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Keith McCall: “We should be making voting easier, not harder, but with…”

Featuring: Keith McCall, Democratic | Former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Strengthening Trust in Our Elections_ A Conversation with the Democracy Defense Project

Published October 23, 2024 | Video Starts at 23:12

It's a plus for everybody. Because we don't want to go through this. I mean we fight about too much. We shouldn't have to fight about something as basic. We should be making voting easier, not harder, but with safeguards. I mean nobody's saying that you just walk in. And a lot of states do have same day registration. I'm not advocating that. But we should make it easier for people to vote. (23:12–23:17)

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Asserts that voting should be made easier with appropriate safeguards.

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