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Joseph Morelle: “The majority proposes $15 million nationally for election…”

Featuring: Joseph Morelle, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 25th Congressional District

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No one who does the jobs you do deserves to have resources slashed by my friends here, the other side of the aisle, who think it's fine to severely underfund HAVA grants. In fact, this morning, in a budget bill that was released, The majority proposes $15 million nationally for election security grants. $15 million for the whole country, if I was good enough to do the math quickly, the 150 million or so Americans who cast ballots and divide it by $15 million, it's not even pennies per voter. (07:55–08:01)

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