Tennessee secretary of state says Democrat bill would 'eviscerate' election security
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John Solomon
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🗓️ 19 April 2021
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HR-1 would “eviscerate” election security in Tennessee, says TN Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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| 0:00.0 | Hello America, and welcome to a new edition of John Solomon Reports, the podcast from |
| 0:10.1 | Just the News. |
| 0:11.7 | Where today we're going to delve back into elections. |
| 0:14.5 | HR1, that bill has already passed the House. |
| 0:18.0 | The Democrats are working hard behind the scenes to find a vote or two that they need to |
| 0:22.3 | pass it in the Senate. |
| 0:25.0 | And a lot of people aren't considering downstream what impact this law would have. |
| 0:30.8 | Is it even possible to do some of the things in the states that the law is going to mandate? |
| 0:37.0 | And so today I'm lucky to have a really fantastic guest. |
| 0:40.4 | He's been the Secretary of State of the Great State of Tennessee. |
| 0:43.9 | One of my favorite places to visit. |
| 0:46.4 | Since 2009, he's overseeing every election in that state. |
| 0:49.9 | He's grown voter turnout in that state. |
| 0:52.4 | He's been able to keep a voter ID going in that state. |
| 0:57.4 | And what he really shows is that it's having a safer election doesn't mean it can't be |
| 1:01.8 | easier. |
| 1:02.8 | They have an online registration system that's gotten a lot of praise around the country. |
| 1:07.8 | They didn't take any Zuckerberg bucks. |
| 1:09.3 | I think only one of the counties in Tennessee took Zuckerberg bucks. |
| 1:13.0 | They didn't need the private money. |
| 1:14.9 | Not because it might have not even gone for good things, but because they didn't want people |
| 1:19.1 | to lose trust because one person had influence over the election. |
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