We have voices joining us now from both the Republican and Democratic sides. Republican strategist Treasure McLaughlin and next year’s President of the United States Christine US Soon Ramirez are both joining us. Thank you for taking the time to talk about this Tricia let’s start with you and Twenty for President Trump and the Republicans. were urging voters to vote in person on Leon Day. Now it seems like there’s more of an emphasis on talking about the importance of early voting. How important that is this year for Republicans I think that’s the name of the game. It can be great nuts and bolts messaging of politics. But if you’re not able to get your voters to vote. Then the ballgame completely changes. Keep in mind Twenty Twenty about forty percent of Pennsylvania voters voted by mail. About thirty percent of voters in Wisconsin and Michigan voted by mail as well.
So of course this was during a pandemic. But Republicans have to play the same game as Democrats. Early voting legal battle Harvesting is doing everything possible to get our voters to the ballot box. Whether that’s in person, by mail or absentee like Christina Western for you or your organization is the largest youth voting organization in the United States. Young voters love to vote before election day. We try to get them to vote as early as possible. Young voters are that key constituency, if you ever get them organized they will give you their beatings. Because they love to be present on election day. In Virginia we’re off to a standing start, it’s quite incredible, early voting is already starting in some key states across the country.
So I’m all for making sure people are allowed to vote early, to make sure they’re able to miss the lines. Able to adjust their schedules, especially for people who are students. For working families, early voting is a great option that people should use. It’s underutilized. Patricia Republicans in Pennsylvania are suing election officials in such a critical state to prevent them from allowing voters to correct technical errors. The problem with your men and ballots is more than half of the states allow voters to correct errors. Everyone makes mistakes, I think it’s fair to say that if you think voters should be able to correct a mistake with their ballot. Of course, everyone makes mistakes, but it’s up to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to change the law.
The Secretary of State can’t go rogue and unilaterally change the law. Let’s look at the facts and twenty-twenty the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that these voters could not change it. Those who could not submit it could not follow it, so that means election officials have to take those voters to task. They administer the laws. Enforce them, they can’t unilaterally rewrite them. So understandable and right, so the RNC and Pennsylvania being a geopolitical party are suing to make sure.
They’re following the last, Pennsylvania has different rules for different people. Creating massive voter confusion and it’s even making ballots in foreign countries incorrect. Christina as discussed a little earlier. Broadcast The Georgia Elections Board today approved a new eleven set of rule changes. Which will require county election boards to count the ballots cast on Election Day. Then compare the results to electronic voting machines. The Republican state attorney general’s office wrote in an opinion.
This change was unlawful. Your thoughts – yes we’ve seen in Georgia that the election commission has been overrun by Trump supporters. Who is rigging the rules to make it incredibly difficult to vote? This has been a long-term plan after twenty twenty. When there was one lawsuit after another Trump and Republicans claimed to Ron the previous voter. They have now taken over these boards to try and change the rules in their favor.