I have been advocating for that kind of change since I've been in office, and we need to make that change now. Voters elect DAs and counties across the state. That's the system that we have had. We don't want a system where our governor is firing DAs around the state where he disagrees with them. That would take power away from the voters. (17:17–17:22)
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States that district attorneys are elected by voters in counties across the state.
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