California’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber Talks About her New Role

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🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Shirley Weber made history when she was sworn in as California's first Black Secretary of State last week. One of her priorities is to bolster voter registration by making vote-by-mail permanent. She previously spent eight years in the California Assembly representing a district that includes part of San Diego and surrounding communities. While in Sacramento, she pushed progressive policy including an effort to reverse California’s ban on affirmative action and restrict the use of lethal force by police. Weber joins us to speak about her new role as Secretary of State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.7	Coming up on forum, we'll talk with California Secretary of State Shirley Weber
0:50.3	about her plans to manage the state's elections and maintain the high voter turnout of 2020.
0:56.3	I tell people how ironic it is that a girl whose father could not vote, whose grandparents
1:02.3	never had a chance to vote, is now responsible for 40 million Californians in their right to vote.
1:09.3	Then as House Democrats take a floor vote against extremist Georgia congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Green,
1:15.0	will look at what's behind California's Kevin McCarthy's refusal to sanction her
1:19.1	and what it means for the identity of the Republican Party.
1:22.5	Join us. Support for Kikiwi-D Podcasts comes from Landmark College holding their annual
1:37.1	Summer Institute for Educators from June 24 through 26th.
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1:46.9	This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Shirley Weber made history last week when she was sworn in as California's
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