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Al Schmidt: “We have seen, not just in Pennsylvania, but across the…”

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

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Pennsylvania Secretary Al Schmidt talks primary, Trump election efforts

Published | Video Starts at 18:21

Well, when I first registered to vote in Pennsylvania, I was a registered independent before I registered Republican in, I think, 1994. So that is when you look at, when you look at, like, tracking voting patterns and voter registration patterns, We have seen, not just in Pennsylvania, but across the country, a significant interest in registering independent. And it is all the more remarkable in Pennsylvania with, as you described, a closed primary system that we have that going on. But it is not difficult to change party affiliation. (18:21–18:28)

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