ann ravel was appointed to the federal election commission by president barack obama with unanimous consent. she stepped down in march and sounded a loud and blunt alarm producing a final report outlining the gridlock that has frozen the fec. the title of the report makes clear her discontent. i love this. "dysfunction and deadlock, the crisis at the federal elections reveals the unlikely hood of draining the swamp. how is that for a title? ann, good to have you on the program. >> thank you, good to be here. >> i pulled this one paragraph from your reported that i think gives a pretty good sense of what is wrong with the fec and speaks, of course, to what is wrong with our elections at large. i might ask you to read your words to start the conversation? >> happy to do so, thank you. public should know about fec's failures. the commission made up of six commissioners is not performing it's duty. a block of three commissioners routinely thwart, up front laws they were lekted to administer. major violations are swept under the rug, and the resulting dark money has left americans uninformed abo

you will want to hear this, a conversation with ann ravel coming up in just a moment.