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Pete Buttigieg: “What if everybody's vote just counted the same for…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 11:29

That's radical stuff you're talking about, about right here. The radical. And let's talk one more thing, one more radical proposition on the executive branch. What if everybody's vote counted the same? What if everybody's vote just counted the same for President? Just to get here. I started my day in northern Michigan, drove through Indiana and came here to the south side of Chicago. So three states. (11:29–11:33)

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Proposes that all votes should have equal weight in presidential elections.

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