1 00:00:04,204 --> 00:00:06,539 >> WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES. 2 00:00:06,539 --> 00:00:08,441 TONIGHT, THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CANDIDATES FOR 3 00:00:08,441 --> 00:00:12,512 SECRETARY OF STATE. THE IDAHO DEBATES IS ORGANIZED 4 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:17,517 BY THESE PARTNERS. FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE 5 00:00:17,517 --> 00:00:20,053 FRIENDS OF IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION. 6 00:00:20,053 --> 00:00:23,056 THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT, AND THE CORPORATION 7 00:00:23,056 --> 00:00:28,294 FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING. >> Melissa Davlin: WELCOME TO 8 00:00:28,294 --> 00:00:31,831 THE IDAHO DEBATES AT THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION STUDIOS. 9 00:00:31,831 --> 00:00:34,434 THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL DEBATE WE'RE HOSTING BEFORE 10 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:35,969 THE MAY 17th PRIMARY ELECTION. 11 00:00:35,969 --> 00:00:38,405 TONIGHT THE THREE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARY OF 12 00:00:38,405 --> 00:00:41,374 STATE TAKE THE STAGE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 13 00:00:41,374 --> 00:00:44,110 THE SECRETARY OF STATE OVERSEES ELECTION 14 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:48,047 ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS CAMPAIGN FINANCE, VOTER 15 00:00:48,047 --> 00:00:50,283 REGISTRATION, LOBBYIST RENTAL SERVICES.ATION AND BUSINESS- 16 00:00:50,283 --> 00:00:52,552 THEY ALSO SIT ON THE STATE LAND BOARD. 17 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:56,589 THE WINNER OF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WILL FACE DEMOCRATIC 18 00:00:56,589 --> 00:00:58,925 CANDIDATE SEAN KEENAN IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. 19 00:00:58,925 --> 00:01:01,294 I WANT TO WELCOME THE CANDIDATES. 20 00:01:01,294 --> 00:01:05,698 PHIL McGRANE, MARY SOUZA, AND DOROTHY MOON. 21 00:01:05,698 --> 00:01:07,867 ADA COUNTY CLERK PHIL McGRANE TOOK OFFICE IN 2019, 22 00:01:07,867 --> 00:01:11,504 PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED HE WORKED AS AN ELECTION 23 00:01:11,504 --> 00:01:15,208 SPECIALIST AND DEPUTY CLERK. SENATOR MARY SOUZA HAS SERVED 24 00:01:15,208 --> 00:01:18,044 FOUR TERMS IN THE IDAHO SENATE, SHE CO-OWNS A BUSINESS 25 00:01:18,044 --> 00:01:21,881 AND IS A RETIRED NURSE. REPRESENTATIVE DOROTHY MOON 26 00:01:21,881 --> 00:01:24,617 HAS SERVED THREE TERMS IN THE IDAHO HOUSE OF 27 00:01:24,617 --> 00:01:26,419 REPRESENTATIVES. SHE IS A FORMER SPECIAL 28 00:01:26,419 --> 00:01:29,189 EDUCATION TEACHER, INSTRUCTOR, AND BUSINESS OWNER. 29 00:01:29,189 --> 00:01:31,724 I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PANEL OF REPORTERS WHO WILL BE 30 00:01:31,724 --> 00:01:33,960 ASKING THE CANDIDATES QUESTIONS TONIGHT. 31 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:38,031 BETSY RUSSELL OF THE IDAHO PRESS, KELCIE MOSELEY-MORRIS 32 00:01:38,031 --> 00:01:40,500 OF THE IDAHO CAPITAL SUN AND RYAN SUPPE OF THE "IDAHO 33 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:43,970 STATESMAN." I'M MELISSA DAVLIN HOST OF 34 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:46,072 IDAHO REPORT ON IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION. 35 00:01:46,072 --> 00:01:51,044 I'M MODERATING TONIGHT. TO REMIND THE CANDIDATES HOW 36 00:01:51,044 --> 00:01:55,248 LONG THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS ANNE KARLTON. 37 00:01:55,248 --> 00:01:58,785 EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN 90 SECONDS FOR OPENING 38 00:01:58,785 --> 00:02:04,123 COMMENTS AND 60 SECONDS FOR CLOSE. 39 00:02:04,123 --> 00:02:06,626 PHIL McGRANE HAS THE HONOR TO GO FIRST. 40 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:07,961 >> Phil McGrane: THANK YOU IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION AND 41 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:10,697 ALL THE OTHER SPONSORS AND PEOPLE WHO PUT ALL THE WORK TO 42 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:13,199 MAKE THIS HAPPEN TODAY. I'M PHIL McGRANE, AND I'M 43 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:17,136 RUNNING TO BE YOUR NEXT REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE. 44 00:02:17,136 --> 00:02:20,540 THERE'S A REASON WE'RE HAVING NOT JUST THE ONE TONIGHT, BUT 45 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:23,943 ALL OF THESE DEBATES. AND IT'S BECAUSE ELECTIONS 46 00:02:23,943 --> 00:02:27,547 MATTER. AND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR 47 00:02:27,547 --> 00:02:30,950 ELECTIONS, EXPERIENCE COUNTS. I'VE HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE OF 48 00:02:30,950 --> 00:02:34,687 SPENDING MY ENTIRE CAREER ENSURING THAT IDAHO HAS FREE, 49 00:02:34,687 --> 00:02:37,790 FAIR, AND SECURE ELECTIONS. RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE, ALMOST 50 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:42,695 17 YEARS AGO, I FELL INTO A JOB RECRUITING POLL WORKERS, 51 00:02:42,695 --> 00:02:44,797 TRAINING THEM, POLLING LOCATIONS, AND COUNTING 52 00:02:44,797 --> 00:02:47,066 BALLOTS WHEN WE STILL VOTED ON THE PUNCH CARD. 53 00:02:47,066 --> 00:02:50,136 I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK MY WAY UP. 54 00:02:50,136 --> 00:02:53,106 AND SERVE IN ALL SORTS OF ROLES RELATED TO OUR ELECTIONS 55 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:56,042 AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN EVERY ASPECT, AS AN 56 00:02:56,042 --> 00:02:57,744 ADMINISTRATOR AND AS A CANDIDATE. 57 00:02:57,744 --> 00:03:01,314 I'VE HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH SECRETARY 58 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:07,654 DENNY, AND SECRETARY U ASSIST SURSA AND I'VE COUNTE ALMOST 59 00:03:07,654 --> 00:03:08,855 2.5 MILLION BALLOTS IN MY CAREER. 60 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:11,891 ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I WANT TO SAY IS IDAHO SHOULD BE 61 00:03:11,891 --> 00:03:14,761 PROUD OF OUR ELECTIONS. I KNOW I AM. 62 00:03:14,761 --> 00:03:17,830 ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I'M RUNNING HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE 63 00:03:17,830 --> 00:03:22,268 I'M PROUD TO BE AN IDAHOAN. I'M A FOURTH-GENERATION 64 00:03:22,268 --> 00:03:25,271 IDAHOAN, AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF KIDS WITH MY WIFE ANGELA, 65 00:03:25,271 --> 00:03:28,374 WHO ARE 5th-GENERATION IDAHOANS AND I WANT THEM TO BE 66 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:30,543 AS JUST AS BLESSED AS I HAVE BEEN. 67 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:32,612 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT. 68 00:03:32,612 --> 00:03:35,782 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE QUESTIONS, AND I HOPE YOU WILL 69 00:03:35,782 --> 00:03:38,418 SEE EXPERIENCE COUNTS IN THIS RACE. 70 00:03:38,418 --> 00:03:42,589 >> Melissa Davlin: THANK YOU. SENATOR SOUZA. 71 00:03:42,589 --> 00:03:44,324 >> Mary Souza: I'M SENATOR MARY SOUZA AND I'M FINISHING 72 00:03:44,324 --> 00:03:47,360 MY EIGHTH YEAR IN THE SENATE. I'M RUNNING FOR IDAHO 73 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:52,198 SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROTECT OUR ELECTIONS, TO PROTECT OUR 74 00:03:52,198 --> 00:03:55,268 BUSINESSES, AND TO PROTECT OUR ENDOWMENT LANDS. 75 00:03:55,268 --> 00:03:57,904 THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE 76 00:03:57,904 --> 00:04:02,141 SECRETARY OF STATE. DURING THE 2020 ELECTIONS, 77 00:04:02,141 --> 00:04:07,080 FACEBOOK MONEY CAME TO OUR IDAHO ELECTIONS. 78 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,350 MY OPPONENT, PHIL McGRANE, THE FIRST PERSON AND ONLY 79 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:14,087 PERSON TO BE DIRECTLY CONTACTED BY THE FACEBOOK 80 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:18,725 FUNDING GROUP. HE ACCEPTED $500,000 OF THEIR 81 00:04:18,725 --> 00:04:22,095 MONEY AND RECOMMENDED TO ALL THE OTHER COUNTY CLERKS THAT 82 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:24,597 THEY APPLY FOR THE MONEY AS WELL. 83 00:04:24,597 --> 00:04:28,167 AND AT NO TIME DID ANY OF THEM EVER CONSULT WITH THE 84 00:04:28,167 --> 00:04:32,839 SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. THIS MONEY WAS NOT FOR A 85 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:37,110 CANDIDATE OR A BALLOT MEASURE. IT WAS TO ACTUALLY RUN OUR 86 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:40,113 ELECTIONS. I WAS THE FIRST IDAHO LAWMAKER 87 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:44,651 TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS MONEY AND I QUICKLY DRAFTED AND GOT 88 00:04:44,651 --> 00:04:49,122 THROUGH THE SYSTEM A BILL SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE 89 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:53,326 GOVERNOR, THE BILL WILL STOP, HAS STOPPED ANY FURTHER 90 00:04:53,326 --> 00:04:56,829 FACEBOOK MONEY OR ANY PRIVATE DARK MONEY FROM COMING IN TO 91 00:04:56,829 --> 00:05:00,466 IDAHO TO RUN OUR ELECTIONS EVER AGAIN. 92 00:05:00,466 --> 00:05:04,504 I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON ELECTIONS SINCE 2009, AND DURING MY TIME 93 00:05:04,504 --> 00:05:08,775 IN THE SENATE, I HAVE SPONSORED 15 BILLS ON ELECTION 94 00:05:08,775 --> 00:05:11,844 INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY 95 00:05:11,844 --> 00:05:15,915 TO TALK WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND MY THANKS TO THE IDAHO PUBLIC 96 00:05:15,915 --> 00:05:17,717 BROADCASTING SYSTEM, AND OUR MODERATORS. 97 00:05:17,717 --> 00:05:19,919 THANK YOU. >> Melissa Davlin: THANK YOU. 98 00:05:19,919 --> 00:05:21,454 REPRESENTATIVE MOON. >> Dorothy Moon: THANK YOU, 99 00:05:21,454 --> 00:05:23,122 MELISSA. I'M DOROTHY MOON, AND I LIVE 100 00:05:23,122 --> 00:05:25,458 IN CUSTER COUNTY OFF GRID WITH MY HUSBAND. 101 00:05:25,458 --> 00:05:30,296 AND I'VE BEEN UP THERE WITH MY E PAST 18 YEARS. 102 00:05:30,296 --> 00:05:32,899 IN CENTRAL IDAHO. I TAUGHT AT CHALICE HIGH 103 00:05:32,899 --> 00:05:35,234 SCHOOL, I WAS A SCIENCE TEACHER AS WELL AS A SPECIAL 104 00:05:35,234 --> 00:05:38,471 ED DIRECTOR. AND I LEFT IN 2012 AND MOVED 105 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:42,175 ON TO OTHER VENTURES. I'VE ALSO BEEN THE PRESIDENT 106 00:05:42,175 --> 00:05:44,977 OF MOON AND ASSOCIATES, A CIVIL ENGINEERING AND LAND 107 00:05:44,977 --> 00:05:48,414 SURVEYING COMPANY, AND IN OUR FREE TIME WE'RE GOLD MINERS 108 00:05:48,414 --> 00:05:51,784 AND WE ALSO CUT LOGS AND BUILD LITTLE BABY LOG HOMES. 109 00:05:51,784 --> 00:05:54,787 SO I'VE BEEN REPRESENTING LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT EIGHT FOR 110 00:05:54,787 --> 00:05:58,391 THE PAST SIX YEARS, WHICH COVERS 16,000 SQUARE MILES, 111 00:05:58,391 --> 00:06:00,560 THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN THIS STATE. 112 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:05,131 I'M VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT RURAL IDAHO, AND THE 97% I'VE 113 00:06:05,131 --> 00:06:07,467 EARNED FOR MY CONSERVATIVE VOTES IN THE AMERICAN 114 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:09,402 CONSERVATIVE UNION, I'M VERY PROUD OF. 115 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:12,138 I WANT TO BE YOUR NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE BECAUSE 116 00:06:12,138 --> 00:06:15,541 ELECTION INTEGRITY ISSUES ARE A CONCERN OF IDAHOANS. 117 00:06:15,541 --> 00:06:19,045 AS YOUR CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER, MAINTAINING 118 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:22,348 UNIFORMITY AND CONSISTENCY IN OUR ELECTIONS IS SOMETHING I 119 00:06:22,348 --> 00:06:26,886 PROMISE YOU WE WILL HAVE. I ALSO AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH 120 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:29,822 RESOURCES. I HAVE BEEN UP IN THE WOODS 121 00:06:29,822 --> 00:06:33,726 FOR A LONG TIME, AND BEING AMONG THE RESOURCES I'VE BEEN 122 00:06:33,726 --> 00:06:36,729 SURROUNDED BY FIRE AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AS 123 00:06:36,729 --> 00:06:41,067 FAR AS FLOODING AND SO FORTH. AS FAR AS THE THINGS I'VE BEEN 124 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:45,505 INVOLVED WITH, FUELS REDUCTIONS IN OUR FORESTS, 125 00:06:45,505 --> 00:06:48,241 MINE PERMITTING AND IMRAIZING ALLOTMENTS. 126 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:52,612 WITH MY MASTER'S DEGREE IN RESOURCE PLANNING, WE GET 127 00:06:52,612 --> 00:06:55,014 HIGHEST ECONOMIC RETURNS ON OUR ENDOWMENT LANDS IS 128 00:06:55,014 --> 00:06:57,283 SOMETHING I CAN ACHIEVE. MY NAME IS DOROTHY MOON, 129 00:06:57,283 --> 00:07:00,019 RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. 130 00:07:00,019 --> 00:07:03,456 >> Melissa Davlin: THE FIRST QUESTION FROM BETSY RUSSELL. 131 00:07:03,456 --> 00:07:05,324 >> Betsy Russell: CLERK MCGRANE, WERE THERE HAVE BEEN 132 00:07:05,324 --> 00:07:08,294 ISSUES IN ADA COUNTY ELECTIONS, HOW HAVE YOU 133 00:07:08,294 --> 00:07:11,831 HANDLED THEM AND WHAT LESSONS HAVE LEARNED FROM RUNNING 134 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:13,900 ELECTIONS IN THE STATE'S LARGEST COUNTY THAT YOU'D LIKE 135 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:16,702 TO BRING TO ELECTIONS STATEWIDE? 136 00:07:16,702 --> 00:07:18,070 >> Phil McGrane: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, BETSY. 137 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:20,506 I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HIGHLIGHTS MY EXPERIENCE, 138 00:07:20,506 --> 00:07:24,110 HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR ELECTIONS, I 139 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,479 THINK ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS I BRING TO THE 140 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:28,948 SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, I'M NOT JUST LOOKING AT IT 141 00:07:28,948 --> 00:07:32,585 FROM A BROAD LEVEL, BUT I'VE BEEN ON THE GROUND, WORKING IN 142 00:07:32,585 --> 00:07:35,354 POLLING PLACES, DEALING WITH POLL WORKERS, PRINTING BALLOTS 143 00:07:35,354 --> 00:07:37,890 AND ALL OF THE LOGISTICS THAT GO INTO OUR ELECTIONS. 144 00:07:37,890 --> 00:07:41,828 MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE JUST HOW BIG OF A SCALE THEY ARE. 145 00:07:41,828 --> 00:07:44,597 OFTEN ELECTIONS ARE THE LARGEST EVENT PLANNING 146 00:07:44,597 --> 00:07:46,966 OPERATION IN ANY COMMUNITY IN OUR STATE. 147 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:49,235 AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES BOTH WHEN IT'S 148 00:07:49,235 --> 00:07:51,237 GONE REALLY WELL AND THE CHALLENGES THAT COME ALONG 149 00:07:51,237 --> 00:07:53,940 WITH OUR ELECTIONS. SO I'VE LEARNED FROM THAT. 150 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:56,042 AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED IN TERMS OF A 151 00:07:56,042 --> 00:07:57,977 SECRETARY OF STATE IS THAT EXPERIENCE. 152 00:07:57,977 --> 00:08:01,414 SO THE COUNTY CLERK OR ANYONE ELSE CALLS, THAT THEY HAVE THE 153 00:08:01,414 --> 00:08:04,183 ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS. BOTH IN TERMS OF HOW OUR LAWS 154 00:08:04,183 --> 00:08:06,786 WORK, BUT ALSO HOW THINGS WORK PRACTICALLY ON THE GROUND. 155 00:08:06,786 --> 00:08:10,089 I THINK MOST IDAHOANS CAN RELATE TO THAT IN THEIR JOBS. 156 00:08:10,089 --> 00:08:12,992 NEEDING SOMEONE YOU CAN TURN TO WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE, 157 00:08:12,992 --> 00:08:15,294 THOSE THE NUANCES OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON THE GROUND, 158 00:08:15,294 --> 00:08:17,129 AND HOW THAT WILL IMPACT THINGS. 159 00:08:17,129 --> 00:08:19,532 I FACE CHALLENGES WHETHER THAT'S BEEN PRINTING BALLOTS 160 00:08:19,532 --> 00:08:22,702 OR OTHER THINGS, AND HAVE BEEN QUICK TO JUMP ON AND REACT TO 161 00:08:22,702 --> 00:08:25,671 THOSE CHALLENGES WHEN THEY'VE COME UP. 162 00:08:25,671 --> 00:08:28,674 ELECTIONS ARE SO INVOLVED, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY EASY. 163 00:08:28,674 --> 00:08:31,177 BUT THAT'S WHERE IT TAKES A TEAM OF PEOPLE, WHETHER THAT'S 164 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:34,814 THE 1300 POLL WORKERS WE USE, OR ALL OF THE OTHER ELECTED 165 00:08:34,814 --> 00:08:36,916 OFFICIALS AND PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE ALONG THE WAY. 166 00:08:36,916 --> 00:08:39,652 IT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO HAVE COUNTY SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE 167 00:08:39,652 --> 00:08:41,721 STATE, WHETHER IT'S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLERKS, 168 00:08:41,721 --> 00:08:44,524 SHERIFFS OR OTHERS, BECAUSE WE WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE OUR 169 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:48,027 ELECTIONS WORK WELL. >> Betsy Russell: CAN YOU GIVE 170 00:08:48,027 --> 00:08:51,898 US AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE TIMES THINGS HAVEN'T GONE 171 00:08:51,898 --> 00:08:54,967 REALLY WELL AND WHAT YOU DID? >> Phil McGrane: ABSOLUTELY. 172 00:08:54,967 --> 00:08:57,236 A GREAT EXAMPLE JUST FROM THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. 173 00:08:57,236 --> 00:09:01,574 WE HAD AN ISSUE WHERE MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE WE 174 00:09:01,574 --> 00:09:04,010 ROTATE THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT. 175 00:09:04,010 --> 00:09:07,413 MAKING SURE EACH CANDIDATE GETS A TURN AT THE TOP. 176 00:09:07,413 --> 00:09:10,249 WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS AN ERROR RELATED TO ONE OF THE 177 00:09:10,249 --> 00:09:12,985 RACES PRINTING THOSE BALLOTS. WE WERE QUICK TO JUMP ON THAT 178 00:09:12,985 --> 00:09:15,621 AND TO PRINT NEW BALLOTS TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTERS AND 179 00:09:15,621 --> 00:09:18,791 EARLY VOTING AND ON ELECTION DAY WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT 180 00:09:18,791 --> 00:09:20,326 RESOURCES. WE LEARNED THAT THE ELECTION 181 00:09:20,326 --> 00:09:23,496 WAS CLOSE, I SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH ALL INVOLVED, 182 00:09:23,496 --> 00:09:26,666 INCLUDING THE CANDIDATES. WE CONDUCTED A RECOUNT WHERE 183 00:09:26,666 --> 00:09:29,402 EVERYTHING MATCHED, AND WORKED WITH EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND I 184 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:32,238 THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF ELECTIONS 185 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:34,340 INTEGRITY. MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS THE 186 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:35,875 RESOURCES. ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED 187 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:38,978 THROUGH THAT PROCESS WAS THAT WE NEEDED A TOOL TO ADDRESS IT 188 00:09:38,978 --> 00:09:41,781 IN CASE WE EVER NEED TO TAKE AN ELECTION TO A JUDGE. 189 00:09:41,781 --> 00:09:44,517 AND I'M PROUD TO SAY I GOT LEGISLATION THROUGH THIS PAST 190 00:09:44,517 --> 00:09:47,920 SESSION TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. THAT WE CAN HAVE JUDICIAL 191 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,723 REVIEW IN A CLOSE ELECTION AND GIVING AUTHORITY TO A JUDGE TO 192 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:53,125 CALL A NEW ELECTION IF IT'S NECESSARY. 193 00:09:53,125 --> 00:09:55,928 I THINK THOSE -- THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF JUST HAVING THAT ON 194 00:09:55,928 --> 00:09:58,798 THE GROUND EXPERIENCE AND KNOWING WHEN SOMETHING NUANCED 195 00:09:58,798 --> 00:10:04,770 LIKE THAT HAPPENS, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO REACT. 196 00:10:04,770 --> 00:10:06,505 >> Melissa Davlin: SENATOR SOUTH, YOU'RE NEXT, AND IF I 197 00:10:06,505 --> 00:10:10,209 MAY POSE THE QUESTION TO YOU YOU -- 198 00:10:10,209 --> 00:10:12,645 >> Mary Souza: I WANTED TO RESPOND TO WHAT CLERK MCGRANE 199 00:10:12,645 --> 00:10:13,446 JUS SAID. THANK YOU. 200 00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:18,084 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE MERIDIAN 201 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:20,553 CITY COUNCIL RACE THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO IN THE 202 00:10:20,553 --> 00:10:23,522 NOVEMBER ELECTION. AND THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION 203 00:10:23,522 --> 00:10:28,527 WITH A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS NOT ROTATED AS HIS NAME WAS ON THE 204 00:10:28,527 --> 00:10:31,330 BALLOT. AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT 205 00:10:31,330 --> 00:10:35,735 UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION AND AFTER YOU REALIZED YOUR OFFICE 206 00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:38,771 REALIZED IT WAS GOING TO BE A CLOSE ELECTION, THAT YOU LET 207 00:10:38,771 --> 00:10:42,375 THE PEOPLE INVOLVED KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM. 208 00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:45,978 THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY. 209 00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:49,482 I'VE BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER FOR 37 YEARS WITH MY HUSBAND, AND 210 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:52,251 I WAS GENERAL MANAGER FOR 15 OF THOSE YEARS. 211 00:10:52,251 --> 00:10:55,521 I KNOW THAT MISTAKES HAPPEN. BUT IT'S HOW YOU HANDLE THE 212 00:10:55,521 --> 00:10:57,757 MISTAKE THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. 213 00:10:57,757 --> 00:11:00,393 TRANSPARENCY IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN OUR ELECTIONS, 214 00:11:00,393 --> 00:11:05,398 AND I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO SEE YOU OR YOUR OFFICE GIVE 215 00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:09,135 THAT INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED ON THAT BALLOT RIGHT 216 00:11:09,135 --> 00:11:12,538 AS SOON AS YOU DISCOVERED IT, SO THEY WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED 217 00:11:12,538 --> 00:11:16,075 THAT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD WATCH. 218 00:11:16,075 --> 00:11:18,044 >> Melissa Davlin: I'LL GIVE YOU 60 SECONDS TO RESPOND. 219 00:11:18,044 --> 00:11:19,178 >> Phil McGrane: THANK YOU, MELISSA. 220 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:21,347 I THINK THAT HIGHLIGHTS JUST THE LACK OF EXPERIENCE WHEN IT 221 00:11:21,347 --> 00:11:24,183 COMES TO HOW COMPLEX OUR ELECTIONS ARE AND EVERYTHING 222 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:26,419 THAT'S INVOLVED. I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST 223 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:27,953 CHALLENGES, THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PARTS. 224 00:11:27,953 --> 00:11:30,790 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. THE ROTATION ON THE BALLOTS, 225 00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:34,060 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HAVING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 226 00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:36,796 CANDIDATES. AND ON A TOP TICKET RACE LIKE 227 00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:39,331 THE MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL RACE, IT HAS A MINIMAL IMPACT. 228 00:11:39,331 --> 00:11:41,967 IT'S THE DOWN BALLOT RACES WHERE IT HAS A HUGE EFFECT. 229 00:11:41,967 --> 00:11:45,504 IN EVERY INSTANCE, WE TRACK AND MONITOR AND MAKE SURE WE 230 00:11:45,504 --> 00:11:47,640 KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING SO WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THE 231 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,375 CANDIDATES AND GIVE THEM THE TOOLS. 232 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:51,911 I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE TO MAKE 233 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:54,213 SURE HE HAD ALL THE INFORMATION, TOOLS, AND EVEN 234 00:11:54,213 --> 00:11:56,649 GUIDE TOUCHDOWN HIM THROUGH THE RECOUNT PROCESS TO MAKE 235 00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:59,151 SURE HE COULD SEE ALL ASPECTS OF OUR ELECTIONS. 236 00:11:59,151 --> 00:12:02,054 I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO PUT 237 00:12:02,054 --> 00:12:04,890 THIS BEFORE A JUDGE, AND IT'S WHY I WORKED ON LEGISLATION 238 00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:07,159 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN OUR ELECTIONS TO TRY AND 239 00:12:07,159 --> 00:12:08,694 ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, AND NOW WE DO. 240 00:12:08,694 --> 00:12:10,830 I THINK IT'S THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT WE NEED IN THE 241 00:12:10,830 --> 00:12:16,569 SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. >> Mary Souza: I'VE GOT TO 242 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,771 ADDRESS THIS TOO. THIS ISN'T THE END OF THE 243 00:12:18,771 --> 00:12:20,639 STORY. >> Melissa Davlin: I'LL GIVE 244 00:12:20,639 --> 00:12:24,043 YOU 60 SECONDS. >> Mary Souza: MICHAEL HAWN, I 245 00:12:24,043 --> 00:12:27,646 EXPWIEWD HIM AND I THINK CLERK MCGRANE, THE FACT OF THE 246 00:12:27,646 --> 00:12:30,382 MATTER IS YOU WERE AWARE THE BALLOTS WENT OUT NOT 247 00:12:30,382 --> 00:12:31,784 RANDOMIZED. IT WAS 2100. 248 00:12:31,784 --> 00:12:35,721 SO I GUESS IT WAS STATISTICALLY -- THESE 56 249 00:12:35,721 --> 00:12:41,093 VOTES THAT HE LOST BY, STATISTICALLY WAS THAT ENOUGH, 250 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:42,995 TO WHERE HE COULD HAVE PREVAILED. 251 00:12:42,995 --> 00:12:45,931 SO I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT 252 00:12:45,931 --> 00:12:48,367 IMMEDIATELY, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED IMMEDIATELY, 253 00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:51,770 INSTEAD OF LETTING IT GO, AND YOU HAD TO SEEK COUNSEL FROM 254 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:55,107 THE STATE OF STATE -- THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND 255 00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:58,177 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AS YOU HAD, I 256 00:12:58,177 --> 00:13:01,780 WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE RERUN, RETRIEVED THOSE 257 00:13:01,780 --> 00:13:05,184 2100 BALLOTS AND DONE THE ELECTION -- THE FACT YOU 258 00:13:05,184 --> 00:13:08,254 DIDN'T HAVE A REMEDY RIGHT AWAY WAS VERY CONCERNING TO 259 00:13:08,254 --> 00:13:11,657 THE CANDIDATE, ALSO TO ME. >> Melissa Davlin: I'LL GIVE 260 00:13:11,657 --> 00:13:15,161 YOU 30 SECONDS AND THEN WE NEED TO MOVE ON. 261 00:13:15,161 --> 00:13:16,262 >> Phil McGrane: ONCE AGAIN, THIS SHOWS THE LACK OF 262 00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:18,931 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR ELECTION LAWS WORK IN IDAHO. 263 00:13:18,931 --> 00:13:20,866 I SOUGHT THE COUNSEL AND ASSISTANCE OF THE ATTORNEY 264 00:13:20,866 --> 00:13:23,402 GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT 265 00:13:23,402 --> 00:13:25,938 IDAHO LAW REQUIRES. I DID NOT HAVE THE LEGAL 266 00:13:25,938 --> 00:13:29,475 AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS IT SO I WENT TO THOSE WHO DO HAVE THE 267 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:31,810 LEGAL AUTHORITY AND GUIDED SECRETARY DENNY IN A WAY THAT 268 00:13:31,810 --> 00:13:33,746 WE COULD HAVE PUT IT BEFORE A JUDGE. 269 00:13:33,746 --> 00:13:36,482 IT'S THAT LEVEL OF EXPERIENCING AND KNOWING TITLE 270 00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:39,718 34 IN OUR ELECTIONS CODE THAT IS THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO BE 271 00:13:39,718 --> 00:13:43,289 SECRETARY OF STATE. >> Betsy Russell: SENATOR 272 00:13:43,289 --> 00:13:44,990 SOUZA, YOU SPENT YOUR POLITICAL CAREER IN THE 273 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:47,026 LEGISLATURE, NOT RUNNING AN ELECTIONS OFFICE. 274 00:13:47,026 --> 00:13:50,429 WHAT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE QUALIFIES YOU TO BE IDAHO'S 275 00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:55,401 SECRETARY OF STATE AND TO OVERSEE ELECTION STATEWIDE? 276 00:13:55,401 --> 00:13:57,036 >> Mary Souza: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 277 00:13:57,036 --> 00:13:59,905 THE ROLE OF SECRETARY OF STATE IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE 278 00:13:59,905 --> 00:14:03,642 ROLE OF COUNTY CLERK. THE ROLE -- THE COUNTY CLERKS 279 00:14:03,642 --> 00:14:07,780 ARE IN CHARGE AS CLERK MCGRANE AS EXPLAINED, THEY ARE IN 280 00:14:07,780 --> 00:14:10,115 CHARGE OF THE DAY-TO-DAY LOGISTICS DURING THE ELECTION 281 00:14:10,115 --> 00:14:13,752 SEASON. AND PREPARING AND GETTING ALL 282 00:14:13,752 --> 00:14:18,357 OF THE RECORDS CORRECT. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS MUCH 283 00:14:18,357 --> 00:14:23,629 MORE OF A SUPERVISORY JOB. THE SECRETARY IS TITLED THE 284 00:14:23,629 --> 00:14:26,732 CHIEF ELECTIONS OFFICER OF THE STATE. 285 00:14:26,732 --> 00:14:30,803 NOT TO RUN ELECTIONS, BUT TO OVERSEE THE ELECTION LAWS THAT 286 00:14:30,803 --> 00:14:35,708 WE HAVE ON OUR BOOKS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LAWS ARE 287 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:37,843 ENFORCED AND UPDATED AS NEEDED. 288 00:14:37,843 --> 00:14:42,881 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE VERY ANTIQUATED LAWS IN OUR 289 00:14:42,881 --> 00:14:48,187 ELECTION SYSTEM. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2009, I WAS IN 290 00:14:48,187 --> 00:14:51,390 NORTH IDAHO, WHERE I LIVE, AND WE HAD A CITY COUNCIL RACE 291 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:53,759 THAT WAS DETERMINED BY FIVE VOTES. 292 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:57,930 BETSY, I WAS ACTUALLY WRITING A POLITICAL COLUMN FOR THE 293 00:14:57,930 --> 00:14:59,531 COEUR D'ALENE PRESS, I WASN'T IN POLITICS. 294 00:14:59,531 --> 00:15:03,669 AND I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE TAKING NOTES ON THIS COURT 295 00:15:03,669 --> 00:15:07,940 TRIAL THAT PURSUED, THAT ENSUED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL 296 00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:11,210 RACE THAT WAS SO CLOSE. MY EYES WERE OPENED. 297 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:15,047 I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT WE FOUND, WHAT WAS FOUND, AND I 298 00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:17,783 THOUGHT OUR SYSTEM WAS ROCK-SOLID, BUT IT WASN'T. 299 00:15:17,783 --> 00:15:20,653 AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES IS THAT A WOMAN FROM CANADA WHO 300 00:15:20,653 --> 00:15:25,057 HAD LIVED THERE FOR 20 YEARS VOTED LEGALLY IN OUR CITY 301 00:15:25,057 --> 00:15:28,927 COUNCIL RACE, BECAUSE THE DEFINITION OF "RESIDENT" HAD 302 00:15:28,927 --> 00:15:31,330 NOT BEEN CHANGED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 303 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:34,600 AND IT STILL HASN'T BEEN CHANGED TO THIS DAY. 304 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,235 >> Betsy Russell: REPRESENTATI VE MOON, SAME QUESTION. 305 00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:39,305 WHAT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE QUALIFIES YOU TO BE IDAHO 306 00:15:39,305 --> 00:15:42,141 SECRETARY OF STATE AND OVERSEE ELECTIONS STATEWIDE? 307 00:15:42,141 --> 00:15:43,342 >> Dorothy Moon: THANK YOU, BETSY. 308 00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:46,512 I THINK MY QUALIFICATIONS ARE THE FACT THAT I'VE RUN 309 00:15:46,512 --> 00:15:48,747 BUSINESSES. I HAVE THE MOON AND ASSOCIATES 310 00:15:48,747 --> 00:15:52,818 BUSINESS, WE'VE BEEN -- WE'VE PROBABLY HAD 20 EMPLOYEES, 311 00:15:52,818 --> 00:15:56,455 MAYBE 25 OVER THE COURSE OF, SINCE 1994. 312 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:59,091 SO I KNOW HOW TO MANAGE PEOPLE, I DEFINITELY KNOW HOW 313 00:15:59,091 --> 00:16:01,126 TO HIRE, I DEFINITELY KNOW HOW TO FIRE. 314 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:06,699 AS FAR AS MY GET IT DONE ATTITUDE IN EDUCATION -- AND 315 00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:10,536 USE EDUCATION AS A GOOD WAY TO MAKE SURE OUR POLL WATCHERS, 316 00:16:10,536 --> 00:16:12,871 AND CLERK UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE 317 00:16:12,871 --> 00:16:14,506 EVERY TIME AN ELECTION COMES UP. 318 00:16:14,506 --> 00:16:18,777 I UNDERSTAND THAT AFTER THE ALL-ABSENTEE BALLOT ELECTION 319 00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:21,313 PRIMARY THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT HOW POLL 320 00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:24,817 WATCHERS WERE TREATED, HOW THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WATCH 321 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:28,387 THE MACHINES WHEN THEY WERE TABULATING, SO THERE WERE A 322 00:16:28,387 --> 00:16:31,156 COUPLE OF TIMES I HAD TO CALL THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S 323 00:16:31,156 --> 00:16:33,592 OFFICE AND SAY IF MY POLL WATCHER LEAVES THIS COUNTY, 324 00:16:33,592 --> 00:16:36,295 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK IN THROUGH THAT 325 00:16:36,295 --> 00:16:38,230 DOOR. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF TRIAL 326 00:16:38,230 --> 00:16:42,534 AND ERROR DURING THAT PERIOD. BUT FACT OF THE MATTER IS, 327 00:16:42,534 --> 00:16:44,837 EVERYBODY SERVES A CERTAIN POSITION DURING ELECTIONS. 328 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:48,173 AND AN EDUCATOR ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WOULD DO IS GO 329 00:16:48,173 --> 00:16:50,576 TO ALL 44 COUNTIES AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS 330 00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:52,378 WHAT THEIR JOB IS WHAT IT ENTAILS. 331 00:16:52,378 --> 00:16:55,948 AND THEN YOU HAVE CHALLENGERS THAT COME INTO THE EQUATION AS 332 00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:58,417 WELL. SO TO ME EDUCATION TO MAKE 333 00:16:58,417 --> 00:17:02,554 SURE EVERYONE THOSE WHICH LANE THEY STAY IN, WHAT THEY NEED 334 00:17:02,554 --> 00:17:05,858 TO BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC FEELS CONFIDENCE IN THE 335 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:09,261 SYSTEM, AND REMOVES ANY DOUBT THAT THERE'S PROBLEMS IN THE 336 00:17:09,261 --> 00:17:13,065 SYSTEM. >> Melissa Davlin: NEXT 337 00:17:13,065 --> 00:17:14,700 QUESTION COMES FROM RYAN SUPPE. 338 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:17,469 >> Ryan Suppe: QUESTION FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES. 339 00:17:17,469 --> 00:17:20,239 DO YOU BELIEVE JOE BIDEN FAIRLY WON THE 2020 340 00:17:20,239 --> 00:17:22,441 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? PLEASE ANSWER YES OR NO AND 341 00:17:22,441 --> 00:17:25,577 SAY WHY OR WHY NOT. CLERK MCGRANE. 342 00:17:25,577 --> 00:17:27,246 >> Phil McGrane: RYAN, I THINK IT'S SO INTERESTING THAT YOU 343 00:17:27,246 --> 00:17:29,148 ASKED THAT QUESTION. BECAUSE IT'S A REFLECTION OF 344 00:17:29,148 --> 00:17:31,450 JUST WHERE WE ARE. SO MANY OF THE CURRENT 345 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:34,153 CONCERNS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE 2020 ELECTION. 346 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:36,688 JOE BIDEN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT DURING THAT 347 00:17:36,688 --> 00:17:38,090 ELECTION. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE 348 00:17:38,090 --> 00:17:41,660 SEEN AND EXPERIENCED AS I'VE TRAVELED AROUND THE STATE IS 349 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:43,829 THE CONCERNS THAT IDAHO VOTERS HAVE. 350 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:46,131 WHEN MOST IDAHOANS REFLECT ON THEIR VOTING EXPERIENCE AND 351 00:17:46,131 --> 00:17:49,234 HEADING TO THE POLLS AND POLL WORKERS THERE CHECKING THEM 352 00:17:49,234 --> 00:17:51,003 IN, THEY FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THEIR ELECTIONS LOCALLY. 353 00:17:51,003 --> 00:17:53,672 BUT WHEN THEY LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE MANY 354 00:17:53,672 --> 00:17:56,141 CONCERNS, EVEN THE REACTIONS LIKE WE WATCHED IN ARIZONA IN 355 00:17:56,141 --> 00:17:58,911 TERMS OF HOW THEY HANDLED THE POST-ELECTION PROCESS. 356 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:01,480 ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I WANT TO DO AS SECRETARY OF STATE IS 357 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,883 MAKE SURE THAT IDAHOANS FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WHEN THEY DROP 358 00:18:04,883 --> 00:18:07,386 THEIR BALLOT IN THE BALLOT BOX, THAT YOUR VOTE WILL 359 00:18:07,386 --> 00:18:09,221 COUNT. AND YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT JUST 360 00:18:09,221 --> 00:18:12,157 THE SAME AS ANYONE ELSE, AND NO ONE IS TAMPERING WITH OUR 361 00:18:12,157 --> 00:18:13,659 ELECTIONS. WE HAVE A GREAT ELECTION 362 00:18:13,659 --> 00:18:16,028 SYSTEM HERE IN THE STATE, AND I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I 363 00:18:16,028 --> 00:18:20,065 CAN TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT WELL INTO THE FUTURE. 364 00:18:20,065 --> 00:18:21,433 >> Ryan Suppe: SENATOR SOUZA, SAME QUESTION. 365 00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:22,935 >> Mary Souza: THANK YOU, RYAN. 366 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:27,239 I HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION. I DO NOT THINK THAT JOE BIDEN 367 00:18:27,239 --> 00:18:29,875 WON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. BUT HE HAS BEEN NAMED 368 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:32,044 PRESIDENT, AND THAT'S BEEN CERTIFIED. 369 00:18:32,044 --> 00:18:34,146 SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE WOULD GO BACK. 370 00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:36,482 BUT WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM WHAT HAPPENED. 371 00:18:36,482 --> 00:18:40,752 AND THERE WERE MANY THINGS, I WILL CALL IT DEATH BY A 372 00:18:40,752 --> 00:18:44,456 THOUSAND CUTS AS THE CHINESE WOULD PUT IT. 373 00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:50,062 IT WAS BALLOT HARVESTING. IT WAS BALLOT BOXES THAT WERE 374 00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:53,565 EITHER VIDEOTAPED OR -- BUT THEY WERE NOT MANNED. 375 00:18:53,565 --> 00:18:58,737 IT WAS A LOT OF SMALL CHANGES IN LAW THAT WERE SIGNIFICANT 376 00:18:58,737 --> 00:19:02,908 DURING THE COVID CRISIS IN MANY OF THE SWING STATES. 377 00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:06,578 AND THEY WERE NOT DONE LEGALLY BY THE STATE LEGISLATURES. 378 00:19:06,578 --> 00:19:10,449 THEY WERE DONE BY JUDGES, OR SECRETARIES OF STATE. 379 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:13,819 I AM A MEMBER OF THE HONEST ELECTION PROJECT, WHICH IS 380 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:16,889 ONLY A DOZEN LEGISLATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 381 00:19:16,889 --> 00:19:20,392 AND WE GET TOGETHER TWICE A YEAR FOR INTENSE WORKSHOPS 382 00:19:20,392 --> 00:19:24,796 WITH ELECTION EXPERTS. ALL OF THE OTHER 11 383 00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:29,401 LEGISLATORS ARE FROM SWING STATES, LIKE WISCONSIN, 384 00:19:29,401 --> 00:19:32,237 PENNSYLVANIA, ARIZONA, AND MORE. 385 00:19:32,237 --> 00:19:35,507 AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT 386 00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:40,445 HAPPENED IN THOSE STATES, WISCONSIN IS COMING OUT WITH A 387 00:19:40,445 --> 00:19:44,683 SHOCKING 150-PAGE REPORT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR STATE. 388 00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:48,120 BEING DONE BY OUR OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.% 389 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:51,690 IT'S INCREDIBLE. AND I WILL REFER TO IT LATER. 390 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:55,193 BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR EYES WIDE OPEN IN IDAHO, AND SAY, 391 00:19:55,193 --> 00:19:58,630 WE HAVE TO SECURE OUR SYSTEM, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE FRAUD 392 00:19:58,630 --> 00:20:02,234 RIGHT NOW, WE -- IT IS COMING, AND IT IS ALL AROUND US, AND 393 00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:07,005 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SAFETIES ITEM. 394 00:20:07,005 --> 00:20:14,546 >> Ryan Suppe: REPRESENTATIVE MOON. 395 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:17,416 >> Dorothy Moon: NO. WHEN WE NOTICED AROUND THE 396 00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:19,618 BATTLEGROUND STATES WERE GOING TO BED, AND THEY WERE GOING TO 397 00:20:19,618 --> 00:20:22,220 START BACK UP IN THE MORNING, IN MY LIFETIME I HAD NEVER 398 00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:24,756 SEEN THAT HAPPEN. NOR HAD MOST AMERICANS WHO 399 00:20:24,756 --> 00:20:29,528 STAY UP THAT LATE TO WATCH FOR THE RESULTS. 400 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:32,164 SADLY, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WE HAD TO DEAL WITH IT. 401 00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:35,500 EVERYONE WAS IN SHOCK, A LOT OF US BASED ON POLLING, 402 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,769 PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD HAVE BEEN REELECTED. 403 00:20:37,769 --> 00:20:40,205 65% OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS STATE VOTED FOR TRUMP. 404 00:20:40,205 --> 00:20:42,641 THE HIGHEST IN THE ENTIRE NATION. 405 00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:46,244 AS A LEGISLATOR, MOST PHONE CALLS I HAVE RECEIVED AND MOST 406 00:20:46,244 --> 00:20:49,414 EMAILS AND MOST PERSONAL CONTACTS HAVE ALL BEEN ABOUT 407 00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:51,617 ELECTION INTEGRITY ISSUES EVER SINCE THAT ELECTION. 408 00:20:51,617 --> 00:20:54,519 IN FACT, IT WAS SO BAD I DECIDED TO GO OUT AND MEET 409 00:20:54,519 --> 00:20:58,023 WITH PEOPLE. I WENT ON A TOUR FROM DECEMBER 410 00:20:58,023 --> 00:21:01,693 ON, AND MET WITH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN FOUR 411 00:21:01,693 --> 00:21:04,363 MONTHS AT 40 VENUES ON WEEKENDS WHILE IT WAS IN 412 00:21:04,363 --> 00:21:06,231 SESSION. AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS 413 00:21:06,231 --> 00:21:09,635 WITHOUT A DOUBT HOW COME WE DIDN'T JOIN THE TEXAS LAWSUIT, 414 00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:11,937 THE MINUTE THAT THIS LAWSUIT CAME ABOUT? 415 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:14,473 AND IT TOOK OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO FILE AN AMICUS 416 00:21:14,473 --> 00:21:17,609 BRIEF IN WHICH 40 LOSHES SIGNED ON TO, AND I WAS ONE OF 417 00:21:17,609 --> 00:21:20,245 THEM. IN FACT, I WAS ONE OF ONLY 11 418 00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:23,682 TO SIGN ON TO A PETITION FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT. 419 00:21:23,682 --> 00:21:26,518 SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. 420 00:21:26,518 --> 00:21:30,022 WE CANNOT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. AND IDAHO NEEDS TO BE THE 421 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:33,692 BEACON ON THE HILL AND SHOW THAT OUR ELECTIONS WILL NOT BE 422 00:21:33,692 --> 00:21:36,428 COMPROMISED, AND WE WILL DEFINITELY FIGHT TO MAKE SURE 423 00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:41,466 THERE IS NO DOUBT IN OUR SYSTEM. 424 00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:43,001 >> Melissa Davlin: HOW WOULD YOU REBUILD THAT TRUST IF YOU 425 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:48,473 THINK IT FAILED SO MONUMENTALLY? 426 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:51,677 >> Dorothy Moon: FIRST I'D MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A 427 00:21:51,677 --> 00:21:53,945 SECURE ELECTION ACT THAT GOT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE THIS 428 00:21:53,945 --> 00:21:56,081 YEAR. I BROUGHT A BILL FORWARD THAT 429 00:21:56,081 --> 00:21:59,351 WOULD HAVE TIGHTENED UP IDENTIFICATION AS FAR AS 430 00:21:59,351 --> 00:22:01,987 RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, THINGS YOU COULD AND COULDN'T USE AND 431 00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:04,222 CITIZENSHIP. AND CITIZENSHIP I'M SURE WILL 432 00:22:04,222 --> 00:22:08,193 BE A QUESTION PRETTY SOON. AN AFFIDAVIT, WE'RE ALLOWING 433 00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:11,196 PEOPLE TO SEND A PIECE OF PAPER SAYING THEY ARE WHO THEY 434 00:22:11,196 --> 00:22:14,466 ARE, AND WE GIVE THEM A BALLOT AND UPON RECEIPT OF THAT 435 00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:17,769 BALLOT THEY VOTED, AND MAYBE A FEW DAYS LATER THE CLERK MIGHT 436 00:22:17,769 --> 00:22:20,405 FIND OUT HEY, THIS PERSON DOESN'T LIVE IN THIS COUNTY. 437 00:22:20,405 --> 00:22:23,975 THEY JUST FILED AN ILLEGAL BALLOT. 438 00:22:23,975 --> 00:22:27,045 WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE JUST BEEN CANCELED OUT. 439 00:22:27,045 --> 00:22:31,116 AND WE CANNOT ALLOW ANY ILLEGAL VOTE TO TAKE OUT A 440 00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:34,086 LEGAL VOTE IN THIS STATE. AND THAT IS WHAT I WILL DO, 441 00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:36,354 AND HOPEFULLY WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE, WE CAN GET RID OF 442 00:22:36,354 --> 00:22:41,059 THE AFFIDAVITS, WE CAN TIGHTEN THINGS UP, AT LEAST THAT ARE 443 00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:43,628 PHOTO I.D. IS NOT A REASONABLE REQUIREMENT. 444 00:22:43,628 --> 00:22:47,332 WE HAVE TO HAVE GOVERNMENT-ISSUED PHOTO I.D. 445 00:22:47,332 --> 00:22:51,803 TO RECEIVE A BALLOT. >> Melissa Davlin: RYAN, DID 446 00:22:51,803 --> 00:22:53,972 YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION? >> Ryan Suppe: REPRESENTATIVE 447 00:22:53,972 --> 00:22:56,708 MOON, YOU ASKED FOR THE CITIZENSHIP QUESTION, HERE IT 448 00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:58,610 COMES. >> Dorothy Moon: ALL RIGHT. 449 00:22:58,610 --> 00:22:59,678 I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE. 450 00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:01,847 GO AHEAD. >> Ryan Suppe: AN EARLY 451 00:23:01,847 --> 00:23:05,183 VERSION OF YOUR BILL REQUIRED PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP AT THE 452 00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:07,352 POLLS. WHY SHOULD VOTERS NEED TO 453 00:23:07,352 --> 00:23:11,123 PROVE CITIZENSHIP AT THE POLLS AND WHO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE 454 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:13,225 FOR VERIFYING IT? >> Dorothy Moon: ONE, IT'S THE 455 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:14,559 LAW. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A 456 00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:17,129 CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF IDAHO TO VOTE. 457 00:23:17,129 --> 00:23:21,266 AS FAR AS CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT, WHEN MY BILL, THE 458 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:24,002 SECURE ELECTION ACT, WAS PRESENTED, ONE THING ABOUT 459 00:23:24,002 --> 00:23:26,738 PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO CONFUSE THE BILL AND SAY THAT YOU HAD 460 00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:30,075 TO HAVE A CITIZEN REQUIREMENT EVERY TIME YOU WOULD GO IN AND 461 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:32,911 REGISTER TO VOTE. SO IF YOU MOVED FROM CUSTER 462 00:23:32,911 --> 00:23:36,648 COUNTY TO COOT NINTENDO WII COUNTY YOU'D HAVE TO DO IN 463 00:23:36,648 --> 00:23:40,418 WITH A BOAT LOAD OF DOCUMENTS. NO, THAT'S UPON INITIAL 464 00:23:40,418 --> 00:23:41,987 REGISTRATION. AS FAR AS CITIZENSHIP, THERE 465 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:44,189 WAS A BILL MOVED BY REPRESENTATIVE MITCHELL THAT 466 00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:48,794 WOULD HAVE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE HAVE A STAMP THAT 467 00:23:48,794 --> 00:23:51,563 STATED WHETHER YOU WERE A CITIZEN OR NONCITIZEN. 468 00:23:51,563 --> 00:23:54,199 AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MOVED THROUGH SADLY, THOUGH, 469 00:23:54,199 --> 00:23:57,102 IT WASN'T MANDATORY, IT WAS VOLUNTARY. 470 00:23:57,102 --> 00:24:00,872 HAD IT BEEN MANDATORY THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE EASILY 471 00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:03,675 SEEN, BUT -- ANY ELECTION WORKER AT THE POLLS. 472 00:24:03,675 --> 00:24:06,511 BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO IT WAS WATERED DOWN WITH A 473 00:24:06,511 --> 00:24:09,748 MANDATORY REQUIREMENT. HOWEVER, AS FASCIAS THE 474 00:24:09,748 --> 00:24:12,784 CITIZENSHIP GOES, THERE IS MULTIPLE WAYS THAT THEY CAN 475 00:24:12,784 --> 00:24:16,054 PROVE CITIZENSHIP, IT HAS TO BE PROVED ON TIME, AND EVEN IF 476 00:24:16,054 --> 00:24:19,024 YOU COME IN FROM ANOTHER STATE AND YOU'VE PROVEN CITIZENSHIP 477 00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:22,027 THERE AND YOU HAVE A CARD SUCH AS THIS LICENSE I'VE DESCRIBED 478 00:24:22,027 --> 00:24:25,397 THAT WE HAVE HAD PASSED BY REPRESENTATIVE MITCHELL, THEN 479 00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:28,166 THAT CARD, THEY COULD BRING OVER FROM INDIANA, AND USE 480 00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:31,803 THAT CARD TO GO AHEAD AND REGISTER TO VOTE. 481 00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:33,939 BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PROVING 482 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:36,775 CITIZENSHIP. >> Ryan Suppe: CLERK MCGRANE, 483 00:24:36,775 --> 00:24:38,376 SAME QUESTION TO YOU. >> Phil McGrane: I THINK THIS 484 00:24:38,376 --> 00:24:41,046 IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF JUST MY EXPERIENCE. 485 00:24:41,046 --> 00:24:44,783 I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO HAS ACTUALLY WORKED ON THESE 486 00:24:44,783 --> 00:24:46,685 ISSUES, WHO'S WORKED WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 487 00:24:46,685 --> 00:24:48,553 SECURITY TO ADDRESS CITIZENSHIP ISSUES. 488 00:24:48,553 --> 00:24:52,057 ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS WE DON'T HAVE NONCITIZENS 489 00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:54,359 VOTING IN OUR ELECTIONS AND ANY INSTANCE THAT QUESTION 490 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,862 EVER MIGHT WE'RE QUICK TO PURSUE IT. 491 00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:59,598 NORTHBOUND ADA COUNTY WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE INSTANCE WHERE 492 00:24:59,598 --> 00:25:02,167 THERE'S BEEN AN ACCUSATION OF A NONCITIZEN VOTING. 493 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:05,437 WORKING WITH HOMELAND SECURITY, OUT OF THE 300,000 494 00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:08,607 REGISTERED VOTERS THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN 495 00:25:08,607 --> 00:25:10,208 TO EVEN EIGHT POSSIBLE NONCITIZENS. 496 00:25:10,208 --> 00:25:12,844 I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE IS THAT WE ADDRESS 497 00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:14,479 THIS. AND WE WORK ON IT. 498 00:25:14,479 --> 00:25:17,082 WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, WHEN SOMEONE REGISTERS TO 499 00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:20,185 VOTE, NOT ONLY DID THEY NEED TO PROVE, SHOW PHOTO 500 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:23,588 IDENTIFICATION AND PROOF OF RESIDENCE, BUT WE ACTUALLY 501 00:25:23,588 --> 00:25:26,591 VERIFY AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, SOCIAL 502 00:25:26,591 --> 00:25:28,894 SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, VITAL STATISTICS TO MAKE SURE 503 00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:31,096 THEY'RE ALIVE, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. 504 00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:35,500 IN FACT, THE MOST COMMON FORM OF VOTER FRAUD THAT WE SEE IS 505 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,502 FELONS VOTING. IT'S NOT PEOPLE COMING FROM 506 00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:41,239 CANADA OR ELSEWHERE TRYING TO INFLUENCE OUR ELECTIONS. 507 00:25:41,239 --> 00:25:43,475 WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM HERE IN IDAHO AND WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS 508 00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:46,544 IN PLACE ACROSS ALL 44 COUNTIES. 509 00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:48,880 AND IS THE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE TO 510 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,784 ENSURE THAT THAT SYSTEM IS IN PLACE SO THE CLERKS CAN RELY 511 00:25:52,784 --> 00:25:54,719 ON IT AND MAKE SURE OUR ELECTIONS ARE SECURE. 512 00:25:54,719 --> 00:25:57,989 I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE, WE HAVE MANY 513 00:25:57,989 --> 00:26:00,258 SAFEGUARDS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 514 00:26:00,258 --> 00:26:03,261 PHOTO IDENTIFICATION, WE'VE EVEN IMPLEMENTED TOOLS SO 515 00:26:03,261 --> 00:26:06,431 PEOPLE CAN SCAN THEIR PHOTO I.D. WHEN -- RIGHT BEFORE THEY 516 00:26:06,431 --> 00:26:09,301 VOTE TO LOOK THEM UP. IT'S IMPROVED THE SECURITY OF 517 00:26:09,301 --> 00:26:13,171 OUR SYSTEM, AND MADE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR VOTERS. 518 00:26:13,171 --> 00:26:15,807 >> Melissa Davlin: REPRESENTAT IVE MOON, 30 SECONDS. 519 00:26:15,807 --> 00:26:17,575 >> Dorothy Moon: CLERK MCGRANE, YOU SAID YOU KNOW OF 520 00:26:17,575 --> 00:26:20,345 NO CASES OF A NONCITIZEN VOTING IN THIS ELECTION, THEN 521 00:26:20,345 --> 00:26:22,781 YOU SAID YOU KNOW OF ONE AND POSSIBLY EIGHT MORE. 522 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:25,917 SO, YES, THERE HAVE BEEN NONCITIZENS WHO HAVE VOTED IN 523 00:26:25,917 --> 00:26:29,321 THIS ELECTION. IN FACT, JUST RECENTLY I HAVE 524 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:33,625 AN EMAIL THREAD FROM A COUPLE THAT HAD TURNED IN A PERSON 525 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:36,928 THAT THEY KNOW WHO HAD VOTED ILLEGALLY THREE TIMES IN AN 526 00:26:36,928 --> 00:26:39,464 ADA COUNTY ELECTIONS. AND THIS WAS TURNED OVER TO 527 00:26:39,464 --> 00:26:41,700 THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE TURNED IT 528 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:45,704 OVER TO YOU, SUPPOSEDLY IT HAS GONE TO THE SHERIFF'S 529 00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:47,205 DEPARTMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GONE 530 00:26:47,205 --> 00:26:50,475 FROM THERE. BUT AS FAR AS -- 531 00:26:50,475 --> 00:26:52,110 >> Phil McGrane: I'M HAPPY TO UPDATE YOU. 532 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:55,613 SORRY FOR MISSPEAKING. I THINK THAT'S FAIR. 533 00:26:55,613 --> 00:26:58,383 THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ACTUALLY THE FIRST REQUEST 534 00:26:58,383 --> 00:27:00,885 CAME TO ME DIRECTLY. AND IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE 535 00:27:00,885 --> 00:27:02,921 RECOGNIZED OUR ROLE IN THESE ELECTIONS. 536 00:27:02,921 --> 00:27:05,123 AND IN THIS CASE WE DID PURSUE IT. 537 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:07,425 WE'VE WORKED WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FIRST THE 538 00:27:07,425 --> 00:27:09,828 VOTER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ROLLS. 539 00:27:09,828 --> 00:27:12,130 IT'S BEEN INVESTIGATED AS A POTENTIAL VOTER FRAUD CASE, 540 00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:16,234 AND IT HAS BEEN PASSED ON TO THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, AND 541 00:27:16,234 --> 00:27:18,837 ADA COUNSEL CITY AS WELL AS THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR 542 00:27:18,837 --> 00:27:21,172 PROSECUTION. I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF 543 00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:23,808 ELECTIONS INTEGRITY BECAUSE WE DO TAKE THESE THINGS 544 00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:25,744 SERIOUSLY. AND BOTH AS CLERK AND AS 545 00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:27,912 SECRETARY OF STATE, I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO PROTECT 546 00:27:27,912 --> 00:27:30,648 OUR ELECTIONS. >> Melissa Davlin: RYAN, THE 547 00:27:30,648 --> 00:27:35,854 NEXT QUESTION IS FOR SENATOR SOUZA. 548 00:27:35,854 --> 00:27:39,257 >> Mary Souza: I DON'T GET THE SAME QUESTION? 549 00:27:39,257 --> 00:27:40,392 >> Melissa Davlin: YES, SAME QUESTION. 550 00:27:40,392 --> 00:27:43,495 >> Mary Souza: I WAS GOING TO REMARK THAT CLERK MCGRANE'S 551 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:46,131 ANSWERS TO THE VOTER I.D. ISSUE HAVE BEEN MIXED 552 00:27:46,131 --> 00:27:50,435 MESSAGES. AND I HAD A VOTER I.D. BILL AS 553 00:27:50,435 --> 00:27:53,872 WELL, IT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE VOTER I.D. BILL, CLEANING UP 554 00:27:53,872 --> 00:27:58,043 OUR CURRENT LAWS WHICH HAVE A MISHMASH OF REQUIREMENTS FOR 555 00:27:58,043 --> 00:28:00,912 ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE AND ALL THE 556 00:28:00,912 --> 00:28:04,816 DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN VOTE. AND WE NEED CONSISTENCY IN OUR 557 00:28:04,816 --> 00:28:07,318 LAWS. AND CLARITY. 558 00:28:07,318 --> 00:28:10,822 STUDENT I.D.ES ARE NOT CITIZENSHIP TESTED. 559 00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:14,859 THEY ARE NOT EVEN VALID FOR A LOT OF OTHER REASONS. 560 00:28:14,859 --> 00:28:19,297 THEY SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A VOTING TOOL, BUT IN ADA 561 00:28:19,297 --> 00:28:22,834 COUNTY, ON THEIR MOBILE VOTING TRUCK, THE CITIZEN -- THE 562 00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:26,938 STUDENTS CAN USE THEIR STUDENT I.D.s TO COME OUT OF COLLEGE 563 00:28:26,938 --> 00:28:30,041 AND REGISTER TO VOTE AND VOTE IMMEDIATELY. 564 00:28:30,041 --> 00:28:33,678 WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S NO CONTROL 565 00:28:33,678 --> 00:28:37,715 OVER WHAT CAN BE USED. I WOULD TAKE STUDENT I.D.s 566 00:28:37,715 --> 00:28:41,953 OFF THAT LIST IMMEDIATELY, AND REQUIRE THAT THE OTHER I.D.s 567 00:28:41,953 --> 00:28:45,824 MUST HAVE CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS ON THEM IN ORDER 568 00:28:45,824 --> 00:28:48,326 TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND TO BE SHOWN AT THE POLLS. 569 00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:50,795 WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF I.D.s. 570 00:28:50,795 --> 00:28:54,632 THEY CAN ALL BE USED. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT I 571 00:28:54,632 --> 00:28:58,803 THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE 572 00:28:58,803 --> 00:29:02,040 SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. 573 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,810 THERE ARE FRAUDULENT VOTERS IN OUR STATE. 574 00:29:05,810 --> 00:29:08,680 AND CLERK MCGRANE CONSTANTLY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS 575 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,016 SAYING THAT WE HAVE NO PROBLEM, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM, 576 00:29:12,016 --> 00:29:14,719 EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE. WE NEED TO OPEN OUR EYES AND 577 00:29:14,719 --> 00:29:17,689 MAKE SURE WE HAVE A COMMON SENSE ANSWER TO THESE 578 00:29:17,689 --> 00:29:21,559 SITUATIONS. >> Melissa Davlin: 15 SECONDS, 579 00:29:21,559 --> 00:29:23,828 AND WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. >> Phil McGrane: I THINK ONE 580 00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:26,464 OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, THIS IS MISLEADING IN TERMS OF 581 00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:28,433 LEGISLATION. DO WE NEED GREATER CLARITY? 582 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:30,668 ABSOLUTELY. BUT IS IT THE LEGISLATURE'S 583 00:29:30,668 --> 00:29:33,438 ROLE TO DETERMINE OUR LAWS? IT'S OUR JOB TO EXECUTE THEM. 584 00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:36,074 AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE LEGISLATION YOU MENTIONED 585 00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:38,610 DIDN'T PASS IS BECAUSE IT SPECIFICALLY MADE IT DIFFICULT 586 00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:41,746 FOR THE MILITARY TO VOTE. IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR 587 00:29:41,746 --> 00:29:44,549 SERVICE MEMBERS TO SERVE AND FIGHT FOR US OVERSEAS, THEY 588 00:29:44,549 --> 00:29:47,485 SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S THE 589 00:29:47,485 --> 00:29:51,556 GOVERNOR THAT SENT THEM THERE. >> Melissa Davlin: THE NEXT 590 00:29:51,556 --> 00:29:54,425 QUESTION -- I'LL GIVE YOU 15 SECONDS TO RESPOND AND THE 591 00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:59,731 NEXT QUESTION IS FROM KELCIE. >> MY VOTER I.D. BILL TOOK 592 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:00,865 INTO CONSIDERATION THE MILITARY VOTE. 593 00:30:00,865 --> 00:30:04,102 YOU WERE NOT THERE TESTIFYING ON IT. 594 00:30:04,102 --> 00:30:09,641 BUT CLERK MCGRANE LIKES TO SAY IT'S UP TO THE LEGISLATURE TO 595 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:14,546 AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. BUT HE ALSO INTERVENES, AND HE 596 00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:17,215 INTERVENES IN A WAY TO STOP THE BILLS FROM BEING HEARD. 597 00:30:17,215 --> 00:30:24,722 IF HE DOESN'T LIKE THEM FOR POLITICAL REASONS. 598 00:30:24,722 --> 00:30:26,391 >> Kelcie Moseley-Morris: AS OF APRIL 13th, IDAHO HAD 599 00:30:26,391 --> 00:30:30,061 MORE THAN 990,000 REGISTERED VOTERS ACROSS 44 COUNTIES AND 600 00:30:30,061 --> 00:30:33,031 35 LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS. ELECTIONS ARE COMPLEX AND CAN 601 00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:36,100 INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM CITY COUNCILS TO SCHOOL BOARDS TO 602 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:38,269 BONDS AND LEVIES. SENATOR SOUTH, WHAT DO YOU 603 00:30:38,269 --> 00:30:40,338 BELIEVE IS THE MOST CHALLENGING ASPECT OF RUNNING 604 00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:42,774 AN ELECTION, AND WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? 605 00:30:42,774 --> 00:30:44,509 >> Mary Souza: THANK YOU, KELCIE. 606 00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:48,947 I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY STRONG LEADERSHIP FROM 607 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:51,683 THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, AND STRONG 608 00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:53,885 COMMUNICATION TO ALL OF THE COUNTIES. 609 00:30:53,885 --> 00:30:56,654 EACH OF OUR COUNTIES RUNS THEIR ELECTIONS IN A SLIGHTLY 610 00:30:56,654 --> 00:30:59,490 DIFFERENT WAY. PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF IT IS 611 00:30:59,490 --> 00:31:04,662 THEIR CHOICE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE STATE, 612 00:31:04,662 --> 00:31:07,899 AND CAMPAIGNING ALL AROUND THE STATE, I WILL TELL YOU, IT IS 613 00:31:07,899 --> 00:31:10,602 QUITE DIFFERENT FROM ONE PART OF THE STATE TO ANOTHER. 614 00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:14,772 SO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE WAS NEVER INFORMED WHEN 615 00:31:14,772 --> 00:31:19,444 CLERK MCGRANE AND ADA COUNTY DECIDED TO TAKE $500,000 OF 616 00:31:19,444 --> 00:31:22,046 FACEBOOK MONEY WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH THE CHIEF 617 00:31:22,046 --> 00:31:24,649 ELECTIONS OFFICER OF THE STATE. 618 00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:28,987 THAT SHOWS -- AND THEN HE ALSO RECOMMENDED TO ALL THE OTHER 619 00:31:28,987 --> 00:31:30,955 COUNTY CLERKS THAT THEY TAKE THIS KIND BE OF MONEY TOO. 620 00:31:30,955 --> 00:31:33,691 THAT THEY APPLY FOR FACEBOOK MONEY AS WELL. 621 00:31:33,691 --> 00:31:38,196 THAT SHOWS TO ME A LACK OF RESPECT, LEADERSHIP, AND 622 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:40,932 COMMUNICATION, AND I THINK THAT IS KEY. 623 00:31:40,932 --> 00:31:46,571 AS A BUSINESS OWNER OF 37 YEARS, AND A GENERAL MANAGER, 624 00:31:46,571 --> 00:31:49,641 WE HAD A BIG STAFF, WE STILL DO, AND I WAS A CRITICAL CARE 625 00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:52,543 NURSE AND A CHARGE NURSE BEFORE THAT. 626 00:31:52,543 --> 00:31:56,281 SO IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL. 627 00:31:56,281 --> 00:32:00,985 WE MUST BE ABLE TO RESPECT THE OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM, BUT 628 00:32:00,985 --> 00:32:04,289 ALSO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION, OBVIOUSLY THE CLERKS DIDN'T 629 00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:06,624 FEEL THE SAME WAY, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T WILLING TO TALK 630 00:32:06,624 --> 00:32:10,695 TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. 631 00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:11,796 >> Melissa Davlin: CLERK MCGRANE, I'LL GIVE YOU A 632 00:32:11,796 --> 00:32:14,365 CHANCE TO RESPOND IN A SECOND, BUT THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR 633 00:32:14,365 --> 00:32:15,867 REPRESENTATIVE MOON. >> Kelcie Moseley-Morris: YOU 634 00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:17,702 SAID DURING A DEBATE THE LAST PEOPLE I WOULD TRUST TO HELP 635 00:32:17,702 --> 00:32:20,305 YOU FILL OUT A PLAT IS THE GOVERNMENT. 636 00:32:20,305 --> 00:32:24,876 SO IF NOT THE GOVERNMENT, WHO? AND HOW WOULD YOU IMPROVE 637 00:32:24,876 --> 00:32:25,743 THAT? >> Dorothy Moon: LET ME GIVE 638 00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:28,546 THAT SOME CONTEXT. I WAS TALKING ABOUT A BILL, 639 00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:31,282 HOUSE BILL 441, THAT SENATOR SOUZA HAD BROUGHT FORWARD. 640 00:32:31,282 --> 00:32:36,654 AND THIS WAS A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO GO IN 641 00:32:36,654 --> 00:32:40,692 EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS OF THE CLERK OF THAT COUNTY TO GO IN 642 00:32:40,692 --> 00:32:45,730 AND HELP SENIORS AND ASSISTED LIVING OR -- SENIOR HOMES, 643 00:32:45,730 --> 00:32:49,200 NURSING FACILITIES AND HELP THEM TO VOTE. 644 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,704 MY POINT IS, I DO NOT TRUST THE GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE YOU 645 00:32:52,704 --> 00:32:55,306 NEVER KNOW WHICH ADMINISTRATION IS IN PLACE, 646 00:32:55,306 --> 00:33:00,044 AND EVEN THOUGH THIS SHOULD BE A NONPARTISAN POSITION, IN ALL 647 00:33:00,044 --> 00:33:02,714 REGARDS, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ELECTED AS REPUBLICAN, I KNOW 648 00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:05,817 ONCE I STEP INTO THAT OFFICE, I WILL BE WORKING TO MAKE SURE 649 00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:09,220 EVERYTHING IS UNIFORM AND A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR 650 00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:12,056 EVERYONE. AS FAR AS THIS BILL GOES, IT WAS 651 00:33:12,056 --> 00:33:14,992 ACTUALLY GOVERNMENT SPONSORED BALLOT HARVESTING, AND I'VE SAID 652 00:33:14,992 --> 00:33:19,330 THAT NUMEROUS TIMES. WHEN WE CAN HAVE A COUNTY 653 00:33:19,330 --> 00:33:22,567 CLERK TRAIN A VOLUNTEER TO GO IN AND HELP, OR THE OTHER 654 00:33:22,567 --> 00:33:25,136 ALTERNATIVE, TO HAVE ONE REPUBLICAN AND ONE DEMOCRAT 655 00:33:25,136 --> 00:33:27,872 BOTH OF THEM TO GO INTO THIS ASSISTED LIVING CENTER TO HELP 656 00:33:27,872 --> 00:33:30,074 THEM FILL OUT THEIR BALLOTS, NO. 657 00:33:30,074 --> 00:33:32,710 THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY HAVE GUARDIANS, THERE'S 658 00:33:32,710 --> 00:33:35,113 ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING. 659 00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:39,317 IF YOU WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM COMING IN WITH CERTAIN 660 00:33:39,317 --> 00:33:41,285 POLITICAL GROUPS AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE A CERTAIN 661 00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:43,755 WAY, THAT'S ONE THING. BUT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE BALLOT 662 00:33:43,755 --> 00:33:46,057 HARVESTING IN ANY REGARD, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S GOVERNMENT 663 00:33:46,057 --> 00:33:47,925 SPONSORED. >> Kelcie Moseley-Morris: YOU 664 00:33:47,925 --> 00:33:52,296 MENTIONED IT'S -- BE. >> Melissa Davlin: YOU CAN 665 00:33:52,296 --> 00:33:54,098 RESPOND AFTER HER QUESTION. >> Kelcie Moseley-Morris: YOU' 666 00:33:54,098 --> 00:33:57,468 VE BEEN A PARTISAN LEGISLATOR AS A REPUBLICAN, SO YOU SAY IT 667 00:33:57,468 --> 00:34:00,972 SHOULD BE A NONPARTISAN OFFICE BUT YOU CAMPAIGNED AS A VERY 668 00:34:00,972 --> 00:34:05,009 PARTISAN PERSON. >> Dorothy Moon: DEMOCRATS ARE 669 00:34:05,009 --> 00:34:06,744 ALSO PARTISAN. IT GOES BOTH WAYS. 670 00:34:06,744 --> 00:34:09,380 THERE'S NO DOUBT I'M A CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVE 671 00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:13,284 REPUBLICAN. I'VE NEVER MADE ANY -- I 672 00:34:13,284 --> 00:34:16,654 REPRESENT THE MOST RURAL PART OF THIS STATE. 673 00:34:16,654 --> 00:34:19,624 I REPRESENT MY CONSTITUENTS. THAT'S -- THEY HIRED ME TO DO 674 00:34:19,624 --> 00:34:22,560 THAT. SO THAT'S MY JOB. 675 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,930 I WILL DO MY JOB TO THE BEST OF WHAT THEY WANT AS A 676 00:34:25,930 --> 00:34:29,801 MAJORITY IN THAT GROUP. NOW, AS FAR AS THE STATE GOES, 677 00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:34,272 IN RUNNING THIS OFFICE, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY FAIR. 678 00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:37,241 I'M VERY PROUD OF HOW FAIR I AM IN DEALING WITH ISSUES. 679 00:34:37,241 --> 00:34:41,479 TO ME, IF SOMEBODY IN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY WAS BEING 680 00:34:41,479 --> 00:34:44,315 SCRUTINIZED OVER A CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL REPORT UNLIKE 681 00:34:44,315 --> 00:34:47,518 SOMEONE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, I WON'T HEAR OF IT. 682 00:34:47,518 --> 00:34:50,721 EVERYBODY IS PUTTING IT ON THE LINE TO RUN FOR OPENS. 683 00:34:50,721 --> 00:34:52,990 EVERYBODY IS SACRIFICING TO BE AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES AND 684 00:34:52,990 --> 00:34:55,993 FAMILIES TO RUN FOR OFFICE. AND I THINK THEY SHOULD ALL BE 685 00:34:55,993 --> 00:34:58,196 GIVEN DUE RESPECT FOR WHAT THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO. 686 00:34:58,196 --> 00:35:01,165 AND THEY WANT TO REPRESENT THEIR PARTY, AND FOR THEIR 687 00:35:01,165 --> 00:35:03,701 CONSTITUENTS. SO AS FAR AS MY FAIRNESS, I 688 00:35:03,701 --> 00:35:08,239 DON'T EVEN THINK THAT SHOULD COME INTO QUESTION. 689 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:09,874 >> Melissa Davlin: SENATOR SOUTH I WILL GIVE YOU 30 690 00:35:09,874 --> 00:35:12,343 SECONDS. >> Mary Souza: 30 SECONDS IS 691 00:35:12,343 --> 00:35:16,714 NOT ENOUGH. DOROTHY, YOUR EVALUATION OF MY 692 00:35:16,714 --> 00:35:20,518 BILL IS FAKE NEWS. THAT ABSOLUTELY IS TOTALLY AND 693 00:35:20,518 --> 00:35:24,121 COMPLETELY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE BILL DID. 694 00:35:24,121 --> 00:35:26,958 PURPORTED TO DO. AND IT WAS VETTED BY 695 00:35:26,958 --> 00:35:28,926 ELECTION -- NATIONAL ELECTION EXPERTS. 696 00:35:28,926 --> 00:35:32,763 LET ME TELL YOU ONE OF THE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES WITHOUT THIS 697 00:35:32,763 --> 00:35:36,801 KIND OF PROTECTION FOR OUR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS. 698 00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:41,706 THE REPORT THAT JUST CAME OUT SHOWS THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T 699 00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:45,843 HAVE SECURE VOTING ASSISTANCE IN NURSING HOMES, THEY LET ME 700 00:35:45,843 --> 00:35:51,516 READ THIS TO YOU, WISCONSIN ACTUALLY HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS, 701 00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:55,820 THEY UNLAWFULLY VIOLATED THEIR RULES BY PROA -- OF PROTECTING 702 00:35:55,820 --> 00:36:00,391 NURSING HOME RESIDENTS WHICH RESULTED IN A 100% VOTING RATE 703 00:36:00,391 --> 00:36:02,894 IN MOST OF THEIR NURSING HOMES. 704 00:36:02,894 --> 00:36:06,797 AND THESE ARE NURSING HOMES WITH DEMENTIA PATIENTS AND 705 00:36:06,797 --> 00:36:09,233 PATIENTS WHO ARE INELIGIBLE VOTERS, AND YET THEY WERE 706 00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:13,271 VOTING AT A 100% RATE. BECAUSE THE STAFF IN THE 707 00:36:13,271 --> 00:36:18,276 NURSING HOMES WAS ILLEGALLY ASSISTING AND VOTING FOR THE 708 00:36:18,276 --> 00:36:20,811 RESIDENTS. WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN, 709 00:36:20,811 --> 00:36:25,616 AND PEOPLE AND STAFF WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS TRAINED BY OUR 710 00:36:25,616 --> 00:36:30,121 ELECTIONS OFFICES, ARE NOT GOVERNMENT BALLOT HARVESTERS. 711 00:36:30,121 --> 00:36:32,557 AND THAT IS A TERRIBLE -- >> Melissa Davlin: I'M GOING 712 00:36:32,557 --> 00:36:37,061 TO HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF. KELCIE, THE NEXT QUESTION IS 713 00:36:37,061 --> 00:36:39,196 FOR CHLOROQUINE MCGRANE. >> Kelcie Moseley-Morris: YOU 714 00:36:39,196 --> 00:36:41,966 ARE THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THE RACE WHO HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN 715 00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:43,768 RUNNING AN ELECTION. WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU HAVE 716 00:36:43,768 --> 00:36:46,504 IN MIND FOR IMPROVING IT AT THE STATE LEVEL? 717 00:36:46,504 --> 00:36:47,572 >> Phil McGrane: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 718 00:36:47,572 --> 00:36:50,474 I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ALREADY TOUCHED ON HERE, I 719 00:36:50,474 --> 00:36:53,311 BELIEVE YOU CAN HOLD CONSERVATIVE VALUES, AND STILL 720 00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:55,680 BUILD TRUST ACROSS ALL POLITICAL SPECTRUMS. 721 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,749 AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DONE IN MY ROLE, BOTH AS 722 00:36:58,749 --> 00:37:01,385 COUNTY CLERK AND AS AN ELECTION SPECIALIST OVER THE 723 00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:02,920 YEARS. I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST 724 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,424 THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EDUCATION 725 00:37:06,424 --> 00:37:08,659 FOR OUR CLERKS AND FOR THE ELECTION WORKERS. 726 00:37:08,659 --> 00:37:10,761 IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M PROUD OF. 727 00:37:10,761 --> 00:37:12,930 I'VE ALREADY TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE. 728 00:37:12,930 --> 00:37:16,934 FOUR YEARS AGO, I STARTED THE IDAHO ELECTIONS CONFERENCE. 729 00:37:16,934 --> 00:37:19,737 BRINGING ELECTION OFFICIALS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE 730 00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:22,206 TOGETER, TO LEARN AND TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE 731 00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:24,976 WE'RE SHARING BEST PRACTICES, WE'RE LEARNING FROM EXPERTS 732 00:37:24,976 --> 00:37:27,945 ALL THROUGHOUT THE NATION, WE'RE HAVING LAW ENFORCEMENT 733 00:37:27,945 --> 00:37:30,982 COME IN AND DO TRAININGS ON SIGNATURE VERIFICATIONS, SOME 734 00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:34,185 OF THE OTHER IMPORTANT SKILLS TO MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY 735 00:37:34,185 --> 00:37:36,153 OF OUR ELECTIONS. I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO 736 00:37:36,153 --> 00:37:38,689 BUILD ON THAT. ELECTIONS ARE COMPLEX. 737 00:37:38,689 --> 00:37:41,392 AS WE HAVE MORE AND MORE VOTERS OVER A MILLION VOTERS 738 00:37:41,392 --> 00:37:44,962 DURING THE 2020 ELECTION, IT BECOMES MORE COMPLEX AND WE 739 00:37:44,962 --> 00:37:46,397 NEED THE TOOLS TO DEAL WITH THAT. 740 00:37:46,397 --> 00:37:48,599 SOME OF THAT RELIES ON TECHNOLOGY. 741 00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:51,535 WHEN I STARTED AND WE WERE USING PUNCH CARDS, WE WEREN'T 742 00:37:51,535 --> 00:37:54,171 WORRIED ABOUT CYBER SECURITY, AND ATTACKS FROM CHINA, OR 743 00:37:54,171 --> 00:37:56,574 RUSSIA OR ELSEWHERE. NOW CYBER SECURITY IS ONE OF 744 00:37:56,574 --> 00:37:58,209 THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE FACE. 745 00:37:58,209 --> 00:38:01,245 AND I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS WORKED ON THESE ISSUES, AND 746 00:38:01,245 --> 00:38:04,315 WORKED WITH PARTNERS BOTH AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND THE 747 00:38:04,315 --> 00:38:06,984 LOCAL LEVEL, INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, 748 00:38:06,984 --> 00:38:08,986 TO MAKE SURE OUR ELECTIONS ARE SECURE. 749 00:38:08,986 --> 00:38:11,889 I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BECAUS I REALLY DO 750 00:38:11,889 --> 00:38:15,393 BELIEVE THERE ARE TOOLS AND WAYS WE CAN MAKE VOTING BOTH 751 00:38:15,393 --> 00:38:19,463 ACCESSIBLE AND MORE SECURE AT THE SAME TIME. 752 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:20,564 >> Melissa Davlin: THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BETSY 753 00:38:20,564 --> 00:38:21,699 RUSSELL. >> Betsy Russell: THIS 754 00:38:21,699 --> 00:38:24,835 QUESTION IS ABOUT WHERE YOU DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN WHAT YOU 755 00:38:24,835 --> 00:38:28,072 JUST MENTIONED, MAKING VOTER VOTING ACCESSIBLE, AND MAKING 756 00:38:28,072 --> 00:38:31,442 IT SO BURDENSOME THAT LEGITIMATE VOTERS CAN'T VOTE. 757 00:38:31,442 --> 00:38:34,712 SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL THREE OF YOU, STARTING WITH 758 00:38:34,712 --> 00:38:37,014 CLERK MCGRANE, WHICH WOULD BE WORSE? 759 00:38:37,014 --> 00:38:40,918 A FRAUDULENT VOTE BEING CAST, OR A LEGITIMATE VOTER BEING 760 00:38:40,918 --> 00:38:46,057 TURNED AWAY FROM EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE? 761 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:47,625 >> Phil McGrane: BETSY, YOU TOUCH ON A REALLY IMPORTANT 762 00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:48,826 ISSUE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S MANY 763 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:52,530 PEOPLE IN IDAHO WHO HAVE SPENT MORE TIME TRYING TO ENSURE 764 00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:56,133 ACCESS TO VOTERS THAN I HAVE. EXPANDING THINGS LIKE EARLY 765 00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:58,736 VOTING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OUR MOST SECURE FORM OF VOTING. 766 00:38:58,736 --> 00:39:04,775 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS QUESTION BRINGS TO MIND IS KIM 767 00:39:04,775 --> 00:39:05,710 WYMAN, THE REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE OF 768 00:39:05,710 --> 00:39:07,244 WASHINGTON. SHE NOTED THIS LAST YEAR 769 00:39:07,244 --> 00:39:09,613 DISCUSSING SOME OF THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION WHERE THERE WAS AN 770 00:39:09,613 --> 00:39:13,150 EFFORT TO TAKE OVER ELECTIONS. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO 771 00:39:13,150 --> 00:39:15,252 THOUGHTFULLY ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. 772 00:39:15,252 --> 00:39:17,788 OUR COUNTRY DOES HAVE A HISTORY OF VOTER FRAUD. 773 00:39:17,788 --> 00:39:20,291 OUR COUNTRY DOES HAVE A HISTORY OF VOTER SUPPRESSION. 774 00:39:20,291 --> 00:39:24,128 AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HONEST CONVERSATIONS SO THAT 775 00:39:24,128 --> 00:39:26,831 WE DON'T MAKE VOTING SO DISIEWR THAT NO ONE CAN ACCESS 776 00:39:26,831 --> 00:39:30,434 IT, BUT ALSO WE DON'T MAKE IT SO OPEN THAT IT'S -- THERE'S 777 00:39:30,434 --> 00:39:33,537 OPPORTUNITY FOR FRAUD. I THINK THIS BALANCING ACT IS 778 00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:35,339 SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE IS ALWAYS TRYING TO DO. 779 00:39:35,339 --> 00:39:38,976 AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR RIGHT TO VOTE IS A 780 00:39:38,976 --> 00:39:41,645 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH 781 00:39:41,645 --> 00:39:43,814 IN ON OUR GOVERNMENT. IT'S OUR VOICE. 782 00:39:43,814 --> 00:39:46,884 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT AND MAKE SURE THAT 783 00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:49,353 VOTERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX. 784 00:39:49,353 --> 00:39:51,455 THERE'S TOO MANY EFFORTS TO TRY AND STOP VOTERS WHEN THERE 785 00:39:51,455 --> 00:39:54,525 ARE THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS AND MAINTAIN THAT 786 00:39:54,525 --> 00:39:55,893 SECURITY. AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE 787 00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:59,830 SECRETARY OF STATE, BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE IN ON THE GROUND 788 00:39:59,830 --> 00:40:02,166 WORK I'VE DONE, I'M READY TO WORK WITH ALL 44 CLERKS 789 00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:05,936 WITHOUT THE STATE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 790 00:40:05,936 --> 00:40:06,904 >> Betsy Russell: SENATOR, THE SAME QUESTION. 791 00:40:06,904 --> 00:40:09,874 WHICH WOULD BE WORSE, A FRAUDULENT VOTE BEING CAST, OR 792 00:40:09,874 --> 00:40:12,843 A LEGITIMATE VOTE BEING TURNED AWAY FROM EXERCISING THEIR 793 00:40:12,843 --> 00:40:16,714 RIGHT TO VOTE? >> Mary Souza: I THINK THAT A 794 00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:19,316 LEGITIMATE VOTER BEING TURNED AWAY WOULD BE WORSE, BECAUSE 795 00:40:19,316 --> 00:40:22,186 THEY ARE LEGITIMATE. HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK WE NEED 796 00:40:22,186 --> 00:40:26,757 TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THOSE TWO. I THINK WE CAN FIX OUR SYSTEM 797 00:40:26,757 --> 00:40:31,495 TO BE ACCESSIBLE, AND SAFE. WE HAVE A VOTER I.D. PROBLEM, 798 00:40:31,495 --> 00:40:35,432 AND AS REPRESENTATIVE MOON MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A 799 00:40:35,432 --> 00:40:39,036 SITUATION RIGHT NOW, AND I TRIED TO GET IT FIXED TWO 800 00:40:39,036 --> 00:40:41,639 SESSIONS AGO, BUT CLERK MCGRANE STOPPED IT, TELLING ME 801 00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:46,544 THAT WE DID NOT NEED TO CHANGE OUR AFFIDAVIT SYSTEM. 802 00:40:46,544 --> 00:40:50,381 RIGHT NOW IF RYAN GOES IN AND DOESN'T HAVE HIS I.D. AT THE 803 00:40:50,381 --> 00:40:53,384 POLLS, HE CAN JUST SAY OH, I LEFT IT IN MY CAR, I FORGOT, 804 00:40:53,384 --> 00:40:56,987 THEY WILL GIVE HIM A PAPER AFFIDAVIT, HE CAN SIGN HIS 805 00:40:56,987 --> 00:41:00,825 NAME, PROMISING HE IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS, THEY WILL GIVE HIM 806 00:41:00,825 --> 00:41:04,728 A BALLOT, HE WILL VOTE IT AND IT GOES IN WITH EVERYONE 807 00:41:04,728 --> 00:41:09,099 ELSE'S BALLOTS, CAN NEVER BE RETRIEVED OR IDENTIFIED AS IT 808 00:41:09,099 --> 00:41:12,269 SHOULD BE FOR BALLOTS NOT BEING ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED. 809 00:41:12,269 --> 00:41:16,774 BUT THEN WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE WAS AN 810 00:41:16,774 --> 00:41:19,343 UNREGISTERED VOTER. THAT HE WAS FRAUDULENT. 811 00:41:19,343 --> 00:41:23,614 LET ME JUST TELL YOU, IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, BECAUSE WE 812 00:41:23,614 --> 00:41:25,983 TALK ABOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION, AND ALL THE REST OF IT. 813 00:41:25,983 --> 00:41:31,355 BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THE CARTER BAKER COMMISSION IN 814 00:41:31,355 --> 00:41:35,626 2005 SAID THAT PHOTO I.D. IS ABSOLUTELY THE WAY WE SHOULD 815 00:41:35,626 --> 00:41:40,331 GO IN THE UNITED STATES. AND OUR COUNTRY IS ONE OF THE 816 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:43,634 VERY FEW WORLD DEMOCRACIES THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE VOTER 817 00:41:43,634 --> 00:41:47,671 I.D. OF THE 47 COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, 818 00:41:47,671 --> 00:41:53,010 46 OF THEM REQUIRE GOVERNMENT-ISSUED VOTER I.D. 819 00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:56,714 >> Melissa Davlin: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE ON. 820 00:41:56,714 --> 00:42:00,017 >> Mary Souza: PUBLIC OPINION STRONGLY FAVORS PHOTO I.D. AT 821 00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:03,153 78% ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS. >> Melissa Davlin: WE HAVE TO 822 00:42:03,153 --> 00:42:06,156 MOVE ON. 30 SECONDS TO RESPOND AND THEN - 823 00:42:06,156 --> 00:42:08,058 >> Phil McGrane: I THINK IT'S MISREPRESENTATION. 824 00:42:08,058 --> 00:42:10,394 I PROVIDED ALTERNATE LEGISLATION WHEN WE MET ON 825 00:42:10,394 --> 00:42:12,196 THAT TO ADDRESS PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. 826 00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:15,432 ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SHARE IS YOU HEAR THIS TALK 827 00:42:15,432 --> 00:42:18,736 ABOUT PHOTO I.D. WITH THE TOOLS WE NOW USE, WE 828 00:42:18,736 --> 00:42:22,439 TRACK THIS. AND IN ADA COUNTY, 98% OF 829 00:42:22,439 --> 00:42:25,910 VOTERS PROVIDED DRIVER'S LICENSE WHEN THEY VOTE. 830 00:42:25,910 --> 00:42:28,045 1% PROVIDE THEIR PASSPORT WHEN THEY VOTE. 831 00:42:28,045 --> 00:42:31,315 AND THE OTHER REMAINING PRESENT -- PERCENT, EITHER 832 00:42:31,315 --> 00:42:34,485 PROVIDE THEIR MILITARY I.D., TRIBAL I.D., THEIR STUDENT 833 00:42:34,485 --> 00:42:38,222 I.D., THEIR CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT, OR SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT. 834 00:42:38,222 --> 00:42:41,191 THIS ISN'T A RAMPANT PROBLEM, JUST LIKE IT'S BEING 835 00:42:41,191 --> 00:42:42,960 EXPRESSED. WE HAVE CONTROLS AND IN PLACE 836 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,796 WE CAN TRACK IT AND ENFORCE OUR LAWS AT EACH POLLING 837 00:42:45,796 --> 00:42:49,099 LOCATION. >> Melissa Davlin: WE HAVE TO 838 00:42:49,099 --> 00:42:51,035 LEAVE IT THERE. WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE. 839 00:42:51,035 --> 00:42:53,003 [TALKING AT ONCE] SENATOR SOUZA, WE HAVE TO 840 00:42:53,003 --> 00:42:56,106 LEAVE IT THERE. >> Betsy Russell: I WOULD LIKE 841 00:42:56,106 --> 00:42:58,442 TO POSE THE SAME QUESTION. WHICH WOULD BE WORST, A 842 00:42:58,442 --> 00:43:01,745 FRAUDULENT VOTE BEING CAST OR A LEGITIMATE VOTER BEING 843 00:43:01,745 --> 00:43:04,114 TURNED AWAY? >> Dorothy Moon: I'M GOING TO 844 00:43:04,114 --> 00:43:06,917 SAY THE FRAUDULENT VOTER. I'M GOING TO SAY THE 845 00:43:06,917 --> 00:43:09,053 FRAUDULENT VOTER, BECAUSE IT'S AGAINST THE LAW. 846 00:43:09,053 --> 00:43:11,121 THEY HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE VOTING. 847 00:43:11,121 --> 00:43:15,292 AS FAR AS THE LEGITIMATE VOTER BEING TURNED AWAY, I WILL MAKE 848 00:43:15,292 --> 00:43:19,830 SURE AS YOUR NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE THAT WE HAVE A HUGE 849 00:43:19,830 --> 00:43:23,200 ELECTION PROCESS OF MAKING SURE EVERYBODY THOSE WHERE 850 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,069 THEIR PRECINCT IS. WHAT ARE THE REQUIRED 851 00:43:25,069 --> 00:43:27,604 PAPERWORK FOR YOUR FIRST-TIME REGISTRATION? 852 00:43:27,604 --> 00:43:29,440 WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BRING WHEN YOU VOTE? 853 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,208 SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE BECAUSE YOU 854 00:43:31,208 --> 00:43:33,711 DON'T WANT TO DRIVE, YOU CAN STILL GET THE 855 00:43:33,711 --> 00:43:36,480 GOVERNMENT-ISSUED I.D. MAYBE WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE 856 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,749 KNOW THEY CAN GET ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGES SO 857 00:43:38,749 --> 00:43:40,985 THEY CAN STILL HAVE A GOVERNMENT-ISSUED I.D. 858 00:43:40,985 --> 00:43:44,355 THESE ARE THE THINGS I WOULD TRY TO GET OUT IN SUBSERVICE 859 00:43:44,355 --> 00:43:47,691 ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR I.D., GO GET A STATE 860 00:43:47,691 --> 00:43:50,294 GOVERNMENT I.D. WITH NO PRIVILEGES FOR $20, AND IF 861 00:43:50,294 --> 00:43:52,596 NOT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME FUNDS TO PAY FOR THAT. 862 00:43:52,596 --> 00:43:55,199 AS I HAD IN THE BILL OF MY SECURE ELECTION ACT FOR 863 00:43:55,199 --> 00:43:59,269 ANYBODY WHO CAN AFFORD AN I.D. SO ANYWAY, IT WOULD BE THE 864 00:43:59,269 --> 00:44:04,441 FRAUDULENT VOTER. THAT WOULD BE THE ONE FOR ME. 865 00:44:04,441 --> 00:44:05,642 >> Dorothy Moon: COULD I RESPOND? 866 00:44:05,642 --> 00:44:07,277 >> Melissa Davlin: WE NEED TO MOVE ON. 867 00:44:07,277 --> 00:44:09,313 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BETSY. 868 00:44:09,313 --> 00:44:10,381 >> Betsy Russell: THIS QUESTION IS ABOUT THE LAND 869 00:44:10,381 --> 00:44:11,548 BOARD. WE WANT TO SQUEEZE IT IN. 870 00:44:11,548 --> 00:44:14,551 THE LAND BOARD ON WHICH THE SECRETARY OF STATE SERVES IS 871 00:44:14,551 --> 00:44:16,954 CHARGED BY THE IDAHO CONSTITUTION WITH MANAGING THE 872 00:44:16,954 --> 00:44:20,457 STATE ENDOWMENT FOR MAXIMUM LONG-TERM RETURNS TO THE EBEN 873 00:44:20,457 --> 00:44:23,761 FISHERIES, THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS IDAHO'S PUBLIC 874 00:44:23,761 --> 00:44:25,262 SCHOOLS. CLERK MCGRANE, HOW COULD YOU 875 00:44:25,262 --> 00:44:28,465 THINK THE BOARD CAN BEST ACCOMPLISH THAT AND WHAT IF 876 00:44:28,465 --> 00:44:31,702 ANYTHING WOULD YOU CHANGE IN THE CURRENT DIRECTION? 877 00:44:31,702 --> 00:44:33,037 >> Phil McGrane: THANK YOU. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK 878 00:44:33,037 --> 00:44:35,272 ABOUT OUR LANDS. SO MANY PEOPLE MOVE HERE 879 00:44:35,272 --> 00:44:38,542 BECAUSE OF THE VALUE OF OUR LANDS AND THE RESOURCES. 880 00:44:38,542 --> 00:44:41,879 AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION THIS ENDOWMENT THAT 881 00:44:41,879 --> 00:44:44,715 WE CAN PROVIDE THESE TOOLS AND THE FUNDING THAT YOU 882 00:44:44,715 --> 00:44:46,383 MENTIONED. ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS THAT 883 00:44:46,383 --> 00:44:49,586 I BRING TO THE LAND BOARD IS I'M CURRENTLY THE ONLY TURN 884 00:44:49,586 --> 00:44:51,889 RUNNING FOR A LAND BOARD POSITION NOT RUNNING FOR 885 00:44:51,889 --> 00:44:54,892 ATTORNEY GENERAL. AND I HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS 886 00:44:54,892 --> 00:44:56,860 NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE. 887 00:44:56,860 --> 00:45:00,697 I'M PROUD TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THESE ASSOCIATED LOGGING 888 00:45:00,697 --> 00:45:02,533 CONTRACTORS, THE CATTLE ASSOCIATION, THE GRAIN 889 00:45:02,533 --> 00:45:05,903 PRODUCERS, AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD USING OUR LAND 890 00:45:05,903 --> 00:45:08,305 IN THIS STATE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE 891 00:45:08,305 --> 00:45:10,808 THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE VALUE. 892 00:45:10,808 --> 00:45:13,343 THE LAND BOARD IS FACING SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. 893 00:45:13,343 --> 00:45:16,847 AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE MOVE TO IDAHO, WE'VE ALL 894 00:45:16,847 --> 00:45:19,249 EXPERIENCED AND SEEN THE RISE IN PROPERTY VALUES. 895 00:45:19,249 --> 00:45:22,653 AND NOW WE HAVE THE CHALLENGE WHERE SOMETIMES THE SOIL IS 896 00:45:22,653 --> 00:45:25,355 WORTH MORE THAN THE RESOURCES THAT ARE GROWING ON TOP OF 897 00:45:25,355 --> 00:45:27,124 THEM. TIMBER HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT 898 00:45:27,124 --> 00:45:29,993 PART OF OUR USE OF OUR LANDS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE 899 00:45:29,993 --> 00:45:33,630 CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THIS LONG-TERM 900 00:45:33,630 --> 00:45:35,432 INVESTMENT. I HAVE KIDS IN PUBLIC 901 00:45:35,432 --> 00:45:38,202 EDUCATION RIGHT NOW. AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT NOT 902 00:45:38,202 --> 00:45:41,405 JUST THEY BENEFIT FROM IT, BUT HOPEFULLY SOME DAY IN THE 903 00:45:41,405 --> 00:45:44,475 FUTURE, MY GRANDKIDS AND GREAT GRANDKIDS WILL BE 904 00:45:44,475 --> 00:45:47,077 BENEFICIARIES OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND HAVE 905 00:45:47,077 --> 00:45:51,448 ACCESS TO THE LANDS THAT SO MANY OF US ENJOY. 906 00:45:51,448 --> 00:45:52,649 >> Betsy Russell: REPRESENTATI VE MOON, SAME QUESTION. 907 00:45:52,649 --> 00:45:55,152 WOULD YOU STICK WITH THE DIRECTION THE LAND BOARD HAS 908 00:45:55,152 --> 00:45:57,321 BEEN GOING TO MAXIMIZE THE LONG-TERM RETURNS, OR WHAT 909 00:45:57,321 --> 00:45:59,823 WOULD YOU CHANGE? >> Dorothy Moon: I'D GIVE THEM 910 00:45:59,823 --> 00:46:02,059 A LITTLE GUIDANCE. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN LANDS 911 00:46:02,059 --> 00:46:04,962 FOR DECADES NOW. AS -- WITH MY MASTER'S IN 912 00:46:04,962 --> 00:46:07,331 RESOURCE PLANNING AND LIVING AMONGST THE FIRES, AND AMONGST 913 00:46:07,331 --> 00:46:10,067 THE WILDLIFE, AND SEEING ALL THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN DONE 914 00:46:10,067 --> 00:46:13,103 BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET ANY FUELS REDUCTION PROGRAMS DONE IN 915 00:46:13,103 --> 00:46:15,506 THAT -- ESPECIALLY IN THE SALMON CHALICE, I THINK ONE OF 916 00:46:15,506 --> 00:46:17,741 THE MOST EXCITING THINGS WITH THE LAND BOARD AND WORKING 917 00:46:17,741 --> 00:46:21,778 WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS IS THE 918 00:46:21,778 --> 00:46:24,414 GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY. YES, WE DO HARVEST TIMBER ON 919 00:46:24,414 --> 00:46:26,116 OUR ENDOWMENT LANDS FOR OUR SCHOOLS. 920 00:46:26,116 --> 00:46:29,119 THAT'S A GIVEN. BUT NOW SINCE 2015, THE GOOD 921 00:46:29,119 --> 00:46:32,523 NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY CAME INTO THIS STATE AND WOULD ALLOW US 922 00:46:32,523 --> 00:46:36,727 THE STATE TO GO INTO THE FEDERL LANDINGS AND ACTUALLY 923 00:46:36,727 --> 00:46:39,496 SURVEY, CRUISE IT, MARKET IT AND AUCTION IT OFF. 924 00:46:39,496 --> 00:46:41,665 THE STATE WOULD GET THE PROCEEDS FROM THOSE FUNDS. 925 00:46:41,665 --> 00:46:44,268 WHICH IS EXCITING, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN GO ON AND KEEP 926 00:46:44,268 --> 00:46:47,171 CLEANING UP THE FOREST BECAUSE THE POOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 927 00:46:47,171 --> 00:46:50,440 TIED UP IN LEGISLATION AND LAW SUITS SO OFTEN THEY CAN'T DO 928 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,510 THE REAL CHARGE. IT WOULD BE NICE, THOUGH, IF 929 00:46:53,510 --> 00:46:57,447 THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS COULD BE FUNDED MORE SO FROM 930 00:46:57,447 --> 00:46:59,650 THE RESOURCES THAN THEY CURRENTLY ARE. 931 00:46:59,650 --> 00:47:02,152 BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER WITH THE FOREST SERVICE, BACK IN 932 00:47:02,152 --> 00:47:05,989 THE '70s, BEFORE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS CAME 933 00:47:05,989 --> 00:47:09,026 DOWN, THE FOREST SERVICE WAS SELF-SUSTAINING FOR MINING 934 00:47:09,026 --> 00:47:11,929 PERMITS, FROM LOGGING PERMITS, FROM WOOD CUTTING PERMITS, AND 935 00:47:11,929 --> 00:47:15,199 IT WAS ALL TAKEN CARE OF. BUT NOW WE'RE ALWAYS TAPPING 936 00:47:15,199 --> 00:47:17,167 INTO GENERAL FUNDS, WE'RE GETTING INTO MONEY WE DON'T 937 00:47:17,167 --> 00:47:20,137 NEED TO BE GETTING INTO. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 938 00:47:20,137 --> 00:47:25,409 LAND BOARD IS SELF-SUSTAINING OFF THE RESOURCES WE USE TO 939 00:47:25,409 --> 00:47:28,845 MANAGE THE LANDS. >> Betsy Russell: SENATOR 940 00:47:28,845 --> 00:47:30,948 SOUZA, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE ABOUT THE DIRECTION THE LAND 941 00:47:30,948 --> 00:47:33,283 BOARD HAS TAKEN. >> Mary Souza: THANK YOU, 942 00:47:33,283 --> 00:47:35,953 BETSY. I'M VERY SURPRISED TO HEAR 943 00:47:35,953 --> 00:47:39,289 REPRESENTATIVE MOON'S ANSWER. BECAUSE WE HAVE LOST HERE IN 944 00:47:39,289 --> 00:47:43,961 IDAHO, WE HAVE LOST 40% OF OUR FOREST FIREFIGHTERS, AND -- 945 00:47:43,961 --> 00:47:47,264 BECAUSE OUR PAY LEVEL IS LESS THAN A FAST FOOD BURGER 946 00:47:47,264 --> 00:47:49,766 FLIPPER. AND THEY HAVE GONE TO OTHER 947 00:47:49,766 --> 00:47:53,237 STATES OR TO FEDERAL SYSTEMS. IN THE PAST, THIS PAST 948 00:47:53,237 --> 00:47:56,707 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, THEIR 949 00:47:56,707 --> 00:48:02,012 BUDGET BILL CAME THROUGH WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN BASE PAY 950 00:48:02,012 --> 00:48:06,917 FOR THE WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS, UP TO $15 AN HOUR. 951 00:48:06,917 --> 00:48:12,122 AND SEPARATE BILL CAME THROUGH FOR HAZARD PAY FOR THOSE 952 00:48:12,122 --> 00:48:15,959 FOREST FIREFIGHTERS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT ALL OF OUR 953 00:48:15,959 --> 00:48:20,364 SURROUNDING STATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE 954 00:48:20,364 --> 00:48:22,866 OFFERING. REPRESENTATIVE MOON VOTED NO 955 00:48:22,866 --> 00:48:29,439 ON EACH OF THOSE BILLS. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE 956 00:48:29,439 --> 00:48:32,743 REASONABLE WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT 957 00:48:32,743 --> 00:48:35,379 RISK ON THE FIRE LINES. WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM AND WE 958 00:48:35,379 --> 00:48:39,916 NEED TO PROTECT OUR FOREST, WHICH GIVE US THE RESOURCES 959 00:48:39,916 --> 00:48:41,985 AND THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY IS GREAT. 960 00:48:41,985 --> 00:48:46,590 BUT NONE OF THE SALES OF THAT TIMBER GO INTO OUR ENDOWMENT. 961 00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:49,760 AND IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS TOLD ME THAT THEMSELVES. 962 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:53,363 SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THE ENDOWMENT, AND WE USE IT FOR 963 00:48:53,363 --> 00:48:58,235 OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT WE HAVE TO ALSO TAKE CARE OF 964 00:48:58,235 --> 00:49:01,471 OUR GRAZING LAND AND ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT COME 965 00:49:01,471 --> 00:49:05,175 BEFORE THE LAND BOARD. >> Melissa Davlin: WE'RE 966 00:49:05,175 --> 00:49:08,712 ALMOST OUT OF TIME, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU 20 SECONDS. 967 00:49:08,712 --> 00:49:11,315 >> Dorothy Moon: I'VE GOT A COMMENT THAT I DIDN'T VOTE FOR 968 00:49:11,315 --> 00:49:12,249 IT. NO, I DIDN'T. 969 00:49:12,249 --> 00:49:15,419 ONE BUCKET IS CALLED GENERAL FUNDS AND THE OTHER BUCKET OF 970 00:49:15,419 --> 00:49:18,455 MONEY IS THE FIGHTING FUNDS ASSESSMENT THAT EVERY PERSON 971 00:49:18,455 --> 00:49:22,659 WHO LIVES NEAR THE FOREST, BE IT BOISE, CHALICE, WE GET 972 00:49:22,659 --> 00:49:26,596 STUCK WITH THE FEE. I PAY $55 A YEAR EVERY YEAR TO 973 00:49:26,596 --> 00:49:29,866 GO TOWARD FUEL SUPPRESSION AND OTHER THINGS THEY'RE PUTTING 974 00:49:29,866 --> 00:49:31,268 OUT FOREST FIRES. THE FACT OF THE MATT 975 00:49:31,268 --> 00:49:35,138 HASSELBECK IS, THAT MONEY WAS $9 MILLION THAT WENT TO THE 976 00:49:35,138 --> 00:49:38,442 IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, THEY CAN USE THAT MONEY TO PAY 977 00:49:38,442 --> 00:49:41,678 EXTRA MONEY TO FIREFIGHTERS. IT SHOULD NOT BE COMING OUT OF 978 00:49:41,678 --> 00:49:43,113 STATE GENERAL FUNDS. >> Melissa Davlin: VERY TO 979 00:49:43,113 --> 00:49:46,016 LEAVE IT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME. 980 00:49:46,016 --> 00:49:48,819 >> MAXIMUM OF $400,000 -- >> Melissa Davlin: THANK YOU. 981 00:49:48,819 --> 00:49:51,688 THE LAST QUESTION IS FROM KELCIE, AND YOU'LL EACH HAVE 982 00:49:51,688 --> 00:49:54,491 45 SECONDS TO ANSWER. >> Kelcie Moseley-Morris: THE 983 00:49:54,491 --> 00:49:56,293 SECRETARY OF STATE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLICLY 984 00:49:56,293 --> 00:49:58,829 TRACKING ELECTED OFFICIALS, CAMPAIGN DONATIONS. 985 00:49:58,829 --> 00:50:01,531 BUT THEY'VE ALSO BEEN CRITICIZED AS BEING TOOTHLESS 986 00:50:01,531 --> 00:50:03,834 WITH LOW PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. 987 00:50:03,834 --> 00:50:05,836 SHOULD THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE 988 00:50:05,836 --> 00:50:09,106 LAW BE STRONGER? FIRST ANSWER TO SENATOR SOUZA. 989 00:50:09,106 --> 00:50:11,408 >> Mary Souza: THANK YOU, KELCIE. 990 00:50:11,408 --> 00:50:15,879 I WILL PLAN, AS SECRETARY OF STATE, TO SIT DOWN WITH ALL 991 00:50:15,879 --> 00:50:19,049 INTERESTED PARTIES AND REVIEW OUR SUNSHINE CAMPAIGN 992 00:50:19,049 --> 00:50:22,452 DONATIONS LAWS. BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN -- 993 00:50:22,452 --> 00:50:25,956 THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES HERE AND THERE IN THE LAWS, BUT 994 00:50:25,956 --> 00:50:27,691 NOTHING CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD. 995 00:50:27,691 --> 00:50:30,293 AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A BUMPY RIDE. 996 00:50:30,293 --> 00:50:33,497 I'VE HAD ALL KINDS OF COMPLAINTS AS I'VE BEEN AROUND 997 00:50:33,497 --> 00:50:36,366 THIS STATE. THERE ARE SOME GROUPS THAT ARE 998 00:50:36,366 --> 00:50:39,403 CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE HAVING A RAFFLE, THEY'VE BEEN HAVING 999 00:50:39,403 --> 00:50:43,440 A RAFFLE FOR A T-SHIRT OR HAT, AND PEOPLE PUT $5 IN FOR A 1000 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:45,442 TICKET, AND THEY ARE TOLD BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S 1001 00:50:45,442 --> 00:50:49,045 OFFICE THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY'S NAME, ADDRESS, ALL 1002 00:50:49,045 --> 00:50:52,215 OF THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THAT $5 DONATION. 1003 00:50:52,215 --> 00:50:56,520 SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONSISTENT, AND WE HAVE TO SIT 1004 00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:59,489 DOWN AND WORK OUT SOMETHING THAT HAS COMMON SENSE AND WORK 1005 00:50:59,489 --> 00:51:05,362 FOR IDAHO. >> Dorothy Moon: THE DARK 1006 00:51:05,362 --> 00:51:07,364 MONEY IS A CONCERN OF MINE, AND I'M SURE FOR EVERYBODY IN 1007 00:51:07,364 --> 00:51:10,567 THIS ROOM. BUT THE DARK MONEY IS A BIG 1008 00:51:10,567 --> 00:51:13,870 CONCERN, OUT OF STATE INFLUENCE COMING IN OUR 1009 00:51:13,870 --> 00:51:17,040 DIRECTION, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE'S A LOT OF 1010 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,243 PACS THAT POP UP, THERE WILL BE ONE GROUP THAT MAKES 1011 00:51:20,243 --> 00:51:22,145 MULTIPLE PACs. I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT 1012 00:51:22,145 --> 00:51:25,115 THIS AS FAR AS THIS HIDDEN MONEY THAT KEEPS MAKING ITS 1013 00:51:25,115 --> 00:51:28,051 WAY TO CANDIDATES, FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS. 1014 00:51:28,051 --> 00:51:31,021 OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THE REPORTING, THE MONTHLY 1015 00:51:31,021 --> 00:51:33,223 REPORTING ESPECIALLY NOW THEY'VE GOT THE COMPUTER 1016 00:51:33,223 --> 00:51:36,059 PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, YOU TRIED TO 1017 00:51:36,059 --> 00:51:37,894 LOOK BACK IN DECEMBER AND NOVEMBER, IT WAS VERY 1018 00:51:37,894 --> 00:51:40,564 DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE. 1019 00:51:40,564 --> 00:51:43,433 THANKFULLY IT IS UP AND RUNNING AND IT'S PRETTY EASY 1020 00:51:43,433 --> 00:51:46,770 TO NAVIGATE. WE DO NEED TO WORK ON THE 1021 00:51:46,770 --> 00:51:52,542 REPORT, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED ON. 1022 00:51:52,542 --> 00:51:54,578 >> Phil McGrane: I'M PROUD TO HAVE WORKED ON THIS ISSUE AND 1023 00:51:54,578 --> 00:51:58,482 TRIED TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT HERE IN IDAHO. 1024 00:51:58,482 --> 00:52:00,250 SPECIFICALLY ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS. 1025 00:52:00,250 --> 00:52:03,220 I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON CAMPAIGN 1026 00:52:03,220 --> 00:52:06,490 FINANCE REFORM, FOUR YEARS AGO TO IMPROVE OUR SYSTEM. 1027 00:52:06,490 --> 00:52:10,126 IT USED TO BE IN IDAHO THAT THERE WERE 79 DIFFERENT 1028 00:52:10,126 --> 00:52:14,064 ENTITIES IN WHICH PEOPLE WOULD REPORT PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCE 1029 00:52:14,064 --> 00:52:16,199 INFORMATION. IT WAS INACCESSIBLE. 1030 00:52:16,199 --> 00:52:18,802 EVEN THE LEGALLY REPORTED INFORMATION WAS DIFFICULT TO 1031 00:52:18,802 --> 00:52:21,571 FIND OUT WHO WAS GIVING TO WHOM, WHERE THE MONEY WAS 1032 00:52:21,571 --> 00:52:23,974 GOING. WE CONSOLIDATED ALL OF THAT 1033 00:52:23,974 --> 00:52:26,409 INTO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE IN ONE SOURCE. 1034 00:52:26,409 --> 00:52:28,378 SO ANYONE CAN LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION. 1035 00:52:28,378 --> 00:52:31,681 WE CONTINUE TO NEED TO IMPROVE. 1036 00:52:31,681 --> 00:52:33,750 I AGREE GREATER TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT. 1037 00:52:33,750 --> 00:52:36,253 THAT INCLUDES THE MONTHLY REPORTING THAT WE HAVE. 1038 00:52:36,253 --> 00:52:39,022 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE IT EASIER FOR 1039 00:52:39,022 --> 00:52:41,858 CANDIDATES TO COMPLY. IF WE CAN IMPROVE OUR LAWS TO 1040 00:52:41,858 --> 00:52:45,362 MAKE THEM SIMPLER FOR PEOPLE TO COMPLY WE CAN BEGIN TO 1041 00:52:45,362 --> 00:52:48,465 BETTER ENFORCE OUR LAWS TO HOLD THOSE TRYING TO INFLUENCE 1042 00:52:48,465 --> 00:52:50,734 OUR POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE. >> Melissa Davlin: IT IS TIME 1043 00:52:50,734 --> 00:52:53,537 FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS AND CLERK MCGRANE YOU'RE UP FIRST. 1044 00:52:53,537 --> 00:52:55,505 >> Phil McGrane: THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO 1045 00:52:55,505 --> 00:53:00,110 WORKED TO PUT THIS ON. IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT 1046 00:53:00,110 --> 00:53:03,713 STANDS OUT IS JUST THANK YOU TO YOU AS A VIEWER FOR 1047 00:53:03,713 --> 00:53:06,616 WATCHING AND BEING INFORMED AND ENGAGED. 1048 00:53:06,616 --> 00:53:08,552 OUR REPUBLIC DEPENDS ON PEOPLE LIKE YOU. 1049 00:53:08,552 --> 00:53:12,322 AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU TAKE AWAY, PLEASE VOTE. 1050 00:53:12,322 --> 00:53:15,292 THE ELECTION IS ON MAY 17th. AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT 1051 00:53:15,292 --> 00:53:18,228 ELECTION FOR OUR STATE. AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT 1052 00:53:18,228 --> 00:53:20,530 IDAHOANS COME OUT AND VOTE IN OUR PRIMARY. 1053 00:53:20,530 --> 00:53:22,933 SO MANY RACES WILL BE DETERMINED HERE. 1054 00:53:22,933 --> 00:53:25,936 I HOPE THAT IT HAS STOOD OUT. I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER 1055 00:53:25,936 --> 00:53:28,705 WORKING ON ELECTIONS AND MAKING SURE IDAHO'S ELECTIONS 1056 00:53:28,705 --> 00:53:31,441 STAND OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND I WILL CONTINUE AS 1057 00:53:31,441 --> 00:53:34,945 SECRETARY OF STATE TO FIGHT TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR 1058 00:53:34,945 --> 00:53:37,247 ELECTIONS GOING FORWARD, AND WILL BUILD ON OUR SYSTEM. 1059 00:53:37,247 --> 00:53:40,183 AS I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, I'M PROUD TO BE AN 1060 00:53:40,183 --> 00:53:42,752 IDAHOAN, I'M PROUD OF THE VALUES I WAS RAISED ON, AND I 1061 00:53:42,752 --> 00:53:45,522 WANT MY KIDS TO BE JUST AS BLESSED AS I HAVE. 1062 00:53:45,522 --> 00:53:48,358 I'M PHIL McGRANE, AND I'M RUNNING TO BE YOUR NEXT 1063 00:53:48,358 --> 00:53:51,928 REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE. >> Melissa Davlin: SENATOR 1064 00:53:51,928 --> 00:53:52,729 SOUTH. >> Mary Souza: THANK YOU, 1065 00:53:52,729 --> 00:53:54,864 MELISSA. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE 1066 00:53:54,864 --> 00:53:59,502 ORGANIZED THIS EVENING. THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND MY 1067 00:53:59,502 --> 00:54:02,872 MEMBERSHIP IN THE -- ON THE SELECTION PROJECT HAS BROUGHT 1068 00:54:02,872 --> 00:54:06,109 ME CLOSE TO THESE PEOPLE. THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION DID A 1069 00:54:06,109 --> 00:54:09,179 REVIEW, AN ELECTION INTEGRITY SCORE CARD FOR EVERY STATE. 1070 00:54:09,179 --> 00:54:11,514 IDAHO IS RANKED 38th OUT OF 50. 1071 00:54:11,514 --> 00:54:15,685 WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN IDAHO TO SECURE OUR ELECTIONS. 1072 00:54:15,685 --> 00:54:18,254 BUT IT'S A BIT LIKE GOING OUT TO GET IN YOUR CAR IN THE 1073 00:54:18,254 --> 00:54:21,691 MORNING AND YOU REALIZE YOU'VE LEFT THE GARAGE DOOR OPEN. 1074 00:54:21,691 --> 00:54:25,295 YOU LOOK AROUND, YOU CHECK EVERYTHING, IT LOOKS OKAY. 1075 00:54:25,295 --> 00:54:27,864 AND YOU FEEL RELIEVED. BUT YOU KNOW THE NEIGHBOR DOWN 1076 00:54:27,864 --> 00:54:33,169 THE STREET AND OTHER PEOPLE IN PROBLEMS WITH THEFT AND 1077 00:54:33,169 --> 00:54:35,138 DAMAGE. SO YOU -- DO YOU LEAVE THE 1078 00:54:35,138 --> 00:54:37,007 DOOR OPEN THE NEXT NIGHT? OF COURSE NOT. 1079 00:54:37,007 --> 00:54:40,010 YOU CLOSE IT. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THE 1080 00:54:40,010 --> 00:54:42,679 OPPORTUNITY TO DO HERE IN IDAHO. 1081 00:54:42,679 --> 00:54:45,715 BECAUSE OF MY BACKGROUND ON THE HONEST SELECTION PROJECT, 1082 00:54:45,715 --> 00:54:48,818 AND THE INFORMATION FROM THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, WE KNOW 1083 00:54:48,818 --> 00:54:52,322 WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SECURE OUR ELECTIONS IN IDAHO. 1084 00:54:52,322 --> 00:54:55,158 I HAVE A LIST, I'M WILLING TO DO IT. 1085 00:54:55,158 --> 00:54:59,095 WE HAVE TO SECURE OUR VOTE BECAUSE IT IS THE BASIS OF ALL 1086 00:54:59,095 --> 00:55:02,198 OF OUR FREEDOMS. I'M SENATOR MARY SOUZA RUNNING 1087 00:55:02,198 --> 00:55:05,068 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, AND I WILL SECURE THE ELECTION 1088 00:55:05,068 --> 00:55:08,672 SYSTEM AND PROTECT YOUR VOTE. >> Melissa Davlin: THANK YOU, 1089 00:55:08,672 --> 00:55:10,674 SENATORS. >> Dorothy Moon: THANK YOU FOR 1090 00:55:10,674 --> 00:55:13,510 PUTTING THIS FORUM ON, IT'S BEEN ENJOYABLE. 1091 00:55:13,510 --> 00:55:16,780 I'M AGAIN DOROTHY MOON, AND I DO WANT TO BE YOUR NEXT 1092 00:55:16,780 --> 00:55:20,316 SECRETARY OF STATE. I KNOW OUTSIDE INFLUENCES COME 1093 00:55:20,316 --> 00:55:21,951 INTO THIS STATE, THE GOOD SENATOR HAS GONE AFTER THE 1094 00:55:21,951 --> 00:55:27,190 CLERK ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS ABOUT TAKING ZUCKERBERG MONEY, 1095 00:55:27,190 --> 00:55:32,262 BUT SHE'S ALSO VOTED FOR A METADATA CENTER, AND NOW 1096 00:55:32,262 --> 00:55:34,064 ZUCKERBERG WILL HAVE A PERMANENT FOOTPRINT. 1097 00:55:34,064 --> 00:55:37,667 HE'S HERE, BUT THE SAD PART IS, AS A RESOURCE PERSON THAT 1098 00:55:37,667 --> 00:55:40,970 DATA CENTER IS GOING TO TAKE 70,000 GALLONS OF WATER FROM 1099 00:55:40,970 --> 00:55:43,039 OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT TO BE VERY WISE WHEN 1100 00:55:43,039 --> 00:55:46,943 WE MAKE SLOATS. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT, SHE DID. 1101 00:55:46,943 --> 00:55:50,246 AGAIN, MR. MCGRANE TOOK THE ZUCKERBERG MONEY. 1102 00:55:50,246 --> 00:55:53,383 WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN LOOK DEEPER INTO A BILL AND ALSO 1103 00:55:53,383 --> 00:55:56,019 LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. AND THE BIG PICTURE IDAHO 1104 00:55:56,019 --> 00:55:58,888 WANTS TO REMAIN IDAHO. WE WANT TO KEEP OUR RURAL 1105 00:55:58,888 --> 00:56:02,292 VALUES. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE BIG 1106 00:56:02,292 --> 00:56:04,661 GLOBALIST TECH COMPANIES COMING IN TO THIS STATE. 1107 00:56:04,661 --> 00:56:06,730 AT LEAST NOT FROM THE PEOPLE I HEAR FROM. 1108 00:56:06,730 --> 00:56:10,133 I WOULD DEFINITELY WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHORE UP OUR 1109 00:56:10,133 --> 00:56:13,737 ELECTIONS AND THAT WE HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN OUR 1110 00:56:13,737 --> 00:56:16,106 REPUBLIC WILL BE SALVAGED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE 1111 00:56:16,106 --> 00:56:19,042 RIGHT THING HERE IN ISES AND I'M DOROTHY MOON RUNNING FOR 1112 00:56:19,042 --> 00:56:20,977 SECRETARY OF STATE. >> Melissa Davlin: THAT'S ALL 1113 00:56:20,977 --> 00:56:22,245 THE TIME WE HAVE. 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