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>>> WE
>>> WE DO
>>> WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT
IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IS ABLE TO
VOTE.
VOTE.
VOTE. THE
VOTE. THE CORPORATIONS ARE NOT THE
BIGGEST VOICES, WE ARE.
>> BACKERS OF THE ACT CLAIM IT
WOULD REGISTER MORE VOTERS,
GIVE SMALL VOTERS MORE CLOUT,
AND PAY FOR IT WITH HIGHER
TAXES, ONE OF SEVERAL PROPOSED
BALLOT INITIATIVES THAT COULD
OVERHAUL ARIZONA ELECTIONS.
I'LL COME BACK TO A SPECIAL
LOOK AT ELECTION 2020, ONE YEAR
FROM TODAY.
FROM TODAY. WHAT PROBLEMS DOES THIS
INITIATIVE WANT TO SOLVE AND
WHO IS BEHIND IT?
OUR CAPITAL TIMES REPORTER
JOINS ME TO EXPLAIN IT ALL,
WELCOME.
WELCOME.
WELCOME. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> THERE'S A LOT GOING OUT HERE
IN THE INITIATIVE, IT'S AN
AMBITIOUS BUT A PUZZLE.
LET'S GO TO THE GRAPHIC WE
HAVE.
HAVE.
HAVE. LET'S GET FOLKS AN IDEA OF
WHAT'S IN IT.
THERE WE GO.
IT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO
REGISTER TO VOTE AT THE POLLS
ON ELECTION DAY, AUTOMATICALLY
REGISTER ELIGIBLE VOTERS WILL
MAKE IT A DRIVERS LICENSE,
RAISE CORPORATE INCOME TAXES TO
PAY FOR REGISTERED VOTERS.
THEY ARE GIFT CARDS THAT CAN BE
SPENT ON CAMPAIGN DONATIONS.
IT WOULD BOOST CLEAN ELECTIONS
FUNDING AND COULD BE POSTMARKED
ON ELECTION DAY AND STILL BE
COUNTED EVEN IF THEY ARRIVED
AFTER ELECTION DAY.
MORE TIME TO VOTE THERE.
KIND OF A SMORGASBORD OF
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. WHAT'S THE MAIN THING OF THE
INITIATIVE?
INITIATIVE? >> THE MAIN SELLING POINT IS
THAT IT'S A WAY TO MAKE
INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE'S VOTES AND
MONEY AND VOICES COUNT MORE
THAN LARGE CORPORATIONS.
>> IS IT ABOUT THE MONEY PIECE
OF THE CAMPAIGN?
THEY SEEM TO BE WANTING TO GET
MORE OF MONEY FOR ELECTIONS
CANADA AND GIVE INDIVIDUALS
MORE MONEY TO TRY TO CROWD OUT
THE BIG MONEY, IS AT THE HEART
OF IT?
OF IT?
OF IT? >>
OF IT? >> YES, THAT'S A CRUCIAL
COMPONENT.
COMPONENT. IT'S REALLY BROAD AND COVERS A
LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
MONEY AND STRENGTHENING THE
CLEAN ELECTIONS SYSTEM IS A
HUGE PART OF THIS.
>> WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE
PEOPLE BEHIND THIS?
>> IT IS SPONSORED BY THIS NEW
GROUP.
GROUP.
GROUP. IT
GROUP. IT HAS MOSTLY BEEN BORN OUT OF
THE AREAS OF THE ADVOCACY
NETWORK.
NETWORK.
NETWORK. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY
FOR THIS IS COMING FROM.
I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT
ALTHOUGH THIS CAMPAIGN AND THIS
INITIATIVE IS MEANT TO GET BIG
MONEY OUT OF POLITICS, THE
BACKERS HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO
REFUSING TO ACCEPT DARK MONEY.
WHAT ARE THE OPPONENTS OF THIS
KIND OF INITIATIVE THING,
PEOPLE LIKE MICHELLE, A
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER.
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER. >> SHE ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT LIKE
THAT, SHE READ OVER THE ENTIRE
INITIATIVE AND TOLD ME SHE
CONSIDERED IT A DISASTER, THAT
IT COMPLETELY WALKS BACK THINGS
THAT SHE AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO DO AROUND VOTER
REGISTRATION AND MAKING SURE WE
HAVE MORE SECURE ELECTIONS.
SHE DOESN'T LIKE THAT IS TRYING
TO WALK THIS BACK.
>> IS NOT THE ONLY INITIATIVE
OUT THERE.
OUT THERE. CAN YOU CHECK OFF JUST A FEW?
>> REAL-LIFE DIRTY MONEY IS
BACK TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE SOURCES OF LARGE CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE IDENTIFIED.
WE HAVE ANOTHER VOTER
REGISTRATION INITIATIVE, A
STANDALONE VOTER REGISTRATION,
THE BACKERS OF THIS BROADER ONE
SAY THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY
OVERLAP.
OVERLAP.
OVERLAP. WE HAVE ANOTHER INITIATIVE TO
UNDO SOME OF WHAT THE
LEGISLATURE HAS DONE IN THE
LAST COUPLE YEARS,