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Richard Perkins: “The distrust in our elections has been growing for a few…”

Featuring: Richard Perkins, Democratic | Former Speaker of the Nevada Assembly

Democracy Defense Project uniting and educating voters _ Nevada Week

Published October 17, 2024 | Video Starts at 13:05

What was the moment when each of you realized we got to do something about this Lack of confidence. Yeah. I'm not sure I can pinpoint a moment, but it's. The distrust in our elections has been growing for a few years. and it becomes scary, both of us having been in elected office. You know, having trust in your elections is really basic to our democracy. (13:05–13:10)

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Asserts that public distrust in elections has been increasing over the past few years.

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“Nevada is really doing it right.”
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“We would encourage both major parties to go take these tours.”
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