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How Data Transparency Transforms Democracy · Private Equity Data Guy

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  Everyone
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  basically
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  has
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  an
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  equal
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  chance
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  at
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  a
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  voice
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  or
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  at
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  going
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  viral
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  these
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  days,
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  however,
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  true
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  or
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  otherwise
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  their
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  information
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  is.
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  While
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  federal
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  government
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  is
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  obviously
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  important
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  and
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  has
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  an
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  impact
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  on
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  everybody's
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  lives,
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  your
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  state
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  and
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  local
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  government
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  are
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  really,
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  you
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  know,
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  the
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  ones
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  that
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  are
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  impacting
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  your
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  day
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  to
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  day
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  life.
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  We
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  tend
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  to
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  feel
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  like
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  we're
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  divided,
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  but
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  if
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  we
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  can
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  get
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  together
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  and
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  communicate
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  about
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  what's
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  happening
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  in
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  our
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  community
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  and
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  understanding
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  with
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  this
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  data
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  and
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  this
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  information,
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  we
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  can,
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  we,
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  we,
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  we
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  could
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  probably
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  bridge
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  some
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  divides
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  that,
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  you
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  know
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  that.
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  Yeah.
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  That
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  exist
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  today.
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  You're
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  listening
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  to
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  the
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  Transformed
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  with
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  Data
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  podcast
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  with
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  Graham
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  Crawford,
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  CEO
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  of
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  Crawford
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  McMillan.
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  Graham
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  is
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  here
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  to
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  share
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  something
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  he's
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  genuinely
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  passionate
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  about.
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  He's
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  going
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  to
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  show
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  you
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  how
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  data
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  can
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  completely
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  change
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  the
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  outcome
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  for
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  both
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  people
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  and
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  businesses.
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  In
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  each
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  episode,
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  he
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  sits
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  down
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  with
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  real
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  people
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  who've
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  done
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  incredible
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  things
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  with
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  data.
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  But
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  don't
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  worry,
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  these
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  aren't
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  your
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  typical
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  dry
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  case
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  studies.
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  Graham
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  and
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  his
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  guests
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  bring
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  you
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  stories
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  about
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  leaders
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  and
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  innovators
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  who
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  saw
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  something
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  in
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  their
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  data
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  that
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  sparked
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  a
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  brand
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  new
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  reality.
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  These
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  are
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  changes
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  that
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  tour
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  through
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  entire
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  industries,
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  upended
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  company
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  cultures,
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  and
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  sometimes
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  even
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  changed
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  lives.
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  So
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  whether
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  you're
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  a
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  data
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  enthusiast
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  or
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  just
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  curious
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  about
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  how
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  to
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  find
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  the
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  truth
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  in
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  your
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  data,
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  join
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  Graham
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  as
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  he
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  discovers
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  how
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  data
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  becomes
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  more
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  than
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  just
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  numbers.
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  It
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  becomes
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  the
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  spark
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  that
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  ignites
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  real,
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  meaningful
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  changes.
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  Let's
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  get
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  started.
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  Thanks
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  for
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  listening.
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  What
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  good
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  is
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  transparency
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  if
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  no
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  one
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  can
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  understand
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  it?
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  Chris
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  Piper
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  has
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  spent
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  his
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  career
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  turning
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  raw
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  political
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  data
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  into
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  something
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  rare,
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  public
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  trust.
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  As
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  the
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  former
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  Commissioner
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  of
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  Elections
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  for
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  Virginia
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  and
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  now
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  Executive
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  Director
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  of
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  Virginia's
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  Public
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  Access
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  Project,
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  Chris
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  has
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  seen
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  both
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  sides
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  of
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  the
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  democratic
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  equation,
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  from
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  safeguarding
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  the
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  data
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  within
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  government
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  to
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  making
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  it
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  accessible
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  and
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  understandable
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  to
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  the
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  people
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  it
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  serves.
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  At
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  vpap,
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  he
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  leads
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  the
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  effort
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  to
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  decipher
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  the
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  complexity
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  of
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  campaign
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  finance,
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  earnings,
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  election
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  results
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  and
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  legislative
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  activity,
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  transforming
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  thousands
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  of
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  PDFs
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  and
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  public
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  records
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  into
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  actionable
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  insights
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  for
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  everyday
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  citizens.
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  In
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  this
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  episode,
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  we'll
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  cover
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  how
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  design
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  and
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  accessibility
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  shape
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  civic
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  engagement,
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  why
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  open
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  data
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  isn't
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  enough,
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  and
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  what
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  it
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  takes
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  to
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  make
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  the
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  government
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  accountable
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  in
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  the
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  age
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  of
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  information
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  overload.
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  This
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  one's
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  about
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  the
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  architecture
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  of
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  trust
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  and
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  the
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  role
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  that
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  data
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  plays
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  in
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  strengthening
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  or
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  eroding
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  our
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  democracy.
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  Here's
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  Chris
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  Piper.
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  Welcome.
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  Hey,
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  Graham,
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  how
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  are
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  you?
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  Thanks
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  for
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  having
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  me.
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  Yeah,
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  I'm
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  very
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  good.
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  Thanks
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  coming
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  on.
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  You
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  know,
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  we've
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  known
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  each
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  other
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  for
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  a
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  while
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  and
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  really
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  wanted
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  to
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  get
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  you
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  on
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  here
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  to
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  talk
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  about
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  this
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  amazing
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  data
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  that
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  you
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  look
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  after
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  and
• 2:28
  things
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  that
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  you
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  do
• 2:28
  can
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  you.
• 2:29
  I
• 2:29
  gave
• 2:29
  a
• 2:29
  brief
• 2:30
  background
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  on
• 2:30
  the
• 2:30
  Virginia
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  Public
• 2:31
  Access
• 2:31
  Project.
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  Can
• 2:32
  you
• 2:33
  expand
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  on
• 2:34
  that
• 2:34
  a
• 2:34
  little
• 2:35
  more
• 2:35
  for
• 2:35
  folks
• 2:36
  who
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  are,
• 2:36
  like
• 2:36
  me,
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  might
• 2:37
  not
• 2:37
  be
• 2:37
  as
• 2:37
  familiar
• 2:37
  with
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  the
• 2:38
  work
• 2:38
  of
• 2:39
  the
• 2:39
  organization?
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  Sir,
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  about
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  28
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  years
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  ago
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  now,
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  the
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  campaign
• 2:44
  finance
• 2:45
  reports
• 2:46
  for
• 2:46
  state
• 2:46
  and
• 2:47
  local
• 2:47
  candidates
• 2:47
  in
• 2:48
  Virginia
• 2:48
  were
• 2:48
  filed
• 2:49
  on
• 2:49
  paper.
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  And
• 2:51
  so
• 2:51
  the
• 2:52
  thing
• 2:52
  about
• 2:52
  Virginia
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  that's
• 2:53
  really
• 2:54
  critical
• 2:54
  to
• 2:54
  understand
• 2:55
  is
• 2:55
  to
• 2:55
  this
• 2:56
  day,
• 2:56
  we
• 2:56
  don't
• 2:56
  have
• 2:56
  contribution
• 2:57
  limits.
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  So
• 2:59
  if
• 2:59
  you
• 2:59
  want
• 2:59
  to
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  give
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  a
• 3:00
  billion
• 3:00
  dollars
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  to
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  a
• 3:01
  candidate
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  for
• 3:02
  office,
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  you
• 3:02
  can.
• 3:03
  In
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  fact,
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  just
• 3:04
  yesterday,
• 3:05
  Lieutenant
• 3:05
  Governor
• 3:06
  candidate
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  got
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  a
• 3:07
  million
• 3:07
  dollars
• 3:07
  and
• 3:08
  the
• 3:08
  Attorney
• 3:08
  General
• 3:08
  candidate
• 3:09
  got
• 3:09
  a
• 3:09
  million
• 3:09
  dollars.
• 3:10
  So
• 3:10
  think
• 3:10
  about
• 3:10
  it.
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  This
• 3:11
  is
• 3:11
  1996.
• 3:12
  90
• 3:15
  know
• 3:15
  people
• 3:15
  are
• 3:16
  funding
• 3:16
  campaigns,
• 3:17
  but
• 3:17
  if
• 3:18
  it's
• 3:18
  filed
• 3:18
  on
• 3:18
  paper,
• 3:19
  it
• 3:19
  was
• 3:19
  stuck
• 3:19
  in
• 3:20
  a
• 3:20
  filing
• 3:20
  cabinet
• 3:21
  somewhere
• 3:21
  in
• 3:21
  Richmond
• 3:22
  and
• 3:23
  pretty
• 3:23
  inaccessible.
• 3:24
  The
• 3:24
  five
• 3:24
  major
• 3:24
  newspapers,
• 3:25
  if
• 3:25
  you
• 3:25
  remember
• 3:26
  what
• 3:26
  they
• 3:26
  are,
• 3:27
  they.
• 3:28
  They
• 3:28
  got
• 3:28
  together
• 3:28
  and
• 3:29
  they
• 3:29
  said,
• 3:29
  well,
• 3:29
  you
• 3:29
  know,
• 3:29
  why
• 3:30
  don't
• 3:30
  we
• 3:30
  just
• 3:30
  take
• 3:30
  all
• 3:30
  that
• 3:31
  data
• 3:31
  that's
• 3:31
  in
• 3:31
  there,
• 3:32
  have
• 3:32
  somebody
• 3:32
  kind
• 3:32
  of
• 3:33
  put
• 3:33
  it
• 3:33
  into
• 3:33
  a
• 3:34
  database
• 3:34
  so
• 3:34
  we
• 3:34
  can
• 3:35
  search
• 3:35
  on
• 3:35
  it.
• 3:36
  And
• 3:36
  so
• 3:36
  our
• 3:37
  founder
• 3:37
  and
• 3:37
  executive
• 3:37
  director,
• 3:38
  up
• 3:39
  until
• 3:39
  two
• 3:39
  years
• 3:39
  ago
• 3:40
  was
• 3:41
  a
• 3:41
  reporter.
• 3:41
  He
• 3:42
  took
• 3:42
  that
• 3:42
  on
• 3:43
  and
• 3:44
  started
• 3:44
  entering
• 3:45
  all
• 3:45
  these
• 3:45
  campaign
• 3:45
  finance
• 3:46
  reports
• 3:47
  into
• 3:47
  a
• 3:47
  database
• 3:48
  and
• 3:48
  eventually
• 3:49
  put
• 3:49
  it
• 3:49
  on
• 3:49
  this
• 3:49
  newfangled
• 3:50
  thing
• 3:50
  they
• 3:50
  called
• 3:51
  the
• 3:51
  Internet.
• 3:52
  I've
• 3:52
  heard
• 3:52
  of
• 3:52
  that.
• 3:52
  Yeah,
• 3:53
  yeah.
• 3:54
  And
• 3:55
  so
• 3:56
  from
• 3:56
  that
• 3:57
  was
• 3:57
  born
• 3:57
  the
• 3:58
  Virginia
• 3:58
  Public
• 3:58
  Access
• 3:59
  Project.
• 3:59
  And
• 3:59
  the
• 3:59
  unique
• 4:00
  thing
• 4:00
  that
• 4:00
  we
• 4:00
  were
• 4:00
  doing
• 4:01
  way
• 4:01
  back
• 4:02
  then
• 4:02
  was
• 4:03
  we
• 4:03
  were
• 4:03
  assigning
• 4:04
  IDs
• 4:06
  to
• 4:06
  each
• 4:07
  donor.
• 4:07
  So,
• 4:07
  you
• 4:08
  know,
• 4:08
  you
• 4:08
  are
• 4:09
  Graham
• 4:09
  Crawford.
• 4:09
  It's
• 4:10
  an
• 4:10
  interesting
• 4:10
  spelling
• 4:11
  of
• 4:11
  the
• 4:11
  name.
• 4:11
  We
• 4:12
  know
• 4:12
  that
• 4:12
  there's
• 4:12
  other
• 4:13
  ways
• 4:13
  to
• 4:13
  spell
• 4:13
  that
• 4:14
  name
• 4:16
  to
• 4:16
  work
• 4:16
  for
• 4:16
  one
• 4:16
  company,
• 4:17
  used
• 4:17
  to
• 4:17
  live
• 4:17
  in
• 4:17
  one
• 4:17
  house.
• 4:18
  And
• 4:18
  what's
• 4:18
  cool
• 4:19
  about
• 4:19
  our
• 4:19
  data
• 4:19
  is
• 4:20
  that
• 4:20
  we,
• 4:21
  over
• 4:21
  the
• 4:21
  last
• 4:22
  28
• 4:22
  years,
• 4:22
  have
• 4:23
  developed
• 4:23
  some
• 4:24
  significant
• 4:24
  processes
• 4:25
  to
• 4:25
  figure
• 4:26
  out
• 4:26
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• 4:27
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• 4:27
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• 4:27
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• 4:27
  it
• 4:28
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• 4:28
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• 4:28
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• 4:29
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• 4:29
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• 4:29
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• 4:30
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• 4:30
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• 4:31
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• 4:31
  know
• 4:31
  that's
• 4:32
  the
• 4:32
  same
• 4:32
  Graham.
• 4:33
  Right.
• 4:33
  And
• 4:33
  we
• 4:34
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• 4:34
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• 4:34
  all
• 4:34
  that
• 4:34
  together.
• 4:35
  And
• 4:35
  that's
• 4:35
  really
• 4:35
  important
• 4:36
  because
• 4:36
  if
• 4:36
  you've
• 4:37
  given
• 4:37
  to
• 4:38
  20
• 4:38
  different
• 4:38
  candidates,
• 4:39
  we
• 4:39
  want
• 4:39
  to
• 4:39
  be
• 4:39
  able
• 4:40
  to
• 4:40
  see
• 4:40
  all
• 4:40
  20
• 4:40
  of
• 4:41
  those
• 4:41
  candidates.
• 4:41
  That
• 4:41
  was
• 4:42
  the
• 4:42
  Virginia
• 4:42
  Public
• 4:42
  Access
• 4:43
  Project.
• 4:43
  And
• 4:43
  then
• 4:43
  about
• 4:44
  2011,
• 4:45
  a
• 4:45
  man
• 4:46
  named
• 4:46
  Tom
• 4:46
  Whipple,
• 4:46
  who
• 4:47
  had
• 4:47
  been
• 4:47
  getting
• 4:47
  for
• 4:48
  about
• 4:48
  12,
• 4:49
  13,
• 4:49
  14
• 4:50
  years
• 4:50
  to
• 4:51
  pull
• 4:51
  together
• 4:51
  the
• 4:52
  day's
• 4:52
  Virginia
• 4:53
  political
• 4:53
  and
• 4:54
  governmental
• 4:54
  news
• 4:55
  and
• 4:55
  put
• 4:55
  it
• 4:55
  into
• 4:56
  an
• 4:56
  email
• 4:56
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• 4:56
  email
• 4:57
  it
• 4:57
  out
• 4:57
  to
• 4:57
  everybody
• 4:58
  that
• 4:58
  wanted
• 4:59
  to.
• 4:59
  He
• 5:00
  was
• 5:00
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• 5:01
  to
• 5:01
  move
• 5:01
  on
• 5:01
  from
• 5:02
  doing
• 5:02
  that,
• 5:03
  and
• 5:03
  he
• 5:04
  turned
• 5:04
  over
• 5:05
  that
• 5:06
  process
• 5:06
  to
• 5:07
  Virginia
• 5:07
  Public
• 5:07
  Access
• 5:08
  project.
• 5:08
  So
• 5:09
  since
• 5:09
  2011,
• 5:10
  VA
• 5:11
  Public
• 5:11
  Access
• 5:11
  Project
• 5:11
  is
• 5:12
  Monday
• 5:12
  through
• 5:13
  Friday,
• 5:13
  been
• 5:13
  delivering,
• 5:15
  compiling,
• 5:15
  and
• 5:16
  delivering
• 5:16
  the
• 5:16
  day's
• 5:17
  news
• 5:18
  on
• 5:18
  Virginia
• 5:19
  politics
• 5:19
  and
• 5:20
  government
• 5:21
  and
• 5:21
  that's
• 5:21
  called
• 5:21
  VA
• 5:22
  News.
• 5:22
  And
• 5:22
  we
• 5:22
  send
• 5:23
  it
• 5:23
  out
• 5:23
  every
• 5:24
  morning
• 5:24
  to
• 5:24
  about
• 5:24
  22,000
• 5:25
  people.
• 5:26
  It's
• 5:26
  absolutely
• 5:27
  free.
• 5:27
  And
• 5:27
  then
• 5:27
  along
• 5:27
  2013,
• 5:28
  we
• 5:28
  started
• 5:29
  gathering
• 5:29
  all
• 5:30
  this
• 5:30
  data
• 5:30
  that
• 5:30
  we
• 5:31
  have
• 5:31
  and
• 5:31
  data
• 5:31
  from
• 5:32
  around
• 5:32
  different
• 5:33
  areas
• 5:33
  of
• 5:33
  the
• 5:33
  government
• 5:34
  and
• 5:35
  putting
• 5:36
  together
• 5:36
  these
• 5:36
  visuals
• 5:37
  that
• 5:37
  help
• 5:37
  explain
• 5:39
  what
• 5:39
  is
• 5:39
  happening
• 5:40
  in
• 5:40
  this
• 5:40
  data.
• 5:41
  And
• 5:41
  so
• 5:41
  long
• 5:41
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• 5:42
  short,
• 5:44
  we
• 5:44
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• 5:44
  only
• 5:44
  do
• 5:44
  campaign
• 5:45
  finance,
• 5:45
  but
• 5:46
  we
• 5:46
  do
• 5:46
  the
• 5:46
  day's
• 5:47
  news.
• 5:47
  We
• 5:47
  do
• 5:48
  visualizations
• 5:49
  to
• 5:49
  explain
• 5:50
  complex
• 5:50
  information.
• 5:51
  Take
• 5:52
  data
• 5:52
  that's
• 5:52
  complex
• 5:53
  and
• 5:54
  distill
• 5:54
  it
• 5:54
  down
• 5:54
  so
• 5:55
  it's
• 5:55
  easy
• 5:55
  to
• 5:55
  understand.
• 5:57
  And
• 5:57
  we
• 5:57
  also
• 5:57
  get
• 5:58
  lobbyist
• 5:58
  data
• 5:59
  and
• 5:59
  conflict
• 6:00
  of
• 6:00
  interest
• 6:00
  reports
• 6:01
  from
• 6:01
  candidates
• 6:02
  and
• 6:02
  legislators.
• 6:04
  And
• 6:04
  we
• 6:04
  also
• 6:05
  report
• 6:05
  on
• 6:06
  election
• 6:06
  results
• 6:07
  and
• 6:07
  we
• 6:07
  also,
• 6:08
  every
• 6:08
  General
• 6:09
  assembly
• 6:09
  session
• 6:10
  have
• 6:11
  an
• 6:11
  easy
• 6:11
  to
• 6:12
  search,
• 6:13
  you
• 6:13
  know,
• 6:13
  bill
• 6:13
  profiles.
• 6:14
  So
• 6:15
  if
• 6:15
  you
• 6:16
  want
• 6:16
  to
• 6:16
  understand
• 6:16
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• 6:16
  little
• 6:17
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• 6:17
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• 6:17
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• 6:17
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• 6:17
  General
• 6:17
  assembly
• 6:18
  and
• 6:18
  what's
• 6:18
  happening
• 6:19
  there,
• 6:19
  we
• 6:19
  make
• 6:19
  that
• 6:20
  pretty
• 6:20
  easy.
• 6:20
  Now
• 6:21
  we've
• 6:21
  got
• 6:21
  a
• 6:21
  podcast
• 6:22
  ourselves
• 6:22
  and
• 6:22
  we
• 6:22
  also,
• 6:24
  we
• 6:24
  also
• 6:24
  have
• 6:25
  a
• 6:25
  mobile
• 6:25
  app.
• 6:25
  So
• 6:26
  when
• 6:26
  you're
• 6:26
  down
• 6:26
  at
• 6:26
  the
• 6:26
  General
• 6:26
  assembly,
• 6:27
  it's
• 6:27
  easy
• 6:27
  to
• 6:28
  get
• 6:28
  around
• 6:28
  and
• 6:28
  figure
• 6:29
  out
• 6:29
  where
• 6:29
  your
• 6:29
  legislators
• 6:30
  are
• 6:30
  and
• 6:31
  where
• 6:31
  meetings
• 6:31
  are,
• 6:32
  et
• 6:32
  cetera.
• 6:32
  So
• 6:33
  kind
• 6:33
  of
• 6:34
  a
• 6:34
  fun,
• 6:34
  fun
• 6:34
  job.
• 6:35
  It's
• 6:35
  really
• 6:36
  kind
• 6:36
  of
• 6:36
  throwing
• 6:36
  the
• 6:36
  doors
• 6:36
  open
• 6:38
  to
• 6:38
  democracy
• 6:39
  in
• 6:39
  a
• 6:40
  time
• 6:40
  where.
• 6:40
  And
• 6:40
  you
• 6:41
  mentioned
• 6:41
  the
• 6:41
  main
• 6:41
  newspapers
• 6:42
  yourself.
• 6:42
  But
• 6:44
  you
• 6:44
  know,
• 6:44
  for
• 6:44
  various
• 6:44
  reasons
• 6:46
  and
• 6:46
  because
• 6:46
  of
• 6:46
  the
• 6:47
  how
• 6:47
  easy
• 6:47
  it
• 6:47
  has
• 6:47
  become
• 6:48
  for
• 6:48
  people
• 6:48
  to
• 6:48
  proliferate
• 6:49
  information
• 6:50
  onto
• 6:50
  the
• 6:50
  Internet,
• 6:51
  true
• 6:52
  or
• 6:52
  otherwise,
• 6:53
  regardless
• 6:53
  of
• 6:54
  whatever
• 6:54
  source
• 6:54
  they're
• 6:54
  from.
• 6:54
  Like
• 6:55
  everyone
• 6:55
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• 6:55
  has
• 6:55
  an
• 6:56
  equal
• 6:56
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• 6:57
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• 6:57
  a
• 6:57
  voice
• 6:57
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• 6:58
  at
• 6:58
  going
• 6:58
  viral
• 6:59
  these
• 7:00
  days.
• 7:00
  However,
• 7:00
  true
• 7:00
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• 7:00
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• 7:01
  their
• 7:01
  information
• 7:01
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• 7:01
  the
• 7:02
  importance
• 7:02
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• 7:02
  what
• 7:02
  you're
• 7:03
  providing
• 7:04
  here,
• 7:04
  of
• 7:05
  factual,
• 7:05
  objective,
• 7:06
  non
• 7:06
  partisan
• 7:07
  information,
• 7:08
  you
• 7:08
  know,
• 7:09
  really
• 7:09
  strikes
• 7:09
  me
• 7:10
  as
• 7:11
  something
• 7:11
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• 7:11
  So
• 7:12
  glad
• 7:12
  for
• 7:13
  the
• 7:13
  22,000
• 7:13
  people
• 7:15
  on
• 7:15
  the
• 7:15
  list.
• 7:15
  But
• 7:16
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• 7:17
  guessing
• 7:17
  like
• 7:17
  from
• 7:17
  the
• 7:18
  VPAP's
• 7:18
  perspective,
• 7:19
  I
• 7:19
  think
• 7:19
  observing
• 7:19
  the
• 7:19
  world
• 7:20
  around
• 7:20
  you,
• 7:20
  I
• 7:20
  guess
• 7:20
  you
• 7:20
  would
• 7:21
  wish
• 7:21
  more
• 7:21
  people
• 7:21
  would
• 7:22
  know
• 7:22
  about
• 7:22
  this
• 7:22
  and
• 7:22
  more
• 7:22
  people
• 7:22
  would
• 7:23
  use
• 7:23
  it
• 7:23
  than
• 7:23
  currently
• 7:23
  do.
• 7:24
  Yeah,
• 7:24
  100%
• 7:25
  and
• 7:26
  part
• 7:26
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• 7:27
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• 7:27
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• 7:28
  been
• 7:28
  on
• 7:28
  the
• 7:28
  last
• 7:29
  two
• 7:29
  years,
• 7:30
  me
• 7:30
  and
• 7:31
  the
• 7:31
  board
• 7:31
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• 7:32
  the
• 7:32
  team
• 7:33
  have
• 7:33
  been
• 7:33
  working
• 7:34
  to
• 7:34
  figure
• 7:34
  out
• 7:34
  how
• 7:35
  can
• 7:35
  we
• 7:35
  bring
• 7:36
  this
• 7:36
  to
• 7:37
  the
• 7:37
  masses
• 7:38
  and
• 7:38
  make
• 7:38
  it
• 7:40
  accessible.
• 7:41
  You
• 7:41
  know,
• 7:41
  for
• 7:41
  a
• 7:41
  long
• 7:42
  time
• 7:42
  it's
• 7:42
  been
• 7:42
  political
• 7:42
  insiders.
• 7:43
  It's
• 7:43
  been
• 7:44
  folks
• 7:44
  that
• 7:44
  are,
• 7:45
  you
• 7:45
  know,
• 7:45
  lobbyists.
• 7:46
  They're
• 7:46
  you
• 7:47
  know,
• 7:47
  candidates
• 7:48
  and
• 7:48
  people
• 7:48
  who
• 7:48
  work
• 7:48
  for
• 7:49
  legislators
• 7:49
  and
• 7:49
  on
• 7:50
  campaigns.
• 7:50
  And
• 7:50
  it's
• 7:51
  very
• 7:51
  useful
• 7:51
  and
• 7:51
  helpful
• 7:52
  to
• 7:52
  them,
• 7:52
  I'm
• 7:53
  sure.
• 7:54
  Yeah,
• 7:54
  to
• 7:54
  your
• 7:54
  average
• 7:55
  citizen,
• 7:55
  I
• 7:55
  mean
• 7:55
  there's
• 7:56
  interesting
• 7:56
  information.
• 7:57
  But
• 7:58
  we
• 7:59
  have
• 7:59
  been
• 7:59
  really
• 7:59
  working
• 8:00
  to
• 8:00
  make
• 8:00
  our
• 8:00
  website
• 8:00
  simpler,
• 8:01
  easier
• 8:01
  to
• 8:02
  use,
• 8:03
  you
• 8:03
  know,
• 8:04
  we're
• 8:05
  looking
• 8:05
  at
• 8:05
  more
• 8:06
  and
• 8:06
  more
• 8:06
  data
• 8:06
  that's
• 8:07
  not
• 8:07
  just
• 8:08
  about
• 8:08
  campaign
• 8:09
  finance.
• 8:09
  And
• 8:10
  you
• 8:10
  know,
• 8:11
  last
• 8:11
  year
• 8:11
  we
• 8:11
  had,
• 8:12
  and
• 8:13
  I'll
• 8:13
  talk
• 8:13
  about
• 8:13
  this
• 8:13
  in
• 8:13
  a
• 8:13
  second,
• 8:14
  but
• 8:14
  we
• 8:14
  had
• 8:14
  what
• 8:14
  we
• 8:15
  called
• 8:15
  Education
• 8:16
  Shark
• 8:16
  Week.
• 8:16
  So
• 8:17
  like
• 8:17
  the
• 8:17
  first
• 8:17
  week
• 8:17
  of
• 8:18
  school
• 8:18
  that
• 8:18
  people
• 8:18
  were
• 8:18
  going,
• 8:19
  kids
• 8:19
  were
• 8:19
  going
• 8:19
  back
• 8:19
  to
• 8:19
  college,
• 8:20
  they
• 8:20
  were
• 8:20
  going
• 8:20
  back
• 8:20
  to
• 8:22
  public
• 8:22
  school,
• 8:24
  we
• 8:24
  did
• 8:25
  a
• 8:25
  whole
• 8:25
  bunch
• 8:25
  of
• 8:25
  data
• 8:25
  on
• 8:26
  the
• 8:27
  state
• 8:27
  of
• 8:27
  education
• 8:28
  in
• 8:28
  Virginia.
• 8:30
  And
• 8:30
  what's
• 8:30
  really
• 8:30
  critical
• 8:31
  about
• 8:31
  that
• 8:31
  is
• 8:31
  that
• 8:32
  just
• 8:32
  real
• 8:33
  quick,
• 8:33
  we're
• 8:33
  a
• 8:33
  fiercely
• 8:34
  nonpartisan
• 8:35
  organization.
• 8:35
  We
• 8:36
  don't
• 8:36
  lean
• 8:36
  one
• 8:36
  way
• 8:36
  or
• 8:36
  the
• 8:37
  other.
• 8:37
  So
• 8:37
  when
• 8:37
  we
• 8:37
  put
• 8:38
  this
• 8:38
  data
• 8:38
  out,
• 8:39
  we
• 8:39
  don't.
• 8:40
  We
• 8:40
  provide
• 8:40
  enough
• 8:40
  context
• 8:41
  so
• 8:41
  you
• 8:41
  know
• 8:41
  what
• 8:42
  you're
• 8:42
  looking
• 8:42
  at.
• 8:42
  But
• 8:42
  we're
• 8:43
  not
• 8:43
  trying
• 8:43
  to
• 8:43
  swing
• 8:44
  you
• 8:44
  to
• 8:44
  say
• 8:44
  that,
• 8:45
  well,
• 8:45
  this
• 8:45
  means
• 8:45
  this,
• 8:46
  and
• 8:46
  this
• 8:46
  means
• 8:47
  that
• 8:47
  it's
• 8:48
  really
• 8:48
  for
• 8:48
  you
• 8:48
  to
• 8:48
  make
• 8:49
  that
• 8:49
  decision
• 8:49
  and
• 8:49
  how
• 8:49
  it
• 8:50
  aligns
• 8:50
  best
• 8:50
  with
• 8:50
  your
• 8:51
  values.
• 8:52
  So,
• 8:52
  you
• 8:52
  know,
• 8:53
  one
• 8:53
  of
• 8:53
  the
• 8:53
  things
• 8:53
  that
• 8:54
  we
• 8:54
  did
• 8:54
  is
• 8:54
  last
• 8:55
  September
• 8:55
  we
• 8:56
  launched
• 8:56
  what
• 8:56
  we
• 8:56
  call
• 8:56
  Civics
• 8:57
  Navigator.
• 8:58
  And
• 8:58
  it
• 8:58
  is
• 8:59
  a
• 9:00
  civic
• 9:00
  education
• 9:01
  program.
• 9:01
  It's
• 9:02
  not
• 9:02
  just
• 9:02
  for
• 9:02
  K12,
• 9:03
  it's
• 9:03
  for
• 9:03
  higher
• 9:04
  ed,
• 9:04
  it's
• 9:04
  for
• 9:05
  adults
• 9:06
  to
• 9:06
  bring
• 9:07
  to
• 9:07
  life
• 9:09
  Virginia
• 9:09
  state
• 9:09
  and
• 9:10
  local
• 9:10
  politics
• 9:10
  and
• 9:11
  government
• 9:12
  and
• 9:12
  to
• 9:12
  make
• 9:12
  it
• 9:12
  more
• 9:13
  accessible.
• 9:13
  We
• 9:14
  really
• 9:14
  do,
• 9:14
  you
• 9:15
  know,
• 9:15
  think
• 9:15
  that
• 9:16
  while
• 9:17
  federal
• 9:17
  government
• 9:17
  is
• 9:18
  obviously
• 9:18
  important
• 9:18
  and
• 9:19
  has
• 9:19
  an
• 9:20
  impact
• 9:20
  on
• 9:20
  everybody's
• 9:21
  lives,
• 9:22
  your
• 9:22
  state
• 9:22
  and
• 9:22
  local
• 9:23
  government
• 9:23
  are
• 9:24
  really,
• 9:24
  you
• 9:25
  know,
• 9:25
  the
• 9:25
  ones
• 9:25
  that
• 9:25
  are
• 9:25
  impacting
• 9:26
  your
• 9:26
  day
• 9:26
  to
• 9:27
  day
• 9:27
  life.
• 9:27
  I
• 9:27
  promise
• 9:28
  you
• 9:28
  that,
• 9:29
  you
• 9:29
  know,
• 9:29
  Congress
• 9:30
  and
• 9:30
  President
• 9:31
  Trump
• 9:31
  are
• 9:31
  not
• 9:32
  going
• 9:32
  to
• 9:32
  go
• 9:32
  out
• 9:32
  and
• 9:32
  fix,
• 9:33
  you
• 9:33
  know,
• 9:33
  that
• 9:33
  pothole
• 9:34
  out
• 9:34
  in
• 9:34
  front
• 9:34
  of
• 9:34
  your
• 9:34
  house.
• 9:35
  And
• 9:35
  they're
• 9:35
  not
• 9:35
  going
• 9:35
  to,
• 9:36
  you
• 9:36
  know,
• 9:36
  they're
• 9:36
  not
• 9:37
  going
• 9:37
  to
• 9:37
  make
• 9:37
  traffic
• 9:38
  better.
• 9:39
  That's
• 9:39
  not
• 9:39
  their
• 9:39
  role.
• 9:40
  So
• 9:42
  when
• 9:42
  we
• 9:42
  make
• 9:43
  Virginia
• 9:43
  state
• 9:44
  and
• 9:44
  local
• 9:44
  politics
• 9:45
  and
• 9:45
  government
• 9:45
  accessible,
• 9:47
  what
• 9:47
  we
• 9:48
  found
• 9:48
  is
• 9:48
  when
• 9:48
  people
• 9:49
  utilize
• 9:49
  this
• 9:49
  information,
• 9:50
  they
• 9:50
  can
• 9:51
  go
• 9:51
  to
• 9:51
  their
• 9:51
  representatives,
• 9:52
  they
• 9:52
  can
• 9:53
  go
• 9:53
  armed
• 9:54
  and
• 9:54
  informed
• 9:55
  with
• 9:55
  information
• 9:56
  to
• 9:57
  help
• 9:57
  make
• 9:58
  their
• 9:58
  case
• 9:58
  to
• 9:59
  their
• 9:59
  representatives.
• 10:00
  And
• 10:00
  honestly,
• 10:02
  data
• 10:03
  and
• 10:04
  all
• 10:04
  that
• 10:04
  information
• 10:05
  in
• 10:05
  your
• 10:05
  hands
• 10:06
  really
• 10:06
  does
• 10:08
  help
• 10:08
  you
• 10:08
  to
• 10:09
  impact
• 10:10
  your
• 10:11
  community,
• 10:12
  your
• 10:13
  state
• 10:13
  in
• 10:14
  a
• 10:14
  way
• 10:14
  that
• 10:14
  you
• 10:14
  can't
• 10:15
  necessarily
• 10:15
  impact
• 10:16
  at
• 10:16
  the
• 10:16
  federal
• 10:17
  level.
• 10:17
  So
• 10:18
  really,
• 10:19
  we
• 10:19
  believe
• 10:19
  that
• 10:20
  data,
• 10:21
  the
• 10:21
  pen
• 10:21
  is
• 10:21
  mightier
• 10:22
  than
• 10:23
  the
• 10:23
  sword,
• 10:23
  for
• 10:23
  sure.
• 10:24
  But
• 10:25
  that
• 10:25
  pen
• 10:25
  needs
• 10:26
  to
• 10:26
  be
• 10:26
  backed
• 10:26
  up
• 10:26
  with
• 10:27
  data
• 10:27
  and
• 10:27
  information
• 10:29
  so
• 10:29
  that
• 10:30
  you
• 10:30
  can
• 10:31
  really
• 10:31
  impact
• 10:33
  the
• 10:33
  decisions
• 10:33
  of
• 10:33
  the
• 10:34
  legislators
• 10:34
  and
• 10:35
  other
• 10:35
  representatives.
• 10:36
  There
• 10:36
  are
• 10:36
  so
• 10:36
  many
• 10:37
  threads
• 10:37
  that
• 10:37
  I
• 10:37
  want
• 10:38
  to
• 10:38
  pull
• 10:39
  from
• 10:39
  that.
• 10:40
  First,
• 10:40
  a
• 10:41
  really
• 10:41
  important
• 10:41
  qualitative
• 10:41
  piece
• 10:42
  of
• 10:42
  data
• 10:42
  that
• 10:43
  I
• 10:43
  talk
• 10:43
  about
• 10:43
  whenever
• 10:44
  I
• 10:44
  get
• 10:44
  the
• 10:44
  opportunity.
• 10:45
  And
• 10:46
  that's
• 10:46
  what
• 10:46
  you
• 10:46
  mentioned,
• 10:46
  right.
• 10:48
  Two
• 10:48
  and
• 10:48
  a
• 10:48
  bit
• 10:48
  years
• 10:48
  ago,
• 10:49
  Chris,
• 10:49
  I
• 10:49
  was
• 10:49
  doing
• 10:50
  my
• 10:50
  US
• 10:50
  citizenship
• 10:51
  test
• 10:51
  and
• 10:52
  I
• 10:52
  studied
• 10:52
  very
• 10:52
  hard.
• 10:53
  There's
• 10:53
  100
• 10:54
  possible
• 10:54
  questions
• 10:54
  and
• 10:55
  you
• 10:55
  get
• 10:55
  10
• 10:56
  and
• 10:56
  you
• 10:56
  need
• 10:56
  to
• 10:56
  score
• 10:56
  60%.
• 10:57
  I
• 10:57
  was
• 10:57
  most
• 10:57
  disappointed
• 10:58
  when
• 10:58
  I
• 10:58
  got
• 10:58
  the
• 10:58
  first
• 10:58
  six
• 10:59
  right
• 10:59
  and
• 10:59
  then
• 10:59
  they
• 10:59
  just
• 10:59
  stopped
• 11:00
  the
• 11:00
  test.
• 11:00
  I
• 11:00
  didn't
• 11:00
  get
• 11:00
  the
• 11:00
  chance
• 11:01
  to
• 11:01
  showboat
• 11:01
  the
• 11:01
  last
• 11:01
  four.
• 11:03
  But
• 11:03
  one
• 11:03
  of
• 11:03
  the
• 11:03
  things
• 11:03
  in
• 11:04
  there
• 11:04
  covered
• 11:04
  in
• 11:04
  the
• 11:04
  citizenship
• 11:05
  exam
• 11:05
  that
• 11:06
  I
• 11:06
  think
• 11:06
  maybe
• 11:07
  the
• 11:07
  country
• 11:07
  could
• 11:07
  do
• 11:07
  with
• 11:07
  some
• 11:08
  reminding
• 11:08
  on
• 11:08
  is
• 11:08
  the
• 11:09
  what
• 11:10
  issues
• 11:10
  are
• 11:10
  dealt
• 11:10
  with
• 11:10
  at
• 11:10
  a
• 11:11
  state
• 11:11
  and
• 11:11
  local
• 11:11
  level
• 11:11
  and
• 11:12
  what
• 11:12
  issues
• 11:12
  are
• 11:12
  dealt
• 11:12
  with
• 11:12
  at
• 11:13
  a
• 11:13
  federal
• 11:13
  level.
• 11:13
  And
• 11:13
  you're
• 11:14
  right,
• 11:14
  school,
• 11:14
  education,
• 11:15
  policing,
• 11:16
  transportation,
• 11:17
  all
• 11:17
  those
• 11:17
  things
• 11:17
  that
• 11:17
  are
• 11:18
  critical
• 11:18
  to
• 11:18
  people's
• 11:18
  everyday
• 11:19
  lives.
• 11:19
  Actually,
• 11:20
  they're
• 11:20
  members
• 11:20
  of
• 11:20
  Congress
• 11:21
  and
• 11:21
  the
• 11:21
  senators
• 11:22
  can't
• 11:23
  do
• 11:23
  much
• 11:23
  about.
• 11:23
  And
• 11:24
  the
• 11:24
  thing
• 11:24
  that.
• 11:24
  So
• 11:24
  I've
• 11:25
  often
• 11:25
  encouraged
• 11:25
  people
• 11:25
  in
• 11:25
  my
• 11:26
  sphere
• 11:26
  to
• 11:26
  say,
• 11:27
  hey,
• 11:27
  actually
• 11:27
  state
• 11:28
  and
• 11:28
  local
• 11:28
  politics
• 11:29
  is
• 11:29
  far
• 11:29
  more
• 11:29
  impactful
• 11:30
  than
• 11:30
  you
• 11:30
  think.
• 11:31
  And
• 11:31
  what
• 11:31
  surprised
• 11:32
  me
• 11:32
  when
• 11:32
  I
• 11:32
  practiced,
• 11:33
  what
• 11:33
  I
• 11:33
  preached
• 11:34
  is
• 11:34
  just
• 11:34
  how
• 11:34
  accessible
• 11:35
  those
• 11:35
  local
• 11:35
  elected
• 11:36
  officials
• 11:36
  are.
• 11:36
  Like,
• 11:36
  I've
• 11:37
  been
• 11:37
  lucky
• 11:37
  enough
• 11:37
  to
• 11:37
  have
• 11:37
  a
• 11:37
  number
• 11:38
  of
• 11:38
  great
• 11:38
  conversations
• 11:38
  with
• 11:39
  my
• 11:39
  state
• 11:39
  delegate,
• 11:40
  with
• 11:40
  my
• 11:41
  state
• 11:41
  senator
• 11:42
  as
• 11:43
  well.
• 11:44
  They're
• 11:44
  always
• 11:44
  available
• 11:45
  at
• 11:45
  local
• 11:45
  events
• 11:46
  that
• 11:46
  happen
• 11:46
  in
• 11:46
  your
• 11:46
  community.
• 11:47
  They
• 11:47
  always
• 11:47
  show
• 11:47
  up
• 11:48
  to
• 11:48
  those.
• 11:48
  And
• 11:48
  it's
• 11:49
  a
• 11:49
  real
• 11:49
  way
• 11:49
  to
• 11:49
  have
• 11:50
  influence
• 11:51
  in
• 11:51
  the
• 11:51
  type
• 11:51
  of
• 11:51
  issues
• 11:52
  that,
• 11:52
  you
• 11:53
  know,
• 11:53
  affect
• 11:53
  your
• 11:54
  day
• 11:54
  to
• 11:54
  day
• 11:54
  life.
• 11:54
  So
• 11:55
  that's,
• 11:55
  that's
• 11:56
  something
• 11:56
  that
• 11:56
  I
• 11:56
  wanted
• 11:56
  to
• 11:57
  make
• 11:58
  a
• 11:58
  plug
• 11:58
  for.
• 11:59
  Stay
• 12:00
  Local
• 12:00
  is
• 12:00
  often
• 12:00
  overlooked
• 12:01
  as
• 12:01
  a
• 12:02
  way
• 12:02
  to
• 12:02
  have
• 12:02
  impact.
• 12:03
  And
• 12:03
  not
• 12:03
  only
• 12:03
  have
• 12:03
  impact,
• 12:03
  but
• 12:04
  in
• 12:04
  a
• 12:04
  time
• 12:04
  when
• 12:04
  people
• 12:05
  feel
• 12:06
  so
• 12:06
  far
• 12:06
  separated
• 12:07
  from
• 12:07
  Capitol
• 12:08
  Hill,
• 12:08
  even
• 12:08
  those
• 12:08
  of
• 12:09
  us
• 12:09
  who
• 12:09
  live
• 12:09
  quite
• 12:09
  close
• 12:09
  to
• 12:09
  it,
• 12:10
  you
• 12:10
  know,
• 12:10
  it's
• 12:10
  a
• 12:10
  way
• 12:10
  to
• 12:11
  take
• 12:11
  back
• 12:11
  a
• 12:11
  bit
• 12:11
  of
• 12:11
  control
• 12:12
  over
• 12:12
  a
• 12:12
  world
• 12:12
  that
• 12:13
  it's
• 12:13
  very
• 12:13
  easy
• 12:13
  to
• 12:14
  feel
• 12:14
  like
• 12:14
  you
• 12:14
  have
• 12:14
  no
• 12:14
  control
• 12:15
  over.
• 12:16
  With
• 12:16
  the
• 12:17
  decline
• 12:17
  of
• 12:18
  kind
• 12:18
  of
• 12:18
  the
• 12:18
  local
• 12:19
  media
• 12:19
  ecosystem
• 12:20
  that
• 12:20
  was
• 12:21
  so
• 12:21
  prevalent
• 12:21
  for
• 12:23
  so
• 12:23
  much
• 12:23
  of
• 12:23
  our
• 12:23
  history,
• 12:24
  you
• 12:24
  know,
• 12:25
  we
• 12:25
  can
• 12:26
  feel
• 12:26
  so
• 12:26
  disconnected
• 12:27
  from
• 12:27
  the
• 12:27
  folks
• 12:28
  that
• 12:28
  we
• 12:28
  live
• 12:28
  right
• 12:28
  next
• 12:29
  to
• 12:30
  and
• 12:30
  these
• 12:30
  issues
• 12:31
  that
• 12:31
  divide
• 12:32
  us.
• 12:32
  When
• 12:32
  you
• 12:32
  look
• 12:33
  at
• 12:33
  the
• 12:33
  state
• 12:33
  and
• 12:33
  local
• 12:34
  level,
• 12:35
  you'll
• 12:35
  actually
• 12:36
  find
• 12:36
  that
• 12:36
  there's,
• 12:36
  there's
• 12:37
  a
• 12:37
  lot
• 12:37
  of
• 12:37
  things
• 12:37
  that
• 12:38
  we,
• 12:38
  we
• 12:38
  can
• 12:38
  all
• 12:39
  get
• 12:39
  behind
• 12:39
  and
• 12:39
  we
• 12:39
  can
• 12:40
  all
• 12:41
  come
• 12:42
  together
• 12:42
  and,
• 12:42
  and
• 12:43
  support.
• 12:43
  I
• 12:43
  mean,
• 12:44
  you
• 12:44
  look
• 12:44
  at
• 12:44
  state
• 12:44
  and
• 12:45
  local
• 12:45
  government
• 12:45
  right
• 12:46
  now
• 12:46
  and
• 12:46
  the
• 12:47
  issue
• 12:47
  of
• 12:47
  data
• 12:47
  centers,
• 12:48
  you
• 12:48
  know,
• 12:49
  data
• 12:49
  centers
• 12:49
  is,
• 12:50
  is
• 12:50
  not
• 12:50
  a
• 12:51
  Democrat
• 12:51
  or
• 12:51
  Republican
• 12:52
  issue.
• 12:52
  It's
• 12:53
  a,
• 12:53
  you
• 12:53
  know,
• 12:53
  it's,
• 12:54
  it's
• 12:55
  just
• 12:55
  an
• 12:55
  issue.
• 12:55
  If
• 12:55
  you,
• 12:56
  if
• 12:57
  you
• 12:57
  look
• 12:57
  at
• 12:57
  it
• 12:57
  and
• 12:58
  you
• 12:58
  understand
• 12:58
  some
• 12:58
  of
• 12:58
  the
• 12:59
  complexity
• 12:59
  about
• 12:59
  it.
• 13:00
  You
• 13:00
  know,
• 13:00
  there's
• 13:00
  a
• 13:00
  lot
• 13:00
  of
• 13:00
  things
• 13:01
  that
• 13:01
  we
• 13:01
  can,
• 13:02
  I'll
• 13:02
  get
• 13:02
  behind
• 13:04
  one
• 13:04
  of
• 13:04
  the
• 13:04
  visualizations
• 13:05
  we
• 13:05
  love
• 13:05
  to
• 13:05
  do
• 13:06
  every
• 13:06
  Single
• 13:07
  year
• 13:07
  is
• 13:07
  following
• 13:07
  the
• 13:08
  General
• 13:08
  assembly
• 13:09
  session.
• 13:10
  We
• 13:10
  take
• 13:10
  a
• 13:10
  look
• 13:10
  at
• 13:11
  all
• 13:11
  of
• 13:11
  the
• 13:11
  votes
• 13:12
  that
• 13:12
  were
• 13:12
  taken
• 13:12
  on
• 13:13
  the
• 13:13
  floor,
• 13:14
  the
• 13:14
  General
• 13:15
  assembly,
• 13:15
  both
• 13:15
  the
• 13:16
  House
• 13:16
  and
• 13:16
  the
• 13:16
  state
• 13:16
  Senate.
• 13:18
  And
• 13:18
  you
• 13:19
  know,
• 13:20
  last
• 13:20
  year
• 13:20
  was
• 13:21
  a
• 13:21
  little
• 13:21
  over
• 13:21
  75%.
• 13:22
  The
• 13:22
  year
• 13:23
  before
• 13:23
  was
• 13:23
  over
• 13:23
  80%.
• 13:25
  What
• 13:25
  I
• 13:25
  mean
• 13:26
  by
• 13:26
  that
• 13:26
  is
• 13:26
  all
• 13:27
  of
• 13:27
  the
• 13:27
  votes
• 13:27
  that
• 13:28
  came
• 13:28
  to
• 13:28
  the
• 13:28
  floor,
• 13:30
  they
• 13:30
  agreed
• 13:31
  unanimously
• 13:33
  on
• 13:33
  those
• 13:33
  votes.
• 13:34
  Right.
• 13:34
  And
• 13:35
  so,
• 13:36
  you
• 13:36
  know,
• 13:36
  we
• 13:37
  think
• 13:37
  that
• 13:37
  our
• 13:38
  party
• 13:38
  or
• 13:38
  our
• 13:39
  country
• 13:39
  is
• 13:39
  so
• 13:39
  divided
• 13:40
  and
• 13:40
  that
• 13:41
  our
• 13:41
  parties
• 13:41
  can't
• 13:41
  get
• 13:42
  along.
• 13:42
  But
• 13:42
  here
• 13:42
  in
• 13:43
  Virginia,
• 13:43
  80%
• 13:44
  of
• 13:44
  the
• 13:44
  votes
• 13:44
  taken,
• 13:45
  they
• 13:45
  all
• 13:45
  agree
• 13:46
  on.
• 13:47
  The
• 13:47
  remaining
• 13:48
  votes
• 13:48
  that
• 13:48
  are
• 13:49
  out
• 13:49
  there
• 13:50
  are
• 13:51
  unanimous
• 13:53
  or,
• 13:53
  sorry,
• 13:53
  our
• 13:54
  close
• 13:54
  votes.
• 13:55
  They're
• 13:55
  not
• 13:55
  always
• 13:55
  party
• 13:56
  line
• 13:56
  votes.
• 13:57
  Of
• 13:57
  the
• 13:58
  party
• 13:58
  line
• 13:58
  votes,
• 13:59
  I
• 13:59
  think
• 13:59
  of
• 13:59
  that
• 13:59
  20%,
• 14:00
  if
• 14:00
  I
• 14:00
  remember
• 14:00
  correctly,
• 14:01
  it
• 14:01
  was
• 14:01
  something
• 14:01
  like,
• 14:02
  you
• 14:02
  know,
• 14:02
  a
• 14:02
  good
• 14:03
  15%
• 14:04
  of
• 14:04
  them
• 14:04
  were
• 14:04
  party
• 14:04
  line
• 14:05
  votes.
• 14:05
  But
• 14:05
  when
• 14:06
  you
• 14:06
  think
• 14:06
  about
• 14:06
  that,
• 14:07
  it's
• 14:07
  really
• 14:07
  impactful
• 14:08
  to
• 14:08
  understand
• 14:08
  that,
• 14:09
  that
• 14:09
  there's
• 14:10
  a
• 14:10
  lot
• 14:10
  more
• 14:10
  that
• 14:10
  unites
• 14:11
  us
• 14:11
  than
• 14:11
  divides
• 14:11
  us.
• 14:12
  And
• 14:12
  when
• 14:13
  we
• 14:13
  focus
• 14:13
  on
• 14:13
  just
• 14:13
  the
• 14:14
  issues
• 14:14
  at
• 14:14
  the
• 14:14
  federal
• 14:15
  level,
• 14:15
  I
• 14:15
  think
• 14:15
  that
• 14:16
  we
• 14:16
  tend
• 14:16
  to
• 14:17
  feel
• 14:17
  like
• 14:17
  we're
• 14:17
  divided.
• 14:18
  But
• 14:18
  if
• 14:18
  we
• 14:18
  can
• 14:19
  get
• 14:19
  together
• 14:20
  and
• 14:20
  communicate
• 14:21
  about
• 14:21
  what's
• 14:21
  happening
• 14:22
  in
• 14:22
  our
• 14:22
  community
• 14:24
  and
• 14:24
  understanding
• 14:25
  with
• 14:25
  this
• 14:26
  data
• 14:26
  and
• 14:26
  this
• 14:26
  information,
• 14:29
  we
• 14:29
  could
• 14:29
  probably
• 14:29
  bridge
• 14:30
  some
• 14:30
  divides
• 14:32
  that
• 14:32
  exist
• 14:33
  today.
• 14:34
  And
• 14:34
  all
• 14:34
  of
• 14:34
  that
• 14:34
  happening
• 14:35
  in
• 14:35
  a
• 14:35
  state,
• 14:35
  and
• 14:36
  I
• 14:36
  won't
• 14:36
  quote
• 14:36
  the
• 14:36
  data
• 14:37
  because
• 14:37
  I've
• 14:37
  no
• 14:37
  doubt
• 14:38
  you
• 14:38
  know
• 14:38
  it
• 14:38
  a
• 14:38
  lot
• 14:38
  better
• 14:38
  than
• 14:38
  I
• 14:39
  do.
• 14:39
  But
• 14:40
  in
• 14:40
  a
• 14:40
  state
• 14:40
  that
• 14:41
  is,
• 14:42
  you
• 14:42
  know,
• 14:42
  not
• 14:43
  when
• 14:43
  the
• 14:43
  big
• 14:44
  show
• 14:44
  comes
• 14:44
  into
• 14:44
  turn,
• 14:45
  not
• 14:45
  classified
• 14:46
  officially
• 14:46
  as
• 14:46
  a
• 14:46
  swing
• 14:47
  state,
• 14:47
  but
• 14:47
  there's
• 14:47
  certainly
• 14:48
  a
• 14:48
  purple
• 14:49
  tinge
• 14:49
  to,
• 14:50
  to
• 14:50
  Virginia.
• 14:51
  And
• 14:51
  at
• 14:52
  the
• 14:52
  state
• 14:52
  level,
• 14:52
  control
• 14:53
  of
• 14:53
  the
• 14:53
  House
• 14:54
  and
• 14:54
  the
• 14:54
  Senate
• 14:54
  and
• 14:54
  the
• 14:55
  governor's
• 14:55
  office
• 14:55
  seems
• 14:56
  to
• 14:56
  be
• 14:56
  very
• 14:56
  much
• 14:56
  in
• 14:56
  the
• 14:56
  balance.
• 14:57
  So
• 14:58
  in
• 14:58
  many
• 14:59
  ways
• 14:59
  that's
• 14:59
  the
• 15:00
  recipe
• 15:00
  for
• 15:01
  that
• 15:02
  party
• 15:02
  line
• 15:02
  approach
• 15:03
  that
• 15:04
  you
• 15:04
  get
• 15:04
  on
• 15:05
  Capitol
• 15:05
  Hill.
• 15:06
  So
• 15:06
  that
• 15:06
  data
• 15:06
  you
• 15:06
  shared
• 15:07
  about
• 15:07
  70,
• 15:08
  84%
• 15:09
  of
• 15:10
  unanimous
• 15:10
  bills
• 15:10
  passing
• 15:11
  becomes
• 15:11
  even
• 15:11
  more
• 15:11
  impressive
• 15:12
  than
• 15:12
  it
• 15:12
  would
• 15:12
  be
• 15:12
  in
• 15:13
  a
• 15:13
  state,
• 15:13
  for
• 15:13
  example,
• 15:14
  that
• 15:14
  was
• 15:15
  majority
• 15:16
  controlled
• 15:16
  by
• 15:16
  one
• 15:16
  party
• 15:16
  or
• 15:17
  the
• 15:17
  other.
• 15:17
  Right,
• 15:18
  exactly.
• 15:18
  The
• 15:19
  context
• 15:19
  is
• 15:19
  everything.
• 15:20
  I,
• 15:20
  I
• 15:20
  want
• 15:21
  to
• 15:21
  share
• 15:21
  an
• 15:21
  experience
• 15:21
  that
• 15:21
  I
• 15:22
  had
• 15:22
  earlier
• 15:22
  this
• 15:22
  year
• 15:22
  when
• 15:22
  I
• 15:23
  was
• 15:23
  digging
• 15:24
  into,
• 15:24
  for
• 15:25
  fun,
• 15:25
  because
• 15:25
  this
• 15:25
  is
• 15:25
  what
• 15:25
  I
• 15:26
  do
• 15:26
  for
• 15:26
  fun,
• 15:26
  Chris,
• 15:27
  digging
• 15:27
  into
• 15:28
  some
• 15:29
  open,
• 15:29
  open
• 15:29
  data.
• 15:30
  And
• 15:30
  I'll
• 15:31
  use
• 15:31
  my
• 15:31
  air
• 15:31
  quotes
• 15:32
  for
• 15:33
  those
• 15:33
  that
• 15:33
  are
• 15:33
  listening,
• 15:33
  open
• 15:34
  data,
• 15:34
  because
• 15:34
  it
• 15:34
  didn't
• 15:34
  feel
• 15:35
  that
• 15:35
  open.
• 15:35
  And
• 15:36
  the
• 15:36
  data
• 15:36
  I
• 15:36
  was
• 15:36
  looking
• 15:36
  at
• 15:37
  was
• 15:37
  actually,
• 15:37
  and
• 15:38
  here
• 15:38
  I
• 15:39
  am
• 15:39
  like
• 15:39
  not
• 15:39
  fully
• 15:39
  remembering
• 15:40
  exactly
• 15:40
  where
• 15:40
  I
• 15:40
  got
• 15:41
  it
• 15:41
  from,
• 15:41
  but
• 15:41
  I
• 15:41
  think
• 15:41
  it
• 15:41
  was
• 15:42
  from
• 15:42
  the
• 15:42
  state
• 15:42
  of
• 15:43
  Virginia
• 15:43
  rather
• 15:43
  than
• 15:43
  from
• 15:43
  vpap,
• 15:44
  but
• 15:44
  it
• 15:44
  was
• 15:44
  data
• 15:45
  about
• 15:45
  causes
• 15:45
  of
• 15:45
  death.
• 15:46
  In,
• 15:47
  in
• 15:47
  Virginia.
• 15:48
  And
• 15:48
  I
• 15:48
  was
• 15:49
  looking
• 15:51
  just
• 15:51
  as
• 15:51
  a
• 15:51
  fun
• 15:51
  little
• 15:52
  data
• 15:52
  analysis
• 15:52
  project
• 15:52
  in
• 15:53
  my
• 15:53
  spare
• 15:53
  time,
• 15:53
  because
• 15:53
  that's
• 15:54
  how
• 15:54
  I
• 15:54
  like
• 15:54
  to
• 15:54
  have
• 15:54
  fun.
• 15:55
  Two
• 15:55
  things
• 15:55
  struck
• 15:55
  me.
• 15:57
  One,
• 15:59
  why
• 15:59
  default
• 16:00
  to
• 16:00
  everything
• 16:00
  being
• 16:00
  in
• 16:01
  a
• 16:01
  PDF,
• 16:01
  which
• 16:02
  is
• 16:02
  just
• 16:03
  to
• 16:03
  do
• 16:03
  any
• 16:03
  sort
• 16:03
  of
• 16:04
  analysis,
• 16:05
  a
• 16:05
  complete
• 16:05
  nightmare
• 16:06
  to
• 16:06
  work
• 16:06
  with.
• 16:07
  And
• 16:07
  then
• 16:07
  I
• 16:08
  wanted
• 16:08
  to
• 16:08
  look
• 16:08
  at
• 16:08
  trends.
• 16:08
  So
• 16:09
  I
• 16:09
  pulled
• 16:09
  the
• 16:09
  data
• 16:09
  for
• 16:09
  I
• 16:10
  think
• 16:10
  2019-2020-2021-2022,
• 16:13
  and
• 16:14
  then
• 16:14
  for
• 16:14
  each
• 16:14
  year
• 16:15
  there
• 16:15
  were
• 16:15
  slightly
• 16:16
  different
• 16:16
  columns
• 16:17
  and
• 16:17
  not
• 16:17
  all
• 16:17
  the
• 16:18
  columns
• 16:18
  were
• 16:18
  complete
• 16:18
  and
• 16:19
  not
• 16:19
  all
• 16:19
  the
• 16:19
  rows
• 16:19
  were
• 16:19
  complete
• 16:20
  for
• 16:20
  every
• 16:20
  column.
• 16:21
  And
• 16:22
  actually,
• 16:22
  as
• 16:22
  is
• 16:22
  always
• 16:22
  the
• 16:23
  case
• 16:23
  with
• 16:23
  most
• 16:24
  data
• 16:24
  analysis,
• 16:25
  for
• 16:25
  those
• 16:25
  who
• 16:25
  don't
• 16:26
  do
• 16:26
  it
• 16:26
  for
• 16:26
  fun,
• 16:27
  98%
• 16:28
  of
• 16:28
  the
• 16:28
  work
• 16:28
  was
• 16:29
  cleaning
• 16:29
  the
• 16:29
  data
• 16:29
  and
• 16:29
  getting
• 16:30
  into
• 16:30
  a
• 16:30
  state
• 16:30
  where
• 16:30
  I
• 16:30
  could
• 16:31
  do
• 16:31
  the
• 16:31
  analysis
• 16:31
  before
• 16:31
  I
• 16:31
  actually
• 16:32
  did
• 16:32
  the
• 16:32
  analysis.
• 16:32
  But
• 16:33
  is
• 16:33
  that
• 16:34
  like
• 16:35
  there's
• 16:35
  a
• 16:35
  cynic
• 16:36
  somewhere
• 16:36
  buried
• 16:36
  inside
• 16:37
  me,
• 16:37
  Chris,
• 16:37
  that
• 16:37
  said,
• 16:38
  oh,
• 16:38
  the
• 16:38
  government.
• 16:39
  I've
• 16:39
  seen
• 16:39
  the
• 16:39
  federal
• 16:39
  government
• 16:40
  do
• 16:40
  this
• 16:40
  with
• 16:40
  their
• 16:41
  open
• 16:41
  data
• 16:41
  as
• 16:42
  well.
• 16:42
  They
• 16:43
  put
• 16:43
  it
• 16:43
  out
• 16:45
  a
• 16:45
  format
• 16:46
  that
• 16:46
  feels
• 16:46
  to
• 16:46
  me
• 16:46
  almost,
• 16:47
  dare
• 16:48
  I
• 16:48
  accuse
• 16:48
  them
• 16:49
  of
• 16:49
  doing
• 16:50
  this,
• 16:50
  deliberately
• 16:51
  unusable.
• 16:51
  Yeah,
• 16:54
  I
• 16:54
  don't
• 16:54
  know
• 16:54
  if
• 16:54
  it's
• 16:54
  deliberately
• 16:55
  unusable,
• 16:56
  but
• 16:56
  I
• 16:57
  can
• 16:57
  say
• 16:57
  that
• 16:59
  we
• 16:59
  run
• 17:00
  into
• 17:00
  a
• 17:00
  lot
• 17:00
  of
• 17:00
  issues
• 17:01
  when
• 17:01
  we're
• 17:01
  trying
• 17:02
  to
• 17:02
  get
• 17:02
  data
• 17:02
  from
• 17:03
  different
• 17:03
  sources
• 17:04
  for
• 17:04
  the
• 17:05
  same
• 17:05
  reasons
• 17:06
  that
• 17:06
  you
• 17:06
  provided.
• 17:08
  The
• 17:08
  data
• 17:08
  is
• 17:09
  inconsistent,
• 17:12
  frustrating
• 17:13
  to
• 17:13
  say
• 17:13
  the
• 17:13
  least.
• 17:14
  But
• 17:14
  that
• 17:14
  said,
• 17:16
  you
• 17:16
  know,
• 17:16
  I
• 17:17
  think
• 17:17
  more
• 17:17
  and
• 17:18
  more,
• 17:18
  I
• 17:18
  mean,
• 17:18
  one
• 17:19
  thing
• 17:19
  you've
• 17:19
  got
• 17:19
  in
• 17:19
  Virginia
• 17:20
  is
• 17:20
  the
• 17:20
  Virginia
• 17:21
  open
• 17:21
  data
• 17:21
  portal.
• 17:22
  Back
• 17:22
  in
• 17:22
  the
• 17:23
  late
• 17:23
  20
• 17:24
  teens,
• 17:25
  General
• 17:25
  assembly
• 17:26
  passed
• 17:26
  a
• 17:26
  law
• 17:26
  requiring
• 17:27
  that
• 17:28
  Virginia
• 17:29
  employ
• 17:29
  a
• 17:30
  chief
• 17:30
  data
• 17:30
  officer
• 17:31
  to
• 17:32
  kind
• 17:32
  of
• 17:32
  pull
• 17:32
  all
• 17:32
  this
• 17:33
  stuff
• 17:33
  together.
• 17:35
  And
• 17:36
  you
• 17:36
  know,
• 17:36
  that
• 17:36
  is
• 17:36
  helping
• 17:37
  to
• 17:38
  kind
• 17:38
  of
• 17:39
  bridge
• 17:39
  that
• 17:39
  gap.
• 17:40
  But
• 17:40
  there's
• 17:40
  a
• 17:40
  few
• 17:41
  challenges
• 17:41
  that
• 17:42
  I
• 17:42
  would
• 17:42
  just
• 17:42
  bring
• 17:43
  up.
• 17:43
  Perhaps
• 17:43
  there's
• 17:44
  some
• 17:44
  deliberate,
• 17:45
  you
• 17:45
  know,
• 17:45
  we
• 17:45
  don't
• 17:46
  really
• 17:46
  want
• 17:46
  this
• 17:46
  to
• 17:46
  be
• 17:47
  too
• 17:47
  accessible
• 17:47
  because.
• 17:49
  But
• 17:49
  there's
• 17:50
  more
• 17:50
  than
• 17:51
  likely,
• 17:53
  you
• 17:53
  know,
• 17:53
  in
• 17:53
  Virginia,
• 17:54
  we
• 17:54
  have
• 17:55
  a
• 17:55
  new
• 17:55
  governor
• 17:55
  every
• 17:56
  four
• 17:56
  years.
• 17:56
  So
• 17:56
  you
• 17:57
  basically
• 17:57
  have
• 17:57
  new
• 17:57
  heads
• 17:58
  of
• 17:58
  agencies
• 17:58
  every
• 17:59
  four
• 17:59
  years.
• 17:59
  And
• 17:59
  they
• 17:59
  have
• 18:00
  different
• 18:00
  priorities
• 18:01
  and
• 18:01
  they
• 18:01
  have
• 18:02
  different,
• 18:03
  you
• 18:03
  know,
• 18:04
  things
• 18:05
  that
• 18:05
  they're
• 18:05
  looking
• 18:05
  at.
• 18:06
  And
• 18:06
  then
• 18:06
  you
• 18:06
  have
• 18:06
  turnover
• 18:07
  at
• 18:07
  the
• 18:08
  lowest
• 18:08
  ranks,
• 18:08
  you
• 18:09
  know,
• 18:09
  and
• 18:09
  all
• 18:09
  through
• 18:09
  the
• 18:10
  agencies.
• 18:11
  And
• 18:11
  so
• 18:12
  you're
• 18:13
  going
• 18:13
  to
• 18:13
  find
• 18:13
  that
• 18:13
  kind
• 18:13
  of
• 18:14
  inconsistency.
• 18:16
  The
• 18:16
  other
• 18:16
  thing
• 18:16
  is,
• 18:17
  you
• 18:17
  know,
• 18:17
  the
• 18:17
  nature
• 18:17
  of
• 18:18
  state
• 18:18
  government,
• 18:18
  I
• 18:19
  think
• 18:19
  even
• 18:20
  local
• 18:20
  government
• 18:20
  is
• 18:21
  under
• 18:21
  resourced.
• 18:23
  So.
• 18:23
  Yeah,
• 18:24
  so,
• 18:25
  you
• 18:25
  know,
• 18:25
  you're
• 18:26
  lucky
• 18:26
  that
• 18:26
  they're
• 18:27
  capturing
• 18:27
  the
• 18:27
  data
• 18:27
  in
• 18:28
  the
• 18:28
  first
• 18:28
  place,
• 18:29
  even
• 18:29
  if
• 18:29
  it
• 18:29
  is
• 18:29
  on
• 18:30
  PDF.
• 18:31
  So
• 18:31
  I
• 18:32
  think,
• 18:32
  you
• 18:32
  know,
• 18:32
  one
• 18:32
  of
• 18:33
  the
• 18:33
  things
• 18:33
  that
• 18:33
  I
• 18:33
  think
• 18:33
  is
• 18:34
  important
• 18:34
  is,
• 18:36
  you
• 18:36
  know,
• 18:37
  yes,
• 18:37
  you
• 18:38
  should
• 18:38
  be
• 18:38
  out
• 18:38
  there
• 18:38
  having
• 18:39
  fun
• 18:39
  with
• 18:39
  this
• 18:39
  data,
• 18:40
  grabbing
• 18:40
  that
• 18:41
  data.
• 18:41
  Because
• 18:42
  I
• 18:42
  can
• 18:42
  speak
• 18:43
  from
• 18:43
  experience
• 18:43
  when
• 18:44
  I
• 18:44
  was
• 18:45
  at
• 18:45
  the
• 18:45
  Department
• 18:45
  of
• 18:45
  Elections
• 18:46
  here
• 18:46
  in
• 18:46
  Virginia,
• 18:47
  if
• 18:48
  somebody
• 18:48
  called
• 18:49
  up
• 18:49
  and
• 18:49
  said,
• 18:49
  hey,
• 18:50
  I
• 18:51
  can't
• 18:51
  find
• 18:51
  this
• 18:51
  data,
• 18:52
  how
• 18:52
  can
• 18:52
  I
• 18:52
  get
• 18:52
  this
• 18:53
  data
• 18:53
  and
• 18:53
  say,
• 18:54
  oh
• 18:54
  well,
• 18:54
  you
• 18:54
  know,
• 18:55
  we
• 18:55
  might
• 18:55
  be
• 18:56
  able
• 18:56
  to
• 18:56
  pull
• 18:56
  that
• 18:56
  data,
• 18:57
  we
• 18:57
  might
• 18:57
  collect
• 18:57
  that
• 18:58
  data,
• 18:58
  we're
• 18:58
  not
• 18:58
  putting
• 18:58
  it
• 18:58
  out
• 18:59
  anywhere.
• 18:59
  And
• 19:00
  it
• 19:00
  becomes
• 19:00
  something
• 19:00
  like
• 19:00
  that
• 19:01
  might
• 19:01
  be
• 19:01
  really
• 19:01
  important
• 19:02
  because
• 19:02
  obviously
• 19:03
  somebody's
• 19:03
  interested
• 19:04
  in
• 19:04
  it.
• 19:05
  And
• 19:06
  I
• 19:06
  can't
• 19:06
  tell
• 19:06
  you
• 19:06
  how
• 19:07
  many
• 19:07
  times
• 19:07
  that
• 19:07
  we
• 19:07
  started
• 19:08
  to
• 19:08
  do
• 19:08
  that.
• 19:09
  And
• 19:10
  I
• 19:10
  think
• 19:10
  it's,
• 19:10
  you
• 19:11
  know,
• 19:11
  it's
• 19:11
  critical.
• 19:12
  This
• 19:12
  is
• 19:12
  why
• 19:13
  I
• 19:13
  think
• 19:13
  that
• 19:15
  engaging
• 19:15
  with
• 19:16
  your
• 19:16
  state
• 19:16
  and
• 19:16
  local
• 19:16
  government
• 19:17
  is
• 19:18
  so
• 19:18
  important
• 19:19
  because,
• 19:19
  you
• 19:19
  know,
• 19:19
  we
• 19:20
  don't
• 19:20
  know
• 19:20
  what
• 19:20
  we
• 19:21
  don't
• 19:21
  know.
• 19:22
  And
• 19:22
  so
• 19:22
  we
• 19:22
  rely
• 19:23
  on
• 19:23
  citizenry
• 19:25
  to
• 19:25
  come
• 19:25
  in
• 19:26
  and
• 19:27
  ask
• 19:27
  questions
• 19:27
  and
• 19:28
  ask
• 19:28
  for
• 19:29
  information
• 19:30
  and
• 19:31
  you
• 19:32
  know,
• 19:32
  nine
• 19:32
  times
• 19:33
  out
• 19:33
  of
• 19:33
  ten,
• 19:33
  that's,
• 19:34
  that's
• 19:34
  what
• 19:34
  we
• 19:34
  want
• 19:34
  to
• 19:34
  do.
• 19:35
  We
• 19:35
  want
• 19:35
  to
• 19:35
  be
• 19:35
  able
• 19:35
  to
• 19:35
  provide
• 19:36
  that
• 19:36
  information
• 19:36
  and
• 19:37
  rest,
• 19:37
  you
• 19:37
  know,
• 19:38
  provide
• 19:38
  assurances
• 19:39
  that,
• 19:39
  that
• 19:40
  the
• 19:40
  work
• 19:40
  that
• 19:40
  we're
• 19:41
  doing
• 19:41
  is
• 19:41
  being
• 19:42
  done,
• 19:42
  it's
• 19:43
  being
• 19:43
  done
• 19:43
  capably,
• 19:44
  etc.
• 19:45
  So
• 19:46
  anyway,
• 19:46
  I
• 19:46
  incur,
• 19:47
  I
• 19:47
  think
• 19:47
  it's
• 19:47
  great
• 19:47
  that
• 19:47
  you're,
• 19:48
  you
• 19:48
  know,
• 19:48
  spending
• 19:49
  some
• 19:49
  time
• 19:50
  digging
• 19:50
  into
• 19:50
  that
• 19:51
  stuff
• 19:51
  because
• 19:51
  it's
• 19:51
  really
• 19:52
  critical
• 19:52
  information
• 19:53
  and
• 19:54
  hopefully
• 19:55
  the
• 19:55
  government
• 19:55
  can
• 19:55
  respond
• 19:56
  and,
• 19:57
  and
• 19:57
  get
• 19:57
  that
• 19:57
  information
• 19:58
  to
• 19:58
  you.
• 19:59
  I'll
• 19:59
  share
• 19:59
  my
• 19:59
  looker
• 20:00
  dashboard
• 20:00
  with
• 20:00
  you
• 20:00
  afterwards
• 20:01
  so
• 20:01
  you
• 20:01
  can,
• 20:02
  we
• 20:02
  can,
• 20:02
  we
• 20:03
  can
• 20:03
  know
• 20:03
  that
• 20:03
  together.
• 20:04
  We
• 20:05
  can
• 20:05
  together.
• 20:05
  Over
• 20:06
  it.
• 20:06
  There's
• 20:07
  something
• 20:07
  else
• 20:08
  you
• 20:08
  said
• 20:08
  about
• 20:09
  earlier
• 20:09
  I
• 20:09
  wanted
• 20:10
  to
• 20:10
  come
• 20:10
  back
• 20:10
  to
• 20:10
  about.
• 20:10
  You
• 20:11
  want
• 20:11
  to
• 20:11
  provide
• 20:11
  objective
• 20:12
  data,
• 20:12
  you
• 20:12
  know,
• 20:12
  without
• 20:13
  any
• 20:13
  lean
• 20:14
  to
• 20:14
  it,
• 20:14
  without
• 20:14
  any,
• 20:15
  without
• 20:16
  being
• 20:16
  overanalyzed
• 20:17
  or
• 20:17
  over
• 20:17
  processed
• 20:17
  to
• 20:17
  the
• 20:18
  point
• 20:18
  that
• 20:18
  it
• 20:18
  feels
• 20:18
  like
• 20:18
  you're
• 20:18
  trying
• 20:19
  to
• 20:19
  draw
• 20:19
  people
• 20:19
  towards
• 20:19
  a
• 20:19
  certain
• 20:20
  conclusion,
• 20:20
  which
• 20:20
  is
• 20:21
  great
• 20:21
  for
• 20:21
  the
• 20:21
  objective
• 20:22
  users
• 20:22
  and,
• 20:23
  you
• 20:23
  know,
• 20:23
  making
• 20:24
  open
• 20:24
  data
• 20:24
  truly
• 20:25
  available
• 20:25
  for
• 20:25
  folks.
• 20:26
  But
• 20:26
  you
• 20:26
  also
• 20:26
  mentioned
• 20:27
  that
• 20:28
  some
• 20:28
  of
• 20:28
  your
• 20:28
  biggest
• 20:28
  consumers
• 20:29
  or
• 20:29
  your
• 20:29
  most
• 20:29
  excited
• 20:29
  consumers
• 20:30
  are
• 20:31
  lobbyists
• 20:32
  who
• 20:33
  typically
• 20:34
  will
• 20:34
  be
• 20:34
  seeking
• 20:35
  to
• 20:35
  do
• 20:35
  the
• 20:35
  opposite
• 20:35
  of
• 20:36
  paint
• 20:37
  the
• 20:37
  picture
• 20:37
  one
• 20:37
  way
• 20:37
  or
• 20:38
  another,
• 20:38
  depending
• 20:38
  on
• 20:39
  what
• 20:40
  legislation
• 20:40
  or
• 20:41
  candidate
• 20:41
  or
• 20:41
  whatever
• 20:41
  it
• 20:42
  is
• 20:43
  that
• 20:44
  they
• 20:44
  are
• 20:44
  trying
• 20:45
  to
• 20:45
  support.
• 20:45
  So
• 20:46
  how
• 20:46
  do
• 20:46
  you
• 20:46
  strike
• 20:46
  the
• 20:47
  balance
• 20:47
  between
• 20:48
  over
• 20:48
  processing
• 20:49
  it
• 20:49
  towards
• 20:49
  a
• 20:50
  conclusion
• 20:52
  while
• 20:52
  still
• 20:52
  making
• 20:52
  it
• 20:52
  available
• 20:53
  in
• 20:53
  access?
• 20:54
  It
• 20:54
  feels
• 20:54
  like
• 20:54
  a
• 20:54
  bit
• 20:55
  of
• 20:55
  a.
• 20:55
  Knife
• 20:56
  edge,
• 20:56
  I
• 20:56
  will
• 20:57
  say.
• 20:57
  When
• 20:57
  we
• 20:57
  put
• 20:58
  out.
• 20:58
  So
• 20:58
  the
• 20:58
  data
• 20:59
  is
• 20:59
  the
• 20:59
  data,
• 20:59
  you
• 21:00
  know,
• 21:00
  I
• 21:00
  mean,
• 21:00
  we,
• 21:00
  we,
• 21:01
  when
• 21:01
  it
• 21:01
  comes
• 21:01
  to
• 21:02
  campaign
• 21:02
  finance
• 21:02
  data,
• 21:03
  it's
• 21:03
  out
• 21:03
  there
• 21:03
  and
• 21:03
  you
• 21:04
  know,
• 21:05
  our,
• 21:06
  our
• 21:06
  real
• 21:07
  task
• 21:07
  there
• 21:07
  is
• 21:08
  just
• 21:08
  making
• 21:08
  it
• 21:08
  accessible,
• 21:09
  easy
• 21:10
  to
• 21:10
  find,
• 21:10
  easy
• 21:10
  to
• 21:10
  search,
• 21:11
  and
• 21:12
  however
• 21:12
  you
• 21:12
  want
• 21:12
  to
• 21:13
  use
• 21:13
  that
• 21:13
  data
• 21:13
  I
• 21:14
  mean,
• 21:14
  we
• 21:14
  hope
• 21:14
  that
• 21:14
  it's
• 21:15
  used
• 21:15
  for
• 21:15
  good.
• 21:16
  Yeah,
• 21:16
  of
• 21:16
  course,
• 21:17
  but
• 21:17
  you
• 21:17
  know,
• 21:18
  but
• 21:18
  the
• 21:18
  data
• 21:19
  has
• 21:19
  got
• 21:19
  to
• 21:19
  be
• 21:19
  out
• 21:19
  there
• 21:19
  so
• 21:20
  that
• 21:20
  people
• 21:20
  can
• 21:20
  make
• 21:20
  decisions.
• 21:21
  The
• 21:21
  hardest
• 21:22
  thing
• 21:22
  is
• 21:22
  when
• 21:22
  we
• 21:23
  do
• 21:25
  things
• 21:25
  like
• 21:26
  the
• 21:26
  data
• 21:26
  visualizations
• 21:28
  because
• 21:31
  everybody
• 21:32
  has
• 21:32
  biases,
• 21:33
  right?
• 21:33
  Like
• 21:35
  I've
• 21:35
  been
• 21:35
  working
• 21:35
  as
• 21:35
  a
• 21:35
  nonpartisan
• 21:36
  my
• 21:36
  entire
• 21:37
  career.
• 21:38
  In
• 21:38
  fact,
• 21:38
  I
• 21:39
  deliberately
• 21:40
  got
• 21:40
  out
• 21:41
  of
• 21:41
  college
• 21:41
  and
• 21:41
  said,
• 21:41
  I
• 21:42
  don't
• 21:42
  want
• 21:42
  to
• 21:42
  work
• 21:42
  for
• 21:42
  politicians,
• 21:43
  I
• 21:43
  want
• 21:44
  to
• 21:44
  work
• 21:44
  somewhere
• 21:45
  near
• 21:45
  politicians,
• 21:46
  but
• 21:46
  I
• 21:46
  don't
• 21:47
  want
• 21:47
  to
• 21:47
  work
• 21:47
  for
• 21:47
  them
• 21:47
  because
• 21:48
  I
• 21:48
  didn't
• 21:48
  align
• 21:48
  myself
• 21:49
  with
• 21:49
  one
• 21:49
  party
• 21:49
  or
• 21:50
  the
• 21:50
  other
• 21:50
  or
• 21:50
  any
• 21:50
  particular
• 21:51
  candidate.
• 21:52
  So
• 21:52
  anyway,
• 21:55
  we
• 21:55
  spend
• 21:55
  a
• 21:55
  lot.
• 21:56
  But
• 21:56
  my
• 21:56
  point
• 21:57
  is
• 21:57
  that
• 21:57
  even
• 21:57
  that
• 21:58
  I
• 21:58
  still
• 21:58
  have
• 21:59
  my
• 21:59
  biases,
• 21:59
  I
• 21:59
  have
• 22:00
  my
• 22:00
  political
• 22:00
  opinions,
• 22:00
  everybody
• 22:01
  does.
• 22:02
  So
• 22:03
  sometimes
• 22:03
  we
• 22:03
  get
• 22:03
  the
• 22:04
  data
• 22:04
  and
• 22:05
  we
• 22:05
  have
• 22:05
  to
• 22:05
  rely
• 22:06
  on
• 22:06
  each
• 22:07
  other
• 22:07
  in
• 22:08
  the
• 22:08
  team
• 22:09
  and
• 22:09
  sometimes
• 22:11
  we
• 22:11
  look
• 22:12
  outside
• 22:12
  and
• 22:13
  ask
• 22:13
  people
• 22:13
  what
• 22:13
  they
• 22:14
  think
• 22:14
  from
• 22:15
  both
• 22:15
  sides
• 22:15
  of
• 22:16
  the
• 22:16
  aisle
• 22:17
  to
• 22:17
  ensure
• 22:18
  that
• 22:18
  we're
• 22:19
  not
• 22:19
  doing
• 22:19
  something
• 22:21
  that
• 22:21
  could
• 22:21
  be
• 22:21
  painted
• 22:22
  as
• 22:22
  partisan
• 22:23
  inadvertently.
• 22:23
  Because
• 22:24
  you
• 22:24
  can
• 22:24
  have
• 22:24
  your
• 22:24
  blind.
• 22:25
  I
• 22:25
  mean
• 22:25
  everybody
• 22:25
  has
• 22:26
  blinders
• 22:26
  on
• 22:26
  at
• 22:27
  certain
• 22:27
  points
• 22:27
  in
• 22:27
  their
• 22:28
  lives
• 22:28
  where
• 22:28
  they're
• 22:28
  just
• 22:29
  like,
• 22:29
  oh,
• 22:30
  you're
• 22:30
  just
• 22:30
  not
• 22:31
  seeing
• 22:32
  past
• 22:32
  your
• 22:32
  biases.
• 22:34
  But
• 22:35
  we
• 22:35
  rely
• 22:35
  on
• 22:35
  each
• 22:36
  other
• 22:36
  for
• 22:36
  that.
• 22:37
  We
• 22:37
  got
• 22:37
  a
• 22:37
  great
• 22:38
  team
• 22:38
  that
• 22:38
  really,
• 22:39
  really
• 22:39
  looks
• 22:40
  at
• 22:40
  how
• 22:40
  we're
• 22:40
  presenting
• 22:41
  the
• 22:41
  data.
• 22:42
  And
• 22:43
  sure,
• 22:43
  there
• 22:44
  are
• 22:44
  times
• 22:44
  when
• 22:44
  we're
• 22:45
  trying
• 22:45
  to
• 22:45
  tell
• 22:45
  a
• 22:45
  story
• 22:46
  because
• 22:46
  the
• 22:46
  data
• 22:46
  is
• 22:47
  there
• 22:47
  to
• 22:47
  tell
• 22:47
  that
• 22:47
  story.
• 22:49
  But
• 22:49
  we're
• 22:50
  not
• 22:50
  trying
• 22:50
  to
• 22:50
  influence
• 22:51
  you
• 22:51
  one
• 22:51
  way
• 22:51
  or
• 22:51
  the
• 22:52
  other.
• 22:53
  For
• 22:53
  example,
• 22:55
  we
• 22:55
  recently,
• 22:57
  you
• 22:57
  know,
• 22:57
  we
• 22:57
  noticed
• 22:59
  in
• 22:59
  the
• 22:59
  primary,
• 23:00
  the
• 23:00
  Democratic
• 23:00
  primary,
• 23:01
  that
• 23:01
  basically
• 23:02
  a
• 23:02
  three
• 23:02
  way
• 23:02
  race
• 23:03
  all
• 23:03
  night
• 23:04
  and
• 23:04
  one
• 23:04
  candidate
• 23:05
  won
• 23:05
  early
• 23:05
  votes,
• 23:07
  one
• 23:07
  candidate
• 23:07
  won
• 23:08
  votes
• 23:09
  by
• 23:09
  mail
• 23:09
  and
• 23:09
  another
• 23:10
  candidate
• 23:10
  won
• 23:11
  the
• 23:11
  election
• 23:11
  day
• 23:12
  votes.
• 23:13
  And
• 23:13
  that's.
• 23:14
  So
• 23:14
  it's
• 23:14
  a
• 23:14
  clear
• 23:15
  story,
• 23:15
  but
• 23:16
  it's
• 23:16
  not,
• 23:17
  we
• 23:17
  didn't
• 23:17
  draw
• 23:17
  any
• 23:17
  conclusions.
• 23:18
  Like,
• 23:19
  well,
• 23:19
  it's
• 23:19
  clear
• 23:20
  that
• 23:20
  this
• 23:20
  candidate
• 23:21
  was
• 23:21
  just
• 23:21
  a
• 23:21
  better
• 23:21
  campaigner
• 23:22
  and
• 23:23
  brought
• 23:23
  their
• 23:23
  people
• 23:24
  out
• 23:24
  at
• 23:24
  this
• 23:24
  certain
• 23:25
  time.
• 23:26
  It's
• 23:26
  up
• 23:26
  to
• 23:26
  you
• 23:27
  to
• 23:27
  make
• 23:27
  those
• 23:27
  decisions.
• 23:28
  My
• 23:28
  point
• 23:29
  in
• 23:29
  that
• 23:29
  is
• 23:31
  we
• 23:31
  spend
• 23:31
  a
• 23:32
  lot
• 23:32
  of
• 23:32
  time
• 23:33
  really
• 23:33
  discussing,
• 23:35
  thinking
• 23:35
  through
• 23:36
  the
• 23:36
  wording
• 23:37
  on
• 23:37
  our
• 23:38
  visuals,
• 23:39
  what
• 23:39
  it
• 23:39
  means,
• 23:40
  how
• 23:40
  it
• 23:40
  could
• 23:40
  be
• 23:40
  interpreted
• 23:42
  and
• 23:42
  then
• 23:43
  really
• 23:44
  concentrating
• 23:44
  on
• 23:45
  making
• 23:45
  sure,
• 23:45
  sure
• 23:45
  that,
• 23:46
  that
• 23:46
  we're
• 23:46
  just
• 23:46
  presenting
• 23:47
  the
• 23:47
  data
• 23:47
  so
• 23:47
  that
• 23:48
  people
• 23:48
  can
• 23:48
  make
• 23:49
  decisions
• 23:50
  on
• 23:50
  their
• 23:51
  own.
• 23:51
  It's
• 23:51
  really
• 23:51
  just
• 23:52
  about
• 23:52
  information.
• 23:53
  On
• 23:53
  the
• 23:53
  same
• 23:53
  note,
• 23:54
  like
• 23:54
  with
• 23:55
  the,
• 23:56
  with
• 23:56
  the
• 23:56
  news,
• 23:56
  you
• 23:57
  know,
• 23:57
  that
• 23:57
  we
• 23:57
  put
• 23:57
  out
• 23:58
  Monday
• 23:58
  through
• 23:58
  Friday,
• 23:59
  I
• 24:00
  have
• 24:00
  two
• 24:00
  people
• 24:00
  wake
• 24:01
  up
• 24:01
  in
• 24:01
  the
• 24:01
  morning,
• 24:02
  they
• 24:02
  come,
• 24:02
  start
• 24:03
  compiling,
• 24:03
  they
• 24:03
  do
• 24:03
  in
• 24:04
  the
• 24:04
  Google
• 24:04
  searches.
• 24:05
  It's
• 24:05
  not
• 24:05
  something
• 24:05
  that
• 24:05
  you
• 24:05
  can
• 24:06
  just
• 24:06
  automatically,
• 24:07
  it's
• 24:07
  not
• 24:07
  a
• 24:07
  machine
• 24:07
  thing.
• 24:08
  It's
• 24:08
  really
• 24:08
  got
• 24:09
  to
• 24:09
  be
• 24:09
  done
• 24:09
  by
• 24:09
  humans.
• 24:10
  And
• 24:10
  then
• 24:10
  it,
• 24:10
  you
• 24:11
  know,
• 24:11
  later
• 24:11
  on
• 24:12
  in
• 24:12
  the
• 24:12
  morning,
• 24:12
  just
• 24:12
  before
• 24:13
  it
• 24:13
  goes
• 24:13
  out,
• 24:13
  I'm
• 24:14
  looking
• 24:14
  at
• 24:14
  it.
• 24:15
  And
• 24:15
  part
• 24:15
  of
• 24:16
  that
• 24:16
  is
• 24:16
  to
• 24:16
  ensure
• 24:16
  that,
• 24:17
  you
• 24:17
  know,
• 24:17
  we're
• 24:17
  not,
• 24:18
  you
• 24:18
  know,
• 24:18
  we're
• 24:18
  not
• 24:19
  just
• 24:19
  presenting
• 24:20
  one's,
• 24:21
  one
• 24:21
  side's
• 24:22
  argument,
• 24:22
  we're
• 24:22
  including
• 24:23
  as
• 24:23
  many
• 24:23
  articles
• 24:24
  as
• 24:24
  we
• 24:24
  can
• 24:25
  to
• 24:25
  tell
• 24:25
  the
• 24:25
  whole
• 24:26
  story.
• 24:26
  You
• 24:26
  know,
• 24:26
  and
• 24:26
  it's
• 24:27
  a
• 24:27
  tough,
• 24:27
  tough
• 24:28
  to
• 24:28
  do
• 24:28
  in
• 24:28
  this
• 24:28
  environment
• 24:29
  because
• 24:29
  there's
• 24:29
  the,
• 24:30
  the
• 24:30
  media
• 24:30
  landscape
• 24:31
  is,
• 24:32
  has,
• 24:32
  is
• 24:33
  so
• 24:33
  diverse
• 24:34
  now
• 24:35
  and
• 24:35
  your
• 24:35
  traditional
• 24:36
  journalism
• 24:38
  is
• 24:39
  less
• 24:39
  and
• 24:39
  less
• 24:40
  and
• 24:40
  more
• 24:40
  opinion
• 24:41
  driven.
• 24:41
  And
• 24:42
  we're
• 24:42
  trying
• 24:42
  to
• 24:42
  really
• 24:43
  focus
• 24:43
  on
• 24:44
  really
• 24:44
  just
• 24:45
  the
• 24:45
  news.
• 24:47
  And
• 24:47
  then
• 24:47
  of
• 24:47
  course,
• 24:47
  you've
• 24:48
  got
• 24:48
  pockets
• 24:49
  of
• 24:49
  the
• 24:49
  world
• 24:50
  that
• 24:50
  don't
• 24:50
  trust
• 24:51
  certain
• 24:51
  news
• 24:51
  sources
• 24:52
  even
• 24:52
  though
• 24:53
  they're
• 24:54
  credible,
• 24:54
  respected
• 24:55
  journalists.
• 24:55
  So
• 24:57
  it's
• 24:58
  something
• 24:59
  that
• 24:59
  we're
• 24:59
  very
• 24:59
  cognizant
• 25:00
  of
• 25:00
  and
• 25:00
  we
• 25:00
  spend
• 25:01
  a
• 25:01
  lot
• 25:01
  of
• 25:01
  time
• 25:01
  thinking
• 25:01
  about.
• 25:03
  And
• 25:04
  ultimately,
• 25:04
  Graham,
• 25:05
  I'll
• 25:05
  tell
• 25:05
  you
• 25:07
  as
• 25:08
  a
• 25:08
  nonpartisan,
• 25:09
  I've
• 25:09
  always
• 25:09
  said
• 25:10
  if
• 25:10
  I
• 25:11
  have
• 25:11
  upset
• 25:12
  a
• 25:12
  Democrat
• 25:12
  and
• 25:13
  upset
• 25:13
  a
• 25:13
  Republican
• 25:14
  within
• 25:15
  a
• 25:15
  24
• 25:16
  hour
• 25:16
  span,
• 25:16
  then
• 25:16
  I'm
• 25:17
  probably
• 25:17
  doing
• 25:17
  my
• 25:17
  job
• 25:18
  right.
• 25:18
  CEOs
• 25:19
  if
• 25:19
  you're
• 25:20
  still
• 25:20
  making
• 25:20
  big
• 25:20
  decisions
• 25:21
  based
• 25:21
  on
• 25:21
  outdated
• 25:22
  dashboard,
• 25:23
  conflicting
• 25:23
  numbers
• 25:24
  and
• 25:24
  manual
• 25:24
  reports,
• 25:25
  then
• 25:25
  you're
• 25:25
  not
• 25:25
  leading
• 25:26
  with
• 25:26
  confidence.
• 25:26
  You're
• 25:26
  not
• 25:27
  alone.
• 25:27
  Most
• 25:27
  5
• 25:28
  million
• 25:28
  plus
• 25:28
  businesses
• 25:29
  have
• 25:29
  this
• 25:29
  exact
• 25:30
  struggle.
• 25:31
  And
• 25:31
  your
• 25:31
  tech
• 25:31
  stack
• 25:32
  and
• 25:32
  platforms
• 25:32
  feel
• 25:33
  like
• 25:33
  they're
• 25:33
  duct
• 25:33
  taped
• 25:34
  together
• 25:34
  worse
• 25:35
  every
• 25:35
  week
• 25:35
  that
• 25:35
  goes
• 25:36
  by.
• 25:36
  You're
• 25:36
  still
• 25:36
  flying
• 25:37
  blind.
• 25:37
  And
• 25:38
  if
• 25:38
  AI
• 25:38
  is
• 25:38
  part
• 25:38
  of
• 25:38
  your
• 25:38
  roadmap,
• 25:39
  well,
• 25:40
  you
• 25:40
  can
• 25:40
  forget
• 25:40
  about
• 25:40
  it
• 25:41
  because
• 25:41
  clean
• 25:41
  connected
• 25:42
  data
• 25:42
  is
• 25:42
  step
• 25:43
  one.
• 25:43
  So
• 25:43
  you're
• 25:43
  still
• 25:44
  in
• 25:44
  the
• 25:44
  starting
• 25:44
  box
• 25:45
  while
• 25:45
  others
• 25:45
  are
• 25:45
  running
• 25:46
  ahead
• 25:46
  of
• 25:46
  you.
• 25:46
  That's
• 25:46
  why
• 25:47
  we
• 25:47
  created
• 25:47
  the
• 25:47
  free
• 25:48
  5
• 25:48
  minute
• 25:48
  data
• 25:49
  maturity
• 25:49
  Assessment.
• 25:50
  It's
• 25:50
  fast,
• 25:51
  it's
• 25:51
  free,
• 25:51
  and
• 25:52
  it
• 25:52
  shows
• 25:52
  you
• 25:52
  where
• 25:52
  your
• 25:52
  business
• 25:53
  stands
• 25:53
  and
• 25:54
  what's
• 25:54
  holding
• 25:54
  you
• 25:54
  back.
• 25:55
  You'll
• 25:55
  walk
• 25:55
  away
• 25:55
  with
• 25:55
  a
• 25:55
  clear
• 25:56
  score,
• 25:56
  a
• 25:56
  snapshot
• 25:57
  of
• 25:57
  your
• 25:57
  current
• 25:57
  systems
• 25:58
  and
• 25:58
  insight
• 25:59
  into
• 25:59
  what
• 25:59
  it
• 25:59
  will
• 26:00
  take
• 26:00
  to
• 26:00
  build
• 26:00
  a
• 26:01
  data
• 26:01
  infrastructure
• 26:01
  to
• 26:02
  support
• 26:02
  your
• 26:02
  ambition.
• 26:03
  It's
• 26:03
  the
• 26:03
  same
• 26:03
  approach
• 26:03
  I've
• 26:04
  used
• 26:04
  inside
• 26:04
  global
• 26:05
  firms
• 26:05
  like
• 26:05
  Capital
• 26:05
  One,
• 26:06
  IBM
• 26:06
  and
• 26:07
  Accenture.
• 26:08
  And
• 26:08
  now
• 26:08
  it's
• 26:08
  adapted
• 26:09
  for
• 26:09
  fast
• 26:09
  scaling
• 26:09
  businesses
• 26:10
  like
• 26:10
  yours.
• 26:11
  We've
• 26:11
  helped
• 26:11
  executive
• 26:12
  teams
• 26:12
  gain
• 26:12
  clarity,
• 26:13
  reduce
• 26:14
  friction
• 26:14
  and
• 26:14
  make
• 26:15
  better
• 26:15
  decisions
• 26:16
  with
• 26:16
  the
• 26:16
  data
• 26:16
  they
• 26:16
  already
• 26:17
  have.
• 26:17
  No
• 26:17
  giant
• 26:18
  software
• 26:18
  overhaul,
• 26:19
  no
• 26:19
  disruption
• 26:19
  to
• 26:19
  your
• 26:20
  team,
• 26:20
  no
• 26:20
  data
• 26:21
  science
• 26:21
  degree
• 26:22
  required.
• 26:22
  Also,
• 26:23
  no
• 26:23
  magic
• 26:24
  wand
• 26:24
  apps
• 26:25
  that
• 26:25
  are
• 26:25
  too
• 26:25
  good
• 26:25
  to
• 26:26
  be
• 26:26
  true
• 26:26
  and
• 26:26
  sell
• 26:27
  a
• 26:27
  dream
• 26:27
  that
• 26:27
  is
• 26:27
  effectively
• 26:28
  only
• 26:28
  papering
• 26:29
  over
• 26:29
  the
• 26:29
  cracks
• 26:30
  of
• 26:30
  structural
• 26:30
  data
• 26:31
  issues.
• 26:31
  This
• 26:31
  is
• 26:32
  about
• 26:32
  giving
• 26:32
  CEOs
• 26:33
  real
• 26:33
  visibility
• 26:34
  and
• 26:34
  helping
• 26:34
  you
• 26:35
  lead
• 26:35
  with
• 26:35
  facts,
• 26:36
  not
• 26:36
  friction.
• 26:36
  So
• 26:37
  if
• 26:37
  you're
• 26:37
  ready
• 26:37
  to
• 26:37
  stop
• 26:37
  guessing
• 26:38
  and
• 26:38
  start
• 26:38
  leading
• 26:39
  with
• 26:39
  real
• 26:39
  data
• 26:40
  clarity.
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  Take
• 26:41
  our
• 26:41
  free
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• 26:42
  takes
• 26:42
  five
• 26:43
  minutes.
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  You'll
• 26:43
  get
• 26:44
  immediate
• 26:44
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• 26:44
  on
• 26:44
  your
• 26:45
  current
• 26:45
  maturity
• 26:45
  and
• 26:46
  you
• 26:46
  and
• 26:46
  just
• 26:46
  what's
• 26:46
  possible
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• 26:47
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• 26:48
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• 26:48
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• 26:48
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• 26:49
  scaled
• 26:49
  your
• 26:49
  sales,
• 26:50
  your
• 26:50
  operations,
• 26:51
  your
• 26:51
  sales
• 26:52
  team.
• 26:52
  Now
• 26:53
  it's
• 26:53
  time
• 26:53
  to
• 26:53
  scale
• 26:53
  your
• 26:53
  data.
• 26:54
  I've
• 26:54
  led
• 26:54
  data
• 26:54
  transformations
• 26:55
  for
• 26:55
  some
• 26:55
  of
• 26:56
  the
• 26:56
  world's
• 26:56
  most
• 26:56
  complex
• 26:56
  companies.
• 26:57
  And
• 26:58
  Now
• 26:58
  I
• 26:58
  help
• 26:58
  CEOs
• 26:59
  and
• 26:59
  leadership
• 26:59
  teams
• 27:00
  just
• 27:00
  like
• 27:00
  yours
• 27:01
  turn
• 27:01
  data
• 27:02
  into
• 27:02
  a
• 27:02
  real
• 27:02
  advantage.
• 27:03
  Let's
• 27:04
  get
• 27:04
  started.
• 27:04
  Yeah,
• 27:05
  that's
• 27:06
  a
• 27:06
  great
• 27:06
  KPI,
• 27:06
  right?
• 27:09
  For
• 27:09
  your
• 27:10
  own
• 27:10
  daily
• 27:10
  dashboard.
• 27:11
  And
• 27:12
  it
• 27:12
  makes
• 27:12
  me
• 27:12
  appreciate
• 27:12
  the
• 27:12
  work
• 27:13
  your
• 27:13
  team
• 27:13
  do
• 27:13
  all
• 27:13
  the
• 27:13
  more.
• 27:13
  Because,
• 27:14
  you
• 27:15
  know,
• 27:15
  maybe
• 27:16
  I'm
• 27:16
  one
• 27:16
  of
• 27:16
  those
• 27:17
  in
• 27:17
  the
• 27:17
  pockets,
• 27:17
  but
• 27:17
  I
• 27:17
  basically
• 27:18
  don't
• 27:18
  trust
• 27:18
  any
• 27:18
  news
• 27:19
  source.
• 27:19
  Like,
• 27:19
  I've
• 27:19
  seen
• 27:19
  enough
• 27:19
  things
• 27:20
  broken
• 27:21
  as
• 27:21
  a
• 27:21
  news
• 27:22
  item
• 27:22
  and
• 27:22
  then
• 27:22
  play
• 27:23
  out
• 27:23
  when
• 27:23
  the
• 27:23
  reality
• 27:24
  and
• 27:24
  the
• 27:24
  facts
• 27:24
  emerge
• 27:25
  to
• 27:25
  the
• 27:25
  point
• 27:25
  that
• 27:25
  I
• 27:25
  find
• 27:26
  it
• 27:26
  difficult
• 27:26
  to
• 27:26
  trust
• 27:26
  almost
• 27:27
  any
• 27:28
  news
• 27:29
  outlet.
• 27:30
  And
• 27:30
  that's
• 27:30
  even
• 27:30
  before
• 27:30
  knowing
• 27:31
  how
• 27:31
  they're
• 27:31
  funded
• 27:31
  or
• 27:31
  how
• 27:31
  they're
• 27:32
  where
• 27:32
  their
• 27:32
  allegiances
• 27:33
  lie
• 27:33
  or
• 27:33
  who
• 27:34
  owns
• 27:34
  them
• 27:34
  and
• 27:34
  all
• 27:35
  these
• 27:35
  other
• 27:35
  complications
• 27:36
  they've
• 27:36
  got
• 27:36
  to
• 27:36
  deal
• 27:36
  with
• 27:36
  that
• 27:37
  you
• 27:37
  don't
• 27:37
  have
• 27:37
  to
• 27:37
  deal
• 27:37
  with.
• 27:38
  Let
• 27:38
  me
• 27:38
  jump
• 27:38
  in
• 27:39
  real
• 27:39
  quick
• 27:39
  because
• 27:40
  I
• 27:40
  think
• 27:40
  it
• 27:40
  goes
• 27:40
  to
• 27:41
  the
• 27:41
  point
• 27:41
  of
• 27:41
  data,
• 27:41
  right?
• 27:42
  I
• 27:42
  mean,
• 27:43
  just
• 27:43
  because
• 27:43
  you
• 27:43
  read
• 27:44
  one
• 27:44
  article,
• 27:44
  that's
• 27:44
  one
• 27:45
  data
• 27:45
  point,
• 27:45
  it
• 27:46
  doesn't
• 27:46
  tell
• 27:46
  the
• 27:46
  whole
• 27:47
  story.
• 27:47
  So
• 27:47
  it's
• 27:48
  really,
• 27:48
  you
• 27:49
  know,
• 27:49
  I
• 27:50
  really
• 27:50
  practice
• 27:50
  what
• 27:51
  I
• 27:51
  preach.
• 27:51
  I
• 27:51
  read,
• 27:52
  you
• 27:52
  know,
• 27:52
  conservative
• 27:53
  outlets
• 27:54
  and
• 27:54
  I
• 27:54
  read
• 27:55
  liberal
• 27:55
  outlets
• 27:56
  and
• 27:56
  I
• 27:56
  read
• 27:56
  what
• 27:56
  are
• 27:57
  considered
• 27:58
  middle
• 27:58
  of
• 27:59
  the
• 27:59
  road
• 27:59
  outlets,
• 28:00
  you
• 28:01
  know,
• 28:01
  and,
• 28:01
  and
• 28:02
  that's
• 28:02
  for
• 28:02
  me
• 28:02
  to
• 28:03
  get
• 28:03
  all
• 28:03
  the
• 28:03
  data
• 28:03
  points
• 28:04
  so
• 28:04
  that
• 28:04
  I
• 28:04
  can
• 28:05
  come
• 28:05
  to
• 28:05
  a
• 28:06
  determination
• 28:07
  on
• 28:07
  what
• 28:07
  really
• 28:08
  is
• 28:08
  happening.
• 28:09
  But
• 28:09
  I
• 28:10
  promise
• 28:10
  you,
• 28:10
  going
• 28:10
  on
• 28:11
  social
• 28:11
  media
• 28:11
  and
• 28:13
  reading
• 28:13
  what's
• 28:13
  happening
• 28:14
  there
• 28:14
  is
• 28:14
  not
• 28:14
  a
• 28:14
  good
• 28:15
  data
• 28:15
  point.
• 28:16
  Yeah,
• 28:19
  I
• 28:19
  mean,
• 28:19
  it's
• 28:20
  interesting.
• 28:21
  I
• 28:21
  have
• 28:21
  this
• 28:23
  hypothesis
• 28:24
  that
• 28:24
  I've
• 28:24
  heard
• 28:25
  and
• 28:25
  attached
• 28:26
  myself
• 28:26
  to.
• 28:27
  The
• 28:28
  reason
• 28:28
  the
• 28:28
  media
• 28:28
  is
• 28:28
  under
• 28:29
  such
• 28:29
  pressure
• 28:29
  because
• 28:30
  they
• 28:30
  used
• 28:30
  to
• 28:31
  be
• 28:31
  the
• 28:31
  providers
• 28:31
  of
• 28:31
  information,
• 28:33
  the
• 28:34
  only
• 28:34
  source
• 28:34
  of
• 28:34
  information
• 28:35
  before
• 28:35
  information
• 28:36
  was
• 28:36
  democratized
• 28:37
  by
• 28:37
  that
• 28:37
  invention
• 28:37
  we
• 28:37
  talked
• 28:38
  about
• 28:38
  called
• 28:38
  the
• 28:38
  Internet,
• 28:38
  right?
• 28:39
  Yeah.
• 28:41
  The
• 28:41
  price
• 28:41
  of
• 28:41
  distributing
• 28:42
  and
• 28:42
  receiving
• 28:42
  information
• 28:43
  approximated
• 28:43
  to
• 28:44
  zero.
• 28:44
  Right.
• 28:44
  So
• 28:45
  then
• 28:46
  the
• 28:46
  news
• 28:46
  outlets,
• 28:47
  rather
• 28:47
  than
• 28:48
  being
• 28:48
  in
• 28:48
  an
• 28:49
  information
• 28:49
  economy,
• 28:49
  became
• 28:50
  an
• 28:50
  attention
• 28:50
  economy.
• 28:51
  And
• 28:51
  unfortunately,
• 28:52
  two
• 28:53
  of
• 28:53
  the
• 28:53
  best
• 28:53
  ways
• 28:53
  to
• 28:53
  get
• 28:54
  humans
• 28:54
  attention
• 28:55
  are
• 28:55
  to
• 28:55
  reinforce
• 28:57
  biases
• 28:57
  that,
• 28:57
  you
• 28:57
  know,
• 28:57
  they
• 28:58
  already
• 28:58
  have
• 28:58
  or
• 29:00
  shock
• 29:00
  and
• 29:00
  awe,
• 29:01
  like
• 29:01
  horrify
• 29:01
  them.
• 29:02
  And
• 29:02
  many
• 29:03
  of
• 29:03
  those
• 29:03
  outlets
• 29:03
  take
• 29:04
  that
• 29:04
  approach.
• 29:06
  And
• 29:06
  then
• 29:07
  as
• 29:07
  you
• 29:07
  say,
• 29:07
  when
• 29:07
  you
• 29:07
  go
• 29:08
  on
• 29:08
  Twitter
• 29:08
  or
• 29:09
  any
• 29:09
  other
• 29:09
  social
• 29:10
  media,
• 29:10
  that
• 29:11
  then
• 29:11
  gets
• 29:11
  amplified.
• 29:13
  So
• 29:13
  actually
• 29:14
  it
• 29:14
  becomes.
• 29:15
  I
• 29:16
  almost
• 29:16
  avoid
• 29:16
  all
• 29:16
  political
• 29:17
  content
• 29:17
  on
• 29:17
  social
• 29:17
  media
• 29:18
  becomes.
• 29:18
  It
• 29:18
  becomes
• 29:19
  an
• 29:19
  echo
• 29:19
  chamber
• 29:19
  because
• 29:20
  I
• 29:20
  also
• 29:20
  like
• 29:20
  to
• 29:20
  strive
• 29:20
  to
• 29:21
  seek
• 29:21
  other
• 29:21
  data
• 29:21
  points
• 29:22
  and
• 29:22
  other
• 29:22
  angles.
• 29:22
  And
• 29:22
  what
• 29:23
  I'm
• 29:23
  looking
• 29:23
  at.
• 29:23
  And
• 29:23
  you
• 29:23
  just
• 29:23
  don't
• 29:24
  get
• 29:24
  that
• 29:24
  from
• 29:25
  social
• 29:25
  media.
• 29:25
  It
• 29:26
  just
• 29:26
  puts
• 29:26
  in
• 29:26
  front
• 29:26
  of
• 29:26
  you
• 29:27
  what
• 29:27
  either
• 29:27
  what
• 29:27
  it
• 29:28
  thinks
• 29:28
  is
• 29:28
  going
• 29:28
  to
• 29:28
  horrify
• 29:28
  and
• 29:29
  outrage
• 29:29
  you
• 29:29
  or
• 29:30
  what
• 29:30
  it
• 29:31
  thinks
• 29:31
  you
• 29:31
  already
• 29:31
  agree
• 29:31
  with
• 29:33
  and
• 29:35
  it's
• 29:36
  not
• 29:36
  a
• 29:36
  valuable
• 29:36
  practice.
• 29:37
  So
• 29:37
  all
• 29:37
  the
• 29:37
  more
• 29:37
  important,
• 29:38
  the
• 29:38
  work
• 29:39
  that
• 29:39
  your
• 29:39
  team
• 29:39
  is
• 29:39
  doing,
• 29:40
  curating
• 29:41
  the
• 29:41
  news
• 29:41
  in
• 29:41
  that
• 29:42
  way
• 29:42
  for
• 29:42
  the
• 29:42
  people
• 29:43
  of
• 29:44
  Virginia,
• 29:44
  but
• 29:44
  as
• 29:44
  you
• 29:45
  say,
• 29:46
  they
• 29:46
  are
• 29:46
  curating
• 29:47
  so
• 29:47
  inevitably,
• 29:50
  short
• 29:50
  of
• 29:50
  publishing
• 29:50
  every
• 29:51
  single
• 29:51
  thing
• 29:51
  that
• 29:51
  they
• 29:51
  could
• 29:51
  possibly
• 29:52
  publish,
• 29:52
  which
• 29:53
  would
• 29:53
  be
• 29:53
  untenable
• 29:54
  because
• 29:54
  you've
• 29:54
  then
• 29:54
  got
• 29:54
  a
• 29:55
  newsletter
• 29:55
  that
• 29:55
  nobody
• 29:55
  wants
• 29:56
  to
• 29:56
  read
• 29:56
  because
• 29:56
  it's
• 29:57
  25
• 29:57
  pages,
• 29:58
  and
• 29:58
  then
• 29:58
  it
• 29:58
  defeats
• 29:59
  the
• 29:59
  point
• 29:59
  of
• 29:59
  it.
• 29:59
  Existing
• 30:00
  decisions
• 30:01
  have
• 30:01
  to
• 30:01
  be
• 30:01
  made
• 30:01
  about
• 30:02
  what
• 30:02
  to
• 30:02
  include
• 30:02
  and
• 30:02
  what
• 30:02
  not
• 30:03
  to
• 30:03
  include.
• 30:03
  Right.
• 30:03
  100%.
• 30:06
  To
• 30:06
  touch
• 30:06
  on
• 30:06
  what
• 30:07
  you
• 30:07
  were
• 30:07
  just
• 30:07
  talking
• 30:07
  about,
• 30:09
  at
• 30:09
  the
• 30:09
  end
• 30:09
  of
• 30:09
  the
• 30:10
  day,
• 30:11
  people
• 30:11
  have
• 30:12
  varying
• 30:13
  news
• 30:14
  sources.
• 30:14
  Right.
• 30:15
  So
• 30:15
  I
• 30:15
  think
• 30:16
  when
• 30:16
  we
• 30:16
  look
• 30:16
  at
• 30:17
  what
• 30:17
  is
• 30:18
  dividing
• 30:18
  us
• 30:19
  in
• 30:19
  this
• 30:19
  time
• 30:20
  in
• 30:20
  a
• 30:20
  way
• 30:20
  that
• 30:20
  we
• 30:20
  haven't
• 30:21
  maybe
• 30:21
  been
• 30:21
  divided
• 30:22
  before,
• 30:24
  is
• 30:24
  that
• 30:25
  it
• 30:25
  used
• 30:25
  to
• 30:26
  be
• 30:26
  that
• 30:26
  we
• 30:26
  could
• 30:27
  disagree
• 30:27
  on
• 30:27
  policy,
• 30:29
  but
• 30:29
  everybody
• 30:29
  was
• 30:29
  starting
• 30:30
  from
• 30:30
  the
• 30:30
  same
• 30:30
  set
• 30:31
  of
• 30:31
  facts.
• 30:31
  Right?
• 30:32
  Yes.
• 30:32
  And
• 30:32
  so
• 30:33
  we
• 30:33
  at
• 30:33
  VPAP
• 30:34
  have
• 30:34
  really
• 30:35
  focused
• 30:35
  on,
• 30:36
  you
• 30:36
  know,
• 30:36
  why
• 30:37
  don't
• 30:38
  we
• 30:38
  can
• 30:38
  put
• 30:38
  this
• 30:39
  information
• 30:39
  out,
• 30:40
  it's
• 30:41
  data.
• 30:42
  And
• 30:42
  if
• 30:42
  we
• 30:43
  put
• 30:43
  it
• 30:43
  out
• 30:43
  there
• 30:43
  without
• 30:44
  any,
• 30:44
  any
• 30:44
  lean,
• 30:45
  any
• 30:45
  partisan
• 30:46
  spin,
• 30:46
  then
• 30:47
  what
• 30:47
  we
• 30:47
  have
• 30:48
  in
• 30:48
  the
• 30:48
  end
• 30:49
  is
• 30:49
  something
• 30:49
  that
• 30:50
  no
• 30:50
  matter
• 30:51
  what
• 30:51
  your
• 30:51
  buy,
• 30:52
  you
• 30:52
  know,
• 30:52
  what
• 30:52
  your
• 30:52
  political
• 30:53
  affiliation
• 30:54
  is,
• 30:55
  you
• 30:55
  can
• 30:55
  agree
• 30:55
  that
• 30:56
  we're
• 30:56
  looking
• 30:56
  at
• 30:57
  factual
• 30:57
  information.
• 30:58
  And
• 30:58
  then
• 30:58
  from
• 30:59
  there
• 30:59
  we
• 30:59
  can
• 30:59
  have
• 30:59
  the
• 30:59
  debate
• 31:00
  about
• 31:00
  policy
• 31:00
  and
• 31:01
  how
• 31:01
  to.
• 31:01
  So
• 31:01
  like,
• 31:02
  let's
• 31:02
  say
• 31:03
  the
• 31:03
  education
• 31:04
  Shark
• 31:04
  Week
• 31:04
  that
• 31:05
  I
• 31:05
  was
• 31:05
  telling
• 31:05
  you
• 31:05
  about,
• 31:06
  one
• 31:06
  of
• 31:06
  those
• 31:07
  was
• 31:07
  we
• 31:07
  got
• 31:08
  some
• 31:08
  data
• 31:09
  that
• 31:09
  showed,
• 31:09
  here's
• 31:10
  the
• 31:10
  US
• 31:11
  Average
• 31:11
  of
• 31:12
  teacher
• 31:12
  salaries,
• 31:13
  and
• 31:13
  in
• 31:13
  Virginia,
• 31:14
  it
• 31:14
  was
• 31:15
  less
• 31:15
  than
• 31:15
  the
• 31:16
  US
• 31:16
  Average.
• 31:17
  I
• 31:17
  mean,
• 31:17
  that's
• 31:17
  a
• 31:18
  data
• 31:18
  point.
• 31:18
  There's,
• 31:19
  you
• 31:19
  know,
• 31:19
  no
• 31:19
  way
• 31:19
  around
• 31:20
  it.
• 31:20
  You,
• 31:21
  you
• 31:21
  know,
• 31:21
  these
• 31:22
  are
• 31:22
  the
• 31:22
  same.
• 31:23
  This
• 31:23
  is
• 31:23
  true
• 31:24
  data.
• 31:24
  I
• 31:24
  mean,
• 31:25
  I'd
• 31:25
  be
• 31:25
  interested
• 31:25
  in
• 31:25
  the
• 31:26
  outliers.
• 31:26
  If
• 31:26
  there
• 31:26
  are
• 31:27
  any
• 31:27
  states
• 31:27
  particularly
• 31:28
  high
• 31:28
  or
• 31:28
  particularly
• 31:28
  low
• 31:28
  that
• 31:29
  were
• 31:29
  pulling
• 31:29
  the.
• 31:29
  Average
• 31:29
  around,
• 31:30
  of
• 31:30
  course,
• 31:31
  100%,
• 31:32
  but
• 31:32
  at
• 31:32
  least
• 31:33
  then
• 31:33
  you
• 31:33
  start
• 31:33
  to
• 31:33
  ask
• 31:33
  questions.
• 31:34
  Okay,
• 31:34
  well,
• 31:35
  all
• 31:35
  right,
• 31:35
  so
• 31:35
  this
• 31:35
  is
• 31:36
  clear
• 31:36
  here,
• 31:37
  but
• 31:37
  like,
• 31:37
  what
• 31:37
  does
• 31:37
  it
• 31:38
  mean
• 31:38
  in
• 31:38
  the
• 31:38
  context
• 31:38
  of
• 31:39
  everything
• 31:39
  else?
• 31:39
  And
• 31:39
  we
• 31:40
  give
• 31:40
  you
• 31:40
  the
• 31:40
  link
• 31:41
  to
• 31:41
  where
• 31:41
  we
• 31:41
  got
• 31:42
  the
• 31:42
  data,
• 31:42
  so
• 31:42
  you
• 31:42
  can
• 31:42
  go
• 31:43
  get,
• 31:43
  you
• 31:43
  can
• 31:43
  dig
• 31:43
  in
• 31:44
  more
• 31:44
  if
• 31:44
  you
• 31:44
  want
• 31:44
  to.
• 31:45
  But
• 31:45
  the
• 31:46
  point
• 31:46
  being
• 31:46
  is
• 31:46
  that
• 31:47
  we're
• 31:47
  all
• 31:47
  agreeing
• 31:48
  that
• 31:49
  this
• 31:49
  data
• 31:50
  shows
• 31:50
  one
• 31:50
  thing.
• 31:52
  Now
• 31:54
  let's
• 31:54
  go
• 31:55
  find
• 31:55
  out
• 31:55
  more
• 31:55
  information.
• 31:57
  Do
• 31:57
  we
• 31:57
  have
• 31:57
  a
• 31:58
  problem
• 31:58
  in
• 31:58
  Virginia?
• 31:58
  We
• 31:59
  have
• 31:59
  to
• 31:59
  raise
• 31:59
  teacher
• 32:00
  salaries?
• 32:00
  Or
• 32:00
  to
• 32:01
  your
• 32:01
  point,
• 32:02
  is
• 32:02
  there
• 32:02
  something
• 32:02
  skewing
• 32:04
  the
• 32:04
  data
• 32:04
  that
• 32:05
  would
• 32:06
  make
• 32:06
  it
• 32:08
  show
• 32:09
  that
• 32:09
  Virginia
• 32:09
  is
• 32:10
  actually
• 32:10
  doing
• 32:11
  a
• 32:11
  little
• 32:11
  bit
• 32:11
  better
• 32:12
  than
• 32:12
  what
• 32:12
  it
• 32:13
  appears
• 32:13
  here?
• 32:14
  Or
• 32:14
  can
• 32:14
  you
• 32:15
  say,
• 32:15
  you
• 32:15
  know
• 32:15
  what
• 32:16
  I
• 32:16
  mean?
• 32:17
  And
• 32:17
  this
• 32:17
  is,
• 32:18
  this
• 32:18
  is
• 32:18
  not
• 32:18
  my
• 32:18
  opinion,
• 32:19
  obviously,
• 32:19
  but
• 32:19
  you
• 32:20
  could
• 32:20
  say,
• 32:20
  you
• 32:20
  know
• 32:20
  what,
• 32:21
  the
• 32:21
  teacher
• 32:21
  salaries
• 32:22
  in
• 32:22
  the
• 32:22
  US
• 32:22
  Are
• 32:22
  too
• 32:23
  high
• 32:23
  anyway.
• 32:24
  So
• 32:24
  we're
• 32:24
  actually
• 32:24
  in
• 32:25
  Virginia
• 32:25
  in
• 32:25
  the
• 32:25
  right
• 32:26
  spot.
• 32:26
  But
• 32:26
  at
• 32:26
  least
• 32:26
  we
• 32:27
  can
• 32:27
  all
• 32:27
  agree
• 32:28
  that
• 32:28
  we're
• 32:29
  looking
• 32:29
  at
• 32:29
  something
• 32:30
  and
• 32:30
  that
• 32:31
  now
• 32:31
  we
• 32:31
  have
• 32:31
  to
• 32:31
  have
• 32:31
  the
• 32:32
  debate
• 32:32
  on,
• 32:32
  on
• 32:33
  what
• 32:33
  it
• 32:33
  means
• 32:34
  and
• 32:34
  what
• 32:35
  we
• 32:35
  should
• 32:35
  do
• 32:35
  about
• 32:36
  it,
• 32:36
  if
• 32:36
  anything.
• 32:37
  And
• 32:37
  that's
• 32:38
  kind
• 32:38
  of
• 32:38
  the
• 32:38
  point.
• 32:38
  That's
• 32:39
  what
• 32:39
  we're
• 32:39
  really
• 32:39
  focused
• 32:40
  on,
• 32:40
  is,
• 32:41
  you
• 32:41
  know,
• 32:43
  we're
• 32:43
  paying
• 32:43
  attention
• 32:44
  to
• 32:44
  what's
• 32:44
  happening
• 32:45
  in
• 32:45
  Virginia,
• 32:46
  state
• 32:46
  and
• 32:46
  local
• 32:46
  politics
• 32:47
  and
• 32:48
  trying
• 32:48
  to
• 32:49
  better
• 32:49
  understand,
• 32:50
  for
• 32:50
  example,
• 32:53
  what
• 32:54
  the
• 32:54
  data
• 32:54
  shows
• 32:55
  and
• 32:55
  then
• 32:55
  let
• 32:55
  people
• 32:55
  have
• 32:56
  the
• 32:56
  discussion
• 32:57
  about
• 32:57
  it.
• 32:58
  Real
• 32:58
  quick
• 32:58
  story,
• 33:01
  elections
• 33:02
  became
• 33:02
  kind
• 33:02
  of
• 33:03
  a
• 33:03
  prominent
• 33:03
  thing.
• 33:04
  They're
• 33:04
  always
• 33:04
  a
• 33:05
  prominent
• 33:05
  thing.
• 33:05
  But
• 33:06
  2000,
• 33:07
  we
• 33:08
  had
• 33:08
  Bush
• 33:08
  v.
• 33:08
  Gore
• 33:09
  in
• 33:09
  Florida,
• 33:10
  and
• 33:11
  it
• 33:11
  became
• 33:11
  a
• 33:11
  little
• 33:11
  bit
• 33:11
  more
• 33:12
  impactful.
• 33:13
  Then
• 33:13
  you
• 33:13
  had
• 33:13
  2016,
• 33:16
  and
• 33:17
  there
• 33:17
  was
• 33:18
  a
• 33:18
  lot
• 33:18
  of
• 33:18
  questions
• 33:18
  about
• 33:19
  even
• 33:20
  though
• 33:21
  Donald
• 33:22
  Trump
• 33:22
  won,
• 33:22
  he
• 33:23
  didn't
• 33:23
  win
• 33:23
  the
• 33:23
  popular
• 33:24
  vote.
• 33:24
  So
• 33:24
  there
• 33:24
  were
• 33:24
  some
• 33:25
  comments
• 33:25
  about,
• 33:27
  well,
• 33:27
  illegal
• 33:28
  immigrants
• 33:28
  were
• 33:29
  voting.
• 33:30
  And
• 33:30
  so
• 33:30
  I
• 33:31
  bring
• 33:31
  all
• 33:31
  that
• 33:31
  up
• 33:31
  because
• 33:32
  when
• 33:32
  I
• 33:32
  started
• 33:32
  as
• 33:33
  commissioner,
• 33:33
  I
• 33:33
  remember
• 33:34
  going
• 33:34
  to
• 33:34
  General
• 33:34
  assembly
• 33:35
  meetings
• 33:35
  and
• 33:35
  in
• 33:36
  the
• 33:36
  committee
• 33:36
  meetings,
• 33:37
  there
• 33:37
  was
• 33:37
  a
• 33:37
  lot
• 33:37
  of
• 33:38
  passing
• 33:39
  or
• 33:39
  talking
• 33:39
  about
• 33:39
  bills
• 33:41
  because,
• 33:42
  well,
• 33:42
  I
• 33:42
  saw
• 33:43
  something
• 33:43
  at
• 33:43
  a
• 33:44
  polling
• 33:44
  place,
• 33:44
  and
• 33:45
  so
• 33:45
  now
• 33:45
  we
• 33:45
  need
• 33:45
  to
• 33:46
  have
• 33:46
  this
• 33:46
  law.
• 33:47
  And
• 33:48
  I
• 33:48
  started
• 33:48
  thinking,
• 33:49
  you
• 33:49
  know,
• 33:50
  they
• 33:50
  say
• 33:50
  that
• 33:51
  and
• 33:51
  it's
• 33:51
  anecdotal,
• 33:52
  but
• 33:52
  where's
• 33:53
  the
• 33:53
  data
• 33:53
  to
• 33:54
  back
• 33:54
  it
• 33:54
  up?
• 33:55
  So
• 33:56
  we
• 33:56
  really
• 33:56
  started
• 33:57
  focusing
• 33:57
  in
• 33:57
  2018,
• 33:58
  when
• 33:59
  I
• 33:59
  was
• 33:59
  there,
• 33:59
  is
• 34:00
  to,
• 34:00
  like,
• 34:00
  start
• 34:00
  pulling
• 34:01
  this
• 34:01
  data,
• 34:01
  start
• 34:01
  trying
• 34:02
  to
• 34:02
  understand
• 34:03
  what's
• 34:03
  really
• 34:03
  happening
• 34:04
  and,
• 34:05
  yeah,
• 34:05
  what
• 34:05
  are
• 34:05
  the
• 34:06
  facts
• 34:06
  and
• 34:06
  utilizing
• 34:08
  the
• 34:08
  data
• 34:09
  to
• 34:09
  help
• 34:09
  drive
• 34:10
  decision
• 34:10
  making.
• 34:12
  And
• 34:13
  so
• 34:14
  we
• 34:15
  started
• 34:15
  that
• 34:15
  process,
• 34:16
  and
• 34:16
  I
• 34:16
  think
• 34:16
  it
• 34:16
  still
• 34:17
  continues
• 34:17
  today.
• 34:17
  But
• 34:19
  prior
• 34:19
  to
• 34:20
  2016,
• 34:21
  I
• 34:21
  don't
• 34:22
  think
• 34:23
  election
• 34:23
  officials
• 34:24
  or
• 34:24
  most
• 34:24
  election
• 34:25
  officials
• 34:26
  weren't
• 34:26
  looking
• 34:26
  at
• 34:27
  the
• 34:27
  data
• 34:27
  to
• 34:27
  help
• 34:28
  drive
• 34:28
  decision
• 34:28
  making.
• 34:29
  And
• 34:29
  I
• 34:30
  think
• 34:30
  that
• 34:30
  it's
• 34:30
  absolutely
• 34:31
  critical
• 34:32
  in
• 34:32
  the
• 34:33
  world
• 34:33
  that
• 34:33
  we
• 34:33
  live
• 34:33
  in
• 34:34
  now
• 34:34
  to
• 34:34
  have
• 34:34
  the
• 34:34
  data
• 34:35
  to
• 34:35
  make
• 34:36
  decisions,
• 34:36
  help
• 34:37
  us
• 34:37
  make
• 34:37
  decisions.
• 34:38
  I
• 34:38
  mean,
• 34:38
  other
• 34:39
  issues
• 34:39
  I've
• 34:39
  heard
• 34:40
  floated
• 34:40
  around,
• 34:41
  kind
• 34:41
  of
• 34:42
  the
• 34:43
  questioning
• 34:43
  of
• 34:43
  election
• 34:44
  integrity
• 34:44
  include,
• 34:45
  like,
• 34:45
  the
• 34:46
  votes
• 34:46
  coming
• 34:47
  in
• 34:47
  by
• 34:47
  mail
• 34:47
  or
• 34:48
  early
• 34:48
  voting
• 34:48
  or
• 34:49
  whatever
• 34:49
  else.
• 34:49
  And
• 34:50
  to
• 34:50
  me,
• 34:50
  like,
• 34:50
  those
• 34:51
  seem
• 34:51
  like
• 34:51
  they
• 34:52
  should
• 34:52
  be
• 34:52
  completely
• 34:52
  Data
• 34:52
  driven
• 34:53
  decisions.
• 34:53
  So
• 34:53
  in
• 34:54
  terms
• 34:54
  of
• 34:54
  early
• 34:54
  voting,
• 34:54
  like
• 34:55
  what
• 34:55
  is
• 34:56
  the
• 34:56
  uptake
• 34:56
  on
• 34:56
  early
• 34:56
  voting?
• 34:57
  Like,
• 34:57
  how
• 34:57
  early
• 34:57
  is
• 34:58
  it
• 34:58
  worth
• 34:58
  taking
• 34:58
  the
• 34:59
  early
• 34:59
  votes
• 35:00
  in?
• 35:00
  If
• 35:01
  you
• 35:01
  bring
• 35:01
  that
• 35:01
  deadline
• 35:02
  forward,
• 35:02
  does
• 35:03
  it
• 35:03
  mean
• 35:03
  that
• 35:03
  fewer
• 35:03
  people
• 35:03
  vote
• 35:04
  overall
• 35:04
  and
• 35:04
  there's
• 35:05
  very
• 35:05
  objective,
• 35:06
  data
• 35:06
  driven
• 35:06
  ways
• 35:06
  to
• 35:07
  make
• 35:07
  these
• 35:07
  policy
• 35:07
  decisions?
• 35:08
  Right.
• 35:08
  Yeah.
• 35:09
  It's
• 35:09
  actually
• 35:09
  kind
• 35:09
  of
• 35:09
  funny
• 35:09
  you
• 35:10
  bring
• 35:10
  that
• 35:10
  up
• 35:10
  because
• 35:13
  the
• 35:13
  funny
• 35:13
  thing
• 35:13
  is
• 35:13
  the
• 35:14
  argument,
• 35:14
  I
• 35:14
  think,
• 35:15
  for
• 35:16
  expanded
• 35:17
  early
• 35:17
  voting
• 35:20
  in
• 35:20
  the
• 35:21
  early
• 35:21
  days
• 35:21
  was
• 35:22
  that
• 35:22
  it
• 35:22
  actually
• 35:22
  drove
• 35:23
  up
• 35:23
  turnout.
• 35:23
  More
• 35:24
  people
• 35:24
  would
• 35:24
  participate.
• 35:26
  And
• 35:26
  that's
• 35:26
  not
• 35:26
  actually
• 35:27
  true.
• 35:28
  The
• 35:28
  data
• 35:29
  showed.
• 35:30
  Now,
• 35:31
  I
• 35:31
  haven't
• 35:31
  looked
• 35:31
  at
• 35:31
  the
• 35:31
  data
• 35:31
  in
• 35:32
  a
• 35:32
  long
• 35:32
  time,
• 35:32
  but
• 35:32
  I
• 35:32
  remember
• 35:33
  looking
• 35:33
  at
• 35:33
  the
• 35:33
  data
• 35:33
  back,
• 35:34
  way
• 35:34
  back
• 35:34
  when,
• 35:34
  and
• 35:35
  it
• 35:35
  did
• 35:35
  show
• 35:37
  that
• 35:37
  it
• 35:37
  didn't
• 35:37
  necessarily
• 35:38
  increase
• 35:39
  turnout.
• 35:40
  However,
• 35:40
  voter
• 35:41
  satisfaction
• 35:42
  was
• 35:42
  higher
• 35:43
  because
• 35:44
  they
• 35:44
  had
• 35:45
  options
• 35:45
  and
• 35:46
  they
• 35:46
  had,
• 35:47
  you
• 35:47
  know,
• 35:47
  they
• 35:47
  could
• 35:48
  vote
• 35:48
  at
• 35:48
  their
• 35:48
  convenience
• 35:49
  instead
• 35:50
  of
• 35:50
  being
• 35:50
  forced
• 35:51
  into
• 35:52
  a
• 35:52
  certain
• 35:52
  window.
• 35:53
  The
• 35:53
  biggest
• 35:54
  actual
• 35:55
  benefit
• 35:56
  was
• 35:56
  on
• 35:57
  the
• 35:57
  election
• 35:57
  administration
• 35:58
  side.
• 35:59
  So
• 35:59
  there's
• 35:59
  some
• 36:00
  trade
• 36:00
  off
• 36:00
  in
• 36:00
  the
• 36:01
  sense
• 36:01
  that
• 36:01
  you
• 36:01
  now
• 36:02
  have
• 36:02
  to
• 36:02
  staff,
• 36:03
  you
• 36:03
  know,
• 36:04
  election
• 36:04
  polling
• 36:05
  cases
• 36:06
  earlier
• 36:06
  and
• 36:06
  for
• 36:07
  longer.
• 36:07
  So
• 36:07
  there's
• 36:08
  some
• 36:08
  trade
• 36:08
  off.
• 36:08
  A
• 36:08
  little
• 36:08
  bit
• 36:09
  more
• 36:09
  expensive,
• 36:10
  et
• 36:11
  cetera.
• 36:11
  But
• 36:12
  you
• 36:13
  could
• 36:13
  also
• 36:13
  spread
• 36:13
  out
• 36:14
  the
• 36:14
  election
• 36:14
  day,
• 36:15
  you
• 36:15
  know,
• 36:15
  so
• 36:16
  it
• 36:16
  was
• 36:16
  a
• 36:16
  little
• 36:16
  bit
• 36:16
  calmer,
• 36:17
  it
• 36:17
  was
• 36:17
  a
• 36:17
  little
• 36:17
  bit
• 36:17
  easier
• 36:18
  to
• 36:18
  get
• 36:18
  through
• 36:19
  election
• 36:19
  night.
• 36:19
  And
• 36:20
  ultimately
• 36:20
  because
• 36:21
  a
• 36:21
  lot
• 36:22
  of
• 36:22
  the
• 36:22
  votes
• 36:22
  were
• 36:22
  coming
• 36:23
  in
• 36:23
  prior
• 36:23
  to
• 36:25
  election
• 36:25
  day,
• 36:27
  you
• 36:27
  could
• 36:27
  actually
• 36:28
  speed
• 36:28
  up
• 36:29
  processing
• 36:29
  of
• 36:30
  the
• 36:31
  counting
• 36:31
  of
• 36:31
  the
• 36:32
  votes.
• 36:33
  So
• 36:33
  there's,
• 36:34
  there's
• 36:34
  some
• 36:34
  trade
• 36:34
  off,
• 36:35
  but
• 36:35
  really
• 36:35
  what
• 36:35
  it
• 36:36
  comes
• 36:36
  down
• 36:36
  to
• 36:36
  is
• 36:36
  that
• 36:36
  voter
• 36:37
  satisfaction,
• 36:37
  election
• 36:38
  administrator
• 36:38
  satisfaction,
• 36:39
  it
• 36:40
  makes
• 36:40
  it
• 36:40
  easier,
• 36:41
  more
• 36:41
  convenient
• 36:42
  and
• 36:42
  people
• 36:42
  liked
• 36:43
  that.
• 36:43
  If
• 36:43
  you
• 36:43
  can
• 36:44
  remember.
• 36:45
  I
• 36:45
  don't,
• 36:46
  I,
• 36:46
  I
• 36:47
  can't
• 36:47
  remember
• 36:47
  when
• 36:47
  you
• 36:47
  came
• 36:48
  over
• 36:48
  to
• 36:48
  the
• 36:48
  states,
• 36:49
  but
• 36:49
  in
• 36:50
  2008,
• 36:51
  you
• 36:51
  know,
• 36:52
  I
• 36:52
  think
• 36:52
  it
• 36:52
  was
• 36:52
  Ohio,
• 36:53
  people
• 36:54
  were
• 36:54
  still
• 36:54
  in
• 36:55
  line
• 36:56
  to
• 36:56
  vote
• 36:57
  at
• 36:57
  like
• 36:57
  3
• 36:57
  o'
• 36:57
  clock
• 36:58
  in
• 36:58
  the
• 36:58
  morning
• 36:58
  because
• 36:59
  they
• 36:59
  got
• 36:59
  there
• 36:59
  at
• 37:00
  8
• 37:00
  o'
• 37:00
  clock
• 37:00
  when
• 37:00
  the
• 37:00
  polls
• 37:01
  closed
• 37:01
  and
• 37:02
  there
• 37:02
  was
• 37:02
  a
• 37:02
  line
• 37:02
  snaking
• 37:03
  around,
• 37:03
  you
• 37:04
  know,
• 37:05
  and,
• 37:05
  and
• 37:06
  so
• 37:07
  really
• 37:07
  early
• 37:07
  voting
• 37:08
  came
• 37:08
  because
• 37:08
  of
• 37:08
  that.
• 37:09
  Yeah,
• 37:09
  it
• 37:09
  doesn't,
• 37:09
  that
• 37:10
  situation
• 37:10
  can't
• 37:11
  help
• 37:11
  anybody.
• 37:11
  Right.
• 37:11
  Either,
• 37:12
  you
• 37:12
  know,
• 37:13
  you
• 37:13
  and
• 37:13
  the
• 37:13
  folks
• 37:13
  running
• 37:13
  the
• 37:14
  election
• 37:14
  or
• 37:14
  the
• 37:14
  voters
• 37:15
  or
• 37:15
  the
• 37:15
  candidates
• 37:16
  even.
• 37:16
  Right.
• 37:17
  Who
• 37:17
  are
• 37:17
  then
• 37:17
  forced
• 37:17
  to
• 37:17
  wait
• 37:18
  for
• 37:18
  a
• 37:18
  result.
• 37:19
  Yeah.
• 37:20
  And
• 37:20
  you
• 37:20
  know,
• 37:20
  I
• 37:20
  mean,
• 37:20
  there's,
• 37:21
  like
• 37:21
  I
• 37:21
  said,
• 37:21
  there's
• 37:21
  trade
• 37:22
  offs
• 37:22
  for
• 37:22
  everything.
• 37:22
  But
• 37:23
  the
• 37:23
  data
• 37:23
  showed
• 37:23
  it
• 37:24
  wasn't
• 37:24
  necessarily
• 37:24
  that
• 37:24
  more
• 37:25
  people
• 37:26
  voted.
• 37:27
  There
• 37:27
  was
• 37:27
  concern
• 37:28
  that
• 37:28
  what
• 37:29
  was
• 37:29
  considered
• 37:30
  more
• 37:30
  of
• 37:30
  a
• 37:30
  Democratic
• 37:31
  base
• 37:32
  would
• 37:33
  show
• 37:33
  up.
• 37:33
  Because
• 37:35
  they
• 37:35
  work
• 37:35
  on
• 37:36
  Tuesday,
• 37:36
  it's
• 37:36
  hard
• 37:37
  for
• 37:37
  them
• 37:37
  to
• 37:37
  get
• 37:37
  to
• 37:37
  the
• 37:37
  polls,
• 37:38
  so
• 37:38
  maybe
• 37:38
  they
• 37:38
  would
• 37:38
  show
• 37:38
  up
• 37:40
  in
• 37:40
  more
• 37:41
  numbers
• 37:41
  as
• 37:41
  a
• 37:41
  Result
• 37:42
  of
• 37:42
  that,
• 37:42
  and
• 37:43
  that
• 37:43
  actually
• 37:44
  didn't
• 37:44
  fare
• 37:44
  out.
• 37:45
  What
• 37:46
  it
• 37:46
  wore
• 37:46
  out
• 37:47
  was
• 37:47
  the
• 37:47
  people
• 37:47
  who
• 37:47
  wanted
• 37:48
  to
• 37:48
  vote
• 37:48
  were
• 37:48
  still
• 37:49
  coming
• 37:49
  to
• 37:49
  vote,
• 37:49
  but
• 37:50
  they
• 37:50
  could
• 37:50
  do
• 37:50
  it
• 37:50
  more
• 37:50
  conveniently.
• 37:52
  And
• 37:52
  ultimately
• 37:53
  it
• 37:53
  made
• 37:53
  everybody
• 37:53
  a
• 37:54
  little
• 37:54
  bit
• 37:55
  more
• 37:55
  content
• 37:55
  and
• 37:56
  happy.
• 37:56
  Now
• 37:57
  you
• 37:57
  brought
• 37:57
  up
• 37:57
  the
• 37:57
  good
• 37:58
  question.
• 37:58
  I
• 37:58
  think
• 37:58
  now
• 37:58
  is
• 37:59
  the
• 37:59
  time
• 38:00
  to
• 38:00
  really
• 38:00
  look
• 38:01
  at
• 38:01
  the
• 38:01
  data
• 38:01
  and
• 38:02
  determine
• 38:03
  what's
• 38:03
  the
• 38:03
  optimal
• 38:04
  time.
• 38:04
  And,
• 38:05
  you
• 38:05
  know,
• 38:06
  in
• 38:06
  Virginia,
• 38:06
  we've
• 38:07
  got
• 38:07
  45
• 38:07
  days
• 38:07
  of
• 38:08
  early
• 38:08
  voting.
• 38:08
  In
• 38:09
  some
• 38:09
  states,
• 38:09
  you
• 38:09
  only
• 38:09
  have
• 38:09
  seven
• 38:10
  days.
• 38:10
  There's
• 38:11
  all
• 38:11
  sorts
• 38:11
  of
• 38:12
  ranges
• 38:12
  in
• 38:12
  between
• 38:13
  there.
• 38:13
  And
• 38:13
  I
• 38:14
  think
• 38:14
  it's
• 38:14
  important
• 38:14
  to
• 38:15
  start
• 38:15
  to
• 38:15
  look
• 38:15
  at
• 38:15
  that.
• 38:15
  I
• 38:16
  mean,
• 38:16
  we
• 38:16
  have
• 38:17
  45
• 38:17
  days
• 38:17
  of
• 38:17
  early
• 38:18
  voting.
• 38:18
  In
• 38:18
  Virginia,
• 38:19
  there
• 38:19
  was
• 38:19
  a
• 38:20
  Democratic
• 38:20
  primary
• 38:21
  and
• 38:21
  not
• 38:21
  a
• 38:21
  Republican
• 38:22
  one
• 38:22
  at
• 38:22
  the
• 38:22
  statewide
• 38:23
  level.
• 38:24
  So
• 38:24
  we
• 38:24
  had
• 38:24
  jurisdictions
• 38:25
  in
• 38:25
  Virginia.
• 38:26
  Virginia,
• 38:27
  where
• 38:27
  there
• 38:27
  was
• 38:28
  like
• 38:28
  two
• 38:28
  or
• 38:28
  three
• 38:29
  votes
• 38:29
  for
• 38:30
  the
• 38:30
  Democratic
• 38:30
  statewide
• 38:31
  ticket.
• 38:32
  And
• 38:32
  they
• 38:32
  were
• 38:33
  open
• 38:33
  for
• 38:33
  45
• 38:33
  days,
• 38:34
  you
• 38:34
  know,
• 38:34
  and
• 38:34
  they
• 38:35
  had
• 38:35
  to
• 38:35
  staff
• 38:35
  and
• 38:36
  employ
• 38:36
  people.
• 38:36
  And
• 38:37
  so
• 38:37
  I
• 38:37
  don't
• 38:37
  have
• 38:38
  an
• 38:38
  opinion
• 38:38
  on
• 38:38
  that
• 38:38
  one
• 38:39
  way
• 38:39
  or
• 38:39
  the
• 38:39
  other.
• 38:39
  But
• 38:39
  that's
• 38:40
  a
• 38:40
  data
• 38:40
  point
• 38:40
  that
• 38:41
  we
• 38:41
  could
• 38:41
  look
• 38:41
  at
• 38:41
  and
• 38:42
  make
• 38:42
  determinations
• 38:43
  based
• 38:43
  on
• 38:44
  does
• 38:44
  this
• 38:45
  make
• 38:45
  sense?
• 38:45
  And
• 38:47
  et
• 38:47
  cetera.
• 38:49
  And
• 38:49
  it's.
• 38:49
  Yeah,
• 38:50
  it
• 38:50
  ultimately
• 38:50
  becomes
• 38:51
  like,
• 38:51
  that's
• 38:51
  how
• 38:51
  your
• 38:51
  tax
• 38:51
  money
• 38:52
  is
• 38:52
  being
• 38:52
  spent
• 38:52
  to
• 38:53
  staff
• 38:53
  this,
• 38:54
  and
• 38:54
  is
• 38:54
  it
• 38:55
  worthwhile?
• 38:55
  And
• 38:56
  as
• 38:57
  always,
• 38:57
  there's
• 38:57
  always
• 38:57
  something
• 38:58
  to
• 38:59
  muddy
• 38:59
  the
• 38:59
  water
• 38:59
  of
• 39:00
  the
• 39:00
  nirvana
• 39:01
  that
• 39:01
  I
• 39:01
  think
• 39:01
  you
• 39:01
  and
• 39:01
  I
• 39:01
  both
• 39:02
  hope
• 39:02
  for.
• 39:02
  Of
• 39:04
  all
• 39:04
  of
• 39:04
  that
• 39:04
  conversation
• 39:05
  is
• 39:05
  predicated
• 39:06
  on
• 39:06
  an
• 39:07
  assumption
• 39:07
  that
• 39:07
  I
• 39:07
  think
• 39:08
  we
• 39:08
  both
• 39:08
  share
• 39:08
  of.
• 39:09
  The
• 39:10
  best
• 39:10
  thing
• 39:10
  for
• 39:10
  democracy
• 39:10
  is
• 39:11
  if
• 39:11
  many
• 39:11
  people
• 39:11
  vote
• 39:12
  as
• 39:12
  possible,
• 39:13
  but
• 39:13
  yet
• 39:13
  depending
• 39:14
  on
• 39:14
  the
• 39:14
  party,
• 39:14
  depending
• 39:15
  on
• 39:15
  the
• 39:15
  state,
• 39:15
  depending
• 39:15
  on
• 39:15
  the
• 39:16
  district,
• 39:17
  they
• 39:17
  may
• 39:17
  be
• 39:18
  motivated
• 39:18
  differently.
• 39:20
  Yeah,
• 39:20
  100%.
• 39:22
  You
• 39:22
  know,
• 39:22
  I
• 39:23
  think
• 39:24
  that's
• 39:25
  kind
• 39:25
  of
• 39:25
  what
• 39:26
  drives
• 39:26
  VPAP
• 39:27
  right
• 39:27
  now,
• 39:27
  is
• 39:28
  participation
• 39:30
  is
• 39:30
  a
• 39:31
  stronger
• 39:31
  democracy.
• 39:33
  But,
• 39:34
  you
• 39:34
  know,
• 39:35
  it's
• 39:35
  not
• 39:35
  just
• 39:35
  participation.
• 39:36
  It's
• 39:37
  informed
• 39:38
  participation.
• 39:38
  Right,
• 39:39
  Absolutely.
• 39:39
  It's
• 39:40
  great
• 39:40
  for
• 39:40
  you
• 39:40
  to
• 39:40
  show
• 39:41
  up,
• 39:41
  but
• 39:41
  if
• 39:41
  you
• 39:41
  don't
• 39:42
  know
• 39:42
  what
• 39:42
  you're
• 39:42
  voting
• 39:43
  on,
• 39:44
  then
• 39:45
  I
• 39:45
  can
• 39:45
  understand
• 39:46
  the
• 39:46
  frustration.
• 39:47
  I
• 39:47
  can
• 39:48
  understand
• 39:48
  in
• 39:48
  this
• 39:48
  ecosystem
• 39:49
  that,
• 39:50
  you
• 39:50
  know,
• 39:50
  it's
• 39:51
  hard.
• 39:51
  You
• 39:51
  even
• 39:51
  just
• 39:52
  said
• 39:52
  it
• 39:52
  like,
• 39:52
  it's
• 39:53
  hard
• 39:53
  to
• 39:53
  trust
• 39:53
  the
• 39:53
  media.
• 39:53
  It's
• 39:54
  hard
• 39:54
  to
• 39:54
  trust
• 39:54
  the
• 39:54
  information
• 39:55
  that
• 39:55
  you're
• 39:56
  consuming
• 39:56
  on
• 39:56
  a
• 39:57
  regular
• 39:57
  basis.
• 39:57
  So
• 39:58
  VPAP
• 39:59
  has
• 39:59
  to
• 40:00
  be
• 40:00
  one
• 40:01
  resource,
• 40:02
  a
• 40:02
  trusted
• 40:02
  resource
• 40:03
  that
• 40:03
  you
• 40:04
  can
• 40:04
  go
• 40:04
  to
• 40:04
  to
• 40:04
  make
• 40:05
  decisions
• 40:05
  that
• 40:05
  have
• 40:06
  aligned
• 40:06
  with
• 40:06
  your
• 40:06
  values.
• 40:07
  And
• 40:07
  that's
• 40:08
  what
• 40:08
  we're
• 40:08
  really
• 40:08
  focused
• 40:09
  on,
• 40:09
  and
• 40:09
  that's
• 40:09
  the
• 40:09
  mission
• 40:10
  of
• 40:10
  the
• 40:10
  organization.
• 40:11
  So
• 40:11
  let
• 40:12
  me
• 40:12
  paint
• 40:12
  a
• 40:12
  different
• 40:13
  nirvana
• 40:13
  for
• 40:14
  us
• 40:14
  to
• 40:14
  close
• 40:14
  on.
• 40:15
  Say,
• 40:15
  everyone
• 40:16
  in
• 40:16
  Virginia
• 40:17
  regularly
• 40:17
  consumes
• 40:18
  VPEP's
• 40:19
  newsletter,
• 40:19
  which
• 40:19
  all
• 40:20
  of
• 40:20
  you
• 40:20
  listening
• 40:20
  in
• 40:20
  Virginia
• 40:21
  should
• 40:21
  sign
• 40:21
  up
• 40:21
  for
• 40:21
  straight
• 40:22
  away
• 40:24
  and
• 40:25
  accesses
• 40:25
  their
• 40:25
  data
• 40:26
  in
• 40:26
  order
• 40:27
  to
• 40:27
  ground
• 40:29
  their
• 40:29
  beliefs
• 40:29
  and
• 40:30
  their
• 40:30
  political
• 40:30
  opinions
• 40:31
  and
• 40:31
  how
• 40:31
  they're
• 40:31
  going
• 40:31
  to
• 40:31
  make
• 40:32
  their
• 40:32
  choices.
• 40:33
  How
• 40:33
  would
• 40:33
  democracy,
• 40:34
  either
• 40:34
  in
• 40:35
  terms
• 40:35
  of
• 40:35
  voting
• 40:35
  or
• 40:36
  the
• 40:36
  conversation
• 40:36
  that
• 40:36
  surrounds
• 40:37
  it,
• 40:37
  be
• 40:37
  different
• 40:37
  if
• 40:37
  everyone
• 40:38
  had
• 40:38
  access
• 40:38
  and
• 40:38
  used
• 40:39
  that
• 40:39
  information?
• 40:41
  Yeah,
• 40:42
  that's
• 40:43
  a
• 40:43
  really
• 40:43
  good
• 40:43
  question.
• 40:43
  And
• 40:44
  I
• 40:44
  think
• 40:45
  that.
• 40:45
  But
• 40:46
  it
• 40:46
  ultimately
• 40:47
  comes
• 40:48
  down
• 40:48
  to
• 40:50
  your
• 40:50
  representatives.
• 40:53
  I
• 40:54
  promise
• 40:54
  you,
• 40:55
  they
• 40:55
  want
• 40:56
  to
• 40:56
  hear
• 40:56
  from
• 40:56
  you
• 40:57
  to
• 40:57
  make
• 40:57
  good
• 40:58
  decisions.
• 40:58
  Think
• 40:59
  about
• 40:59
  it
• 41:00
  in
• 41:00
  your
• 41:00
  own
• 41:00
  life
• 41:02
  if
• 41:02
  you
• 41:02
  need
• 41:03
  to
• 41:03
  make
• 41:03
  a
• 41:04
  tough
• 41:04
  decision.
• 41:07
  We
• 41:07
  can't
• 41:07
  all
• 41:07
  be
• 41:08
  experts
• 41:08
  in
• 41:08
  everything.
• 41:09
  We're
• 41:10
  not
• 41:10
  all
• 41:10
  jacks
• 41:10
  of
• 41:11
  all
• 41:11
  trades.
• 41:11
  Right?
• 41:12
  So
• 41:13
  oftentimes
• 41:14
  when
• 41:14
  we're
• 41:15
  having,
• 41:15
  when
• 41:16
  there's
• 41:16
  a
• 41:16
  difficult
• 41:17
  decision
• 41:17
  to
• 41:17
  make,
• 41:18
  you
• 41:18
  know.
• 41:18
  What
• 41:18
  do
• 41:18
  you
• 41:18
  do?
• 41:19
  You
• 41:19
  go
• 41:19
  and
• 41:19
  you
• 41:20
  ask
• 41:20
  people,
• 41:20
  what
• 41:21
  do
• 41:21
  you
• 41:21
  think
• 41:21
  I
• 41:21
  should
• 41:21
  do?
• 41:22
  You
• 41:22
  know,
• 41:22
  here
• 41:23
  are
• 41:23
  all
• 41:23
  the
• 41:23
  things
• 41:24
  that
• 41:25
  I
• 41:25
  need
• 41:25
  to
• 41:25
  consider.
• 41:27
  An
• 41:28
  informed
• 41:29
  electorate,
• 41:30
  an
• 41:30
  informed
• 41:31
  citizenry
• 41:33
  can
• 41:33
  provide
• 41:34
  information
• 41:35
  to
• 41:35
  the
• 41:35
  public.
• 41:37
  You
• 41:37
  know,
• 41:38
  I,
• 41:39
  I
• 41:39
  think
• 41:39
  we
• 41:39
  were
• 41:39
  talking
• 41:39
  before,
• 41:40
  I
• 41:40
  think
• 41:40
  prior
• 41:41
  to
• 41:41
  recording
• 41:42
  about
• 41:42
  lobbying.
• 41:44
  I
• 41:44
  think
• 41:44
  lobbyists
• 41:45
  do
• 41:46
  get
• 41:46
  a
• 41:46
  bad
• 41:46
  rap
• 41:46
  in
• 41:47
  some
• 41:47
  cases.
• 41:47
  I
• 41:47
  mean,
• 41:48
  think
• 41:48
  about
• 41:48
  it.
• 41:49
  I
• 41:49
  know
• 41:49
  some
• 41:49
  very
• 41:49
  nice
• 41:49
  ones,
• 41:50
  I.
• 41:50
  Know
• 41:50
  some
• 41:50
  very
• 41:50
  nice
• 41:50
  ones,
• 41:51
  100%.
• 41:52
  But
• 41:53
  think
• 41:53
  about
• 41:53
  it.
• 41:53
  You're
• 41:53
  a
• 41:54
  legislator.
• 41:54
  Let's
• 41:54
  just
• 41:55
  say
• 41:55
  you
• 41:55
  represent
• 41:56
  the
• 41:57
  city
• 41:57
  of
• 41:57
  Richmond
• 41:58
  in
• 41:58
  some
• 41:58
  capacity.
• 42:00
  Now
• 42:00
  we
• 42:01
  have
• 42:01
  a
• 42:01
  citizen
• 42:01
  legislature
• 42:02
  here
• 42:02
  in
• 42:02
  Virginia,
• 42:03
  which
• 42:03
  means
• 42:04
  that
• 42:04
  they're
• 42:05
  in
• 42:05
  general
• 42:05
  assembly
• 42:06
  session
• 42:06
  for
• 42:07
  either
• 42:07
  45
• 42:07
  days
• 42:08
  or
• 42:08
  60
• 42:08
  days
• 42:08
  a
• 42:08
  year
• 42:09
  where
• 42:09
  they're
• 42:10
  passing
• 42:10
  laws.
• 42:10
  The
• 42:11
  rest
• 42:11
  of
• 42:11
  the
• 42:11
  time
• 42:11
  they're
• 42:11
  out.
• 42:12
  They've
• 42:12
  got
• 42:12
  a
• 42:12
  full
• 42:13
  time
• 42:13
  job,
• 42:13
  they're
• 42:14
  among
• 42:14
  the
• 42:15
  people
• 42:15
  living
• 42:16
  and
• 42:16
  breathing
• 42:16
  and
• 42:18
  enjoying
• 42:18
  the
• 42:19
  fruits
• 42:19
  of
• 42:19
  their
• 42:19
  labor,
• 42:20
  you
• 42:20
  know,
• 42:20
  passing
• 42:21
  laws.
• 42:21
  The
• 42:21
  point
• 42:21
  is,
• 42:22
  is
• 42:22
  that
• 42:22
  there's
• 42:22
  not
• 42:23
  any
• 42:23
  possible
• 42:24
  way
• 42:24
  of
• 42:25
  all
• 42:25
  the
• 42:25
  issues
• 42:25
  that
• 42:26
  come
• 42:26
  up
• 42:26
  in
• 42:27
  front
• 42:27
  of
• 42:27
  them
• 42:27
  during
• 42:27
  the
• 42:28
  general
• 42:28
  assembly
• 42:28
  session
• 42:29
  that
• 42:29
  they
• 42:29
  would
• 42:30
  be
• 42:30
  knowledgeable
• 42:31
  and
• 42:31
  have
• 42:31
  information
• 42:31
  about
• 42:32
  all
• 42:32
  of
• 42:32
  them.
• 42:33
  So
• 42:33
  they
• 42:33
  rely
• 42:33
  on
• 42:34
  lobbyists
• 42:34
  to
• 42:35
  provide
• 42:35
  that
• 42:36
  information.
• 42:36
  But
• 42:37
  you
• 42:37
  know
• 42:37
  what?
• 42:37
  They
• 42:37
  rely
• 42:38
  on
• 42:38
  even
• 42:38
  more
• 42:38
  and
• 42:39
  what
• 42:39
  holds
• 42:40
  more
• 42:40
  sway
• 42:40
  for
• 42:41
  them?
• 42:41
  Way
• 42:41
  more
• 42:42
  sway.
• 42:43
  A
• 42:44
  citizen,
• 42:45
  a
• 42:45
  constituent.
• 42:46
  If
• 42:47
  you
• 42:47
  go
• 42:47
  in
• 42:47
  there
• 42:47
  and
• 42:48
  say,
• 42:48
  look,
• 42:48
  I
• 42:48
  am
• 42:49
  one
• 42:49
  of
• 42:49
  your
• 42:49
  voters
• 42:50
  and
• 42:51
  I,
• 42:52
  you
• 42:52
  know,
• 42:52
  I'm
• 42:53
  concerned
• 42:53
  about
• 42:53
  this
• 42:54
  issue
• 42:54
  and
• 42:54
  I
• 42:55
  would
• 42:55
  love
• 42:55
  to
• 42:55
  talk
• 42:55
  to
• 42:55
  you
• 42:55
  about
• 42:56
  it
• 42:57
  and
• 42:57
  then
• 42:57
  you
• 42:58
  can
• 42:58
  have
• 42:58
  an
• 42:58
  honest,
• 42:58
  open
• 42:59
  dialogue.
• 42:59
  And
• 43:00
  I,
• 43:00
  I've
• 43:00
  seen
• 43:01
  it.
• 43:01
  I've
• 43:01
  seen
• 43:01
  legislators
• 43:02
  who
• 43:03
  bucked
• 43:03
  their
• 43:04
  party
• 43:04
  that
• 43:05
  bucked,
• 43:05
  you
• 43:06
  know,
• 43:07
  changed
• 43:08
  their
• 43:08
  mind
• 43:08
  on
• 43:08
  a
• 43:09
  position
• 43:10
  simply
• 43:10
  because
• 43:10
  a
• 43:10
  constituent
• 43:11
  came
• 43:11
  in
• 43:11
  informed
• 43:12
  with
• 43:12
  information
• 43:14
  and
• 43:14
  data
• 43:15
  that
• 43:15
  helped
• 43:16
  them
• 43:16
  say,
• 43:16
  you
• 43:16
  know
• 43:16
  what,
• 43:17
  you're
• 43:18
  my
• 43:18
  constituent.
• 43:18
  This
• 43:19
  is,
• 43:19
  this
• 43:19
  is
• 43:19
  important
• 43:20
  to
• 43:20
  you.
• 43:21
  I'M
• 43:22
  going
• 43:22
  to
• 43:22
  support
• 43:22
  this.
• 43:23
  I
• 43:23
  think
• 43:24
  that
• 43:24
  that's
• 43:24
  really
• 43:25
  what
• 43:25
  it
• 43:25
  comes
• 43:25
  down
• 43:25
  to.
• 43:26
  Now.
• 43:26
  Are
• 43:26
  you
• 43:26
  going
• 43:26
  to
• 43:26
  win
• 43:26
  every.
• 43:27
  Are
• 43:27
  you
• 43:27
  going
• 43:27
  to
• 43:28
  win
• 43:28
  them
• 43:28
  over
• 43:28
  every
• 43:28
  single
• 43:29
  time?
• 43:29
  Of
• 43:29
  course
• 43:29
  not.
• 43:30
  But
• 43:31
  if
• 43:31
  they
• 43:32
  don't
• 43:32
  have
• 43:32
  the
• 43:32
  information
• 43:33
  to
• 43:33
  begin
• 43:33
  with,
• 43:34
  then
• 43:35
  they
• 43:35
  can't,
• 43:36
  you
• 43:36
  know,
• 43:36
  they
• 43:36
  can't
• 43:37
  be.
• 43:37
  You
• 43:37
  can't
• 43:37
  be
• 43:37
  confident
• 43:38
  that
• 43:38
  they're
• 43:38
  making
• 43:39
  the
• 43:40
  best
• 43:40
  decision
• 43:40
  for
• 43:41
  their
• 43:41
  constituency.
• 43:42
  So
• 43:42
  an
• 43:43
  engaged
• 43:43
  and
• 43:44
  informed
• 43:44
  citizenry
• 43:46
  will
• 43:47
  help
• 43:47
  influence
• 43:48
  their
• 43:48
  representatives
• 43:50
  and,
• 43:51
  you
• 43:51
  know,
• 43:51
  engage
• 43:51
  in
• 43:52
  informed
• 43:52
  citizenry
• 43:53
  that
• 43:53
  realizes
• 43:53
  that
• 43:54
  their
• 43:54
  representative
• 43:55
  isn't
• 43:55
  representing
• 43:55
  them
• 43:55
  the
• 43:56
  way
• 43:56
  they
• 43:56
  want.
• 43:57
  Guess
• 43:57
  what
• 43:57
  they
• 43:57
  get
• 43:58
  to
• 43:58
  do.
• 43:58
  You
• 43:58
  know,
• 43:58
  they
• 43:59
  get
• 43:59
  to
• 43:59
  vote
• 43:59
  them
• 43:59
  out
• 44:00
  come
• 44:00
  the
• 44:00
  next
• 44:01
  election.
• 44:01
  That's
• 44:01
  why
• 44:02
  I
• 44:02
  think
• 44:02
  it's
• 44:02
  really
• 44:02
  critical.
• 44:05
  And
• 44:05
  anybody
• 44:06
  can
• 44:06
  do
• 44:07
  that.
• 44:07
  Anybody
• 44:08
  has
• 44:09
  access
• 44:09
  to
• 44:09
  it,
• 44:09
  whether
• 44:10
  you're
• 44:10
  a
• 44:10
  college
• 44:11
  graduate,
• 44:11
  a
• 44:12
  professor,
• 44:12
  or
• 44:13
  a
• 44:13
  high
• 44:13
  school
• 44:13
  graduate,
• 44:14
  or
• 44:14
  even
• 44:14
  a
• 44:15
  high
• 44:15
  school
• 44:15
  dropout.
• 44:16
  You
• 44:16
  know,
• 44:16
  I
• 44:17
  mean,
• 44:17
  the
• 44:17
  information
• 44:17
  is
• 44:18
  there
• 44:18
  for
• 44:18
  you
• 44:19
  to
• 44:19
  make
• 44:20
  good,
• 44:20
  informed
• 44:20
  decisions
• 44:21
  and
• 44:21
  to
• 44:21
  help
• 44:21
  in
• 44:22
  engage
• 44:22
  and
• 44:23
  influence
• 44:24
  your
• 44:25
  government.
• 44:25
  And
• 44:25
  that's
• 44:25
  what
• 44:25
  it's
• 44:26
  all
• 44:26
  about.
• 44:26
  I
• 44:27
  love
• 44:27
  that.
• 44:28
  It's
• 44:28
  an
• 44:28
  amazing
• 44:28
  call
• 44:28
  to
• 44:29
  action
• 44:29
  and
• 44:29
  one
• 44:29
  that
• 44:29
  I
• 44:30
  certainly
• 44:30
  intend
• 44:30
  to
• 44:31
  take
• 44:31
  to
• 44:31
  heart
• 44:32
  and
• 44:32
  follow
• 44:32
  even
• 44:32
  more
• 44:33
  than
• 44:35
  I
• 44:35
  previously
• 44:35
  was.
• 44:36
  So
• 44:37
  for
• 44:37
  all
• 44:37
  of
• 44:37
  you
• 44:38
  folks
• 44:38
  out
• 44:38
  there
• 44:38
  listening
• 44:39
  or
• 44:39
  watching
• 44:39
  who
• 44:40
  don't
• 44:40
  think
• 44:40
  you've
• 44:41
  got
• 44:41
  access
• 44:41
  to
• 44:42
  good
• 44:42
  information,
• 44:43
  especially
• 44:43
  in
• 44:43
  Virginia,
• 44:44
  and
• 44:44
  I'm
• 44:44
  sure
• 44:45
  equivalent
• 44:45
  exists
• 44:46
  in
• 44:46
  other
• 44:46
  states
• 44:47
  as
• 44:47
  well,
• 44:49
  you're
• 44:49
  actually
• 44:49
  very
• 44:49
  lucky.
• 44:50
  Wow.
• 44:51
  So
• 44:51
  I
• 44:51
  make
• 44:52
  this
• 44:52
  joke
• 44:52
  all
• 44:52
  the
• 44:52
  time.
• 44:52
  You
• 44:53
  know,
• 44:53
  VPAP
• 44:54
  is
• 44:55
  a
• 44:55
  unicorn.
• 44:57
  It
• 44:57
  only
• 44:57
  exists
• 44:58
  in
• 44:58
  Virginia.
• 44:58
  There's
• 44:59
  nothing
• 44:59
  like
• 44:59
  it
• 44:59
  in
• 45:00
  any
• 45:00
  other
• 45:00
  state.
• 45:00
  For
• 45:01
  example,
• 45:01
  Colorado
• 45:02
  doesn't
• 45:02
  have
• 45:02
  one,
• 45:02
  so
• 45:02
  you
• 45:03
  don't
• 45:03
  have
• 45:03
  a
• 45:03
  cpap.
• 45:05
  You
• 45:06
  know,
• 45:06
  so
• 45:07
  maybe
• 45:07
  they'd
• 45:08
  go
• 45:08
  with
• 45:08
  a
• 45:08
  different
• 45:08
  name.
• 45:10
  Well,
• 45:10
  you
• 45:10
  know,
• 45:11
  the
• 45:11
  CPAP
• 45:11
  machine.
• 45:12
  So
• 45:12
  they
• 45:12
  can
• 45:12
  not
• 45:13
  snore
• 45:13
  so
• 45:13
  much.
• 45:14
  That's,
• 45:14
  that's
• 45:14
  where
• 45:14
  I
• 45:14
  go.
• 45:15
  But
• 45:15
  anyway,
• 45:16
  I'm
• 45:16
  lucky
• 45:17
  to
• 45:17
  have
• 45:17
  inherited
• 45:18
  this
• 45:18
  position.
• 45:19
  And,
• 45:20
  but
• 45:20
  it
• 45:20
  is,
• 45:21
  it
• 45:21
  is
• 45:21
  something
• 45:22
  that
• 45:22
  is
• 45:22
  truly
• 45:23
  unique
• 45:23
  that
• 45:24
  doesn't
• 45:24
  exist
• 45:24
  anywhere
• 45:25
  else
• 45:25
  in
• 45:25
  the
• 45:25
  country.
• 45:26
  So
• 45:27
  we're,
• 45:27
  we're
• 45:27
  excited
• 45:28
  to,
• 45:28
  to
• 45:28
  be
• 45:29
  a
• 45:29
  part
• 45:29
  of
• 45:29
  it
• 45:29
  and
• 45:30
  have
• 45:30
  this
• 45:31
  information
• 45:31
  so
• 45:32
  that
• 45:32
  Virginia,
• 45:32
  you
• 45:33
  know,
• 45:33
  I
• 45:34
  think
• 45:34
  Virginia
• 45:35
  is
• 45:35
  really
• 45:36
  a
• 45:36
  unique
• 45:36
  and
• 45:36
  amazing
• 45:37
  place
• 45:37
  and
• 45:38
  we've
• 45:38
  got
• 45:38
  a
• 45:38
  very
• 45:38
  informed
• 45:39
  electorate.
• 45:40
  We
• 45:41
  just
• 45:41
  need
• 45:41
  to
• 45:41
  keep,
• 45:41
  keep
• 45:42
  expanding
• 45:42
  them.
• 45:43
  Love
• 45:43
  that.
• 45:43
  So
• 45:43
  for
• 45:43
  folks
• 45:44
  listening
• 45:44
  In
• 45:44
  Virginia,
• 45:45
  like
• 45:45
  vpap.org
• 45:46
  is
• 45:47
  the
• 45:47
  place
• 45:47
  you
• 45:47
  need
• 45:48
  to
• 45:48
  go.
• 45:48
  Sign
• 45:49
  up
• 45:49
  for
• 45:49
  the
• 45:49
  newsletter,
• 45:50
  avail
• 45:50
  yourself
• 45:51
  of
• 45:51
  all
• 45:51
  the
• 45:51
  wonderful
• 45:52
  data
• 45:52
  that's
• 45:52
  there,
• 45:53
  and
• 45:54
  empower
• 45:55
  yourself.
• 45:55
  Even
• 45:55
  for
• 45:55
  those
• 45:56
  of
• 45:56
  you
• 45:56
  outside
• 45:56
  Virginia
• 45:57
  state
• 45:57
  and
• 45:58
  local
• 45:58
  officials,
• 45:58
  I
• 45:59
  think
• 45:59
  Chris
• 45:59
  and
• 45:59
  I
• 45:59
  are
• 45:59
  very
• 46:00
  much
• 46:00
  aligned
• 46:00
  on
• 46:00
  that,
• 46:00
  engage
• 46:01
  with
• 46:01
  them,
• 46:01
  understand
• 46:02
  them,
• 46:02
  find
• 46:02
  the
• 46:02
  way
• 46:02
  different
• 46:03
  ways
• 46:03
  that
• 46:03
  you
• 46:03
  can
• 46:03
  impact
• 46:03
  and
• 46:04
  engage
• 46:05
  in
• 46:05
  your
• 46:06
  local
• 46:06
  community
• 46:06
  and
• 46:06
  make
• 46:07
  a
• 46:07
  difference.
• 46:07
  Chris,
• 46:08
  thanks
• 46:08
  for
• 46:08
  such
• 46:08
  rich
• 46:09
  and
• 46:09
  helpful
• 46:10
  conversation
• 46:11
  and
• 46:11
  information
• 46:11
  and
• 46:12
  data,
• 46:14
  both
• 46:14
  on
• 46:14
  the
• 46:14
  podcast
• 46:14
  as
• 46:14
  well
• 46:15
  as
• 46:15
  through
• 46:15
  the
• 46:15
  ongoing
• 46:16
  work
• 46:16
  of
• 46:17
  vpap,
• 46:18
  and
• 46:19
  hugely
• 46:19
  appreciate
• 46:20
  the
• 46:20
  work
• 46:20
  you
• 46:20
  do
• 46:20
  and
• 46:20
  the
• 46:20
  work
• 46:20
  you
• 46:21
  did
• 46:21
  previously
• 46:21
  as
• 46:22
  the
• 46:22
  Commissioner
• 46:22
  of
• 46:22
  Elections,
• 46:23
  keeping
• 46:23
  things
• 46:24
  fair
• 46:24
  and
• 46:25
  correct.
• 46:25
  So
• 46:27
  a
• 46:27
  much
• 46:28
  underappreciated
• 46:29
  job,
• 46:29
  I'm
• 46:30
  sure.
• 46:30
  So
• 46:31
  thanks
• 46:31
  on
• 46:32
  behalf
• 46:32
  of
• 46:32
  the
• 46:32
  electorate
• 46:33
  of
• 46:33
  Virginia
• 46:35
  from
• 46:35
  me,
• 46:36
  thanks
• 46:36
  so
• 46:36
  much
• 46:37
  for
• 46:37
  coming
• 46:37
  on.
• 46:37
  It's
• 46:37
  been
• 46:37
  a
• 46:38
  joy
• 46:38
  to
• 46:38
  talk
• 46:38
  to
• 46:38
  you
• 46:38
  and
• 46:38
  I'm
• 46:39
  sure
• 46:39
  I'll
• 46:39
  talk
• 46:39
  to
• 46:39
  you
• 46:39
  again
• 46:39
  very
• 46:39
  soon.
• 46:40
  Yeah,
• 46:40
  it
• 46:41
  was
• 46:41
  great.
• 46:41
  Graham,
• 46:41
  thank
• 46:42
  you
• 46:42
  for
• 46:42
  having
• 46:42
  me.
• 46:42
  Take
• 46:43
  care.
• 46:43
  Thanks
• 46:43
  for
• 46:43
  tuning
• 46:44
  in
• 46:44
  to
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  Transformed
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  with
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  Data.
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  If
• 46:46
  today's
• 46:46
  conversation
• 46:47
  gave
• 46:47
  you
• 46:47
  even
• 46:47
  one
• 46:48
  insight,
• 46:48
  one
• 46:48
  aha
• 46:49
  moment,
• 46:49
  or
• 46:49
  one
• 46:50
  new
• 46:50
  idea
• 46:50
  to
• 46:50
  take
• 46:51
  action
• 46:51
  on,
• 46:51
  do
• 46:52
  me
• 46:52
  a
• 46:52
  favor,
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  subscribe,
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  leave
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  a
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  review,
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  and
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  share
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  this
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  with
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  someone
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  who's
• 46:56
  ready
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  to
• 46:56
  level
• 46:56
  up.
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  Until
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  next
• 46:57
  time,
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  keep
• 46:58
  asking
• 46:58
  the
• 46:59
  right
• 46:59
  questions,
• 46:59
  keep
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  challenging
• 47:00
  the
• 47:00
  status
• 47:01
  quo,
• 47:01
  and
• 47:02
  keep
• 47:02
  transforming
• 47:02
  with
• 47:03
  data.