WEBVTT 00:03.966 --> 00:09.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% TRANSGENDER ACCESS TO LOCKER 00:00.000 --> 00:10.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% ROOMS AND BATHROOMS. 00:00.000 --> 00:13.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% A GROUP TRYING TO TAKE 00:00.000 --> 00:14.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% REDISTRICTING OUT OF THE HANDS 00:00.000 --> 00:15.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OF LAWMAKERS FILED 600,000 00:00.000 --> 00:16.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% SIGNATURES TO PUT AN 00:00.000 --> 00:19.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE 00:00.000 --> 00:20.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% NOVEMBER BALLOT. 00:00.000 --> 00:22.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% A COALITION OF OPPONENTS 00:00.000 --> 00:24.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY CLOSE 00:00.000 --> 00:27.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO MICHAEL MADIGAN FILED SUITS 00:00.000 --> 00:29.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% TO GET THAT PROPOSAL THROWN OUT. 00:00.000 --> 00:31.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WITH US TO DISCUSS THE SUIT IS 00:00.000 --> 00:32.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ATTORNEY LORI LIGHTFOOT, SHE 00:00.000 --> 00:36.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% REPRESENTS GROUPS PUSHING FOR 00:00.000 --> 00:37.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE INDEPENDENT MAP AMENDMENT. 00:00.000 --> 00:39.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE PEOPLE'S MAP GROUP WHICH 00:00.000 --> 00:41.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BROUGHT THE STUART CHALLENGING 00:00.000 --> 00:43.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THE MAP WAS INVITED TO 00:00.000 --> 00:44.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PARTICIPATE BUT WAS UNABLE TO 00:00.000 --> 00:48.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% SEND A REPRESENTATIVE. 00:00.000 --> 00:48.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:00.000 --> 00:49.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% YOU WEAR MANY HATS IN PUBLIC 00:00.000 --> 00:51.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% LIFE. 00:00.000 --> 00:52.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO THE 00:00.000 --> 00:54.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TOPIC, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE 00:00.000 --> 00:57.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS NOW? 00:00.000 --> 01:02.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> WHAT IS WRONG NOW, IS YOU 00:00.000 --> 01:04.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HAVE A GROUP OF LEGISLATORS WHO 00:00.000 --> 01:06.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, SHOWING 00:00.000 --> 01:08.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CLAIMING THAT THEY HAVE INTEREST 00:00.000 --> 01:10.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IN SOLICITING THE PUBLIC'S 00:00.000 --> 01:13.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ADVICE BUT WHAT THEY END UP 00:00.000 --> 01:16.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DOING IS CREATING A MAP THAT IS 00:00.000 --> 01:19.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE 00:00.000 --> 01:21.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT DENIES THE ASPIRATIONS OF 00:00.000 --> 01:23.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO ELECT A 00:00.000 --> 01:25.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE OF 00:00.000 --> 01:27.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THEIR CHOICE AND MAINTAINS THE 00:00.000 --> 01:28.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% STATUS QUO AND ELEVATES THE 00:00.000 --> 01:30.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PROTECTION OF INCUMBENTS OVER 00:00.000 --> 01:31.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% EVERYTHING ELSE. 00:00.000 --> 01:32.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> SO WHAT DOES YOUR PROPOSAL DO 00:00.000 --> 01:35.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% TO FIX THAT? 00:00.000 --> 01:36.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> WE ACTUALLY INVOLVE THE 00:00.000 --> 01:38.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PEOPLE IN MAKING CHOICES ABOUT 00:00.000 --> 01:40.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% REDISTRICTING. 00:00.000 --> 01:42.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WE ORGANIZE A COMMISSION. 00:00.000 --> 01:44.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IF OUR AMENDMENT IS PASSED, 00:00.000 --> 01:46.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ORGANIZE A COMMISSION CHOSEN OF 00:00.000 --> 01:47.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE STATE 00:00.000 --> 01:49.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% REPRESENTATIVE OF A LOT OF 00:00.000 --> 01:51.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DEMOGRAPHICS BOTH RACIALLY, 00:00.000 --> 01:53.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% GENDER AND GEOGRAPHIC. 00:00.000 --> 01:56.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND ALLOWS THE PEOPLE INTO THE 00:00.000 --> 01:58.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PROCESS, ALLOWS THEM TO CREATE A 00:00.000 --> 01:59.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MAP AND ALLOWS THE PEOPLE TO 00:00.000 --> 02:02.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CHOOSE THEIR LEGISLATORS INSTEAD 00:00.000 --> 02:03.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 00:00.000 --> 02:04.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> THE PEOPLE'S MAP GROUP FILED 00:00.000 --> 02:05.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% SUIT WITHIN DAYS. 00:00.000 --> 02:07.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% AND DID YOU EXPECT THIS? 00:00.000 --> 02:09.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% >> YES, WE DID. 00:00.000 --> 02:09.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THESE ARE THE SAME FOLKS FRANKLY 00:00.000 --> 02:12.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT FILED AGAINST US TWO YEARS 00:00.000 --> 02:15.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% AGO. 00:00.000 --> 02:17.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE SAME PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN 00:00.000 --> 02:19.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OUT THERE, REALLY REPRESENTING 00:00.000 --> 02:20.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THE STATUS QUO WHICH IS 00:00.000 --> 02:22.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ANTI-INVOLVING THE PEOPLE IN 00:00.000 --> 02:24.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MAKING THIS IMPORTANT DECISION 00:00.000 --> 02:26.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE WERE NOT SURPRISED THAT THEY 00:00.000 --> 02:28.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% FILED SUIT. 00:00.000 --> 02:30.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> A MADIGAN SPOKESPERSON DENIES 00:00.000 --> 02:32.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HE IS BEHIND THIS AND YET THE 00:00.000 --> 02:34.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE 00:00.000 --> 02:36.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OPPOSITION IS AN ATTORNEY WHO IS 00:00.000 --> 02:39.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% CLOSE TO MIKE MADIGAN. 00:00.000 --> 02:39.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THERE 00:00.000 --> 02:41.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% IS LAWSUIT IS POLITICALLY 00:00.000 --> 02:44.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% MOTIVATED? 00:00.000 --> 02:46.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER. 00:00.000 --> 02:46.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MIKE CASPAR A GOOD LAWYER, IS 00:00.000 --> 02:49.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% COUNSEL FOR THE DEMOCRATIC 00:00.000 --> 02:50.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% PARTY. 00:00.000 --> 02:52.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FORMER LAWYER WHO WORKED FOR 00:00.000 --> 02:53.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% SPEAKER MADIGAN. 00:00.000 --> 02:55.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND THIS ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT 00:00.000 --> 02:56.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SPEAKER MADIGAN BUT ALLOWING THE 00:00.000 --> 02:57.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PEOPLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS 00:00.000 --> 03:00.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ABOUT WHO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES 00:00.000 --> 03:02.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% ARE GOING TO BE. 00:00.000 --> 03:05.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% IN ILLINOIS, SINCE THE 00:00.000 --> 03:09.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% LEGISLATURES WERE RECONSTITUTED 00:00.000 --> 03:11.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MANY TIMES THERE IS AN IMPASSE 00:00.000 --> 03:11.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IN THE LEG SLAY THEY CANNOT MAKE 00:00.000 --> 03:13.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% A DECISION AND IT IS A COIN 00:00.000 --> 03:15.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% FLIP. 00:00.000 --> 03:16.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WHO YOUR LEGISLATURE IS COME 00:00.000 --> 03:18.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DOWNS TO A COIN FLIP AND THAT 00:00.000 --> 03:19.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% THE IS CRAZY. 00:00.000 --> 03:22.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE 00:00.000 --> 03:24.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IS TO INVITE THE PEOPLE INTO THE 00:00.000 --> 03:26.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% PROCESS AND HAVE A FAIR 00:00.000 --> 03:29.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TRANSPARENT AND OPEN PROCESS. 00:00.000 --> 03:30.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SO THAT WE HAVE COMPETITION SO 00:00.000 --> 03:32.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THAT WE HAVE MAXIMIZING MINORITY 00:00.000 --> 03:34.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE STATE. 00:00.000 --> 03:37.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT 00:00.000 --> 03:40.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PEOPLE HAVE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN. 00:00.000 --> 03:42.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> AND YET, THE PEOPLE'S MAP 00:00.000 --> 03:45.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% GROUP SAYS MINORITIES COULD BE 00:00.000 --> 03:48.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% DISENFRANCHISED UNDER YOUR PLAN. 00:00.000 --> 03:49.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> NO, THAT IS NONSENSE. 00:00.000 --> 03:51.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT OUR 00:00.000 --> 03:52.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AMENDMENT PROPOSES WE CODIFY 00:00.000 --> 03:53.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% MINORITY RIGHTS IN THE 00:00.000 --> 03:57.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% CONSTITUTION WHICH DOES NOT 00:00.000 --> 03:58.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% EXIST HERE TODAY. 00:00.000 --> 04:00.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NUMBER TWO, WE WOULD ELEVATE THE 00:00.000 --> 04:02.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PROTECTION OF MINORITIES ABOVE 00:00.000 --> 04:06.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHAT THE FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES. 00:00.000 --> 04:07.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND THREE, WE WOULD HAVE A 00:00.000 --> 04:09.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% COMMISSION WHO ARE CHOOSING 00:00.000 --> 04:11.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ACTUALLY DRAWING THE MAP THAT 00:00.000 --> 04:11.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WOULD BE DIVERSE AND A DEPARTURE 00:00.000 --> 04:13.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FROM WHAT HAPPENS IN REALITY 00:00.000 --> 04:14.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% TODAY. 00:00.000 --> 04:16.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> SPEAKING OF THAT COMMISSION 00:00.000 --> 04:18.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% YOUR PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW 00:00.000 --> 04:21.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO PICK FOUR 00:00.000 --> 04:23.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OUT OF THE 11 MEMBERS THAT WOULD 00:00.000 --> 04:23.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% DRAW THE DISTRICTS AND OPPONENTS 00:00.000 --> 04:25.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SAYS THAT DOES NOT GUARANTEE A 00:00.000 --> 04:26.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% MINORITY VOICE? 00:00.000 --> 04:27.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT 00:00.000 --> 04:30.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HAPPENS WITH THE OTHER SEVEN 00:00.000 --> 04:32.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% COMMISSIONERS. 00:00.000 --> 04:33.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND THE AMENDMENT REQUIRES 00:00.000 --> 04:36.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% DEMOGRAPHIC AND ETHNIC AND 00:00.000 --> 04:38.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% RACIAL DIVERSITY. 00:00.000 --> 04:40.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE THINK THIS ACTUALLY ELEVATES 00:00.000 --> 04:42.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MINORITY 00:00.000 --> 04:42.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PARTICIPATION IN THE MAP MAKING 00:00.000 --> 04:45.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PROCESS IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT 00:00.000 --> 04:46.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% EXIST TODAY. 00:00.000 --> 04:48.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND A COUPLE OF STATISTICS THAT 00:00.000 --> 04:52.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 00:00.000 --> 04:53.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IF YOU LOOK AT OVER THE COURSE 00:00.000 --> 04:56.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OF THE LAST DECADE, YOU HAVE 00:00.000 --> 04:59.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% INCUMBENTS WITHOUT PRIMARY 00:00.000 --> 05:00.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OPPOSITION GOING FROM 77% IN 00:00.000 --> 05:03.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% 2010 TO 88% THIS YEAR IN THE 00:00.000 --> 05:06.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% PRIMARY. 00:00.000 --> 05:08.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND YOU HAVE THIS YEAR LOOKING 00:00.000 --> 05:09.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AT 67% OF INCUMBENTS WILL HAVE 00:00.000 --> 05:11.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NO GENERAL ELECTION COMPETITION. 00:00.000 --> 05:13.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WHAT WE HAVE IN THE STATE OF 00:00.000 --> 05:15.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ILLINOIS IS A PROCESS BY WHICH 00:00.000 --> 05:18.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE LEGISLATORS BECAUSE OF THE 00:00.000 --> 05:19.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SECRET PROCESS THAT THEY USE 00:00.000 --> 05:21.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% YEAR AFTER YEAR TO PICK THEIR 00:00.000 --> 05:23.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DISTRICTS AND DRAW THE MAP THEY 00:00.000 --> 05:24.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ARE PICKING THEIR CONSTITUENTS 00:00.000 --> 05:25.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 00:00.000 --> 05:27.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> PROPOSAL SIMILAR FAILED 00:00.000 --> 05:28.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% BEFORE. 00:00.000 --> 05:30.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE ON BETTER 00:00.000 --> 05:31.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% LEGAL FOOTING? 00:00.000 --> 05:34.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD 00:00.000 --> 05:35.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ROADMAP FROM THE JUDGE TO TELL 00:00.000 --> 05:38.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% US WHAT THE PROBLEMS WERE IN THE 00:00.000 --> 05:39.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% AMENDMENT. 00:00.000 --> 05:41.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE CHANGED THOSE CONSISTENT WITH 00:00.000 --> 05:42.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% THAT DECISION. 00:00.000 --> 05:44.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND WE FEEL CONFIDENT IN OUR 00:00.000 --> 05:45.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% CHANCES NOW. 00:00.000 --> 05:47.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% OBVIOUSLY THIS IS STILL 00:00.000 --> 05:49.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% UNCHARTERED TERRITORY BECAUSE 00:00.000 --> 05:51.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THERE HAVE NOT BEEN A LOT OF 00:00.000 --> 05:53.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COURT CHALLENGES AND A LOT OF 00:00.000 --> 05:54.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COURT GUIDANCE ON THIS ISSUE. 00:00.000 --> 05:57.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% BUT WE FEEL WE ARE WELL 00:00.000 --> 05:59.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% POSITIONED. 00:00.000 --> 06:01.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PLUS, WE'VE LEARNED TODAY THAT 00:00.000 --> 06:03.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OUR SIGNATURES HAVE PASSED THE 00:00.000 --> 06:04.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FIRST VERY BIG HURDLE WITH THE 00:00.000 --> 06:06.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF 00:00.000 --> 06:08.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% ELECTIONS. 00:00.000 --> 06:10.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE HAVE 67% SAMPLING RATE WHICH 00:00.000 --> 06:12.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IS VERY HIGH AND WE FEEL 00:00.000 --> 06:14.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE MOVING 00:00.000 --> 06:15.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FORWARD IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. 00:00.000 --> 06:17.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> BECAUSE YOU COLLECTED 00:00.000 --> 06:19.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% 600,000. 00:00.000 --> 06:21.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> YOU ONLY NEEDED 300,000 BUT 00:00.000 --> 06:23.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WE DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF 00:00.000 --> 06:24.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SIGNATURES THAT THE WE NEEDED TO 00:00.000 --> 06:26.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MAKE SURE THAT WE PASSED THIS 00:00.000 --> 06:29.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IMPORTANT THRESHOLD AND WELL ON 00:00.000 --> 06:30.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE WAY TO MAKING SURE THAT 00:00.000 --> 06:31.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE'VE MET THE SIGNATURE REQUIRE. 00:00.000 --> 06:33.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% THAT WE NEEDED. 00:00.000 --> 06:36.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN 00:00.000 --> 06:38.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% THE COURT CASE. 00:00.000 --> 06:40.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% A LAWSUIT HAS FILED AND WE HAD 00:00.000 --> 06:41.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OUR FIRST STATUS FRIDAY AND 00:00.000 --> 06:44.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE'VE CHARTED OUT A PROCESS WITH 00:00.000 --> 06:44.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE COURT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 00:00.000 --> 06:46.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% GETTING A DECISION IN EARLY 00:00.000 --> 06:48.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% JULY. 00:00.000 --> 06:48.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO FOLKS THAT 00:00.000 --> 06:50.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SAYS THIS SOUNDS LIKE INSIDE 00:00.000 --> 06:52.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% POLITICS? 00:00.000 --> 06:54.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IT IS NOT A BREAD AND BUTTER 00:00.000 --> 06:55.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ISSUE IN THE SENSE OF TAXES OR 00:00.000 --> 06:57.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% PENSION BENEFITS. 00:00.000 --> 06:58.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE FOLKS? 00:00.000 --> 07:00.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN 00:00.000 --> 07:01.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE WAY OUR GOVERNMENT WORKS. 00:00.000 --> 07:04.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING 00:00.000 --> 07:07.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IN SPRINGFIELD TODAY NOT MUCH 00:00.000 --> 07:08.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% HAPPENING A LOT OF PARTISAN 00:00.000 --> 07:10.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ACRIMONY PART IS THE WAY THE 00:00.000 --> 07:11.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN. 00:00.000 --> 07:13.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IF WE CHANGE THE WAY THE 00:00.000 --> 07:16.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN WE INVITE 00:00.000 --> 07:16.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE PEOPLE INTO THE PROCESS AND 00:00.000 --> 07:17.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% LET THEM CHOOSE THEIR 00:00.000 --> 07:19.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% LEGISLATORS. 00:00.000 --> 07:20.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND MAKE RACES MORE COMPETITIVE 00:00.000 --> 07:22.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% YOU WILL HAVE A MUCH MORE 00:00.000 --> 07:24.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% RESPONSE ACTIVE LEGISLATURE AND 00:00.000 --> 07:25.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% A LEGISLATURE THAT IS LOOKING 00:00.000 --> 07:27.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OUT FOR ISSUES THAT ARE BREAD 00:00.000 --> 07:29.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND BUTTER ISSUES THAT ARE 00:00.000 --> 07:30.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE. 00:00.000 --> 07:34.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IT MAY SOUND LIKE IT'S ARCANE 00:00.000 --> 07:34.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE WAY 00:00.000 --> 07:37.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE GOVERNMENT OPERATES, AND 00:00.000 --> 07:37.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% FUN. 00:00.000 --> 07:40.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ALI IMPORTANT THE WAY OUR 00:00.000 --> 07:43.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DEMOCRACY SHOULD BE WORKING AND 00:00.000 --> 07:44.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE 00:00.000 --> 07:45.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IN THE WAY THAT PEOPLE ENGAGE 00:00.000 --> 07:47.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT. 00:00.000 --> 07:48.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE HAVE ELECTION AFTER ELECTION 00:00.000 --> 07:50.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WITH NO COMPETITION AMONGST 00:00.000 --> 07:52.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LEGISLATORS BUT THE NUMBER OF 00:00.000 --> 07:55.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP TO VOTE 00:00.000 --> 07:57.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% KEEPS GOING DOWN. 00:00.000 --> 07:57.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND PEOPLE FEEL LIKE WHAT 00:00.000 --> 07:59.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HAPPENS IN SPRINGFIELD HAS NO 00:00.000 --> 08:01.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% MEANING. 00:00.000 --> 08:04.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IF WE ARE ABLE TO CHANGE THE WAY 00:00.000 --> 08:05.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THAT THE MAPS ARE DRAWN AND GIVE 00:00.000 --> 08:08.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE PEOPLE A REAL VOICE NOT A 00:00.000 --> 08:09.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FAKE VOICE BUT A REAL VOICE IN 00:00.000 --> 08:12.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE WAY THE MAPS ARE DRAWN WE 00:00.000 --> 08:13.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BELIEVE THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY 00:00.000 --> 08:14.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CHANGE NOT ONLY THE CONTENT BUT 00:00.000 --> 08:15.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE TONE OF THE DISCUSSION IN 00:00.000 --> 08:16.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SPRINGFIELD AND ACROSS THE 00:00.000 --> 08:19.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% STATE. 00:00.000 --> 08:20.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% >> LAST QUESTION. 00:00.000 --> 08:21.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% RIGHT NOW DEMOCRATS CONTROL BOTH 00:00.000 --> 08:23.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% HOUSES. 00:00.000 --> 08:24.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WOULD THAT CHANGE IF YOUR 00:00.000 --> 08:26.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PROPOSAL WERE TO GO THROUGH? 00:00.000 --> 08:27.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% >> WE DON'T KNOW. 00:00.000 --> 08:29.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THE 00:00.000 --> 08:33.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE POPULATION 00:00.000 --> 08:34.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IN OUR STATE ARE CHANGING. 00:00.000 --> 08:36.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FOR EXAMPLE, LATINOS SEEM TO BE 00:00.000 --> 08:38.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% INCREASING THEIR POPULATION. 00:00.000 --> 08:38.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND WE THINK THAT THAT WILL 00:00.000 --> 08:39.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CONTINUE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS 00:00.000 --> 08:42.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% DECADE. 00:00.000 --> 08:44.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE 00:00.000 --> 08:45.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A GREATER VOICE BUT THEY ARE NOT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% GOING TO THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS