>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. A GROWING NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING ON
KENTUCKY GOVERNOR MATT BEVIN TO
CONCEDE OR PROVIDE PROOF OF
ELECTION FRAUD.
ELECTION FRAUD. ON TUESDAY, THE STATE’S ATTORNEY
GENERAL, THE DEMOCRAT, DEFEATED
HIM MORE THAN 5,000 VOTES BUT
BEVIN IS CLAIMING VOTING
IRREGULARITIES.
IRREGULARITIES. MEANWHILE KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF
STATE HAS BEEN FACING BACKLASH
FOR ANNOUNCING THE ELECTION
RESULTS LIVE ON CNN, WHILE THE
VOTES WERE STILL BEING TALLIED.
>> LET’S BRING IN JESSICA, A
LEAD REPORTER FOR PRO-PUBLICA’S
ELECTION COVERAGE.
ELECTION COVERAGE. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF VOTING IRREGULARITIES IN
KENTUCKY.
KENTUCKY. WE HAVE SAID THIS IN OTHER RACES
TO SAY THE LEAST AND WE COULD
TICK THROUGH THEM.
TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
KENTUCKY.
KENTUCKY. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY
IRREGULARITIES HERE FROM WHAT
YOU’VE BEEN REPORTING AND SEEING
SO FAR?
SO FAR? >> NOT THAT I’VE SEEN.
I THINK THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY
END UP FINDING A FEW VOTES HERE
AND THAT WE CAN PRETTY MUCH
BREAK DOWN AND CALL CLERICAL
ERRORS BY CLERKS, THESE NUMBERS
ARE ENTERED BY HAND, THIS IS A
VERY NORMAL THING THAT HAPPENS
EVERY ELECTION CYCLE.
THEY WILL RECANVAS NEXT WEEK.
AND I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF
THE VOTE SHIFTED BY MORE THAN A
COUPLE OF DOZEN ON EITHER SIDE.
THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE
IRREGULARITIES MAKE UP 5,000
VOTES IS REALLY, REALLY LOW.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT ALLISON, AND
HOW SHE HAS BEEN HANDLING THE
SITUATION, RUNNING AGAINST MITCH
McCONNELL BUT KIND OF THRUST
HERSELF CENTER IN THE MIDDLE OF
ALL OF THIS.
>> YES, SHE DID.
IT WAS AN ODD MOVE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A STATE
ELECTIONS OFFICIAL DO SOMETHING
QUITE LIKE WHAT SHE DID ON CNN.
ON ELECTION DAY.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY, THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTING
THE VOTES DON’T GET AHEAD OF THE
VERT
VERT CERTIFIED ELECTION RESULTS AND
PREDICT THE OUTCOME.
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO OBVIOUS
IM
IM IMPROPRIETY IN THE VOTING, IT
GIVES MATT BEVIN A LOT MORE TO
WORK WITH WHEN I DON’T KNOW IF
HE WOULD HAVE HAD MUCH AT ALL
BEFORE.
BEFORE. SO SHE HAS REALLY FANNED THE
FLAMES IN A WAY THAT I’M UNCLEAR
IF THIS WAS HER INTENTION.
>> I WONDER IF THIS IS A
KNOCK-OFF OF THE TELEVISION,
EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE A MOMENT
IN THE LIMELIGHT.
>> IT COULD BE.
SHE’S DONE THINGS LIKE THIS
BEFORE.
BEFORE. SHE’S KIND OF GOTTEN AHEAD OF
STORIES, AND MADE HER JOB AS THE
SECRETARY OF STATE, WHICH IS THE
PERSON WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE
ELECTIONS, AND IN CHARGE OF
OVERSEEING THE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE ELECTIONS, IN KENTUCKY, A
LITTLE BIT MORE PARTISAN THAN
OTHER ELECTIONS OFFICIALS ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH HER MAKING THAT
ROLE.
ROLE. SO THIS IS, IF YOU ASK THE
PEOPLE IN KENTUCKY, PART AND
PARCEL OF WHAT SHE HAS BEEN
DOING THE LAST FEW YEARS.
>> DOING A JUMP, AND GIVING
BEVINS AMMUNITION THERE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> YOU HAVE REPORTS ON THE
LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF VOTING
MACHINES AND WHY IT REMAINS SO
DOMINANT, DESPITE BEING BLAMED
FOR MANY MISTAKES ACROSS THE
NATION, IN SEVERAL ELECTIONS.
TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE
SEEING HERE.
SEEING HERE. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THE POINT
OF THE STORY IS THAT THE
ELECTION SYSTEM’S MARKET IS SO
BROKEN, AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE
DON’T REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT
WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT THE
QUALITY OF OUR VOTING MACHINES.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT CYBER SECURITY AND
CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY AND
THE AGEING OF THESE MACHINES,
AND THEY SHOULD BE.
BUT THE REN THAT IS ABLE TO
CONTINUE IS BECAUSE THE MARKET
IS SO FOCUSED ON KEEPING THE SET
REGULATIONS THAT WERE IN PASSED
IN 2002 IN PLACE THAT HAS LED TO
A LACK OF COMPETITION AND LED TO
VERY AGGRESSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF
MACHINES, ELECTION SYSTEMS, AND
SECURITY, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT
OF MY PIECE, FOR EXAMPLE,
ROUTINELY SUES MUNICIPALITIES
FOR NOT CHOOSING THEIR MACHINES,
AND SO THE MUNICIPALITIES END UP
SPEBING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON
THE AGGRESSIVE TACTICS OF THESE
COMPANIES RATHER THAN SECURING
ELECTIONS OR HIRING STAFF THAT
WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THE STEPS
THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE IN
ORDER TO HAVE A SECURE 2020.
>> SIDE BAR QUESTION VERY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. IS THERE A FEDERAL STANDARD FOR
THESE MACHINES THAT THEY ALL
HAVE TO MEET?
OR IS IT BASED ON STATE BY
STATE, MUNICIPALITY LEVEL?
>> IS A SET OF VOLUNTARY
GUIDELINES THAT THE FEDERAL