voting by mail. there's been some concern about the difference between universal vote by mail and absentee voting by 've had absentee voting by mail for years and years and years. universal vote by mail has only been adopted by five states in the union where it's done successfully for several years. it's disappointing that some states have initiated the process to start a universal vote by mail effort. when exporerts tell you you onl have 60% of your ballots returned by mail before you initiate that process and you need five years of full implementation before you start it. not five months, but five years. >> not five months, but five years. >> tell me about your absentee process in alabama because every state is degree this differently and when you hear people whether they're democrats or republicans, people at home, make a plan. if you want to vote early, make a plan. sometimes within states there could be wrinkles. my happeneding understanding is check a box that says you're too ill. if i just fear. i'm worried about getting in a long line during election, and i'm worried to get covid. >> you have

voting by mail. the calls are aimed at ohio, pennsylvania, florida and north carolina. here's part of the robo call. >> absentee voting and universald similar, but could not be more different. absentee voting is safe. secure. and supported by president trump. the radical left wants universal vote by mail. which is proven to be filled with fraud, abuse, and mistakes. democrats want to scare you away from voting absentee. >> radical. everything is radical. facts first. facts matter. experts say there's no difference between absentee and voting by mail. no difference between absentee and voting by mail. trump himself votes by absentee ballot. which is fine. the biggest lie here is the idea that it's democrats who want to keep people away from voting that's really audacious. trump is the only one constantly trying to confuse and scare voters away from using mail in ballot. >> when you do all mail in voting ballots, you're asking for fraud. people steal them out of mailboxes. and print them and sign them. and people don't know they are double counted. people take them and force people to vote. they harvest. >> one lie after another. it

presentation also relate back to the ordinance and the topics are voter outreach and education, universal vote-by-mail, in-person voting services at the outdoor voting centre outside of the bill graham auditorium, polling places and compliance with health guidelines, health and safety protocols and service to voters in hospitals or homebound and so on the voter outreach piece. so the department's objective for the november 3rd election to inform city residents about expanded vote-by-mail voting, safe in-person services and key dates and to provide focused outreach for vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations. and to reach these two objectives, they applied no contact strategies, increased use of official election's mail and direct and indirect digital and print and election materials. the department also intends to engage in-person outreach for in election as long the groups are small in number and meet all of the health and safety protocols that the dph has put forward. and then regarding election mail, this summer, the department began sending city residents a series of outreach print and email noti

by mail may sound similar, but could not be more different. absentee voting is safe, secure, and sport and supported by president trump. the radical left wants universal vote by mail, which is proven to be filled with fraud, abuse, and mistakes. democrats want to scare you away from voting absentee. >> radical. everything's radical. facts, first, because facts matter. experts say there's no difference between absentee voting and voting by mail. no difference between absentee voting and voting by mail. trump, himself, votes by absentee ballot, which is fine. but the biggest lie, here, is the idea that it's democrats who want to keep people away from voting that's really -- that is really audacious. trump's the only one who is constantly trying to confuse and scare voters away from using mail-in ballots. >> when you do all mail-in voting ballots, you're asking for fraud. people steal 'em out of mailboxes. people print 'em and then they sign 'em and they give them in. and people don't even know whether they're double counted. they force people to vote. they harvest -- >> one lie, after another. it is just shameless. some states have been doing universal

voting by mail. five states, colorado, oregon, washington, hawaii and utah, all have universal vote by mail and don't as a problem. nevada ask their primary earlier this year had universal vote by mail where everybody got a ballot and didn't have allegations of fraud. the idea the president is putting out there that we're opening ousts to widespread fraud is incorrect. it's going to cast doubt on the election. one thing to be concerned about or aware of is that about 60% of the electoral votes in the country can be counted after election day. 60% of those votes are in states that allow the votes to be counted post election day. what we might have is a result that takes awhile to get here, but that doesn't mean there's going to be widespread fraud. the president should know that and shouldn't be confusing americans by putting this information out there. >> a lot of crazy stuff going on out there. thank you for your legal expertise. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> millions of acres scorched out on the west coast right now. tens of thousands of firefighters are on the front lines. there's no sign of

presentation also relate back to the ordinance and the topics are voter outreach and education, universal vote-by-mail, in-person voting services at the outdoor voting centre outside of the bill graham auditorium, polling places and compliance with health guidelines, health and safety protocols and service to voters in hospitals or homebound and so on the voter outreach piece. so the department's objective for the november 3rd election to inform city residents about expanded vote-by-mail voting, safe in-person services and key dates and to provide focused outreach for vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations. and to reach these two objectives, they applied no contact strategies, increased use of official election's mail and direct and indirect digital and print and election materials. the department also intends to engage in-person outreach for in election as long the groups are small in number and meet all of the health and safety protocols that the dph has put forward. and then regarding election mail, this summer, the department began sending city residents a series of outreach print and email noti

rules over mail-in voting and early voting. 80 million americans are expected to vote in, by mail, instead of showing up in person but there is a big difference between absentee voting and universal voting. absentee ballots have to be requested ahead of time by a voter. they have to fill out an application first and an actual ballot is then sent out. with universal vote by mail, ballots are sent to every voter on the voter rolls but many times those rolls are inaccurate. people that passed away could still be on them. other names of voters who are not eligible could be included in that, or some voters may receive more than one ballot. this year 10 states will do universal mail-in voting but a lot have different deadlines when mail-in ballots can be counted. in florida and arizona, ballots have to be received by election day. other states like michigan will count ballots two ex-after the election up to two weeks after election day. some states extending the deadline are being challenged right now. wisconsin had their deadline extension paused by an appeals court. and pennsylvania is now being challenged in a filing for review by the supreme court, charles. so a lot of moving parts

mail-in voting. this was legitimate mail-in voting. there are massive problems with the idea of universal vote by mail. >> harris: both political sides bracingrio on election night. democratic lawyers are getting ready to challenge any run by president trump, and trump advisors are ready to challenge the legitimacy of the election results, especially with the expected late wave of democratic mail-in ballots. so, we stay on this topic, maybe with just a little nuance here. what is your response? >> first i want to tell the american people, particularly our supporters, that we in the trump campaign are ready for this. we have a team of crack lawyers, and if need be, if we have to have this fight, not just win the election but also proved again that we won the election, we are prepared to do that. i hope we don't have to go down that road, but the very people who are behind these efforts on the democratic side, the so-called transition integrity project, for example, backed by some of the wealthiest titans in america, full of democratic operatives as well as some never trump former republicans, these are the very same people, harris, who have b

if you're in a state where you're lucky enough to have universal vote by mail, or maybe you have early voting options, or do you have to actually request an absentee ballot? figure out what options are available to you and which one you want to use. i know already how i plan to vote. i live in washington, d.c., and i plan to vote early and in person. early voting starts on october 27th in d.c., and i'm going to go down the street to the rec center and vote. that's my plan. so everyone here should also have a plan where you can just say it like that in five seconds. once you have your plan, figure out exactly what rules you need to abide by. does your state require an id? does your state require specific rules about how to fill out your absentee ballot? do you have to use the secrecy envelope or not? things like that. all theese things you can potentially get tripped up, especially if you're using a method you haven't done before. and i would also recommend -- i know there's been some discussion about dropboxs -- but given the uncertainty about the postal service, if you feel that you d

going to continue to amplify criticisms of voting by mail and shifting voting process ease to undermine public trust in the electoral process. >> this universaln is a very dangerous thing. it's fraught with fraud and every other thing that can happen. >> ballots are lost. there's fraud, theft. >> mail-in voting is going to rig the election. >> quote, russian state media and proxy websites amid august 2020 criticized the integrity of expanded and universal vote-by-mail, claiming ineligible voters could receive bales. >> you get thousands of people in a living room signing ballots all over the place. in governor, sending millions of ballots all over the state to anybody. people that aren't citizens, illegals, anybody that walks in california is going to get a ballot. >> and the dhs memo discussing how states are the target, quote, these russian outlets also claimed that state election officials and policy makers leverages the covid pandemic to justify expedient decisions on implementing new voting process ease and vote-by mail programs allegedly do designed to influence election outcomes. >> now all the sudden new jersey is going to be hit with

for instance, the bulletin says russia has, quote, criticized the integrity of expanded and universal vote by mail. >> this universal mail-in is a very dangerous thing. it's fraught with fraud and every other thing that can happen. >> the intelligence bulletin also says russia has denigrated vote by mail processes, alleging they lack transparency and procedural oversight creating vast opportunities for voter fraud. >> the ballots are lost, there's fraud, there's theft. it's happening all over the place. >> the dhs warning goes on to say russia has, quote, amplified public narratives about shortcomings in ballot delivery and processing. >> now new jersey is going to try the universal mail-in voting. so how does a post office -- how does a postal service that doesn't know about it now all of a sudden new jersey is supposed to take out and millions of ballots are going to be sent all over new jersey? >> miles, it is startling that as you read through this bulletin there are lines where you can replace the word russia with trump. and it's still accurate. so is president trump echoing russia or is russ

all mail-in voting, it is the main way people cast their ballots including colorado, where election officials tell cnn the president is just wrong about fraud. >> we have been doing universal vote by mail in colorado for seven years and we can say with certainty that is not the case. >> reporter: that's not to say mail-in voting is without risk, it is why colorado and other states pay attention to signatures, bar codes and var fight ballots aren't counterfeit. it is why the rare examples of mail-in fraud are local and small and caught. >> it seems like deja vu all over again. >> indeed. >> reporter: the last time i interviewed mena perez from the brennan center it was about president trump's lies about voter fraud in the 2018 midterms. now, perez says the lies put the entire system of u.s. government at risk because of the pandemic, protests and a shaky economy. >> all of these kinds of things are just an attack to try and discredit the idea of a free, fair and accessible election. and we should reject these ideas every time we hear them. >> reporter: the national association of secretaries of states, the people who actually oversee elections in the states and who debunk the presi

universal mail-in is a very dangerous thing. it's fraught with fraud and every other thing that can happen. >> the intelligence bulletin says russia has denigrated vote byail processes alleging they lack transparency creating vast opportunities for voter fraud. again, we've heard this too from the president. >> the ballots are lost, there's fraud, there's theft. it's happening all over the place. >> and the dhs warning goes on to say russia has amplified public narratives about shortcomings in ballot delivery and processing and here was president trump speaking on august 15th. >> now new jersey is going to try the universal mail-in voting. how does a post office -- how does a postal service that doesn't know about it, now all of a sudden new jersey is supposed to take out and millions of ballots are going to be sent all over new jersey? >> adam schiff who is chairman of the house intelligence committee joins me now. thank you so much for coming on. when you hear the president saying those things and you see the bulletin, and i'm sure you see a lot more than that since you're the chairman of the intelligence committee, about russia is trying to do when i

colorado adopted universal vote by mail in 2013. >> we saw an increase of 9% in colorado in turnout rateil. by the way, evenly among republicans and democrats. >> reporter: election officials insist while the results could be slower than previous years, the process should work. >> there may be a need for some patience this year, but it will get done and get done right. >> reporter: about that red mirage theory, the trump campaign insists that's an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory saying the president wants a free and fair election and wants everybody to vote. he has called into question mail-in voting and suggested it is ripe for fraud. election officials say there's no evidence of widespread fraud associated with mail-in voting. it is important right now to find out if you are prepared to vote, if you're registered to vote. make sure you do that and go to msnbc.com plan your vote, a special section of nbcnews.com for more on what you need to do in your state and county. >> tom costello, thank you for that. thanks for watching this hour of "msnbc live." up next, much more with my friend

mail-in voting. hillary vaughn has more on this. hillary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, maria. this election is unlike any other, between universal vote bybsentee applications and extended deadlines to count mailed ballots, 80 million americans are expected to socially distance their vote, instead of showing up in person. that's twice the number that did that in 2016. there is a big difference between how ballots show up in your mailbox. absentee ballots have to be requested ahead of time by a voter. the application is submitted by the voter and an actual absentee ballot is then sent out. with universal vote by mail, ballots are automatically sent to every voter on the voter rolls which many times can be inaccurate. people who have passed away can still be listed on that voter role. other names of voters who aren't eligible can sometimes be included or other voter may receive more than one ballot in the mail. it's not just mass mailed out ballots that make a difference. many battleground states have different deadlines for when mailed ballots can be counted in. florida or arizona ballots have to be received by election day in the mail. o

state media and proxy web sites have been spreading disinformation about the accuracy of universal vote by mailad voter fraud. those claims are of course false. this is after the top election official warned in july that russia was working to denigrate former vice president joe biden's white house bid. with me is msnbc terrorist analyst malcolm nance and the author of "the plot to detray america, how team trump embraced our enemies." how does it complicate this entire scenario when you have russians not just amplifying disinformation but information coming from an american president? >> it you look back at 2016, what the russians did was far more focused. they stole information, brought it to the news media through a laundrom laundromat, wikileaks, and allowed that data to create a meta narrative. and donald trump glommed on to that and used that information. this is the reverse. it's the trump team creating the themes, the russians don't have to create anything. the trump team is assayisaying n voting is fraud, it will wreck the elections and the russians take that, putting it out there and th

more ways to cast a ballot, voter participation could dramatically increase colorado adopted universal vote by mailse of 9% when in colorado when we adopted vote by mail. and evenly among republicans and democrats. >> reporter: and election officials insist while the results could be slower than in previous years, the process should work. >> there may be a need for some patience this year, but it'll get done and it'll get done right. >> reporter: so asked about the red mirage theory, the trump campaign says it is unsubstantiated and a conspiracy theory insisting the president wants a fair and free election and everybody to vote. however, he has suggested repeatedly that mail-in voting is ripe for fraud. election officials say that simply is not true there is no evidence of widespread fraud associated with mail-in voting it is also important that all of us start to plan how we're going to vote right now. election officials are urging you find out are you registered. make sure you're registered for more information nbc news has a special section called plan your vote with information about how you ca

with universal vote by mail, ballots are sent to every voter on voter rolls which many times are way of date. there are people who died could be listed on rolls. other names of voters are not eligible to vote. some voters may receive more than one ballot in the mail as part of this process. this year 10 states will do universal mail-in ballots, including nevada, a key state this cycle republicans are hoping to flip. many battleground states have different deadlines for when mail ballots can be counted. in florida, arizona, ballots have to be received by election day in the mail. other states like michigan will count ballots up to two weeks after election day. that could significantly delay the results of the election, and sow distrust in the process but some democrats say, counting the ballots, getting them certified by the state is just one part of election process. >> you have that certification by all states. then you have the electoral college. which will meet the second week of december to confirm. so there is a process there. reporter: right now 43 states have at least one laws

>> well, i think people are right to be absolutely terrified of this universal vote by mail situation sign your name. you have to certify that you are actually the person, indeed, that has filled out that ballot. what the democrats proposed about 90 days before a presidential congressional senate election is to just mail out into the universe millions and millions of ballots. you have no idea who received these things. we have seen instances where there are cats that have been dead for 12 years receiving ballots in the mail. we have seen how it hasn't worked where it's already been tried in certain areas around the country, new jersey, new york, it doesn't work and what you have right now is the democrats are setting us up so that when donald trump wins on november 3rd, they can quickly say oh, wait, what about all of these mail-in ballots that we have here? let's not forget to count these. it is right for voter fraud. no one knows who has voted vote multiple times vote by mail and go into a voting location and vote as well. donald trump has been calling this out from day one. this is

mail-in voting in the state. the lawsuit accuses governor steve bullock of a "brazen power grab" by ordering universal mail-in votingic. montana normally allows voting by mail only at the voters request. in detroit, a sheriff's corporal is dead after officials say an inmate attacked him at the wayne county jail wednesday night. 15-year-old bryant was pronounced dead at a local hospital, an investigation is underway. >> i take responsibility for trusting the word of the neighborhood salon that i've been to over the years many times, that when they said we are able to accommodate people one person at a time, and we can set up that time i trusted that. as it turns out, it was a set up. i take responsibility for falling for a set up. the salon owes me an apology for setting me up. >> melissa: nancy pelosi on the controversy over her getting her hair done without a mask in a san francisco salon that has been shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic. the salon owner pushing back at the speaker, watch this. >> there is no way i could have set that up, and i had a camera system in there for five years. i didn't go in there

against mail-in voting, though he is voting by mail himself, to delegitimatize the results of the election if he loses. >> voting by mail is wrought with fraud and abuse. >> if you do universal mail-ins with millions and millions of ballots, you're never going to know what the real result of an election is. >> i don't like this mail-in ballot deal. >> a "washington post" analysis found just 372 cases of voter fraud out of 14.6 million votes cast by mail in the 2016 and 2018 alone. >> academics have studied this, lawyers have studied this, democrats have studied this, republicans have studied this and no one can find any evidence of rampant voter fraud. >> the president's fear of mail-in voting may be rooted in the 2016 election where he overperformed on election day in key battleground states. in florida, for instance, hillary clinton led before election day by 247,000 votes. trump won election day voters by 360,000 and won the state. in the fight over mail-in voting, the postal service has become a flash point. after an urgent warning last month to dozens of states that it cannot guarantee all mail-in ballots will be counted. postmaster general louis dejoy backtracked befor

this is the center of the universe here in terms of vote by mail. it is still an option that a lot of people are going to use. it is a matter of which counties are able to handle that, which at this point, there are shortages among poll workers staffing. it is a concern. host: i think you hinted at it. the governor himself is trying to work with the legislature on these issues. guest: he was trying, the republican controlled house just passed a bill last week that sort of took the trump position and knocked off a lot of items on donald trump's wishlist list in federal court in pittsburgh. it certainly leaves out the postmark issue, which is important for the governor and democrats. but, it does make some concessions. i think they are both pressured to come a little bit closer. i think it is ultimately going to end up being decided in the state supreme court. host: there were stories over the last days about the in person voting portion, the availability of poll workers. is that an issue in the commonwealth? guest: it is huge. during the primary elec

vote by mail and assuring them that it's safe. governor, spencer cox, told the newshour that universal mail voting in his state has increased voterticipation, and, like in all states, mail-in ballots are carefully screened for errors or irregularities. we take painstaking procedures and efforts to make sure that there is no fraud.se and we have no rampant voter fraud. b >>ngham: meanwhile, some other organizations have inadvertently sent out bad information to voters.ce the nonprofier for voter information sent vote by mail applicions to half a million virginia residents, but with the adwrong return addresses, ng to the confusion. meanwhile, the president continues to give voters bad information. several times, he's told supporters to vote absente which is a type of mail in voti in some states where yo need to be approved to receive a ballot. and then he's tellinthem to also try and vote in person on election day, to somehow check whether their first vote was counted. >> make sure you send the ballot in and then go to your polling place and make sure it counts. >> brangham: not only is voting twice illegal-- it's a felony in all

vote by mail and assuring them that it is safe. utah's lieutenant governor told the newshour that universal mail-in voting in his state has increasedtion and like in all states, mail-in ballots are carefully screened for errors or irregularities. >> we take painstaking procedures and efforts to make sure there is no fraud and we have not seen rampant voter fraud. >> some other organizations have inadvertently sent out that information. the nonprofit center for voter information sent vote by mail applications to 500,000 virginia residents but with the wrong return addresses, adding to the confusion. meanwhile, the predent continues giving voters bad information. several times, he has told voters to vote absentee, which is a type of voting by mail, and that he is telling them to also try to vote in person on election day, to somehow check whether their first vote was counted. >> make sure you send the ballot in and then go to your polling place and make sure it counts. >> not only is voting twice illegal -- it is a felony in all 50 states -- election officials say it will lead to long delays at polling places. most states will allow

. >> according to a recent poll from the university 18% of republicans say they will vote by mail comparednumbers do not support county republican committee chair. >> i think the republican people that i talk to, a lot do not trusted at all and they say we are not. >> my own brother is a different political persuasion and he needs a high risk group for covid so is doing mail-in balloting. >> voters have late october to apply for the mail-in ballots in the november 3 to get them into the county election office. fox news. jon: counting an update on the global pandemic is the u.s. inches closer to a grim milestone. ♪ ♪ a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer can bring up questions that make you feel like shutting down. go here: findyourmbcvoice.com to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. woohoo! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. with nutrients to support immune health. jon: the number of confirmed coronavirus death nearing 200,000 in the united states, while closing in on a million globally, the world healt

universal mail in voting is dangerous. what are your key take aways? >> our primary election, 2.2 million ballots cast bysentee mail in voting. there is a difference between the mail in voting democrats want and the absentee voting we do in florida. you have to be a registered voter to request an absentee ballot. you have to be voter id that you reside in the state of florida and a citizen of the country before you can request a ballot. that's different from california and other states and what democrats want to do is mail ballots to every person. it would be disastrous for our country. he would have illegal immigrants voting and people are not citizens voting, people who have died that aren't off the voter rolls voting and wouldn't know where these ballots are coming from. they would just be showing up at the supervisor of elections office not knowing who is casting the vote. universal mail in voting would be disastrous for the country and what we do in florida is different as you saw in the primary last week. jillian: if there were enough time to put a proper system in place would you be open to that i

universal mail-in ballots. >> the bipartisan commission chaired by jimmy carter and james baker said akin 2009 that mail-in voting is fraud with the risk of fraud and coercion. >> let me talk. since that time there have been newspapers and networks academic studies saying it is open to fraud and coercion. the only time the narrative change was after this administration came in. lou 19 people in north carolina were charged with voter fraud exist they voted and they lied about their citizenship status and it comes from california pleaded guilty to bribing homeless people with money and cigarettes to forge signatures on ballot petitions and voter registration forms. this year more than half a million ballots already sent through the mail have been rejected and more than 40 people have been charged or convicted of voter fraud. and it's early yet. up next china turning up the rhetoric against the united states. are we headed for a conflict with the communist regime? we take that up and much more the secretary of state mike pompeo and order minute look "the trump century" how the president changed the -- 15% discount i

universal mail-in ballots. >> the bipartisan commission chaired by jimmy carter and james baker said back in 2009 that mail-in votingfraught with risk of fraud and coercion -- >> but since -- >> and so this -- no. let me talk. >> yeah, please. >> and since this, since that time there have been in the newspapers, in networks, academic studies saying it is open to fraud and coercion. the only time the narrative changed is after this administration came in. lou: just this week 19 people in north carolina were charged with voter fraud because they voted, and they lied about their citizenship status, and a couple from california pleading guilty to bribing homeless people with money and cigarettes to forge signatures on ballot petitions and voter registration forms. this year more than half a million ballots already sent through the mail have been rejekylled, and more than -- rejected, and more than 40 people have been charged or convicted of voter fraud. and it's early yet. >>> up next, the latest fallout from nancy pelosi's, well, or stunning hypocritical trip to a hair is salon. but she is, after all, the queen of the

vote before election day. pastmatic shift from elections likely caused by fear of the coronavirus. post university of maryland poll released today, 61 percent of voters said they planned to mailots, put them in a dropbox or vote in person at an early voting center. only 39% said they would vote on election day. senate democrats have blocked a narrow pandemic relief plan proposed by republicans. they say the measure didn't go far enough given the damage covid-19 continues to wreak on the economy. the billin favor of was short on the 60 needed, leaving congress at an impasse. the package was a fraction of the two point $2 trillion backed by democrats. the u.k. refused to withdraw legislation that would tear up part of the brexit withdrawal

like nevada where you've seen the democrats fundamentally change the voting system by changing the laws, pushing for universal mailthing that our campaign is fighting. >> sandra: let me ask you the same question i asked kayleigh mcenany earlier. what is the plan for election night considering everything you just said and questions over what is happening in some of these states and the fact that many of these ballots might not come in for days following the election, if president trump were to be leading on election night, can he claim victory or what are the days after that looking like? >> let's get to election day. i'll tell you what we are concerned about. we're concerned about the local election officials or the county clerks that will receive this influx of mail-in voting. they won't be prepared for it. we've seen cases like in patterson, new jersey where it was just a local election and yet you saw 24% of those votes being rejected. and we had the judge basically rule and say you have to do it over. so that's what we want to make sure that we highlight and that's why we are fighting some of these issues in t

a big from our perspective in kentucky between universal boat by mail system and an absentee ballot system. , they registerst people automatically to votetheir name is in a government database and then mail them a ballot. confidence in my colleagues. i think they're people of integrity. but that to me for kentucky would not be a good system. host: a look at kentucky and other states and the issue of ballot security in the november 3 election from the house homeland security hearing. we are having some connection issues and we will keep you posted on that. hopefully he will be able to join us. he is the organizer of the conservative political action committee and a close advisor of the trump campaign. good morning. i will vote byr: mail. this election is very important to me to preserve our democracy. covids going on with this and our president not paying attention or having a feeling for climate change, which has caused these awful fires in california has created great problems. ourll need to know where drop-off boxes are. thank you for hearing my voice. host: thank you. and the washington post university of maryland poll, voters are le

this is the center of the universe here in terms of vote by mail.till an option that a lot of people are going to use. it is a matter of which counties are able to handle that, which at this point, there are shortages among poll workers staffing. it is a concern. host: i think you hinted at it. the governor himself is trying to work with the legislature on these issues. guest: he was trying, the republican controlled house just passed a bill last week that sort of took the trump position and knocked off a lot of items on donald trump's wishlist list in federal court in pittsburgh. it certainly leaves out the postmark issue, which is important for the governor and democrats. but, it does make some concessions. i think they are both pressured to come a little bit closer. i think it is ultimately going to end up being decided in the state supreme court. host: there were stories over the last days about the in person voting portion, the availability of poll workers. is that an issue in the commonwealth? guest: it is huge. during the primary election, th

this is the center of the universe here in terms of vote by mail.till an option that a lot of people are going to use. it is a matter of which counties are able to handle that, which at this point, there are shortages among poll workers staffing. it is a concern. host: i think you hinted at it. the governor himself is trying to work with the legislature on these issues. guest: he was trying, the republican controlled house just passed a bill last week that sort of took the trump position and knocked off a lot of items on donald trump's wishlist list in federal court in pittsburgh. it certainly leaves out the postmark issue, which is important for the governor and democrats. but, it does make some concessions. i think they are both pressured to come a little bit closer. i think it is ultimately going to end up being decided in the state supreme court. host: there were stories over the last days about the in person voting portion, the availability of poll workers. is that an issue in the commonwealth? guest: it is huge. during the primary election, th

president trump again criticizing universal mail-in ballots as early voting is now already underway in 28 states, either in person, absentee, male end. a number of those ballots sent byr is likely to be unprecedented. but the rules for processing them vary from state to state. william la jeunesse has more on why it may take days to declare a winner. william? >> yeah, a lot of people fear voter suppression, harris. not by fraud and malice, but the timelines and voter mistakes. you mention volume. a majority of states don't have the capacity or experience in all mail-in voting. secondly, 32 states lack the measures to ensure the integrity of the vote, meaning the time to verify that signature and give the voter time to correct it. all the more reason to start processing early, right? here's why. when ballots arrive, typically a machine will confirm registration. then it were a worker will verify the signature, matching one on file. usually dmv. envelopes are opened, often to a second envelope. those are removed, sorted, scanned, sometimes tabulated, but the vote stays secret. that process takes time. yet many states don't even begin counting until election night. >> ab

vote by mail ballots. simple, safe, secure. counted. learn more at vote.ca.gov >>> students began moving out of the uc santa cruz campus. the university is allowing only 1000 people in campus housing, due to the pandemic. far less than the 9000 during a typical year. students will be tested on a regular basis and will be required to quarantine for two weeks. >> has always been something i want to do. norming is part of the experience. may be roommates later. for now, i am enjoying the space. >> meals would be provided inside the dorm rooms and most classes will be online. the university said they will consider whether to invite more students at the end of the quarter. >>> childcare advocates say the economy can't recover without adequate help for parents heading back to work with children at home. we now report from san francisco where home-based day cares are receiving help from a nonprofit. for micah san francisco begins to return to work after months of the shutdown, families are beginning to look at their options for childcare. the importance of childcare cannot be overstated. >> there is no road to recovery without childcare. >>