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Jake Auchincloss: “Secretary of State Bill Galvin, when Homeland Security asked…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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One SouthCoast Chamber Breakfast with Congressman Jake Auchincloss

Published | Video Starts at 47:49

It would send the voter rolls through this algorithm, they would knock people off, and the state would be required to disenroll them. That is just patently a horrible idea. We are not going to do that. And to his credit, Secretary of State Bill Galvin, when Homeland Security asked him to do it, said no. And Massachusetts is firm in saying no. And Democrats in Congress are firm in saying no. We're not going to do this. We're not going to play along with this game at the state by state level. (47:49–47:55)

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Asserts that Secretary of State Bill Galvin refused a DHS request regarding voter rolls.

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