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Al Schmidt: “The number of people voting has continued to increase since…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 23:20

… as you know, it's number the people who are registered to vote versus the people who actually show up. So I want to measure turnout by numbers, not percentages. Like The number of people voting has continued to increase since AVR, even though the percentage actually went up in 2024. And the percentage even of eligible voters, like not even registered voters, but like the total universe of people who voted went up as well. (23:20–23:30)

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Asserts that the number of voters has increased since automatic voter registration, with a percentage increase in 2024.

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