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Al Schmidt: “It's really our job at the Pennsylvania Department of State…”

Featuring: Al Schmidt, Republican | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Published | Video Starts at 20:40

Daily lives continue to show much lower turnout. So what does that contrast tell you about the relationship between access and motivation? And I think It's really our job at the Pennsylvania Department of State to maximize access, to maximize opportunities for people to vote. so that they can vote in whether it's a federal election or gubernatorial election or a municipal election. (20:40–20:49)

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Asserts that the Pennsylvania Department of State is responsible for maximizing voting access and opportunities.

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