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Pete Buttigieg: “One person, one vote, that everybody's vote ought to count…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 31:17

So what might some of those amendments be? First of all, a super simple one that I just think is important in principle. One person, one vote, that everybody's vote ought to count the same. Wait a minute though. I'm richer than Aiden. Why would I have the same amount of votes as him? That's the whole point. That doesn't mean. (31:17–31:21)

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Asserts the principle that every vote should have equal weight.

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