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Voter ID and Data Centers · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: Greetings, salutations, welcome my friends to another edition of the
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  Speaker 1: Power Hour on 610 WTVN. I'm Chuck Douglas, you know
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  Speaker 1: who you are, and we take it from there. We
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  Speaker 1: get one hour together, which means I talk really fast
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  Speaker 1: and you must listen even faster. My number, 821-9886, 821-WTVN,
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  Speaker 1: or 1-800-610-WTVN. I've got one hangover, I guess, phone caller
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  Speaker 1: from the Blazer show. We were talking about the voter
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  Speaker 1: registration decision that came down from this federal judge, which
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  Speaker 1: will likely be challenged.
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  Speaker 2: In court.
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  Speaker 1: Um, but basically the judge has blocked at least temporarily
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  Speaker 1: enforcement of an Ohio requirement that voters have to show
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  Speaker 1: proof of citizenship when they go to the DMV and
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  Speaker 1: register to vote. It is specific to the DMV, which
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  Speaker 1: brings up many questions in my mind. Uh, the first
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  Speaker 1: of which was, can't we just counteract this by eliminating
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  Speaker 1: registration for voting at the DMV? Why not? Especially over
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  Speaker 1: the next couple of months where there will be people
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  Speaker 1: with clipboards everywhere you go trying to get you to
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  Speaker 1: register to vote. So I don't think it will. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: somebody will say, well, you're trying to you're trying to
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  Speaker 1: crush the vote. You're trying to what's what's the phrase
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  Speaker 1: they always use about voting? You're trying to limit or
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  Speaker 1: what is it? um suppress the vote.
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  Speaker 2: Or suppress or disenfranchise depends on what you're talking about exactly.
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  Speaker 1: So anyway we were talking about that last hour and
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  Speaker 1: johan is i guess in seattle listening on iheart johan
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  Speaker 1: are you listening on the iheart radio app yes i
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  Speaker 1: am all right well you are on the legacy retirement
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  Speaker 1: group go ahead well.
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  Speaker 2: Just tell me is this really coming out of a
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  Speaker 2: conservative state that i know washington is worse but like
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  Speaker 2: I know I had to show ID to vote when
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  Speaker 2: I was living there. Why isn't it the same thing
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  Speaker 2: to register to vote?
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's a really good question. How long have you
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  Speaker 1: been gone, Johan? Because calling Ohio a conservative state is
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  Speaker 1: not necessarily true, especially in the big cities these days.
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  Speaker 2: I left in 2022. I lived in Athens, Ohio, most
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  Speaker 2: of my life.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Did you go to OU?
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  Speaker 2: I went to OU until I had a professor that
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  Speaker 2: mainly told me America is stupid, is the worst state,
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  Speaker 2: and you guys are stupid for paying so much college
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  Speaker 2: payment and paying me so much. And I was like, yep,
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  Speaker 2: that's enough for me.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Wow. Biting not only the hand that feeds you,
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  Speaker 1: but the hand you eat with. And this guy probably
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  Speaker 1: had a PhD. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: The the idea, though, and I think he came from India.
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  Speaker 1: The idea of of registering with a with identification, proper identification.
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  Speaker 1: It's just you're right. It's common sense. I've never voted
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  Speaker 1: ever when I did not have to present my identification ever.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know where those stories come from, but
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  Speaker 1: we see them every election. But, you know, as I
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  Speaker 1: said about this, this judge's order applies to people who–
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  Speaker 1: they want a motor– they call it motor voter. When
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  Speaker 1: you get your driver's license or renew your driver's license,
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  Speaker 1: are you registered to vote? And have you fill it out.
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  Speaker 1: So when you're at the DMV doing that now, when
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  Speaker 1: they– he's blocked the order that says you have to
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  Speaker 1: present proof of citizenship to register to vote, which I
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  Speaker 1: say just take it out of the DMV. That's the
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  Speaker 1: easiest possible way to handle it. It's– and this was
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  Speaker 1: a federal judge. So– I'm sure Frank LaRose is probably
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  Speaker 1: going to end up appealing this decision.
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  Speaker 2: Let's hope. Chuck, you have a good day.
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  Speaker 1: You too, Johan. Thanks for calling from Seattle. It's like, what,
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  Speaker 1: 3 o'clock out there, about 10 minutes after 3, something
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  Speaker 1: like that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a little bit after 3 o'clock. It's about
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  Speaker 2: 70 degrees outside right now, so nice and sunny.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, we got you beat. We're at 81. You should
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  Speaker 1: come back.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm fine with that. I do not like the
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  Speaker 2: humidity out there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's true. It's very Florida. Like sometime when you
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  Speaker 1: take care of yourself, thanks very much for the call
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  Speaker 1: and keep listening to I heart radio, man. We appreciate
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  Speaker 1: you that, uh, that's, that's very cool. Somebody from Seattle.
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  Speaker 1: And that's why I say, did I say good afternoon?
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to say good afternoon, but I didn't know
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  Speaker 1: if it was afternoon or evening. And it's still, you
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  Speaker 1: just after three o'clock there. Uh, anyway, this, this will be, uh,
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  Speaker 1: most likely, most likely appealed by Frank LaRose and, uh,
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  Speaker 1: And hopefully some common sense. But it was a federal judge.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know what the. I don't know where
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  Speaker 1: you appeal from there. I mean, is that does that
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  Speaker 1: go straight to a Supreme Court plea or try to
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  Speaker 1: get to the Supreme Court? It goes to the extra
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  Speaker 1: federal level. There's another federal level.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's double federal.
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  Speaker 1: Double federal.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Is it is it top secret?
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  Speaker 2: Is it? Yeah, it's only Kachonji Brown can rule.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, we are in so much trouble. Double. We are
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  Speaker 1: in so much trouble, not only will the ruling go
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  Speaker 1: against it, but we won't understand anything that is in it.
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  Speaker 1: Did you see what she wrote day before yesterday? No.
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  Speaker 1: I'll have to send that to you. I mean, great.
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  Speaker 1: Joe Biden would have looked at this word salad. It's
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  Speaker 1: it was it just. Wow. Cord pop right this.
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  Speaker 2: It's scary.
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  Speaker 1: And every time... Her name is Ketanji Brown Jackson, but
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  Speaker 1: I don't know why. Phonetically, I always want to say
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  Speaker 1: Jackson Brown. Maybe it's because of the singer.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 1: But I always want to put the Jackson in the
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  Speaker 1: wrong place when I talk about her. You ever see
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  Speaker 1: the movie First Monday in October?
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  Speaker 2: No, I've never even heard of it.
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  Speaker 1: Really? It's a Walter Matthau movie. That's why I saw it. Oh, okay.
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  Speaker 1: But it's about the Supreme Court because they convene the
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  Speaker 1: first Monday in October every year. And it's... Very idealistic,
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  Speaker 1: but it was made back in an era when things
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  Speaker 1: made sense. But that's something you should watch if you
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  Speaker 1: enjoy stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know he's a good actor. I saw him
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  Speaker 2: in Pelham 1, 2, 3, taking a Pelham.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Because all I knew him from was Grumpy Old Men.
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  Speaker 1: Where he was brilliant, by the way. Yeah, yeah, but
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  Speaker 1: I saw him younger.
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  Speaker 2: He's good.
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  Speaker 1: He and Jack Lemmon were, yeah. Wow. 821-9886, the number 821-WTV.
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  Speaker 1: And while we're talking voting, KC is on the LegacyRetirementGroup.com
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  Speaker 1: phone lines. Hi, KC.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Chuck, how are you?
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  Speaker 1: Fine, sir. How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, I think this whole thing with showing the ID
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  Speaker 3: when you vote. I mean, I'm 60 years old and
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  Speaker 3: I know I mean, it's it's so it's so like
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  Speaker 3: basic and understanding. But, you know, my question would be, too,
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  Speaker 3: is like when these people go to file for the
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  Speaker 3: WIC and all this stuff, do they have to show
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  Speaker 3: any type of ID for that as well or not?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I would assume so.
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  Speaker 3: So if that's the case, if they're doing that and
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  Speaker 3: they're not requiring that they do it for voting, then
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  Speaker 3: there's a problem. There's a disconnect there quite a bit.
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  Speaker 1: Well, voting is required for everything, man. I mean, if
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  Speaker 1: you wanted to go see any of these politicians to
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  Speaker 1: go to their office, you'd have to supply I.D. So,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't understand. If I go to the
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  Speaker 1: Statehouse to see a senator, if I go to Washington
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  Speaker 1: to the Capitol and I want to meet with my representative,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to have to supply ID. Why those same
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  Speaker 1: people would say you don't need ID to vote is
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  Speaker 1: beyond me.
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  Speaker 3: Right, right. I mean, and it's just absolutely insane. What
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  Speaker 3: I can't understand is why we can't get this passed
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  Speaker 3: through Congress. And it's just sad. It's really sad. Our
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  Speaker 3: country is going to hell in a handbasket very quickly.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever, Casey, have you ever gone to vote
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  Speaker 1: and not been asked for ID?
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  Speaker 3: I have never had that happen. I've always had my
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  Speaker 3: ID ready. They've always asked, can I see your ID,
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  Speaker 3: verify your address, where you live. And, you know, that
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  Speaker 3: was it. And then you were given the ballot and
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  Speaker 3: you went and voted.
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  Speaker 1: I've always shown it. And the lady who works the polls, well,
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  Speaker 1: she's passed away now. But for about 10 years, the
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  Speaker 1: woman who was working the polls that I had to
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  Speaker 1: present my ID to lived next door to me. But
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  Speaker 1: every time I went in there, I had to prove
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  Speaker 1: where I lived. So I just I've never I've never
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  Speaker 1: seen anybody not be asked for identification when they go
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  Speaker 1: to vote. It's just common sense.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. I just had one more thing I wanted
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  Speaker 3: to talk about, Chuck, too, is these data centers. I
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  Speaker 3: live in Springfield, and I live on the east side
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  Speaker 3: of Springfield out by the fairgrounds, and there's a big
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  Speaker 3: data center that's going up kind of near where I live. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I live in the county, but to the county,
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  Speaker 3: you know, this thing was under the city limits. But
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  Speaker 3: it's so amazing how that thing just got passed under the,
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  Speaker 3: I guess, under the discrepancy of not knowing what's going
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  Speaker 3: on out there. And it's just unbelievable how they do
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  Speaker 3: these things. But I know we need data centers, but
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  Speaker 3: it's almost like they let the monster out of the
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  Speaker 3: cage before they realize what it could possibly be doing.
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  Speaker 1: That's our problem in a lot of things these days, buddy.
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  Speaker 1: I call it hot-button legislation. We pass things and forbid
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  Speaker 1: things without knowing what we're doing based on who's the loudest.
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  Speaker 1: And that's going to bite us. I heard Liz peek
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  Speaker 1: on with Mike this morning during Columbus's Morning News. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, she was making the point that we need
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  Speaker 1: the data centers because the the Chinese, you know, are
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  Speaker 1: going to beat us right now. We are slightly ahead
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  Speaker 1: in the evolution of the technology, but we need them.
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  Speaker 1: And I can see that point. But putting them all
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  Speaker 1: over the United States, it doesn't make much sense to
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  Speaker 1: me when we have so much open space. If we
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  Speaker 1: if we need that, especially for our government. to have
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  Speaker 1: competitive edges over other countries. Why not put it in Montana, Colorado,
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  Speaker 1: in the base of a mountain where we've got other
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  Speaker 1: strategic and secret place and things like put it somewhere
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  Speaker 1: instead of putting a bunch of them around the country,
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  Speaker 1: just put one gigantic one somewhere and do it from there.
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  Speaker 1: That would be much, much easier on the country.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly. We were on the same page there, brother.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate you, Casey. Thank you very much. Be careful
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  Speaker 1: out there and call anytime, man. It's a, And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I know that. Well, then you won't get jobs in
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  Speaker 1: Ohio when you want. If if it's a big enough project,
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  Speaker 1: people will go. How many people moved to Alaska in
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  Speaker 1: the 70s to be part of the Exxon pipeline? How
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  Speaker 1: many people moved to the Dakotas to be part of
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  Speaker 1: the Keystone pipeline? How many people have people picked up
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  Speaker 1: from all over this country? to follow employment trends. So
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  Speaker 1: if there's going to be some 20-year massive data center
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  Speaker 1: development project somewhere beneath the Rockies where missiles and bombs
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  Speaker 1: can't affect it and our government resources will be safe,
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  Speaker 1: people will move there. They'll go there. And the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the country, especially Liz pointed something out this morning, too,
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  Speaker 1: that I had to chuckle at. So many of the
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  Speaker 1: people who are griping about data centers, by the way,
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  Speaker 1: I used to say data. And now I say data
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  Speaker 1: all of a sudden. I don't know why that happened.
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  Speaker 1: But people who are griping about it, so many of
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  Speaker 1: them use it every day. You know, they've got the
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  Speaker 1: AI assist on their Gmail account or their Yahoo mail
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  Speaker 1: or they're making, you know, videos of kittens barking the
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  Speaker 1: national anthem or whatever. They're using it every day. But
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  Speaker 1: they're scared of it. They're complaining about it. You're biting
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  Speaker 1: the hand that's feeding you. You can't say, I hate it,
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  Speaker 1: I hate it, I don't want it, and be using
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  Speaker 1: it at the same time. Pataskala put a moratorium, they
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  Speaker 1: didn't forbid them forever, but put a moratorium on data
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  Speaker 1: center development until they know more, learn more, have more
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  Speaker 1: at their disposal. That's the wise thing to do as
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  Speaker 1: far as I'm concerned. Requiring the centers to provide their
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  Speaker 1: own power Very wise. Without building a 10,000 acre solar
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  Speaker 1: farm on our rural lands. I like that idea. Requiring
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  Speaker 1: that they use water and recycle that water to at
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  Speaker 1: least 75, 80%. Like that idea. We need to come
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  Speaker 1: up with some rules. And right now we're just willy nilly. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: it means jobs. Let's build it. Oh, it means an
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  Speaker 1: increased tax base. Let's build it. You must remember, once
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  Speaker 1: these centers are built, there's not, I say there's not
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  Speaker 1: a lot of employment going on in there. It's a big,
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  Speaker 1: super cool facility full of computer servers. It's not like
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be a hubbub of activity with a
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  Speaker 1: thousand employees. It's very, very much self-contained. So anyway, I'm
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  Speaker 1: not totally against him. I just, I want it to
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  Speaker 1: be logical, reasonable, thought out. Before we commit ourselves to
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  Speaker 1: it and commit our communities to it. That's pretty simple.