GOOD

32:17 - ENOUGH FOR GEORGE.

32:19 - THEN WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE

32:21 - MORE PARTICIPATION BEING

32:23 - PROGRAM.

32:26 - >>WELL, IF THEY WANT TO HAVE

32:27 - THEIR CANDIDATE, THEY'RE FREE

32:28 - TO DO. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH

32:30 - REALLY. AND TODAY'S WITH

32:31 - TODAY'S MEDIA, IT WOULDN'T TAKE

32:32 - MUCH TO HAVE THAT 3RD PARTY ON

32:33 - ABOUT. THEN YOU HAVE A REAL

32:36 - HORSE RACE GOING ON.

32:37 - >>WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR

32:37 - DISCUSSION JUST A MOMENT.

32:39 - BUT FIRST, LET'S GIVE OUR

32:40 - GUESTS A BRIEF BREAK. WHILE WE

32:40 - LOOK AT WHAT PACE SINCE CAMERAS

32:44 - WILL BE THIS WEEK ON THE NEXT

32:44 - PIECE AND CAPITAL PREVIEW WILL

32:47 - FOCUS ON THE STATE BUDGET AND

32:48 - BUSINESS DAVID TAYLOR,

32:49 - PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE

32:51 - PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS

32:53 - ASSOCIATION AND FELICITY

32:54 - WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

32:55 - THE PENNSYLVANIA POLICY CENTER

32:56 - WILL BOTH BE HERE TOMORROW

32:58 - MORNING LIVE AT 9 O'CLOCK.

32:59 - THE STATE SENATE WILL PAY

33:02 - TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S 200 50TH

33:04 - BIRTHDAY. THE U.S. ARMY FIELD

33:05 - BAND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE WILL BE

33:06 - THERE ALONG WITH PATRICK BURNS

33:10 - FROM AMERICA TO 50 P A THAT'S

33:10 - ON TOMORROW MORNING. TOMORROW

33:11 - AFTERNOON. EXCUSE ME LIVE AT

33:14 - 01:00PM.

33:15 - ON THE ISSUES. LOOKS AT FUNDING

33:16 - FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES

33:19 - WITH CHRIS KERSHNER, EXECUTIVE

33:19 - DIRECTOR OF THE CHILDREN'S

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34:10 - RETURN TO OUR DISCUSSION ON

34:10 - VOTING POLICY. SENATOR LINDSEY

34:12 - WILLIAMS IS SPONSORING A

34:13 - PACKAGE OF BILLS AIMED AT

34:13 - REVISING ELECTION LAW. SELECT A

34:15 - LOOK AT SOME OF HER

34:17 - INITIATIVES. ONE OF THE

34:19 - PROPOSALS WOULD ALLOW FOR PRE

34:20 - CANVASSING FOR MAIL IN BALLOTS

34:21 - CENTER WINGS FOR THOSE THAT ARE

34:21 - NOT FAMILIAR. WHAT SHOULD WE

34:25 - KNOW ABOUT PRE CANVASSING?

34:26 - >>WELL, SO BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY

34:29 - MILLION NOW ABOUT. IN SOME

34:32 - STATES, YOU HAVE THE

34:35 - ABILITY TO TO GO THROUGH THOSE

34:35 - BALLOTS, NOT NECESSARILY COUNT

34:38 - THEM TO GO THROUGH THEM PRIOR

34:39 - TO PENNSYLVANIA. WE'VE FOR SOME

34:41 - REASON DECIDED WE START

34:44 - ELECTION DAY TO DO THAT.

34:45 - SO SHE'S TRYING TO RETURN TO

34:47 - THAT OPPORTUNITY.

34:49 - >>TO PHYSICIAN AT CENTER THAT,

34:53 - YES, I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THE I

34:56 - COME FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT

34:57 - SECURITY BACKGROUND AND

34:59 - INFORMATION SECURITY AND

34:59 - INFORMATION PROTECTION FOR THE

35:00 - PENNSYLVANIA AIR GUARD AS CHIEF

35:02 - OF INFORMATION PROTECTION.

35:04 - WHEN YOU OPEN UP PROCESSES TO

35:09 - ADDITIONAL STEPS AND YOU GIVE

35:12 - MORE TIME AND REALIZE THAT OVER

35:12 - THE COURSE OF THE 4 YEAR TERM

35:16 - FOR THE GOVERNOR

35:16 - YOU'VE GOT 200 BILLION DOLLARS

35:19 - AND THE BUDGET.

35:21 - THERE'S A LOT OF INCENTIVE FOR

35:23 - PEOPLE TO TRY AND GAIN THE

35:26 - UPPER HAND ON THIS.

35:30 - AND SO 200 BILLION DOLLARS

35:30 - THAT'S ON. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A

35:31 - LOT OF MONEY. THERE'S AND, YOU

35:32 - KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT

35:32 - TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. WE'RE

35:34 - GOING TO HAVE ONE TO HAVE.

35:36 - THE ABILITY TO MOTIVATE THAT

35:39 - ARE IMPACTED.

35:41 - >>THE

35:41 - >>OPENING UP OF THOSE BALLOTS

35:44 - AHEAD

35:47 - OF TIME GIVES THE GIVES

35:48 - SOMEBODY THE ABILITY TO YOU

35:50 - CAN. I MEAN, YOU CAN RUN

35:51 - THROUGH THESE THINGS BY HAND

35:52 - AND JUST SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'VE

35:53 - GOT THIS IS LOOKS GOOD AND SO

35:56 - COULDN'T.

35:57 - BUT AT SAME TIME IN YOUR HEAD,

35:58 - YOU'RE SAYING WHILE THERE'S A

35:59 - SIGNIFICANT IMPACT HERE FROM

36:03 - THIS. FOR THIS CANDIDATE, IT'S

36:06 - NOT THE ONE I WANT.

36:08 - LET'S WORK ON ON GETTING MORE

36:09 - MORE PEOPLE IN OUR TIME TO

36:12 - FIGURE OUT A WAY TO.

36:13 - MANIPULATED. WE'VE SEEN IT.

36:14 - I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE IT HASN'T

36:18 - HAPPENED. AND

36:22 - THE 3 MAIN MOTIVATORS FOR

36:22 - CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR MONEY,

36:23 - POWER AND SEX. AND

36:24 - UNFORTUNATELY, WE SEE THAT HERE

36:27 - AND

36:28 - HARRISBURG AND IN DC ALL 3 OF

36:29 - THOSE ARE SEEN IN CERTAIN IT

36:33 - WAS HIM ONE, ONE BODY. OR ONE

36:37 - GROUP OF PEOPLE.

36:39 - SO THE MOTIVATOR IS THERE FOR.

36:42 - PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO INFLUENCE

36:47 - ELECTIONS. AND GIVING

36:48 - EXTRA STEPS. SUCH IS ALLOWING

36:49 - PEOPLE TO SEE THE BALLOTS AHEAD

36:52 - OF TIME.

36:55 - IT JUST OFFERS ADDITIONAL

36:56 - OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT TYPE

36:56 - OF FRAUD. ITS INTERESTING THAT.

37:01 - WHEN NOT UP UNTIL WE PASSED THE

37:05 - ACT. 77.

37:07 - WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE

37:10 - RESULTS. ELECTION LIE.

37:11 - FOR ALL ABOUT EVERYBODY.

37:13 - THE CAST A BALLOT. NOW THAT

37:19 - WE'VE GOT THIS PEOPLE ARE

37:19 - SAYING, WELL, WE WANT HERE'S AN

37:20 - OPPORTUNITY. LET'S LET'S GET

37:21 - PRE CANVASSING TO GET IT DONE.

37:22 - THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THOSE

37:25 - COUNTED ON.

37:26 - THE SAME MIGHT PRIOR TO ACT.

37:29 - 77.

37:30 - IT'S EVEN MORE TELLING THAT

37:32 - GOING BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE

37:35 - STAGECOACH FROM PEOPLE

37:36 - DELIVERING BALLOTS IN COUNTIES

37:37 - WITH A HORSE AND BUGGY AND THEN

37:41 - SENDING THE TELEGRAPH. WE STILL

37:42 - HAVE WE STILL HAVE ELECTION

37:46 - RESULTS THE NEXT DAY.

37:48 - WE CAN COUNT THE BALLOTS,

37:49 - ESPECIALLY WITH THE MACHINES

37:51 - THAT ARE DOING THAT.

37:54 - THAT THEY CAN MUCH QUICKER THAN

37:54 - THEY CAN BE DONE BY HAND AND

37:56 - HOW THEY WERE BEFORE. AND YET

38:00 - FOR SOME REASON.

38:02 - NOW, WITH ALL THE MACHINES AND

38:04 - THE COMPUTATION IS BEING DONE

38:05 - IN NANOSECONDS. WE CAN'T WE

38:07 - CAN'T GET IT DONE IN A SINGLE

38:08 - NIGHT. THAT TO ME IS

38:10 - PREPOSTEROUS.

38:11 - >>WAS JUST THIS ONE. THERE'S

38:14 - LOT MORE PEOPLE VOTED IN

38:15 - STAGECOACH HERE. WELL, FOR ONE

38:18 - THING. AND THE REALITY IS, YOU

38:20 - KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW

38:22 - CHRISTIAN SLIPPED TO THE BUT HE

38:24 - SUGGESTED THAT WE'VE SEEN

38:27 - PEOPLE IN ITALY THIS TELL ME

38:28 - WHEN THAT IS BECAUSE THE TRUTH

38:31 - IS WE INCREASED CAMPUS BEFORE

38:34 - IT WAS NO, IT'S THAT NOT ONE

38:35 - INCIDENT ANYWAY, USING DEMOCRAT

38:38 - OR REPUBLICAN. USING IT TO

38:40 - ADVANCE THE CAL. IT'S REALLY

38:43 - SORT ELECTION. SO I'M NOT QUITE

38:47 - SURE WHAT THIS LOOKED INTO

38:48 - THE PROCESS. THE REALITY IS

38:49 - WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THIS CAME

38:50 - BECAUSE OF CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

38:56 - WE'RE HARD TO KILL IN THAT TIME

39:00 - PERIOD. GIVEN AND THOSE

39:01 - BALLOTS. THAT'S SO LET'S TELL

39:04 - THE WHOLE STORY. SO WE'RE AT

39:05 - IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE HEARD?

39:06 - WOULD YOU COUNT THOSE BALLOTS?

39:08 - SO IT'S AN INTERN. THAT'S WHY

39:10 - THEY WANT TO HEAR THE PROCESS

39:13 - SPEED IT UP. AND WITH ALL DUE

39:16 - RESPECT TO TECHNOLOGY,

39:17 - TECHNOLOGY HAS NOTHING TO DO

39:19 - WITH THE PROCESS. APPRECIATE

39:23 - THE SINK OR FACT. KERRY.

39:23 - AND SO THE PENNY FOR EVERY THE

39:25 - COUNT OF THE VOTE IS THAT

39:28 - PARTICULAR ELECTION CYCLE WE'VE

39:31 - A

39:32 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. WE'RE

39:32 - NOT COUNTING ON THAT EVIL.

39:33 - WE'VE HAD CONGRESSIONAL

39:36 - ELECTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

39:37 - THEY HAVE NOT THINKING PLEASE

39:39 - ON THAT EVENING. SO.

39:40 - WHO HAS ROOM TO TELL THE STORY?

39:43 - LET'S TELL A COMPLETELY

39:44 - DIFFERENT.

39:44 - >>SURE. I MEAN, AND THE SHORT

39:45 - STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE,

39:46 - IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GO INTO

39:49 - DEPTH ON ALL OF THAT. YOU ARE

39:50 - AND YOU'RE RIGHT THAT SOME OF

39:51 - THOSE ELECTIONS WERE HELD UP.

39:53 - IT EVEN BACK IN THE DAY THAT

39:54 - THE PAPER BALLOT. AND THAT WAS

39:56 - BECAUSE OF CHALLENGES. AGAIN,

39:57 - ELECTION FRAUD HAS BEEN GONE

39:58 - SINCE WE'VE HAD ELECTIONS IN

40:02 - THIS COUNTRY.

40:03 - SO THERE ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGES.

40:05 - CHRISTIE SLIP THAT IN THERE.

40:07 - >>ELECTION FRAUD IS NO BOOKS.

40:09 - TELL ME WHERE IT'S BEEN ONE

40:10 - PERCENT OF THE VOTING PROCESS.

40:16 - WHAT I MEAN, WHERE IT'S BEEN

40:17 - ONE PERCENT OF THE VOTING

40:17 - PROCESS. WE WEAR WHAT PERCENT

40:18 - OF THE VOTE IN A PARTICULAR

40:20 - ACTION.

40:20 - HAS BEEN SUBJECT OR BEEN

40:21 - AFFECTED WERE CONNECTED BY

40:24 - VOTER FRAUD.

40:27 - >>WELL, THEN, MILES FATHER WAS

40:27 - FLAWED. KNOW THAT ONE CAME DOWN

40:30 - TO ONE VOTE, SAYING THAT I WAS

40:32 - THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT LIKE,

40:32 - ALRIGHT, I DO HAVE AN EXAMPLE.

40:33 - I DO HAVE AN EXAMPLE. LEHIGH

40:36 - COUNTY.

40:37 - WE HAD IN THE 2021 ELECTION.

40:42 - WE PURPOSELY DID NOT

40:43 - RUN THE INVESTIGATION ON THE

40:45 - 2020 ELECTION. WE WENT TO THE

40:45 - 2021 ELECTION WITH LEHIGH

40:48 - COUNTY.

40:49 - LEHIGH COUNTY WITH THE DROP

40:53 - BOXES. THE DROP BOXES.

40:55 - WE SHOWED IT WAS SOMEWHERE

40:58 - AROUND 300 AND SOME.

41:01 - ADDITIONAL BALLOTS IN THE DROP

41:04 - BOXES USING THE VIDEO RECORDS.

41:06 - THERE WERE 300 BALLOTS MORE.

41:07 - THEN THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO

41:09 - SHOWED UP AT THOSE DROP BOXES.

41:12 - THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY GOT

41:13 - INVOLVED AND CHECKED OTHER

41:15 - ABOUT DROP BOXES. THERE WERE

41:19 - ALMOST 1000 EXTRA BALLOTS.

41:21 - NOW THOSE EXTRA BALLOTS WERE

41:24 - FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

41:27 - I THINK THERE WERE 21 OR

41:27 - ELECTIONS THAT WERE WITHIN THAT

41:29 - MARGIN OF ERROR. SO THIS STUFF

41:32 - GOES ON AND GOES ON. IN A TEAM

41:34 - THAT WON THE ELECTION. THAT WAS

41:39 - ACTUALLY CAUGHT ONE ELECTION

41:39 - WHERE THE HERE'S ONE CAN DO IT

41:40 - WITH THIS IN EFFECT.

41:44 - >>IN THAT YEAR.

41:46 - IN PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS, THE

41:47 - WORK THAT DIDN'T THAT PEOPLE

41:50 - DIDN'T DO. IT'S TEDIOUS THINGS

41:51 - DONE. BY THE WAY, THE ONE USE

41:54 - IT WAS CAUGHT.

41:56 - CHRIS, WE DON'T HAVE A IT WAS A

41:57 - LITTLE ROCK. WE DON'T. WE

41:57 - DON'T. AND BY THE WAY, WITH ALL

42:01 - DUE RESPECT, I DO NOT WANT A

42:01 - DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN IN

42:03 - AMERICA THINKING THAT VOTING

42:06 - PROCESS IN THIS COUNTRY.

42:09 - IS NOT EFFECTIVE. DOESN'T

42:10 - FUNCTION, DOESN'T WORK WELL, WE

42:14 - SAY THAT AS A DEMOCRAT OR

42:15 - REPUBLICAN TO SUGGEST THAT

42:15 - THERE'S WITH ELECTION WHERE

42:16 - SOME IRREGULARITY, KURT, GREAT

42:20 - IF THEY GET CAUGHT AT SALUKI.

42:20 - SO THAT MEANS THE PROCESS WORKS

42:25 - FOR US. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE

42:25 - HAVE A PROBLEM. DOES THE

42:26 - PROCESS WORK THAT SUGGEST THAT

42:27 - THERE WOULD BE LIKE ME SAYING

42:29 - WE GOT A

42:30 - JEWELRY STORE. PEOPLE ARE OKAY

42:32 - TO BREAK-IN TO VISIT ME TO JOIN

42:34 - SOURCE TO GO OUT OF IT MEANS

42:35 - THAT THE JEWISH OR SHOULD HAVE

42:38 - SECURE IS WHAT WE DO HAVE 4

42:38 - ELECTIONS AND THAT WE NEED TO

42:42 - HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S

42:42 - DIFFERENT. WE'RE CURRENTLY

42:44 - WORKS. DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF

42:45 - SENSE TO ME. THEY WEREN'T

42:45 - CAUGHT NUMBER ONE. NUMBER 2,

42:46 - THERE'S NO WAY TO VERIFY WHO

42:49 - WON THE ELECTION.

42:50 - >>THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE.

42:50 - THAT'S THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATION

42:53 - FOR ME ON THIS IS YOU CAN'T

42:56 - CERTIFY YOU SHOULDN'T BE A

42:57 - CERTIFYING ELECTIONS WHEN, YOU

42:59 - KNOW, THERE'S 1000 EXTRA

43:00 - BALLOTS OUT THERE THAT YOU

43:03 - CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR.

43:04 - AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THAT YOU

43:06 - DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS

43:07 - REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT,

43:08 - INDEPENDENT, WHOEVER THAT WAS

43:10 - VOTED IN THOSE EXTRA BALLOTS.

43:11 - BUT THOSE BALLOTS WERE ALL THAT

43:13 - LEGAL. AND BUT THE END, THE

43:16 - PEOPLE WEREN'T CAUGHT. THEY

43:17 - WEREN'T ARRESTED. BUT THE

43:19 - DISTRICT ATTORNEY. SAID THAT

43:21 - HE WILL START PROSECUTING GOING

43:24 - FORWARD.

43:27 - AND THAT HAS ACTUALLY A

43:27 - SIGNIFICANT WAY AND LET THE

43:29 - MARKET WORK. RISK SAYS, FIRST

43:33 - OF ALL, THIS IT WAS

43:33 - IDENTIFIED.

43:34 - >>YOU SAID THAT IN KITS TO

43:34 - PEOPLE K FUNDING THIS PEOPLE.

43:38 - THEY DID STOP THE PROCESS.

43:39 - BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT YOU

43:40 - DID RESPOND TO WAS IN A SINGLE

43:44 - ELECTION CYCLE. THERE ARE

43:46 - THOUSANDS ELECTIONS A YEAR.

43:47 - WE'RE NOW FACES DID NOT OCCUR.

43:51 - TO BRING. AND I ASKED FOR ONE

43:53 - PERSON. YOU BROUGHT ONE

43:54 - INCIDENT. WE DO HAVE ONE

43:54 - PERCENT FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

43:57 - CHRIS.

43:59 - AND THE IDEA OF WHERE WHERE WE

44:01 - WE WE WE WOULD ASK YOU, YOU

44:04 - HAVE TO SCRATCH YOUR HEAD.

44:05 - 3 MINUTES OFF OF ONE INCIDENT.

44:10 - WE DO NOT HAVE A CRISIS OF

44:12 - FRAUDULENT VOTER ACTIVITY IN

44:12 - PENNSYLVANIA GOT PERIODS.

44:15 - STOP.

44:18 - >>LET ME JUMP IN HERE JUST

44:18 - BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE

44:19 - MORE MINUTES. I WANT TO TOUCH

44:20 - UPON A FEW MORE TOPICS. LET'S

44:23 - TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

44:24 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HOW

44:25 - HAVE YOU SEEN ARTIFICIAL

44:26 - INTELLIGENCE INFLUENCE

44:28 - ELECTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA?

44:33 - >>I'M NOT SURE THAT I'VE I

44:34 - OTHER THAN I MEAN, THERE ARE

44:35 - ADS THAT ARE BEING GENERATED

44:37 - USING AI.

44:41 - SKEWS ME.

44:42 - I'D CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IN

44:43 - FINDING OUT IF IT IS BEING USED

44:45 - TO INFLUENCE AND ANYWAY, THAT'S

44:48 - NEFARIOUS. BUT I HAVEN'T

44:51 - RECEIVED ANYTHING ON

44:51 - THAT YET.

44:52 - >>SENATOR, WILL YOU SAY YEAH,

44:54 - WITNESS, I WOULD SAY THE SHARES

44:55 - THAT HE'S VERY ACTIVE. THOSE AS

44:58 - YOU CHEAT.

45:00 - AND BOTH PARTIES USING THERE

45:03 - EVERY RUPA SHOWS UP AT YOUR

45:04 - DOOR SAY I CAN MAKE YOU WIN

45:07 - AN ELECTION HAS THE CAPABILITY

45:09 - TO DO IT. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO

45:10 - TECHNOLOGY. AND SO IT'S A

45:12 - GROWING MARKET PLACE AND WE

45:15 - WILL BE CONFRONTED WITH, YOU

45:18 - KNOW, HOW REGULATED FOR IT

45:18 - DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE IT HAS

45:21 - THE ABILITY. WHAT'S WORSE IT

45:23 - ALL TO YOUR RECORD BECAUSE

45:26 - THAT'S THAT IS WHAT THAT IS.

45:27 - IT CERTAINLY HAS THE ABILITY TO

45:28 - GENERATE DIFFERENT NARRATIVE.

45:31 - THEN THEY MAY NOT BE REFLECTIVE

45:34 - OF THE CANDIDATES POSITION IS.

45:36 - DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN.

45:39 - AND BECAUSE IT'S SO CHEAP.

45:40 - AND SO WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR

45:42 - PHONE, WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR

45:46 - LAPTOP, THEY'RE SO ALMOST EVERY

45:47 - ELECTION, EVERY ELECTION IN

45:48 - BOSTON WHERE YOU ARE

45:50 - CONSTANTLY.

45:51 - >>ARE THERE CURRENTLY ANY STATE

45:52 - SPECIFIC REGULATIONS REGARDING

45:54 - THE USE OF AI ELECTIONS?

45:58 - >>NO, NOT THAT I'M

46:01 - AWARE OF. I MEAN, I WAS LIKE IF

46:02 - THEY FALL UNDER, OBVIOUSLY THE

46:03 - LAWS THAT WE CURRENTLY CREATE.

46:06 - SO YOU CAN'T LIVE OR

46:09 - IN THE LINE 2 DAYS IS OUR FOR

46:12 - ME. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT I

46:13 - SEE, THE ONE THING I DO IT,

46:15 - THEY SEE IT. THAT BEING SAID,

46:18 - IF THEY FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL

46:18 - LAWS THAT EXIST, SO WHATEVER

46:20 - THOSE LAWS ARE FOLLOWED, BUT

46:21 - THERE'S A LOT OF CREATIVE

46:23 - WITHIN THE GREATER.

46:26 - >>A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE

46:27 - PROGRAM, SENATOR DASCHLE

46:29 - REFERRED TO ACT 77 OF 2019.

46:29 - CAN GENERAL WHAT PROVISIONS

46:30 - ARE WORKING AND WHAT WOULD YOU

46:33 - LIKE TO SEE REVISED?

46:35 - >>I'LL JUST GO WITH WHAT I'D

46:37 - LIKE TO SEE REVISED. THIS WAS

46:37 - THE WORST VOTE IN MY CAREER.

46:42 - AND I APOLOGIZE TO THE COUNTY

46:43 - COMMISSIONERS OVER AND OVER

46:45 - AGAIN FOR.

46:47 - WHAT WE DID WITH THE MAIL IN

46:47 - BALLOTS. BY MY MIND,

46:51 - GENERATING. A COURT ENSURING

46:55 - THAT WE HAD SECURE MEANS OF

46:57 - CONTROLLING THE ELECTIONS.

47:00 - TO ME, IT WAS.

47:01 - HAD COUNTY OFFICIALS WHO ARE

47:05 - GETTING DEATH THREATS THAT HAD

47:07 - TO LOCK THE DOORS FOR THE FIRST

47:08 - TIME IN THEIR LIVES. THEIR KIDS

47:08 - WERE GOING THREATS ON CAMPUS.

47:16 - THE DROP BOXES OF THE BUT I

47:17 - SIGNED UP IN LEHIGH COUNTY.

47:19 - THERE ARE 21 OR 25 OFFICIALS UP

47:21 - THERE OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

47:22 - RUNNING IN SUMMIT DON'T KNOW

47:23 - WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE

47:24 - ACTUALLY THE PERSON THAT THE

47:28 - PEOPLE VOTED FOR. SO.

47:31 - FOR ME,

47:32 - THAT'S WHO THAT'S VERY

47:33 - CONCERNING. AND I LIKE I SAID,

47:34 - IF I CAN TAKE MY VOTE BACK OUT

47:37 - AND TAKE MY VOTE BACK. BUT

47:39 - THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.

47:40 - SENATOR LIVES.

47:43 - >>WELL, I THINK THAT

47:45 - WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE AN

47:45 - EXPANDED BUILDING PEOPLE TO

47:48 - VOTE.

47:50 - SECURELY OBVIOUSLY. BUT YOU

47:51 - NEED TO STAND IN OUR CONTRACT

47:52 - THAT LETS PEOPLE ARE VOTING.

47:54 - THOSE PEOPLE SIGNED A VOTE.

47:55 - IT FORCES, SIR, THIS IS

47:57 - RHETORIC.

47:59 - UNDERSCORES WHY PEOPLE ARE

48:02 - DISINCLINED TO PARTICIPATE

48:03 - BECAUSE THEY WOULD SAY IT'S

48:05 - A VIOLENCE.

48:06 - I DON'T THINK CHRISTIE IS

48:09 - APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE. WHO WILL

48:10 - SUGGEST IF THERE ARE THREATS TO

48:15 - LUNCH. I BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE

48:15 - WITH THEIR POLITICAL VOTE FOR

48:18 - YOU. YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND.

48:19 - THAT PERSON JUST FOR THE

48:19 - SIMPLE. NOW, THOSE ARE THE LAWS

48:21 - NEED TO CHANGE THREATENING

48:22 - SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A

48:23 - DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, A

48:26 - DIFFERENCE OF A VOTE, 3 OF THEM

48:27 - WITH THE FAMILY, THOSE THAT

48:28 - PEOPLE SHOULD GET LOCKED UP.

48:29 - THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE ARE

48:32 - UNDERMINING THIS COUNTRY.

48:34 - AND I'M TIRED OF THE TRYING TO

48:35 - WRAP THEMSELVES IN THE FLAG AND

48:36 - THE PATRIOTS TONIGHT. ANYTHING

48:38 - OTHER THAN COUCH. SO I REALLY

48:39 - NEED TO EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY

48:42 - FOR PEOPLE

48:42 - TO VOTE 1000. PEOPLE IN THIS

48:43 - COUNTRY WHO WORK HARD EVERY

48:45 - SINGLE DAY, PAY TAXES AND DON'T

48:46 - HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE. THAT'S

48:49 - UNFAIR. AND THOSE PEOPLE LIKE

48:51 - IT, THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.

48:53 - A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE A DECISION

48:54 - IN THE CORRECT DECISION SAID

48:57 - THAT THE U.S. AS YOU DID TO

49:00 - MAKE SURE WE TRY TO CREATE A

49:01 - CREATIVE, EXPAND THE OPTION FOR

49:05 - WHAT CAN BE DONE TO INSTILL A

49:06 - GREATER SENSE OF CONFIDENCE

49:09 - IN OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM.

49:10 - >>WELL, I THINK PEOPLE NEED

49:13 - TO SEE THAT THE THE GOVERNMENT

49:15 - IS TAKING ELECTION SECURITY

49:18 - SERIOUSLY.

49:21 - THE FOLLOW THROUGH AND THE

49:23 - PROSECUTION'S, FOR EXAMPLE,

49:24 - JUDICIAL WATCH AND FOUND A GUY

49:25 - THAT VOTED ARE REGISTERED AND

49:28 - VOTED 7 TIMES. ALLEGHENY

49:32 - COUNTY. IT WAS CAUGHT BY

49:34 - ALLEGHENY COUNTY ELECTION.

49:38 - OFFICIALS AND AND AROSE

49:38 - ALLEGHENY COUNTY ELECTION

49:39 - OFFICIALS SAID THEY CALLED THE

49:40 - DEPARTMENT STATEMENT SAID LET

49:42 - HIM GO.

49:44 - AND THAT WAS IN 2018. I BELIEVE

49:48 - SOME 2018 OR 2020, BUT IT WAS

49:48 - CAUGHT AHEAD OF TIME AND IT

49:51 - WASN'T WASN'T STOPPED.

49:55 - YOU KNOW, HAVING A LITTLE BIT

49:56 - OF TIME AS A CRIME PREVENTION

49:57 - AND SEE ON THE MILITARY.

50:00 - I

50:01 - KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE ACTIVELY

50:04 - GOING AFTER CASES, YOU'RE GOING

50:05 - TO HAVE THE REPORTS OF

50:08 - INCIDENTS GO UP.

50:10 - AND A LOT OF LOCAL ELECTED

50:11 - OFFICIALS DON'T WANT TO SEE

50:11 - THAT HAPPEN IN THEIR COUNTY.

50:12 - IT'S LIKE ALL RIGHT NOW WE'RE

50:13 - GOING TO BE SEEN AS A PROBLEM.

50:15 - WELL, THAT'S NOT THE ATTITUDE

50:16 - YOU SHOULD HAVE. YOU SHOULD

50:19 - HAVE THE ATTITUDE OF LET'S GO

50:21 - AFTER THESE PEOPLE AS PROSECUTE

50:23 - THEM AND MAKE IT PUBLIC AND

50:23 - SAY, LOOK, WE'RE COMING.

50:24 - WE'RE COMING AFTER YOU AND WE

50:27 - ARE GOING TO PROSECUTE IF YOU

50:27 - COMMIT ELECTION FRAUD OR NOT.

50:31 - ANY KIND OF MALFEASANCE,

50:34 - SERVICE REASONS.

50:37 - GO AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

50:39 - CONDUCTING IT AND OPENING UP

50:40 - THE SYSTEM, MAKING IT

50:42 - VULNERABLE.

50:43 - >>SENATOR WILLIAMS, YOU GET THE

50:44 - LAST WORD. WHAT COULD INSTILL

50:44 - CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTORAL

50:47 - SYSTEM?

50:47 - >>WHAT DO WE DO? OUR JOB?

50:50 - WE GET THERE.

50:51 - YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT

50:53 - TO THE STATE, I MEAN THIS THIS

50:54 - WHICH IS CRITICAL BECAUSE WHAT

50:57 - THE SUPREME COURT DATE. NOT

50:57 - BECAUSE OF ALL THINGS THAT ARE

50:59 - FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY. PEOPLE

51:02 - WORE A SUIT TO WORK FOR HOW LOW

51:04 - COST OF GAS, MAKE SURE THEY

51:05 - CAN AFFORD TO BUY DAY OR 2.

51:07 - MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILDREN

51:10 - HAVE A

51:11 - BETTER LIFE GOING FORWARD AS

51:12 - THEY DID. YOU KNOW THAT IN HERE

51:13 - THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE

51:15 - GRANDPARENTS. WE NEED TO STOP

51:18 - THE

51:19 - POLITICAL RHETORIC WITH HER,

51:19 - SOMEONE TO TESLA, WHICH I LOVE.

51:20 - THE CAMPUS OF THE CAUSE.

51:21 - THE PAIR DID THEIR JOB

51:23 - POLITICALLY. SO WHEN YOU GO

51:25 - BACK TO THE BASE WERE SENT

51:28 - THERE TO DO GOOD FOR PEOPLE

51:29 - NOT TO BE STRUCK ABOUT THE

51:29 - LOSSES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN

51:30 - TODAY. AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT.

51:33 - THOSE ARE ELECTED OFFICE WILL

51:36 - GET THAT MESSAGE. IT'S SO I

51:37 - THINK YOU'D SEE A TURNAROUND

51:37 - TERMS OF VOTER PARTICIPATION.

51:41 - >>OUR GUESTS HAVE BEEN STATES,

51:43 - SENATE, 7 SENATE STATE

51:44 - GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER

51:45 - SENATOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS AND

51:46 - MAJORITY CHAIR SENATOR CRIS

51:47 - DUSH. GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU BOTH

51:48 - FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR

51:51 - HAVING US. THANK YOU. BASS AND

51:52 - RECENTLY SPOKE WITH SENATOR

51:54 - JUDY WARD ABOUT HER LEGISLATION

51:55 - TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR

51:56 - UNINTENTIONAL DEATH ON THE

51:58 - ROADWAY.

52:03 - WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.

52:03 - >>YOU'VE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION

52:04 - TO CHANGE THE PENALTIES FOR

52:05 - CAUSING UNINTENTIONAL DEATH ON

52:07 - THE ROADWAY. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE

52:08 - TO SEE THESE PENALTIES CHANGE?

52:15 - >>SO WHAT THE LEGISLATION DOES

52:15 - NOT LIKE TO TELL THE WHEN I ON

52:18 - THE BACK END OF THIS. BUT WHAT

52:21 - THE LEGISLATION DOES IT SENATE

52:22 - BILL, 1286 WHAT IT DOES.

52:23 - IT INCREASES PENALTIES FOR

52:25 - CAUSING UNINTENTIONAL DEATH

52:28 - FROM A MERE $500 FINE TO A

52:31 - MISDEMEANOR AND IT'S PUNISHABLE

52:35 - BY AND A FINE OF UP TO $2500

52:36 - OR AND OR A LICENSE SUSPENSION

52:39 - OF UP TO 2 YEARS. AND THAT

52:40 - WOULD BE DECIDED BY A JUDGE.

52:44 - TO DO THAT ON THE LEGISLATION

52:48 - STEMS FROM TO CONSTITUENTS IN

52:51 - MY LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.

52:53 - I REPRESENT 5 COUNTIES AND I

52:55 - HAD TO CONSTITUENTS REACH OUT

52:59 - PRETTY CLOSE TOGETHER TO HOW

52:59 - MANY OF THIS VERY TRAGIC

53:01 - STORIES ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES.

53:01 - WE'VE BEEN KILLED. THE FIRST

53:05 - ONE. KYLE CUSTER LOW HAD BEEN

53:08 - RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE FROM THE

53:10 - WHERE HE WAS FROM BLAIR COUNTY,

53:11 - BUT HE WAS RIDING HIS

53:12 - MOTORCYCLE IN LANCASTER AND

53:15 - A DRIVER CROSS. THE CENTERLINE

53:19 - CRASHED INTO HIM, INJECTING HIM

53:20 - AND HE WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE

53:24 - AND THE DRIVER, THE FAMILY OF

53:28 - KYLE FELDT, SOME OF THE PEOPLE

53:29 - TO SEEING FELT THAT THEY HAD

53:31 - SMELLED MARIJUANA. THEY THOUGHT

53:34 - HE WAS MAYBE. UNDER THE

53:36 - INFLUENCE OF SOMETHING. BUT THE

53:39 - POLICE DID NOT HAVE ANY KIND

53:43 - PROBABLE CAUSE TO GO IN AND DO

53:46 - A SEARCH OF HIS CAR SEARCHES

53:48 - PERSON. AND SO CONSEQUENTLY,

53:51 - HE RECEIVED A $500 FINE.

53:55 - ANOTHER WAS ON GLEN COMPTON.

53:57 - HE AND HIS WIFE WERE IN THEIR

53:58 - CAR, A SLOWDOWN IN THE

54:01 - CONSTRUCTION ZONE. CRASHED INTO

54:04 - REAR ENDED THEY WERE SQUEEZED

54:07 - UNDER IT. A SEMI TRUCK AND MR.

54:12 - COMPTON. PASSED AWAY. HE DIED

54:13 - THE WAIT TIME. VERY SERIOUS

54:16 - INJURIES.

54:17 - AND AGAIN, THE GENTLEMAN AND

54:19 - THE OTHER CAR THAT HIT THEM.

54:21 - BUT OUT WITH HIS CELL PHONE

54:23 - IN HIS HAND, THEY FELT THAT HE

54:26 - HAD BEEN DISTRACTED. BUT

54:27 - THERE'S NO PROBABLE CAUSE TO

54:30 - SEARCH HIS PHONE. AND SO

54:35 - THEREFORE, THOSE IN THIS 2

54:35 - INSTANCES, THE PEOPLE THAT

54:36 - CRASHED INTO THEM OR CHARGED

54:39 - JUST A $500 FINE. AND THERE

54:42 - WAS A DEATH INVOLVED AND IT'S

54:42 - BEEN A BIT OF A LOOPHOLE WILL

54:47 - CALL IT SO WE, YOU KNOW, BASED

54:51 - ON ON THAT, THOSE REPORTS IN

54:52 - THOSE TRAGIC INCIDENTS WE

54:54 - DECIDED TO PUT FORTH

54:56 - LEGISLATION TO CHANGE THE

55:00 - PENALTIES AND IT'S, YOU KNOW,

55:01 - IT'S IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, VERY

55:02 - DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR ALL

55:05 - PARTIES INVOLVED. BUT YOU GET

55:08 - THE LEGISLATION IS

55:09 - SUPPORTED WHY THE DISTRICT

55:10 - ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION AND THAT

55:13 - THAT'S BEEN THE STATE POLICE.

55:14 - >>NOW YOU MENTIONED WHAT THE

55:15 - PENALTIES WOULD BE UNDER THIS

55:16 - BILL. HOW DID YOU GET TO THOSE

55:19 - SPECIFIC NUMBERS?

55:22 - >>IT WAS IT WAS JUST WITH

55:24 - WORKING WITH SOME OF THE

55:25 - STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. THAT WAS

55:25 - KIND OF WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.

55:28 - >>AND WHERE IS THIS LEGISLATION

55:29 - IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

55:31 - CURRENTLY?

55:34 - >>SO WE CAN.

55:36 - I CHEER THE TRANSPORTATION

55:36 - COMMITTEE. WE RAN IT IN THE

55:38 - TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE LAST

55:41 - WEEK AND IT WILL. HOPEFULLY BE

55:45 - BROUGHT UP SOME LOOK, I THINK

55:48 - IT'S PRETTY

55:48 - TIMELY AND SO I'D LIKE TO GET

55:49 - IT OUT. THE SENATE HERE IN THE

55:54 - NEXT, YOU KNOW. ONE TO 2

55:55 - MONTHS. SO HOPEFULLY SOMETIME

55:58 - VERY SOON AND IT WILL GO THEN

56:01 - AT WE VOTE ON IT. THE WHOLE

56:01 - FLOOR. IT'S 4 VOTE. THE SENATE.

56:02 - IT WILL GO INTO THE HOUSE TO

56:04 - THERE COMMITTEE. MAYBE VOTE AND

56:08 - THEN THE FULL HOUSE TO VOTE

56:09 - AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE

56:12 - GOVERNOR'S DESK WORK.

56:13 - >>SENATOR JUDY WARD, THANK YOU

56:15 - FOR JOINING US.

56:19 - >>THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

56:21 - >>THAT INCLUDES TODAY SHOW JOIN

56:23 - US FOR TOMORROW'S EPISODE OF

56:24 - THE PEACE AND CAPITAL PREVIEW

56:24 - WHERE WE'LL DISCUSS THE IMPACT

56:27 - OF THE STATE BUDGET AND

56:29 - BUSINESS. DAVID TAYLOR,

56:30 - PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE

56:32 - PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS

56:34 - ASSOCIATION AND FELICITY

56:35 - WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

56:36 - THE PENNSYLVANIA POLICY CENTER

56:37 - WILL BOTH BE HERE TOMORROW

56:38 - MORNING AT 09:00AM. AND FRANCE

56:39 - T-SHIRTS ARE. THANK YOU FOR

56:42 - WATCHING.


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