THANK YOU SO %
MUCH.
>>> FOUR IN %
TEXAS CAN %
REGISTER TO VOTE %
ONLINE FOR THE %
FIRST TIME WHEN %
THEY ARE %
UPDATING OR %
RENEWING THEIR %
DRIVERS LICENSE. %
ESTATE SINK %
RECORD VOTER %
REGISTRATION %
OVER ONE HALF %
MILLION NEW %
PEOPLE SIGNING
UP SINCE THE %
LAST %
PRESIDENTIAL %
ELECTION.
MORE THAN 60
MILLION PEOPLE
NOT REGISTERED %
TO PUT IN THE %
STATE. %
NBC NEWS
REPORTER
JOINING US NOW. %
PRISCILLA, ON %
THE AND VOTER
REGISTRATION IS %
A BIG CHANGE. %
IT IS NOT THE %
ONLY ONE THIS %
YEAR. %
WHAT ELSE IS %
DIFFERENT THIS
TIME AROUND?
>> ALISON, THAT %
ON THAT VOTER %
REGISTRATION IS %
ACTUALLY A VERY %
SIGNIFICANT %
CHANGE HERE. %
YOU KNOW, FOR %
CONTEXT, DURING %
COVID-19, WHEN %
THE IN THIS AND %
LOT OF THE’S %
OFFICES WERE %
CLOSED, MANY %
PEOPLE WERE %
REGISTERING AND %
RENEWING THEIR %
LICENSES ONLINE. %
BUT THE PROBLEM
WAS THEY CANNOT %
UPDATE THEIR %
VOTER
REGISTRATION %
ONLINE.
INSTEAD, THEY %
WOULD HAVE TO %
PRINT OUT A %
FORM, FILL IT %
OUT, AND THEN %
TURNED IT INTO %
THEIR COUNTY %
REGISTRAR AND, %
YOU KNOW, IF %
FOLKS DID NOT %
HAVE AT HOME, %
THAT MAN TRYING %
TO FIND A PLACE %
TO THE PRINTED %
OUT ALL TO GET %
THEIR VOTER %
REGISTRATION %
RENEWED. %
AND IT WAS JUST %
LAST MONTH THAT %
A JUDGE RULED %
THAT WAS NOT IN %
VIOLATION OF THE %
NATIONAL VOTER %
REGISTRATION ACT %
AND THAT TEXAS %
DID NOT
IMPLEMENT SOME
LAWS FOR FOLKS %
WHO ARE RENEWING %
THOSE LICENSES, %
UPDATING THOSE %
LICENSES, TO
REGISTER ONLINE.
WHERE WE SAW
THIS CHANGE
FROM. %
BUT IT IS ONLY
IMPACT THAT
SMALL SET OF %
SEGMENT OF THE %
POPULATION WHO %
IS DOING THAT %
LICENSE RENEWAL. %
OF THE FOLKS %
HAVE SAID, %
COMING OUT TO %
ROGER
REGISTRATION %
OFFENSE. %
THE ONES THAT I %
COVERED TO GET %
TIME TO GET THAT %
TAKEN CARE OF.
THOSE ARE SOME %
THE TEENS ON THE %
FOOTER %
REGISTRATION
SIDE BUT THERE %
ARE ALSO GOING %
TO BE TEDIOUS
WHEN FOLKS DIP %
INTO THE BOOTH TO
CAST THEIR %
BALLOT BUT YOU %
SPOKE WITH THE %
COUNTY COURT A %
LITTLE BIT ABOUT %
THAT EARLIER %
TODAY. %
YOU LISTEN TO %
ONE OF THE %
CHANGES THAT HE %
DESCRIBED. %
>> NOT ONLY ARE %
WE GOING TO HAVE %
UNPRECEDENTED % TURNOUT. %
TURNOUT. %
IT IS THE FIRST
ELECTION. %
WORK WITH YOU %
CAN’T VOTE %
STRAIGHT TICKET %
HERE IN TEXAS. %
IT IS GOING TO %
TAKE LONGER TIME %
TO DEVOTE. %
WE ARE VOTING %
DURING A TIME OF %
COVID-19. %
IT IS ESSENTIAL %
THAT WE KEEP %
VOTERS SAFE AS %
THEY VOTE AT THE %
POLLS. %
>> AND SO THAT %
IDEA THAT VOTERS %
MAY NEED MORE %
TIME AND THAT %
PLEWS IS %
DEFINITELY %
SOMETHING THAT %
THE CLERK THERE %
IS SPEAKING %
ABOUT IN %
PLANNING OUT HOW %
TO THIS ELECTION %
ONE. %
HE TOLD ME THAT %
THEY HAVE ADDED %
ADDITIONAL %
VOTING MACHINES. %
AND THE ARE %
DOING A LOT OF %
THE POLLING IN %
LARGER LOCATIONS %
LIKE THAT TELL %
YOU TO TO LOCAL %
WE ARE TO DEPICT %
IN ORDER TO HELP %
PEOPLE GET IN %
AND GET OUT %
WITHOUT HAVING %
TO WAIT IN THOSE %
EXTREMELY LONG %
LINES. %
SOME OF WHICH WE %
SAW DURING THE %
PRIMARY ON SUPER %
TUESDAY. %
EARLIER THIS %
YEAR ALISON TOOK %
>> PRISCILLA, %
TEXAS HAS NEVER %
SEEN %
REGISTRATION %
NUMBERS LIKE %
THIS BEFORE. %
WHAT DO YOU KNOW %
ABOUT WHAT IS %
BEHIND THE %
SURGE? %
WHAT IS GETTING %
PEOPLE %
REGISTERED %
THERE? %
>> WELL, I
TALKED TO MANY %
VOTERS TODAY WHO %
ARE GETTING FED
UP AND MESSAGE %
THAT I HEARD %
FROM ALL OF THEM %
IS A NEED FOR %
THEIR VOICES TO %
BE HEARD. %
AND THIS %
ELECTION.
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE %
THERE IS SO MUCH %
GOING ON AT THIS %
YEAR IN %
PARTICULAR, AND %
THEN THEY WANT %
TO BE A PART OF %
THE CONVERSATION %
IF YOU LIKE TO %
HAVE A SAY IN %
THAT DIRECT %
SINCE THAT THE %
COUNTRY IS %
HEADING. %
AND ONE OF THE %
INTERESTING %
THINGS THAT I %
WANT TO POINT AT %
ABOUT THIS %
RECORD NUMBER OF %
VOTERS WHO ARE %
REGISTERED IN %
TEXAS IS THAT %
THIS DOES NOT
NECESSARILY %
BENEFIT %
DEMOCRATS, %
REPUBLICANS,
INDEPENDENTS, BUT
THE HOUSTON %
CHRONICLE DID AN %
ANALYSIS AND %
FOUND THAT WHILE %
ABOUT ONE THIRD %
OF THE NEW %
REGISTRANTS ARE %
POPPING UP IN %
COUNTIES THAT %
ARE DEMOCRATIC %
STRONGHOLDS, SO %
PLACES WITH %
LARGE CITIES %
LIKE AUSTIN, %
HOUSTON, AND SAN %
ANTONIO, THEY %
ARE ALSO THING A %
SURGE IN THE
SUBURBAN AREAS
ET AL. %
TRUMP LOST IN
2016.
SO THAT WILL
IMPACT OF ALL OF %
THESE NEW VOTERS %
IS NOT GOING TO %
BE KNOWN UNTIL
ELECTION DAY. %
AND THE OTHER %
THING IS THAT
YOU, YOU KNOW, %
THESE FOLKS HAVE %
TO COME OUT AND %
VOTE. %
THEY HAVE
REGISTERED BUT %
NOW THESE
ORGANIZATIONS %
ARE’S MAKING %
SURE THESE FOLKS %
ARE GOING TO %
TURN OUT TO THE %
BALLOT BOX %
DURING EARLY %
VOTING AND ON %