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Eric Holder said North Carolina's new mail-ballot rules require a sealed inner envelope inside a sealed outer envelope, and ballots are being rejected when the inner one is unsealed.
“if you look at what's happening in North Carolina, where they impose these new strict rules about for mail-in ballots, you know, you have to put your ballot in an envelope, seal it, and then put it in another envelope that actually gets mailed”
Eric Holder cited the Brennan Center for Justice's finding that a person is more likely to be struck by lightning than to cast a fraudulent in-person ballot.
“the Brennan Center, I think, has that famous thing where they say, you know, you're more likely to be hit by lightning than to cast a an in-person fraudulent ballot.”
Eric Holder said he and Hillary Clinton ran a tabletop exercise at his law firm's office with activist groups and civil society members to rehearse responses to election interference.
“Hillary Clinton and I did, um, did a a a tabletop exercise, um, at my l- uh, my law firm's office with a a whole bunch of activist groups and, um, people in in in civil society.”
Eric Holder said Steve Bannon predicted Republicans' mid-decade redistricting push could gain as many as twenty-one House seats.
“at one point, Steve Bannon was saying, Yeah, we're gonna do this, and we're gonna get as many as twenty-one seats.”
Eric Holder estimated that Republicans' mid-decade gerrymandering will gain at most five House seats, more likely between zero and two.
“Our best guess now is that they will that their maximum number is five, the I More likely number is between zero and two.”
Eric Holder said Democrats filed successful lawsuits in Missouri and Utah and he discussed California's response to Texas's redistricting with Governor Gavin Newsom.
“we fought back and filed lawsuits that were successful in Missouri and in Utah, um, was on, you know, talking to Governor Newsom about what California might do in response to what Texas did.”
Eric Holder said Democrats succeeded in unwinding a gerrymandered map in Michigan.
“we were successful here in unwinding a really bad gerrymander.”
Eric Holder said protests outside the Georgia and South Carolina legislatures led them to back off redistricting that Donald Trump had requested.
“if you look at states like Georgia and South Carolina, protested outside of their state legislatures and those legislatures, which were prepared to do gerrymandering as Trump asked them to do.”
Eric Holder predicted Republicans will try more redistricting in 2027, naming Georgia, Texas and Indiana among likely states.
“I'd look at Georgia and Texas, especially next year in 2027, they'll try to go back to Indiana, is my guess”
Eric Holder said he has led the National Democratic Redistricting Committee since 2017 to raise awareness of gerrymandering's harm.
“I've been at NDRC since 2017 trying to raise people's consciousness about the the pernicious impact of, uh, of gerrymandering on our democracy.”
Eric Holder explained that a writ of mandamus is a court order compelling a state official to perform a required duty such as certifying an election.
“which means you go to a court and you tell the you argue with, make your arguments before a court, and have the court order, um, the state official”