1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: It's nice eyes with Dan Ray. I'm going easy Bunting's 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: News Radio. 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone, it is now, Thank you very much. 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 2: Was that was that Dan Watkins? Okay, I was on 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 2: the phone with some people. So, uh, it's been kind 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 2: of a crazy night here on nights, but that's sometimes 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: the way it works, and some nights it goes very 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: smoothly and sometimes it's a little bump in the road. 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 2: But we're we're out of the turbulence. Now let's put it. 10 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: I'll carry the make it a plane metaphor. My name 11 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 2: is Dan Ray. Rob Brooks, who has been working very 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: hard back in the control room tonight and doing a 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: stellar job keeping keeping everything under control. Uh, Rob, great 14 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: job tonight. I mean when the going gets rough, that's 15 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 2: when that's the most important time you got to keep 16 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 2: When someone says when people are losing everyone all around 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 2: you is losing their heads or losing their minds, you 18 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 2: have to maintain control. And Rob did that tonight. Nice job, Rob. 19 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,959 Speaker 2: So we are now in the nine o'clock hour, and 20 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 2: we are through at the eight o'clock hour, and we're 21 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 2: going to talk about the debate on voter ID, the 22 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 2: Save America Act, apparently will be voted upon in the 23 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: US Senate in some way next week. I say in 24 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 2: some way because the Republicans hold a very slim majority 25 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: in the Senate fifty three to forty seven. And in 26 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 2: order to pass this piece of legislation, which would mandate 27 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 2: in federal elections that you would have to be able 28 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 2: to show some form of picture ID in order to vote, 29 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: meaning you would register to vote. When you register to vote, 30 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 2: you have to show proof of citizenship. Probably most of 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: you registered to vote when you were twenty one or 32 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: whatever the voting age was at the time that you 33 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: came of age, and you had to go and prove 34 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: at your town hall or your city hall, and you 35 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: became enrolled as a voter. And then as you moved 36 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 2: between communities, for the most part, if you had been 37 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 2: a voter in town X, and you applied to become 38 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 2: a voter in town Y, and they could see that 39 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 2: you had a record of voting in town X or 40 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: had been registered in town X, you were able to 41 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 2: register and continue to vote. The only thing that is 42 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 2: different is that in some states in America, if you 43 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: want to go to the polls and vote, you have 44 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 2: to bring with you with you a piece of identification, 45 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,119 Speaker 2: a picture, identification, an official not something you can get 46 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 2: like at the carnival when it comes through town. No again, 47 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 2: a driver's license would be a very common piece of identification. 48 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 2: A passport. A lot of people had passports, but most 49 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: of us don't want to carry passports around. What do 50 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: you always carry around? A driver's license? All right? And 51 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 2: there could be other identifications that would basically say to 52 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 2: the place that you were going to vote, that you 53 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 2: are the person who's registered. So if it says your 54 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: name is John Q. Public, you show them your picture 55 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 2: and your state issued driver's license that says you are 56 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 2: the aforementioned John Q. Public. It's pretty simple, folks. It's 57 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: pretty simple. Now. In order for the Republicans to pass 58 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: this legislation, they need sixty votes. And the reason they'd 59 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: need sixty votes is the filibuster is in place. That 60 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: is a long standing US Senate tradition where in order 61 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: to break a filibuster, you have to get sixty votes 62 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:02,119 Speaker 2: to break a filibuster. Now, in days gone by, when 63 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 2: there were one or two senators who had objections for 64 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 2: whatever reason to some piece of legislation and they wanted 65 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: to kill the piece of legislation, they would start to filibuster, 66 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 2: which means speak and not stop and speak for hours 67 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: if necessary. And sometimes they would read names out of 68 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 2: phone books, which is kind of crazy, but that's the 69 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,239 Speaker 2: way the US Senate has operated at different points in time. 70 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: The way the Republicans who only have fifty three or 71 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 2: fifty four votes potentially, assuming they get all Republicans, and 72 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 2: I think there's one or two Republicans who have at 73 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 2: the last moment said yeah, they'll vote for it, but 74 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: there's always a couple of Republican holdouts. John Fetterman from Pennsylvania, 75 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 2: a Democrat, has set he'll vote for it. They they 76 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 2: have enough votes to pass the act and get it 77 00:04:56,040 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 2: sent to President Trump's desk for signature. In in order 78 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: to they have to vote then by a majority to 79 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 2: work around the filibuster. And there is where the goalie's 80 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 2: going to get really tough. Whether or not the Republicans 81 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 2: can muster the fifty one votes to break the filibuster. 82 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 2: That is going to be the question. Now. The Republicans 83 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 2: say this is a very important piece of legislation because 84 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 2: they suggest that there's a lot of people registered in 85 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 2: this country to vote who are not US citizens, who 86 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,559 Speaker 2: are not entitled to vote. Again, you could live here, 87 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 2: you can pay taxes, you could have a job, you 88 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 2: could own property that that doesn't give you the right 89 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 2: to vote. What gives you the right to vote as 90 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 2: your citizenship. So I would like to give each and 91 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 2: every one of you an opportunity to shime in and 92 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 2: tell me if you think it is a good idea 93 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 2: in its simplest form, when we can break down this 94 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 2: legislation and all the moving parts, but the critical piece 95 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 2: of the legislation, the way it would impact you or 96 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 2: me and also would impact polling places, is people can 97 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 2: present themselves to the pole warden or whatever the title 98 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 2: would be of the people who are sitting there and 99 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 2: asking your name and your address, and you would have 100 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 2: to prove to them that you are indeed who you 101 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 2: say you are. So when you walk in and you 102 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: say you are John Smith and you live at thirty 103 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 2: one Main Street in the community, and I'm picking that 104 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 2: name out of the air, you have to have a 105 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 2: piece of photo identification that shows you were John Smith. 106 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 2: Now here in Massachusetts. That's not necessary. You just show 107 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: up and you say I'm John Smith. I live at 108 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 2: thirty one Main Street, and they live in this community, 109 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 2: and this is my voting precinct, and they say, okay, 110 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: we'll check you off. Here's your ballot. When I show up, 111 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 2: I'm a bit of a curmudgeon and I want to 112 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 2: make sure that they know who I am. Now you'll say, well, Dan, 113 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: you're on TV for thirty one years. You've been in 114 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 2: radio now for nineteen years. Of course they know who 115 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 2: you are. I don't know that you know I'm am. 116 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 2: I going to be arrogant and assume that. 117 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 3: No. 118 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 2: So I have in my hand my driver's license, which 119 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 2: has my address, my name, and my picture, and that 120 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 2: coincides with my voter registration. So I have everything that 121 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 2: they need and I put it down and they'll say, 122 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 2: you know, what's your name? And I'll tell them my name, 123 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 2: which is fine. Where do you live? I point at 124 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 2: the driver's license and a lot of the people in 125 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 2: my community, why you don't need to shall us that? 126 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 2: I said, No, I know I don't need to, but 127 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 2: I wanted to prove to you that I do live 128 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 2: at the address that I'm voting from. As simple as that. 129 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 2: I'm trying to comply and do what I think is right, Well, 130 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 2: you don't have to do that. Just tell me what's straight. 131 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 2: You'll you know what your address is? Said, were you're 132 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 2: looking at my address and to confirm that there's my 133 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 2: driver's license. So we have had those conversations, Okay, I 134 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 2: think that we should have although, and of course the 135 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 2: argument is going to be, well, each state should be 136 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 2: able to do what it wants. Yeah, they can do 137 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: what it wants in terms of when the polls are open, 138 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 2: how late they stay open. They can have rules that 139 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 2: say the plack card and sign carriers have to stand 140 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 2: at least one hundred feet away from the entrance to 141 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 2: the polling place. That's the sort of thing that they 142 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 2: can do. But I do believe that we need a 143 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 2: National Vote Voter Identification Act because frankly, we've become too 144 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 2: big a country, and we have become a country where 145 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 2: too many people move between town to town many many times. 146 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 2: So if I were a republic if I were a senator, 147 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: whether I was a Republican or Democratic, if I was 148 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 2: a Democratic senator, I would be voting for this. So 149 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 2: I'm going to ask all of you, if you were 150 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 2: a United States senator, will you vote for it or 151 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 2: against it? Would you vote for it or against it? Not? 152 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 2: Will you because you I don't think we have too 153 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 2: many senators listening to this program. If you happen to 154 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 2: be a US Senator and you want to tell me 155 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 2: how you're going to call up, you're more than welcome 156 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 2: six one, seven, two, five, four ten thirty six one seven, nine, three, 157 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 2: one ten thirty. I will also remind you that the 158 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 2: voter ID is overwhelmingly popular and that I will be 159 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 2: able to prove to youse statistically statistically upon our return 160 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 2: back on Nightside right after. 161 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: This, it's Night Side with Ray Boston's News radio. 162 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 2: Or we're going to get the phone calls going quick. 163 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 2: I also do have a statistics from a pole It 164 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 2: was a pure research poll that was on CNN. We're 165 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 2: going to play that after a couple of the callers here. 166 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 2: But the idea of voter ID is overwhelmingly popular with 167 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 2: the American public by eighty three percent, and every group, 168 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 2: every category. Men, when you have eighty three percent, doesn't 169 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:32,439 Speaker 2: matter men, women, people who are minorities, Hispanics, blacks, whites, 170 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 2: it's across the board, young old. If you're going to 171 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 2: have elections, they got to be they have to be 172 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 2: as honest as they can. Let's go to Larry in Dennisport. Larry, 173 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 2: your thoughts and the idea about voter ID. Would you 174 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 2: be willing to show up and identify yourself and show 175 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 2: a piece of you know, identification, a driver's license or 176 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 2: something like that. 177 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 4: I actually do exactly what you do when I go 178 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 4: to the polls. I take my life onse house and 179 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 4: I show it to them. 180 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 2: Great minds think alike, Larry. 181 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 4: Absolutely, this to me is long overdue. Can I ask 182 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 4: you just one quick question before I give you my opinion? 183 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 4: Next month March is long COVID International Awareness Months. And 184 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 4: Julie Sullivan, who you interviewed back. 185 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 2: Yes, I remember Julie Sullivan. 186 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 4: Yes, yes, she would love to get on your show. 187 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 4: We're planning a big event because this is so far 188 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 4: under the radar with long COVID, and as you well know, 189 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 4: I'm involved with the Brigham and Women. 190 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 2: Okay, you real simple? Okay, you have my phone numbers, 191 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 2: give give them to Julie and have Julie call me 192 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: and we will do something. I'd be happy to do that. 193 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 4: Okay, just give me the which is the last I have? 194 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 2: You know what? Let me do this I'm good. When 195 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 2: when you finish up, Rob will give you both both 196 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 2: of my office numbers. Okay, right, so tell me what 197 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 2: you think about the Save Act. If it was Senator 198 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 2: Larry from from the Cape. 199 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 4: Think about this. You can't go into a liquor store 200 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 4: without showing your license. You can't go into a marijuana 201 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 4: dispenser without showing your license. You can't drive a car 202 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 4: without showing your license. For me to sign up my 203 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 4: son back when he was only a kid the Little League, 204 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 4: I had to have a birth certificate. To sign my 205 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 4: daughter up for for Girl Scouts, you had to have 206 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 4: proof of citizenship with who you were. It is long 207 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 4: overdue and if it doesn't pass, I'll be very disappointed. 208 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 4: I'll let the next person go on. 209 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 2: I'll do you say, Larry, hang and Rob will take 210 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 2: care if you uh and if you call me and 211 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 2: I and I don't get back to you, I will. 212 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 2: I will get back to easily. But uh, Rob, Larry 213 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 2: is a friend of mine. Give him. Give him both numbers. Okay, 214 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 2: we are going to go to Bernie in New Hampshire. Bernie, 215 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 2: you were next on nightside. If it was Senator Bernie 216 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 2: from New Hampshire, you have two senators up there now. 217 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 2: I don't think either one of them will vote for this, 218 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 2: But how would Senator Bernie from New Hampshire vote for it? 219 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 5: I'm with you, Dan. When I walk in, when I 220 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 5: walk into the boat vote the bowles, I take off 221 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 5: my license and I show. 222 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 4: It to them. 223 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 5: And I twins just turned eighteen. 224 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 2: They before the. 225 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 5: Presidential election, and my mom brought me up, my mom 226 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 5: and my dad that it was a privilege and a 227 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 5: duty to vote. And I was proud to and I'm 228 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 5: proud to do it because I could be that voice 229 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 5: of change. Then if I'm not part of the solutions, 230 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 5: that I'm part of the problems, and you know, you 231 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 5: talk about it all the time on your show. We 232 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 5: have the power to be the change. And that's my voting. 233 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 5: And you know what, it's very important in this country 234 00:13:57,920 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 5: that people. 235 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 2: How what is the let me ask you, are you 236 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 2: doing this voluntarily in New Hampshire or is New Hampshire 237 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 2: one of the states that would prefer, prefer or mandate 238 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,319 Speaker 2: that people show a picture. I D to vote. 239 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 5: No, I believe you have to show a picture. 240 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 2: I D. 241 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 5: I'm not one hundred percent short as I just do it. Yeah, 242 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 5: my wife does it, and I told my children, bring 243 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 5: your license, and they didn't. They had what they needed, 244 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 5: and you know, they voted. And I'm not one hundred. 245 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 2: Well in Massachusetts. In the communities that I have voted in, 246 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 2: and I've lived in a few different communities over the years, uh, 247 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 2: there's always been almost an animus that was displayed. I 248 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 2: think they they they tell the people who again are 249 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 2: the pole workers. These are the men and women, generally 250 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 2: older men and women, who are either serving as volunteers 251 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 2: or as just that day or you know, whatever the 252 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 2: elections are, and they almost have an attitude that I 253 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 2: don't want to even look at what you're showing me. 254 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 2: All I've been told all you have to do is 255 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 2: tell me your name and as long as your name 256 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 2: is down here and it coincides with an address. Now, 257 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 2: if I go into New Hampshire and I arrive at 258 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 2: the polling place at seven in the morning, and you 259 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 2: live in let's say Manchester or Nashua or Portsmouth, where 260 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 2: maybe you were not known by everybody at the voting place, 261 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 2: I could walk in and say, hey, this is Bernie 262 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 2: from New Hampshire. This is my address, and I could 263 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 2: vote by seven oh five. And when you show up 264 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 2: there later in the day and the real Bernie says, 265 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 2: I'm Bernie from New Hampshire, they're gonna say sorry, you've 266 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 2: already voted, and they'll allow you to cast a provisional ballot, 267 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 2: which in most cases will never be counted. Right. 268 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 5: No, but I take you too, because I remember when 269 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 5: I was get in line, they told they had certain 270 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:07,239 Speaker 5: people going into a well to prove their presidency. 271 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 2: So I'm pretty sure. 272 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 5: In New hampshould I too have to move your presidency? 273 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 2: What an it? Yeah? Well, I'm saying you might be 274 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 2: well known. I mean, I don't know how long you've 275 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 2: lived in your town, and it depends that you could 276 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 2: be uh, you know, a selectman or something, and they 277 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 2: would know you just by recognizing you. But I think 278 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 2: that everybody, I don't care if you're President Trump. If 279 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 2: he's going to sign this legislation, the next time that 280 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 2: he goes to vote, uh in West Palm Beach or 281 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 2: wherever he's registered to vote, he should bring his license 282 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 2: or some sort of identification. Even though everybody recognizes the 283 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 2: President of the United States. What's good for the goose 284 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 2: is good for the gander. 285 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 5: Simple as that absolutely, Dad, and thank you for your time. 286 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 5: But you know what, if you have a citizen and 287 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 5: you should have an ID, you should be able to 288 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 5: prove that there's no reason why. And we know the 289 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 5: reason why that the Democrats are opposed to it. And 290 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna paint a broad picture, but a lot 291 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 5: of that boat of bases, the illegal immigrants that they're 292 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 5: bringing in to boost up their demographic well. 293 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 2: Certainly, the the the way in which they phrased the article, 294 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 2: and I mean even even now it's they're they're trying 295 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 2: to say that, uh oh, married women will have problems 296 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 2: because if they have taken the name of their husband, 297 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 2: well why why don't marry women's women have problems now? 298 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 2: So in other words, if you're and Mary Jones and 299 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,719 Speaker 2: you married William Smith and now you've become Mary Smith, 300 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 2: I think what you do is you got to get 301 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 2: your driver's license changed. Uh I believe that's required, and 302 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 2: now you have a driver's license that has your name 303 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 2: and you're Mary Smith and I don't know, I just. 304 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 5: The reachation has to have your legal name on it. 305 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 5: We both know that everyone knows absolutely. 306 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, if you want to buy a 307 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 2: beer at Fenway Park. And you have a picture that says, 308 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 2: you know Mary Smith. You don't say to the beer vendor, 309 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 2: well I'm Mary Jones. And even though this picture looks 310 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 2: at me, you know, all you do is you show 311 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 2: them the ID and and they say, oh, yeah, that's 312 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 2: the picture of the person is by the beer. That's all. 313 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 2: So anyway, Bernie, thanks much. My friends say, how do 314 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 2: your son for us? Okay on Active Beauty. Thanks, talk 315 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 2: to you soon. Have a great night. Well, take a 316 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 2: very quick break here, and if you'd like to join. 317 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 2: I would love to hear your your your arguments on 318 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 2: either side of this issue. I'll try to be. I 319 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 2: will be as respectful as as you would want me 320 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 2: to be. Six one seven, two, five, four ten thirty 321 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 2: six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. So far 322 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 2: both Larry and Bernie have agreed with me. Let's keep 323 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 2: it rolling. The only lines that we have right now, 324 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 2: I have one line at six one, seven, two, five, 325 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 2: four ten thirty, and I have two lines at six one, 326 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 2: seven and nine ten thirty. Back right after the news 327 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 2: at the bottom of the. 328 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 1: Hour, you're on Night Side with Dan Ray on WBS 329 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: Boston's news radio. 330 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 2: We'll try to move as quickly as we can here. 331 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 2: I don't want people waiting long. So let's go to 332 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 2: Florence and Groveland. Florence. Do you like the idea of 333 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 2: showing an ID to vote or not? 334 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 6: Well? 335 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 3: Good evening, Dan, And this is Senator Florence. 336 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 2: Oh good, Senator Flora. I would vote for you for 337 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 2: Senator trust me Florence. So how senator on this issue 338 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 2: would you would you vote? 339 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 3: I make a good one. I make a pretty good one, uh, Dan. 340 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 3: I've always shown my liceince when voting. Always okay, you know, 341 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 3: and on the evening, like you said too, one year 342 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 3: maybe now and then there'll be two women sitting at 343 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 3: the table and they'll just ask you your name and 344 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 3: andres and I put that card, you know, right in 345 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 3: front of them to show it's me. And sometimes you'll 346 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:17,239 Speaker 3: get one it's not interested in looking at it, but 347 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 3: I insist, all right, yeah, And I've always done it 348 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 3: that way. And you know what made me think of 349 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 3: something funny? Uh some years back, when we used to 350 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 3: write checks in a store Paine for something, you had 351 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 3: to show your license. 352 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:42,880 Speaker 2: Surely, well you gotta you gotta show you gotta buy 353 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 2: a beer, Funway Park or the Boston Gardeners. You let 354 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 2: you you have to show that you're your license in 355 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 2: same way. By the way, some stores now, as you know, 356 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 2: sell beer and wine and you have to put the 357 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 2: the alcohol at the end of your order and before 358 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 2: they will ring that up. And I don't care if 359 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 2: you're as old as you could be one hundred and 360 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 2: twenty years old, You're still going to show that identification. 361 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 2: So you got you want to get on an airplane, 362 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 2: you got to show an identification, simple as that. You 363 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 2: want to get back in the country, you got to 364 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 2: show a passport. 365 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 3: I mean, it's the way to do it. 366 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 2: Florence. I'm looking forward when you when you announce for 367 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 2: the Senate, I'll be your campaign manager. 368 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 3: Okay, oh, thank you very much. 369 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 2: All right, thank you, Senator Florence. I appreciate your care. 370 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 2: Have a great night. Let me go to I'm going 371 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 2: to guess at Schandrea Chandrea next on nightside. 372 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 7: Hi, you said it correctly. 373 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 2: How about that? Well, your last three letters are your name, 374 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 2: how I spelled my last name, and so it's Shandrea 375 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 2: ore Ea. Go right ahead. How would you be voting 376 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 2: on this if you were a US senator Shandrea. 377 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 7: Well, I'm definitely not going to be a senator, but 378 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 7: I am very much into politics. I always have been. 379 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 7: I grew up in Quinsyum and Braintree. I'm going to 380 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 7: say I am a moderate Democrat and I think voting 381 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 7: is one of the best I've impressed upon it to 382 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 7: my daughter. I said, even your local politics get involved. 383 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 7: So I've always said to myself, I always find it 384 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 7: weird how we don't have to show ID. I just 385 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 7: don't think. I've always said, and I have a unique name, 386 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 7: Chandrea in the way I look at it. We're in 387 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 7: a blue state. I think that this is why this 388 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 7: has all come about. I've never shown my license. I 389 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 7: know who I am. I'm not lying, I'm not fraudulent, 390 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 7: and I'm assuming that there are cross checks to this 391 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 7: process in every county if someone was lying. Now I 392 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 7: am for this. However, there are states that are very rural, 393 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 7: very you know, it's hard for people to get certain things. 394 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 7: So what I would propose is I am for this, 395 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 7: but make those people that are maybe elderly or have 396 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 7: issues with transportation, have them get the correct identification to vote. 397 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 7: That would be my thing. 398 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 2: I am, I am with you totally. You are absolutely right, 399 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 2: and I believe what they should do is say to 400 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 2: anyone in this country who does not have a picture 401 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 2: I D and I guess there could be people without 402 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 2: a driver's license and have never had a passport and 403 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 2: all of that their town or their county seat or 404 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 2: their city government however they live, should say to them, 405 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 2: come on down at your convenience. We know who you are, 406 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 2: or you show us who you are, and we know 407 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 2: what your address is, and you tell us who you are, 408 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 2: we will give you free of charge a eliminated picture 409 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 2: identificationation you know, from our town or our state, and 410 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 2: that will help you identify yourself going forward. 411 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 7: You know exactly. I mean, we are in contentious times 412 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 7: and I'm not going to get into a big how 413 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 7: do you do about who's in the White House that's 414 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 7: causing this? The votes were counted, there was no fraud. 415 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 7: There was maybe like a very minuscule and this person 416 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 7: is making it to be bigger than it is. But yes, 417 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 7: I do think the climate of the country is changing. 418 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 7: There should be ID but it should be accessible for 419 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 7: those people absolutely. 420 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 5: As a matter of them. 421 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, DeAndrea, I want to play for you this is 422 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 2: a SoundBite from CNN. Harry Enton is the he's a 423 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 2: fellow who's on CNN. He's the upholster and he's yeah, 424 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 2: and he's being interview I know, he's a character and 425 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 2: he's being interviewed by John Berman, their morning anchor. Uh, 426 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 2: and I just want you to play because he talks 427 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:10,439 Speaker 2: about how across this Pew research said across all groups men, women, young, old, white, black, 428 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 2: you know, hispanic whatever. Uh, just listen to this because 429 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 2: his enthusiasm, he's just saying, it's like approved by eighty 430 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 2: three percent of the country. Rob a bunch of play 431 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 2: harriented for Chondra Me and the audience. 432 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,959 Speaker 8: Showing a photo ID to vote, and the American people 433 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 8: are with Nicki Minaj, because what are we talking about here? 434 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 8: So take a look here, favorite voter idea vote. Look, 435 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 8: I got all this polling on the screen, and going 436 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 8: back since twenty eighteen, you'll notice on all of it 437 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 8: it's all north of seventy five percent, seventy six percent, 438 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 8: seventy six percent, seventy six percent, eighty one percent, and 439 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 8: then eighty three percent in the last year of Americans 440 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 8: agree with Nicki Minaj. They favor photo ID. 441 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 2: To be able to vote. What about by party? What's 442 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 2: the party berd. 443 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 8: Yeah, normally you might expect, hey, there'd be a big 444 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 8: divide by party, but Republicans really fording, Democrats really against it, 445 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 8: but not really here, I mean, just take a look here, 446 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 8: favorite photo IDA vote. You got ninety five percent of Republicans, 447 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 8: pretty much all of them, but even seventy one percent 448 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 8: of Democrats favorite photo ID to vote. So again Nicki 449 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 8: Minaj posting that on X and what you see is 450 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 8: is that the American people, actually, it's not really all 451 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 8: that controversial. The American people are with Nicki Minaj, whether 452 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 8: they are Republican or even if they are Democrats who 453 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 8: are talking about seven to ten Democrats agreeing with Nicki 454 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 8: Minaj that you in fact should show a voter photo. 455 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 2: ID to vote. What's the racial breakdown? 456 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 8: Okay, what's the racial breakdown on this right? Because I 457 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 8: think a lot of people make the argument that people 458 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 8: of color, non white Americans have a harder time procuring 459 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 8: a photo ID to vote, but even here, take a 460 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 8: look here, favorite photo. 461 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 2: ID to vote. 462 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 8: Eighty five percent of white people favorite, eighty two percent 463 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 8: of Latino, seventy six percent of black Americans favorite. So 464 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 8: the bottom line is this voter ID is not controversial 465 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 8: in this country. A photo ID to vote is not 466 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 8: controversial in this country. It is not controversial by party, 467 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 8: and it is not controversial by race. The vast majority 468 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 8: of Americans agree with Nicki Minaj that, in fact, you 469 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 8: should have a photo I d to be able to vote. 470 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 2: Sandoya Yeah, yeah. 471 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 6: But I love him. 472 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:12,880 Speaker 7: I love Ska Kernaki too. 473 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. No, I hear you. I hear you well. Thank 474 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 2: you so much? Have you? I think you've called before, 475 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 2: but you're not calling as often as it like you 476 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:20,880 Speaker 2: to call. 477 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 7: I know, I haven't. I listen a lot. We're in 478 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 7: interesting times today. My daughter just turned eighteen, so she 479 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,959 Speaker 7: will be able to vote. Good for her up, So 480 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 7: I think, ever, and you're right about the ID. Most 481 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 7: people do agree with it, but it should be you know, 482 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 7: women that change names or in circumstances that it's tough 483 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 7: for them, or anybody like let's you know, you have 484 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 7: four years to get your act together to vote, So 485 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 7: let's get the resources to help these people, you know, 486 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 7: so we can we can really, we can really diffuse 487 00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 7: all the wild speculation. 488 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, the wild speculation doesn't help doesn't help anyone. I'm 489 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 2: sure that show. 490 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 7: And I love listening through it. 491 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 2: Awesome, Dendrea, thank you so much for your call. Just 492 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,680 Speaker 2: do me one favorite call more often. Okay, thanks so much. 493 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 7: All right, I will have a great night. 494 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 2: Bye, Thank you, good night. All right. We are going 495 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 2: to take a No, I'm not. I'm not going to 496 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 2: make people wait. It's as simple as that. Let me 497 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 2: go to Jennifer in Brockton, Jennifer, and we can carry 498 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 2: this into the next hour if we'd like. Hi, Jennifer, 499 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 2: how are you, Hi. 500 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 6: Dan, I'm confused. 501 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,399 Speaker 2: No, we'll I'm confused. You go ahead. 502 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:41,479 Speaker 6: Well, okay, so nor I'm with you. I think we 503 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 6: need to have IDs, and I have had mine ready 504 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 6: and same has been turned down and I found that upsetting. 505 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 2: So when you try to vote and you show your ID, 506 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 2: they don't want to look at it. In Massachusetts, is 507 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 2: that what you're saying? 508 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, I know they just said no, we don't need that. 509 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 6: And you know I didn't fuss over it or anything. 510 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 2: That's Bill Galvin's he's the Secretary of State, and I'm 511 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 2: sure that his minions have sent out word to the 512 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 2: to the people who are the poll workers. You don't 513 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 2: need the ID, you just go ahead and you know no, yeah, yeah, 514 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 2: I keep doing it and I'll keep doing it too, Okay, 515 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 2: go ahead. 516 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 6: Yeah, no, I intend on it. And if it was 517 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 6: but for me with the vote, okay, if it was 518 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 6: strictly about ID, then yes, like we need to have 519 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 6: ID when you're voting, and that should be happening everywhere 520 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 6: every state. 521 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. 522 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 6: I don't think that that should be a state regulated issue. 523 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 6: It should be a national, federal everyone should have to 524 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 6: show identification. 525 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 2: Well, that's what this Save Act is all about. 526 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 6: Well, that's where I'm confused, because I thought that it 527 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 6: was more to prove that you're a citizen, and if 528 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 6: you are, an ID by itself will not prove that 529 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 6: you're a citizen. So this is where the confusion and 530 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 6: competition comes into play. For me, I thought that they 531 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 6: were requesting that you either have a photo y D 532 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 6: plus a passport which is not expired, or a birth certificate. 533 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 2: No, no, no. 534 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 6: So that's not part of the say that, that is not. 535 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 2: Part of the obligation. So when you register to vote, 536 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 2: So let's assume you move from Brockton to another town, 537 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 2: you know, outside of Brockton. You are registered to vote. 538 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 2: So when you go to Easton, they'll or whatever town 539 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 2: you're moving to. Let's say you're moving to Randolph. You'll 540 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 2: say to them, I'm registered to vote. I'm moving in 541 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 2: here from Brockton. They'll check the Brockton register and they'll say, yep, 542 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 2: Jennifer was registered here. So when you register to vote 543 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 2: for the first time, when you're eighteen years old or 544 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 2: you're twenty one years old, in order to vote, you 545 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 2: have to in order to register to vote, you have 546 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 2: to show a documentation that you are a US citizen. 547 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 2: But once you are registered to vote anywhere, all you 548 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 2: have to do you you you've established your citizenship in 549 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 2: order to vote the first time you need to vote. 550 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 2: I mean, let's say, all of a sudden, I don't 551 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 2: know you, you decided to move to Indiana, Oh some 552 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 2: you know wherever. Uh, they're gonna You're gonna say, look, 553 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 2: I used I used to live in in Brockton, Massachusetts. 554 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 2: This is my name. I lived there. I assume that 555 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 2: they're able to access, you know, the voter registration that 556 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 2: say okay, you're the same person. You're all set. Maybe 557 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 2: if you go to Indiana, they have some rule that 558 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 2: says you got to once again establish a citizenship. So 559 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 2: you got to show up. You just kind of walk 560 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 2: in and say, uh, I'm Jennifer Jones. And let's say 561 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 2: your name isn't Jennifer Jones, but I'm Jennifer Jones and 562 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 2: I want to register to vote. They're going to say, well, 563 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 2: have you ever voted before? No, but I want to 564 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 2: registered vote. They're gonna say, we've got to show to 565 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,719 Speaker 2: us you're a citizen. Then every time you vote every election, 566 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 2: every every city election, town election, state election, federal election, 567 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:27,959 Speaker 2: you are going to show your I D, your picture 568 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 2: I D whatever it is, your driver's license, or again, 569 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 2: as we talked with Chandrea about, you would show just 570 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 2: you're an identification card that you that you get at 571 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 2: your town hall that says who you are and with 572 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,720 Speaker 2: your picture and that then coordinates. So you're not showing 573 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 2: your You don't have to show up with your passport 574 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 2: every time you vote or your birth certificate. You do 575 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 2: that once when you're registered. 576 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 6: Okay, So that's where I'm confused, and that's I'm reading 577 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 6: things that say otherwise that you need to have your 578 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 6: I mean, you would need to have this sitsance done 579 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 6: there's no change done. So if you need to have 580 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 6: your birth certificate, proof of your citizen to register to vote, once. 581 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 2: You're registered, Once you're registered to vote, then you leave 582 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 2: the passport at home, but you bring with you a picture. 583 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 2: I D a driver's license. That's what I bring every time, 584 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 2: because all that is doing, it's saying to me, my 585 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 2: name is Dan Ray, I live at this address. Here's 586 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 2: my driver's license. The addresses on the driver's license, that's 587 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 2: on the voting on the pole, you know, the list 588 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 2: of the voters. Uh. And there's my picture in the 589 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 2: driver's license, so you know it's me. 590 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 6: So I'm just trying to understand the argument, like against 591 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 6: the bill. 592 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 2: The argument I haven't. I don't understand the argument either. 593 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 2: I think what they're saying is but well. 594 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 6: They're trying to say that women are going to be 595 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 6: you know, excluded, or it's going to be more difficult 596 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 6: to have access to voting because a birth certificate. No, 597 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 6: but I no, I mean if you need that to 598 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 6: register to vote, you need you need a birth certificate 599 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,359 Speaker 6: or something now to register to vote? Right? No, No, 600 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 6: you don't need that now. 601 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 2: No. In other words, when you when you get married, 602 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 2: many women. You know, my wife kept her name. Okay, 603 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 2: she did not take my name. But if you and 604 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:34,800 Speaker 2: I married and you became Jennifer Ray, I assume, uh, 605 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 2: you you're going to have to explain to the federal government. 606 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 2: Then we file a tax return who you are. That 607 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 2: might be done once. Maybe you would when you go 608 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 2: to vote, uh, or you fill out a census form? 609 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 2: Do you do? You get a census form every couple 610 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 2: of years where I live, you get a census and 611 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 2: you have to fill it out, and whenever there's a change, 612 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 2: it's not to it's noted. And if you if all 613 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,120 Speaker 2: of a sudden you've gone from being a single woman 614 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,840 Speaker 2: and you've decided to marry someone and you're going to 615 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 2: take their last name, that would you? You would you 616 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 2: would tell the town or the city in which you live. 617 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 2: You do it once, that's all. 618 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 6: Okay. 619 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 2: The Democrats are trying to over complicate and scare people. 620 00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 6: Well yeah, and I mean, I don't know. I'm still 621 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 6: a little confused. 622 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:32,920 Speaker 2: Okay, I tried my best. 623 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,839 Speaker 6: No, no, no, I know you did. And at what 624 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 6: point you need to prove that you're a citizen just 625 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 6: when you're originally registering to vote? The first, and then 626 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 6: if you to another state, yes, so then that's so 627 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,799 Speaker 6: the issue with Democrats that they're trying to stay we 628 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 6: need a birth certificate, and that's going. 629 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:52,759 Speaker 2: To be an They're going to try to tell you 630 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:54,880 Speaker 2: that you need a birth certificate every time you go 631 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,279 Speaker 2: to a bar and you you know, you want to 632 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 2: buy a drink, or you go to you ever go 633 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 2: to Benway Park, to go to the Garden and the 634 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:05,399 Speaker 2: Gillette and look, I'm well past fifty, I still didn't. 635 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,640 Speaker 6: I mean, obviously, if you get in a drink, you know, 636 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 6: you don't mean to prove your citizens buy a drink, 637 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 6: but you got. 638 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,919 Speaker 2: To prove you're over twenty one. You got to prove 639 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,319 Speaker 2: you your legal drinking age in whatever state you're in, 640 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,280 Speaker 2: right fight, But it's. 641 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,719 Speaker 6: The issue for me. I'm just trying to figure out, 642 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 6: like we will this like literally make it harder for 643 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 6: some people to get access. 644 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,399 Speaker 4: Nope, okay, nope, all right, all. 645 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,680 Speaker 2: Right, so we'll see. I mean, then the Democrats are 646 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,680 Speaker 2: arguing because they they don't want to change. They don't 647 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,319 Speaker 2: want to change. Now. I don't know why they don't 648 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 2: want to change, but I want to know. I have 649 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,880 Speaker 2: friends of mine who have told me, yeah, you know, 650 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,719 Speaker 2: my kids away at college, and I've gone down and 651 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 2: I've voted twice. I go down and I vote for 652 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,839 Speaker 2: myself earlier in the day, and then I go back 653 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 2: and I vote. Yeah. I've had people tell me that, 654 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:51,799 Speaker 2: and I've said, you're not. 655 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 6: Supposed to do that, you know, no, no, no, So 656 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:59,400 Speaker 6: the only this is only about literally showing id yes. 657 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 2: Yes, voting yes every time you vote yep. 658 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:04,040 Speaker 6: Well yeah, I mean. 659 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 2: Okay, Jennifer, got a scoot here. I'm going wait, best 660 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,720 Speaker 2: my break, but I loved your call. All right, thanks, 661 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 2: thanks Jennifer, Thank you much. We can carry this into 662 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,960 Speaker 2: the next hour. So I'm going to get to when 663 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,640 Speaker 2: we get back. I got Deborah in Arlington and Gary 664 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 2: and Northbridge. We'll get you guys in. I promise. Got 665 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 2: to take a quick break, coming right back. 666 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:28,280 Speaker 1: You're on Night Side with Dan Ray. I'm Boston's news Radio. 667 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 2: All right, we just have thirty seconds left in the hour, 668 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,120 Speaker 2: So Deborah, Gary and Bill you will lead us off 669 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 2: next hour. We're going to take this into I think 670 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 2: it's that important. We'll take it into the next hour. 671 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,560 Speaker 2: We may do two hours on it. Okay. The only 672 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:49,200 Speaker 2: line that's open right now six, Deborah, Gary, and Bill. 673 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 2: You will be one, two, three coming up in the 674 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,840 Speaker 2: next hour, I promise, and we'll get right to it. 675 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 2: There'll be no delay, we'll get rid of we'll get 676 00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,799 Speaker 2: through the news, and we'll continue with this conversation. This 677 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:02,879 Speaker 2: is such an important issue. Back on Nightside right after 678 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:03,000 Speaker 2: this