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Jason Kander

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 4, 1981

He's like a bizarro me. One of us is working for good, and the other is Kris Kobach.

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Voters are okay with you believing something they don't believe, as long as they think you genuinely believe it, and you believe it because you care about them.

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As the state's chief elections officer, it is my job to make sure that only eligible voters vote, but also that every eligible voter has the opportunity to vote.

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If an election doesn't go your way, you don't get to call a do-over. Part of respecting our democracy is respecting the will of the voters.

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The option to recall elected officials is an important one. Our representatives should always be mindful that they answer to their constituents, and if they act in malfeasance, their job may be on the line. But using the recall as a way to reverse the results of an election, or to hold a snap election, is simply undemocratic.

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You don't get to recall a senator just because you don't like her or just because you want the seat for your own party.

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With limited shifts, low wages, and scarce benefits, it feels almost impossible for many Americans to get their slice of the pie.

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No one seriously believes that cutting the minimum wage is good for workers.

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Unions continue to be important for raising the standard of living for working Americans, whether or not they happen to be in a union.

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To improve the standard of living for working folks, we have to raise the minimum wage and empower workers to fight for their interests in an economic and political system that's stacked against them.

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Voter ID laws are the most potent form of voter suppression legislation.

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A lot of states that pass voter ID laws have little to no evidence of in-person voter impersonation fraud, which is the only kind of fraud that voter ID laws could guard against.

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Whether it's intentional or not, Trump regularly makes news for unprecedented and nonpresidential behavior.

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Voter suppression anywhere hurts our democracy everywhere.

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In order to change Washington, we're going to have to change the people that we send there.

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Senator Blunt genuinely sees everything through the lens of partisan politics.

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What we believe is that health care should be a right in this country; I happen to believe that means that we should be for single-payer.

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A lot of millennials really want a company that signs their paycheck, or whoever it is that signs their paycheck, to be an entity that reflects to them in a way that is consistent with their personal idea of who they are.

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I think that it's a good thing that you want to be part of making the world a better place, including between nine and five.

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I believe that if you make it harder to vote, then we should make it harder for you to get reelected.

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