Voting in the U.S.A.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So I have to ask, right, I mean, I know
that we're all garbage and deplorables and all that stuff.
Who is all of us?

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Not me? Oh? Oh?

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Is that right? Is that an endorsement of not garbage?

Speaker 3 (00:11):
I happen to be uh finally refined, refined recyclables. You
are refined means refrit Yeah, that too. It's gross.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Also, I just find it to be so interesting that
as we go here and there's new polls out in Michigan,
not none of these swing states are just like obvious.
What do you think happens in Michigan? Washington posted a
poll and they said Trump's leading forty seven to forty five.

(00:44):
That is crazy. I don't know man margin of Vara
over three and a half percent. What are we learning here?
It is that no matter what you think, the poll
are saying, this is going to be close. I talked
to Iowa Governor Can Reynolds this morning. It was an
Iowa based interview, so I'm not gonna play that today,

(01:07):
but but you know what, you know what is you
know what is interesting? She said, it's way too close
to feel like anything is off the table when a
Republican governor is telling you that I am gonna believe her.
She straight up is saying. And we had Don Bacon
in here, Antony Gonzalez Republican representatives yesterday. You know what

(01:29):
they said. It's just like, Hey, we can't just be
saying the only reason Donald Trump or Kamala Harris potentially
would lose. We can't just be setting ourselves up to
blame the system. We can't just be blaming elections. Michigan.
You know what, you know, guess what they got? They
got voter ID. We're gonna get mad at Michigan again.

(01:51):
Had a listener Troy He's I think he's an Iowa listener.
He could be listening to this show too, but he
sent me this info with a map of all of
the voter ID laws in different places. Hey guess what,
Matt hm. Georgia voter ID law. Photo identification is required
when voting in person or by mail or absentee in Georgia.

(02:13):
Valid forms of ID include driver's licensed state ID cards,
tribal ID cards, US passports, employee ID cards, military ID cards,
voter ID cards issued by county registration offices or the
Georgia Department of Driver Services, and voters can obtain a
free voter ID card from any of the county Registrar's
office or DDS office. If they prove other photo ID
that's in Georgia. You know what I'm gonna think there, Matt,

(02:37):
I'm gonna go ahead and guess that George is not
going to have a whole lot of questions about the
legitimacy of their election this year. And if they do,
then we can't blame voter ID laws because that's a
pretty strict voter ID law. What do you think North
Carolina's got voter ID law? On April twenty eighth, twenty
twenty three, the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed an injunction
against implementation of photo ID legislation. As a result, photo

(02:58):
ID laws enacted in eight teen and nineteen are being
implemented starting with the municipal elections in twenty twenty three.
A separate federal case challenging the same laws is pending,
but no injunction against those laws exists in that case.
The injunction was issued on December sixteenth, twenty twenty two.
That has been flipped. You have to have photo ID
required to vote in North Carolina. What does that mean? Well,

(03:19):
if it's close in North Carolina as we expect it
to be. I don't think we'll be able to blame
voter ID laws in North Carolina. How about Michigan. Each
voter in Michigan is asked to present photo identification at
the polls. Voters without photo identification may sign an apidavit
at testing that they are not in possession of acceptable
photo identification, and they still could cast a regular ballot,

(03:40):
but that would require that signed APPID davit. They would
have to prove that, and even in that case, you
would need your photo ID if you wanted to vote
outside of that specific exception. With that being said, in
the state of Michigan, I'm not so sure we're going
to be able to say, oh, the state of Michigan
voter ID. No, that's not the case. And I don't

(04:00):
even think you can blame early voting this time, because
Republicans are actively telling people go out and early vote.
Guess what we're seeing in all of these swing states
a huge uptick in Republican representation and early voting. So
what does this all mean? I guess that is the
point of this conversation. I think you know what it means.
We are going to have ourself an opportunity to have

(04:21):
a fair, free election. We will have minimal questions. I think.
Is state like Pennsylvania, of course it's a big one.
We talked about this too. They don't have specific photo
ID voter laws. I get it. We're going to have
questions about that from you know, seven states away or whatever.
And I get it. At the same time, I don't
think there are people in multiple of these swing states
that are generally going to be looking to try to

(04:42):
flip the election. There's way too many people watching. There
are people on the ground in Pennsylvania watching these polls
like hawks. You think nobody's paying attention to that stuff.
It is absolutely being It is being monitored by a
lot of people. I talked to a Republican governor this
morning who's said that was the case. So I tend
to believe that. Now phone lines are open for all

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you about your thoughts right here on news radio eleven
ten KFA eight. I'm looking up all of the voter rules.
The best that I can around the country and the
states that are up for grabs. There's not a lot
of questions that I expect us to have now. Arizona

(05:26):
has a non photo ID, which is a requirement. Their
rule is in Arizona, a voter must present some form
of identification. It doesn't have to have a photo on it,
but it does. It can be a photo ID if
you have that, it needs to include your name and
registered address, or you need two forms of non photo
ID that could include the voter's name and registered address

(05:47):
that doesn't include like a photo. Right, that would include
maybe like a bill or something. They require you to
take something like that when you move right to get
a new license or something, so it's kind of like that.
I still think that that's pretty pretty safe. No idea
is required in Nevada, which is only the smallest of
the swing states, but their rule reads that in most

(06:09):
cases there is no requirement to present identification. A voter
in Nevada must sign his or her name in the
election board register at his or her polling place. The
signature is compared with the signature on the voter's original
application to vote, or another form of IDs, such as
a driver's license, or whatever, so it's not required. You
could just use your signature. But Matt, I have to

(06:32):
ask you, that seems like something that you could pretty
easily forge. The thing, though, is that you wouldn't have
multiple ballots for the same person that we know wouldn't
happen because each of those names would be signed across
from the printed name at the voting place, plus the
ballot envelope as well. Yeah, the application to vote, I

(06:52):
should say, because you have to do that in Nevada,
and we talked about this too, right, Yes, it would
be easier for all of us we had the same rules.
But one of the last things I want the federal
government overreaching on me is my ability to vote in
my state the way that my state thinks is best
for us to vote. And in states like Pennsylvania, in

(07:12):
states like Nevada and every other swing state, trust me,
there are representatives from both political parties who are definitely
watching very closely as to how those elections are conducted
at those polling places. I want everyone to understand that
we are doing the best that we can.

Speaker 2 (07:30):
Now.

Speaker 1 (07:30):
The reason this is happening and I wanted to talk
about this is there is a new report out from
our friends. It's seen in, seen in right, and there
are apparently more stop the Steal movements that are already
being formed just in case, say Donald Trump were to lose,
and they have laid out proposals about how they're going

(07:54):
to protest this if Donald Trump is unsuccessful in trying
to figure this out. Now, is this spin? Is this falsifications?
Is this the left leaning media trying to get people
afraid of Trump supporters? Yes, yes, and yes this is
all meant to mess with the politics of the situation.

(08:14):
But mark my words, ladies and gentlemen. Right here, as
I sit in the beautiful city of Omaha, Nebraska, the
last thing that I want to see our country do,
regardless of what the results of this election are, it's
for us to turn on each other once again. That's
what these talking heads want, This's what the media wants.
They want us to hate each other because that will
make us want to flock to them. They put the

(08:35):
lines in the sand of which side likes to watch
or listen to what they have to say. I'm not
giving in. Nope. I'm gonna get my news from a
bunch of different sources, and I'm not gonna listen to
the spin. I'm not gonna let them scare me into
thinking that, well, Donald Trump has people that are mobilizing
supporters who want to protest an election. They don't know

(08:56):
the results too yet I don't. I'm not I'm not
condoning any of that. I'm not rooting for any of that,
And if any of this were to potentially happen, I
would certainly want to make it very clear that I
do not support those types of actions. At the same time,
you cannot continuously use the American people as a threat.

(09:16):
I don't want anyone to understand after this election that
the only way that we can get our way here
is by force. That's the opposite. We need to get
back to where we can talk about these policies, we
can talk about these things. I'm confused in multiple levels
as to why the left leaning liberal media would even
mention something like this, even though it might be just

(09:37):
a handful of small group of people that have been
caught on the Internet talking about what we would do
if this were to happen. But I know the way
that I feel deep in my heart is that the
majority of Americans don't want to see that happen. Nor
would they have that happen, especially if this was a
fair and free election. That's my hope is that we
can have reports that this was fair and free, that

(09:57):
this was, no matter what, a legitimate and when we
talk about what the results are next Wednesday and maybe
in the presidential election, it may take a little bit
longer as they count up some of those early ballots
or those absenteem mail in ballots from these differing states.
Before we figure that out. Over the next couple of weeks,
we'll be able to just talk about what we've learned,
talk about what Congress looks like, with the legislature looks

(10:20):
like some of the big races. Obviously, the Bacon Vargas
race here in the second congressional district is certainly one
that people are paying attention to. That deb Fisher dan
Osborne race. I know that the Republicans kind of scoffed
at this being a legitimate race until a ton of
money from outside the state of Nebraska kind of came in.
We've had Dan Osborne on the show to talk about
his campaign and some other stuff before. It seems like

(10:42):
a nice enough guy. Not sure I'm going to agree
on any of his politics, and it's certain that the
way that they are portraying him, including that song we
talked about yesterday that they made, has created a quite
a bit of hubub. This race, all of a sudden,
it seems to be very competitive. So we're going to
keep you posted on those races and plenty more across
the and we're going to talk about what it means
for America moving forward. I'm not going to panic, I'm

(11:04):
not going to freak out. We're going to think about
ways we can make our lives the best that they
can be after America as a whole has spoken, or
in the case of those local races Nebraska or the
second Congressional District. But you get the point. If you
like to talk to us, you can four h two
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an email Emery at kfab dot com. We got plenty
of fun stuff lined up for you today and uh,

(11:25):
we're excited for so stay right there with us. On
news radio eleven ten KFAB I had this person in Adam.
He's a frequent emailer, and he says, my confidence is
naive and he shared, you know something from a few
days ago that the Nevada Supreme Court earlier this week
ruled that mail in ballots received after election day without
a postmark maybe counted, and this could take place after

(11:48):
election day and take place after election day that they
count them, and we know that to be the case
that's going to happen in Nebraska, where after election day
some of the votes that are already in are counted.
Now again, this is being talked about in a way
that it's like, Okay, well, if there's a side that's down,
then they can go through and find enough votes that
are not postmarked and figure out how many they need

(12:11):
for that, and then they can tell people, hey, just
go ahead and drop that in. I don't think that's
how it's going to work. And I found a website
and this is my fear, is that it's not going
to matter. Somebody like Adam and I appreciate Adam and
emails a lot. I like talking to Adam. But they
have an entire web page that answers every question you

(12:31):
possibly have about same day voter registration, voter intimidation, poll watchers,
poll watching. They say, hey, has there ever been widespread
voter fraud in and Avata election? They say, no, we
use complex and redundant systems to ensure it does not happen.
In every unique situation that appears to be a violation

(12:51):
of any state or federal election law is investigated thoroughly.
Now I can show you this, and we can trust this,
and we trust it with a lot of the states
that aren't closed. We trust any other state that says this,
except for the close ones that we don't live in,
because every single state has its own rules. But when
you have already decided in your head that I'm going
to blame the election results if my candidate loses, I'm

(13:14):
going to blame it on their rules or their system
because they're trying to rig the election. When you already
put yourself in that frame of mindset, you're never coming
out of that. You're not willing to listen to other stuff.
And that's the danger. This is the only reason I'm
talking about this. It's not to promote this as an
idea that hey, look out voter frauds. Actually, no matter what,

(13:35):
going to happen, I'm saying the opposite. If you're going
into this thing without the like, we don't even know
what the results are yet, but you're already basically saying,
if my candidate loses one of these states, we're pointing
at voter fraud, we're pointing at the state in question
has bad laws and they have rigged the election. Then

(13:55):
you're already too far away to even have a conversation
about this with If you're looking at this and saying, Okay,
I'm going to assume this is a fair and free election.
And then if presented with legitimate evidence on the contrary,
whether it's dominion stuff, which again there's a lawsuit about
that that greatly challenges the accuracy of some of those accusations.

(14:17):
There's different states that have greatly changed the way that
voting rules occur since the twenty twenty election, and that
includes a place like Michigan, a place like Georgia. But
I have different people saying, hey, you need to look
at this, Hey you need to look at this, and
it's from sources that are so obviously biased that of
course they're going to say one thing, leaning one direction

(14:41):
of the political spectrum. And I'm just saying, we're not
even having a conversation at that point. You're sharing me
stuff that somebody believes out there that they are finding
little any bitty pieces of evidence to believe that with
and then trying to garner support on social media because
they're not a legitimate news source. And I'm just saying,
I want to go the other direc I want to
assume that it's fair and free and then we can

(15:02):
look at evidence to see if there's any discrepancies here.
As soon as we just start off by saying, well,
if my guy loses, then it was rigged, that it's
not even a fair and free election even if he wins.
At that point, it's almost like intimidation of poll workers
in people everywhere, just like, well, if this side doesn't win,
then we're in trouble now. Don't like it. Don't like

(15:24):
that attitude, and I'm not going to go into the
election like that. That doesn't mean that we can't talk
about it after it happens. It doesn't mean we can't
ask questions after it happens. But I'm not just assuming
that these states don't have people taking care of this
and trying to be as fair as possible. You can
challenge that with me. I'm here for you. I feel
like we all have our own opinions here, and I'd
love to hear yours four h two five five eight
eleven ten is that number on news radio eleven ten kfab.

(15:47):
Em Ray's longer on news radio eleven ten kfab. This
has nothing to do with policy, It has nothing to
do with making America better. It has everything to do
with well, I am guarding myself just in case there
is a loss for my candidate. So I'm gonna move on.
I apologize to anybody. I just I don't want to

(16:07):
rile people up with this topic. Unfortunately, that's just the
people are very sensitive about it. I was talking about
these kids that we're walking outside our place in Dundee
and are in some like I don't know. There's a
bunch of adults with them. They're all dressed up, and
I gotta tell you, it made me smile going out

(16:29):
there grabbing my soda and see all these kids having
fun in their costumes and getting some candy. Gina sent
me an email and said, if seeing the kids in
costumes make you smile, you should have some then with
a smiley face. Is is that? What do you think, Matt?
I feel like that's a I feel like that's a
step too far. You do you? I'm not going to

(16:49):
tell you what to do. Thanks, thanks for the support, buddy.
What about supposed to say, no, you would make ugly
children and don't even think about it. I wouldn't. That's
not First off, that's not true. I set that one
up for myself.

Speaker 2 (17:01):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (17:02):
And secondly, you do you man like, you do what's
best for you. Thank you. I'm glad that you find
me attractive. That makes a relationship I feel like much
stronger than it was before he was.

Speaker 3 (17:12):
See, there's no winning. There's no winning. There was no
win there. I should have just punted the whole conversation. Hey, yeah,
punting sometimes sometimes a punts a good thing in this one.
I appreciate that you didn't. James is on the phone
line for two five, five, eight eleven ten. Let's get
James on the phone line. Hey, James, what's on your
mind today?

Speaker 2 (17:29):
How you doing? I just got in the car, got in.
I'm hearing about voter fraud all over again. You happen
to mention dominion? Haven't dominion been settled? Yep?

Speaker 1 (17:38):
Sure did. That's what I mentioned. That's exactly what I said, James.

Speaker 2 (17:42):
Okay, has anyone read the Heritage Foundation about the twenty
twenty election.

Speaker 1 (17:48):
I mean the Heritage Foundation which wrote Project twenty twenty five.
That Heritage Foundation, Yeah, yeah, the Heritage frondsh Okay, what
about it?

Speaker 2 (17:57):
What they had to say? You hear what they had
to say about the twenty twenty election.

Speaker 1 (18:01):
What did they say, James?

Speaker 2 (18:03):
They speak specifically to GOP fraud GEO, who are the
worst cheaters and the fraudsters during the twenty twenty election.
It's their report that.

Speaker 1 (18:13):
The that the GOP cheated.

Speaker 2 (18:16):
That's right for the major upbridge and fro the fraud
in twenty twenty.

Speaker 1 (18:23):
It was the Republicans, right. Why would they say that, Smimling.
I guess I'm confused, James. That would be the opposite
you would think of what they look all I'm saying, James,
is I'm telling you that I don't think that's happening.
I'm not sure you heard the entire conversation.

Speaker 2 (18:41):
Well, we all know what's happening. We just don't want todmit.
You got one side or the other. I don't care
which side, but when it comes to fraud fraud, let's
be fair about it.

Speaker 1 (18:50):
Yeah, but look at GOP is real. I've running out
of time, James. I'm sorry, I'm confused. The GOP cheated
and lost. I don't know what that means. What does
he what does he? What does he mean? I don't know.
We'll move on. He was ready eleven ten kf B