Political Quotes

“I request a brief opportunity to respond since my name and my State were invoked by Senator Cassidy on this--you have got to give Republicans points for creativity on their terminology--some type of ballot harvesting. Let me tell you specifically what he is referencing because, again, different States have different rules and different histories. In my speech, I talked about vote-by-mail. In California, we have seen the wisdom of every eligible voter automatically receiving a ballot in the mail with multiple options for how to return their ballot, including in person if that is their choice, through the Postal Service if that is their choice, through ballot drop boxes if that is their choice. If, after all that--in-person early voting, election day, vote-by- mail, Postal Service, drop boxes--if, after all of that, a voter decides for themselves that they need or would like assistance with returning their ballot, that is the voter's prerogative. Imagine that--asking a family member, a neighbor, or a friend: Can you do me a favor? Can you make sure this gets to a mailbox or the polling place in time for my vote to be counted? Yes, there is a requirement in California that if you are somebody assisting a voter with returning their vote-by-mail ballot, you, too, have to sign that return envelope, the official return envelope, and your relationship with the voter--relative, friend, neighbor, et cetera.…”