mark elias, is clearly on it. he is also sounding a public alarm that in his words, lawyers alone, and these lawsuits alone, are not going to solve this problem. joining us now to explain why is mark elias, democratic voting rights attorney, the founder of democracy docket. mark, it's nice to see you. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me, rachael. >> i think a lot of people look at your track record over the course of your career, but your track record particularly in the past year and they feel confident knowing that you are fighting these laws and you are bringing these lawsuits and they have a lot of faith in your ability to bat down some of the worst of this stuff. why are you trying to signal to people that actually these lawsuits and other good lawyers like yourself, it's not enough? >> well, really, for two reasons, rachel. the first is that it's not realistic to assume that every provision of every bad law is going to get struck down by court, you know? we won more than we lost in 2019 and 202

mark elias is obviously on it.one are not going to solve this problem. joining us now to tell us why is mark elias. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> i think a lot of people look at your track record over the course of your career, because particularly in the last year, and they feel confident knowing you are fighting these laws and that you are bringing these lawsuits and they have a lot of faith in your ability to bat down some of the worst of this stuff. why are you trying to signal to people these lawsuits and other good lawyers like yourself, it's not enough? >> well, really for two reasons. first is that it's not realistic to assume that every provision of every bad law is going to get struck down by a court. we won more than we lost in 2019 and 2020. we did better than that in the post election, but you can't assume that when state after state after state throws the kitchen sink at voters and makes restricting voting rights their top priority, that the courts are going to be will to bat them all back. but

. >> mark elias is keeping a running tally on twitter about every new lawsuit he's filing in every statetion like that. so july 8th is going to tell us an awful lot about the future of texas. >> yeah. you know, unfortunately i've been a part of lawsuits where, you know, even if they were later changes to the restrictions that were made in a bill, we have elections that were conducted under those restrictions. in many ways, those elections were not fully, you know, verified elections because you had later courts say that discriminatory provisions were in place during the voting of that bill or of that period. so, you know, it's really a long process, litigation is. it takes time, there are appeals and we may have courts that are not friendly to voting. that's why we need federal voting protections to try and make sure these things never go into place. >> congressman colin allred, thank you very much for joining us again tonight. we always appreciate it. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thank you. >>> we'll be right back. you oughta customize your car insurance with liberty mutual, so you only pay

here's the voting rights attorney mark elias. >> the big lie has moved from a political category, something that trump and his allies were saying for political purposes, and it is now turning into a pillar of the state. it is becoming a part of state policy and that's really dangerous. and one of the ways it's doing it is through these audits because it is giving the veneer of officialness, they're being done through state legislatures, through state officials. and it is allowing the big lie to have the impra mater of the state. >> they are expected to charge at least 550 people for their roles in the capitol insurrection, but what's the message we're sending to those insurrectionists when trump's big lie has been given the state by senate republicans who voted against the commission to learn about the truth on that horrible day? we cannot rely on institutions and norms to save us. did we learn that after four years of trump? just because trump is out of us means everything goes back to the way it was before. the january 6th commission vote is proof of that. the rights of voters are being w

. >> let's listen to what mark elias said, the election lawyer working for the democrats all over the country bringing lawsuits all over the country fighting these things and says the solution is national. we can give it -- i'll read this from the "new york times" about this meeting that he had with the senate democrats last week where he was in there. i've been in those meetings in the senate where they are all gathered in one room. senator manchin was there and the "new york times" report indicates senator manchin just listened silently to mark elias throughout that discussion. then when it was over he told reporters i'm learning. basically we're going to be talking and negotiating, talking and negotiating, talking and negotiating. what is your reaction to that? >> i'm so glad you played some of that instagram live interview with stacey abrams earlier. she recounted this wonderful story that took place in 1964. andrew young, dr. martin luther king jr. went in to visit president johnson and said we have to pass a voting rights act. president johnson was purported to say i don't have

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obviously, mark elias has been on the ball. the other big option is raising as big of a stink as possible in these states. and there is political science evidence that actually, a lot of times voter suppression efforts backfire and they create more turnout, greater turnout in the election. and i think there's some reason to look at that in the georgia election. the turnout for ossoff and warning was up greatly because of all of the controversy around, you know, obviously, president trump trying to a coup, in addition to the voter suppression ertz. so i think those are the two cards that democrats have to play. >> margaret cho, first of all, first of all, margaret cho, welcome. i'm so glad to have you on the program. delighted to have you with us. >> thank you. >> i was going to ask you about that aspect of all of this. not simply because, but also because, in georgia in particular, there was a significant increase in turnout among aapi, asian american and pacific islander voters. what is your sense on the impact this might have

mark elias and his large group of lawyers have spread out all over the country and really what we'ret, which is the most nefarious part, it's not their efforts to keep you from casting your vote that i'm most worried about. it's their efforts to undermine counting your vote. that's the problem. now, ironically, what they're doing is they're taking away the constitutional powers of elected officials. and those elected officials, many of them, are republicans. so, it will be very interesting to see how this plays out. are the secretaries of state across the country not going to protest when their legislature says, by the way, we're going to completely take away all your power? i think that remains to be seen. and one more time for people in the back, i don't think there's long-term success for any party whose driving policy is let's make sure you can't cast a vote and if you do, let's make sure we decide whether it counts. >> yeah, it's not exactly a rousing campaign message. thank you for keeping this -- go ahead. >> i'm just going to say one thing. it may not be long-term good politi

david, mark elias, democratic election and campaign lawyer, sort of a one-man tip of the spear againsthould not become a suicide pact for our democracy. what do you think? >> yeah, i think democrats have a tough decision to make. it is not a rule, it is not a law, but it is a long-held senate tradition that we saw begin to erode about 10 or 15 years ago when harry reed said we're going to eliminate the filibuster for judicial nominees but not for the supreme court and then republicans came in and said, well, we're going to eliminate it for the supreme court. what has not been eliminated is the filibuster for legislation, and that's what mark is saying, that this nonrule, but this tradition of the senate, is standing in the way of very significant legislation, and why democrats have a tough decision to make, nicole, is they should assume today that no major biden democratic initiative will pass during his term without eliminating the filibuster, no voting rights, no climate legislation, no immigration legislation, no gun legislation, nothing. they should go on that assumption and then t

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100% mark for all of our officers and to continue to utilize this as, again, a model for training that yields tangible results to the department, and i'll yield my time back to commissioner elias. >> thank you, commissioner brookter. >> vice president elias: i also wanted to commend you on the report that you had, as well as the presentation. it's one of the better reports that sfpd has, and i'm sure that people will tell you that i go through reports a lot, and very critical of the department's reports often, so -- but on page 16 of your report, you indicate that -- or there's an indication that san francisco is one of the worst cities in the state for post detention follow up treatment. based on your stakeholder discussions, and the working groups that you had and the outreach you've done in the community, what can be done to change this? >> we need training facilities, commissioner. if we can advocate for treatment, we have so many programs right now responding to acute crisis, but we have no places to take them. i know that ucsf is building -- yeah, is building up a -- they're going to have a building here in china basin that's going to be geared towards mental health, but

100% mark for all of our officers and to continue to utilize this as, again, a model for training that yields tangible results to the department, and i'll yield my time back to commissioner elias. >> thank you, commissioner brookter. >> vice president elias: i also wanted to commend you on the report that you had, as well as the presentation. it's one of the better reports that sfpd has, and i'm sure that people will tell you that i go through reports a lot, and very critical of the department's reports often, so -- but on page 16 of your report, you indicate that -- or there's an indication that san francisco is one of the worst cities in the state for post detention follow up treatment. based on your stakeholder discussions, and the working groups that you had and the outreach you've done in the community, what can be done to change this? >> we need training facilities, commissioner. if we can advocate for treatment, we have so many programs right now responding to acute crisis, but we have no places to take them. i know that ucsf is building -- yeah, is building up a -- they're going to have a building here in china basin that's going to be geared towards mental health, but