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Stephen Richer: “We know that there have been periods of mass voter…”

Featuring: Stephen Richer, Republican | Maricopa County Recorder | Arizona

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"Despite the narrative, I actually think elections in the United States are getting better"

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And I sometimes get sort of a mixed reception on that. And I'm like, that's a great thing that there. And that is not true of American history. We know that there have been periods of mass voter disenfranchisement. We know there was periods of machine politics in which the vote was rigged. I actually think, despite the narrative going like this, elections in the United States are getting better and better and better and more verifiable and more verifiable. (00:00–00:44)

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Asserts that there have been historical periods of mass voter disenfranchisement in the U.S.

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