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The Al Franken Podcast

Chief Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks Elections During A Pandemic

The Al Franken Podcast

The Al Franken Podcast

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4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Democrats want every eligible American to vote. Republicans don’t. Nationally renowned election lawyer Marc Elias discusses the battles ahead from now until November.

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Hey everybody, we have a great one today and I mean it.

0:39.0

Sometimes I say we have a great one for a change.

0:44.2

That's a joke, okay?

0:47.4

But this one is really, really great.

0:49.8

This is Mark Elias who is the election lawyer for the Democratic Party and we are going

0:59.1

to have a weird election probably because Trump's president is one and also because we're

1:07.8

at this moment and we don't know what November is going to look like.

1:11.2

So I talked to Mark Elias mainly about that and about trying to make sure that we have

1:19.0

an election and we will.

1:20.6

We have to.

1:22.2

Mark Elias is the lawyer really for the Democratic Party.

1:26.8

He represents me.

1:29.1

He represents pretty much, I think, every member of the U.S. Senate.

1:35.5

He was the guy who ran my recount which was a nine month, most of that just the legal

1:41.8

battle.

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