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Anthony Forlini talks vying for Michigan Secretary of State

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VOTERS HEAD TO THE POLLS. AND MICHIGAN'S PRIMARY ELECTION IN JUST TWO WEEKS. BUT TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER
0:1414 secondsAND THE RACE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. MICHIGAN'S CURRENT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GARLAND GILCHRIST HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. HE'LL
0:2222 secondsBE FACING REPUBLICAN NOMINEE AND CURRENT MACOMB COUNTY CLERK ANTHONY FOR LEANING WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU FOR.
0:2727 seconds>> BEING HERE. THANK YOU TERRANCE I APPRECIATE IT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND YOUR DECISION TO GET INTO THIS RACE. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HELD OFFICE FOR MANY
0:3535 secondsYEARS STARTING IN 2004 AS A TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR IN HARRISON. SO HOW DID YOU GET TO THIS PLACE? WELL, IT'S KIND OF CRAZY BECAUSE I TOLD. >> MY. WIFE I'LL BE. IN I'M.
0:4343 seconds>> GOING TO DO ONE TERM AND. GET OUT. >> AND I. >> GOT IN. YEAH.
0:4747 seconds>> NOW YOU'RE STEPPING UP TO ANOTHER STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
0:5151 secondsWHEN MICHIGAN'S ECONOMY WAS IN SHAMBLES, I. DECIDED I'M GOING TO GO AND. TRY TO FIX IT BECAUSE MY DAD IMMIGRATED FROM ITALY. AND I'M TELLING YOU. UH, TO TO SEE OUR STATE GO WHERE IT
0:5959 secondsWAS WAS WAS A. TOUGH THING TO SEE. NOW I'M THE COUNTY CLERK IN MCCOMB. BEEN RUNNING ELECTIONS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND SEEING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED AT THE STATE LEVEL. I THOUGHT.
1:091 minute, 9 seconds>> YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO STEP. FORWARD AND.
1:101 minute, 10 seconds>> AND. DO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN MCCOMB, FIX THINGS. AND GO TO THE STATE AND DO THE SAME THING. YEAH.
1:151 minute, 15 seconds>> YOU'VE SPOKEN VERY HIGHLY ABOUT MCCOMB AND HOW YOU ALL RUN THINGS. UH, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE STRENGTHS THAT YOU SEE THERE VERSUS THE STATE AND THE CHANGES THAT YOU
1:231 minute, 23 secondsTHINK NEED TO BE. IMPLEMENTED IN. THE STATE? SURE.
1:251 minute, 25 seconds>> WE SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS MAKING. ELECTIONS MORE TRANSPARENT. UH, MAKING IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND TO GET. INTO THE VOTING BOOTHS.
1:351 minute, 35 secondsBUT ALSO. IN THE. >> OUR OFFICE. IF YOU COME.
1:381 minute, 38 seconds>> TO OUR OFFICE IS FOUR MINUTES THAT'S THE. AVERAGE BEFORE. YOU'RE SERVED. AND AFTER THAT. TEN MINUTES. >> YOU'RE OUT.
1:441 minute, 44 seconds>> THE DOOR. VERY FEW PLACES OPERATE THAT WAY. WE DO AS A MATTER OF FACT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE VOICE MAIL. YOU CALL OUR OFFICE. WE ANSWER THE PHONE 98% OF THE TIME. NO VOICE MAIL.
1:541 minute, 54 secondsTHAT'S THE. >> KIND OF STUFF.
1:551 minute, 55 seconds>> WE. WANT TO BRING TO THE STATE. OKAY.
1:571 minute, 57 seconds>> CAN YOU GIVE US SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF ISSUES THAT YOU SEE IN TERMS OF MICHIGAN'S STATEWIDE ELECTIONS?
2:032 minutes, 3 secondsWELL, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE THING IS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING.
2:062 minutes, 6 secondsFOR TRANSPARENCY. THEY'RE LOOKING. FOR LEADERSHIP.
2:082 minutes, 8 seconds>> IN. THIS AREA TO SAY HEY LISTEN. I DON'T CARE.
2:112 minutes, 11 seconds>> IF YOU GO BACK TO 2016 THERE WAS ISSUES THAT PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT 2020. THIS SEEMS.
2:152 minutes, 15 seconds>> TO COME UP ALL THE TIME. WE NEED.
2:182 minutes, 18 seconds>> TO PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY SO THEY SEE HOW OUR ELECTIONS WORK. THEY CAN SEE FOR THEMSELVES LIKE IN
2:262 minutes, 26 secondsMCCOMB WE PUT ALL OUR BALLOTS ONLINE. WE SHOW PEOPLE HOW PEOPLE HOW TABULATORS WORK. THAT'S THE.
2:312 minutes, 31 seconds>> KIND OF THING WE NEED TO DO STATEWIDE SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS.
2:352 minutes, 35 seconds>> OUR ELECTIONS. EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS AND FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH IT. AND ALSO LISTEN IT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE THE WHOLE DAY OUT. TO OUR SECRETARY.
2:412 minutes, 41 seconds>> OF STATE'S. OFFICE AND GET SERVED. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO THERE. WITH OR WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT AND GET. SERVED JUST LIKE WE DO IN MACOMB. SO WHAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
2:502 minutes, 50 secondsMISTAKES THAT YOU THINK THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE HAS MADE SO FAR? WELL I DON'T WANT TO SAY MISTAKES. I THINK JUST.
2:562 minutes, 56 secondsTHE THE PROGRESS OF TAKING AWAY THE VISIBILITY OF.
2:582 minutes, 58 seconds>> THE ELECTIONS. AT THE STATE LEVEL. THAT'S GOT TO BE FIXED. >> THE OTHER.
3:023 minutes, 2 seconds>> THING. IS IS WE'RE FINDING IN MCCOMB A LOT OF NON-CITIZENS IN THE VOTING. UH. >> MAKING IT.
3:073 minutes, 7 seconds>> INTO OUR JURY POOL. AND SOME OF THEM MAKING IT INTO THE QVO QUALIFIED VOTER SO THAT WE HAVE TO STOP THIS. WE CANNOT HAVE
3:153 minutes, 15 secondsTHIS HAPPEN. AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S A BALLOT PROPOSAL IN IN THE FALL. TO TRY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON VOTERS BEING REQUIRED TO
3:233 minutes, 23 secondsBRING ID WITH THEM WHEN THEY VOTE? UH, LISTEN, WE ALL DO IDS, RIGHT? WE ALL. I MEAN, FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING WE DO. WE HAVE TO.
3:293 minutes, 29 seconds>> HAVE. OUR ID. MY GOD. THIS IS A VERY SACRED THING BEING ABLE TO VOTE. >> AND. IT'S A.
3:353 minutes, 35 seconds>> GREAT AMERICAN TRADITION THAT WE HAVE. LET'S NOT BASTARDIZE IT. BY NOT GETTING IDS. WE NEED TO SHOW IDS. THAT'S SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE.
3:433 minutes, 43 secondsWE SEE THAT THE STATE OF POLITICS JUST AS A WHOLE IS INCREDIBLY DIVIDED. RIGHT NOW.
3:483 minutes, 48 secondsYOU'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY LOYAL TO YOUR PARTY. SHOULD YOU MOVE FORWARD IN THIS WAY? HOW DO YOU PLAN TO HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE AND ALSO JUST BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER? WELL THAT'S
3:563 minutes, 56 secondsBEEN MY PAST. I HOLD. EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE. INCLUDING MYSELF INCLUDING PEOPLE IN MY PARTY INCLUDING PEOPLE IN THE OTHER PARTY PEOPLE IN MACOMB COUNTY.
4:044 minutes, 4 secondsLISTEN, WE'RE A PURPLE COUNTY. DEMOCRATS.
4:064 minutes, 6 seconds>> REPUBLICANS GET. ALONG JUST FINE AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. YOU'RE DOING THE WRONG THING. I DON'T CARE WHAT.
4:134 minutes, 13 secondsPARTY YOU'RE FROM. THAT'S NOT GOOD. AND WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN FROM MARK HACKEL. ON DOWN. WE HOLD OUR PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND
4:204 minutes, 20 secondsWE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO IT SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT PARTY. IT'S ABOUT BEING A GOOD AMERICAN. WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD SAY SEPARATES
4:284 minutes, 28 secondsYOU FROM YOUR OPPONENT? WELL EXPERIENCE RIGHT. EXPERIENCE IS THE BIGGEST THING. I'VE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF RUNNING ELECTIONS. I'VE GOT THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN.
4:354 minutes, 35 seconds>> THE LEGISLATURE. I'VE GOT THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING LOCALLY ELECTED AND AS A BUSINESS OWNER. SO AND MY WORK. ETHIC IS
4:424 minutes, 42 secondsIS A VERY. STARK CONTRAST. SO THAT IS WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE. IF PEOPLE LIKE ME THEY'RE GOING TO THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN. I WILL BE ON.
4:504 minutes, 50 seconds>> THE. JOB GETTING IT DONE AND. FIXING IT. FOR ALL MICHIGANDERS NOT A POLITICAL PARTY BUT AS A AS A GROUP OF OF
4:584 minutes, 58 secondsAMERICANS. WE JUST WANT TO BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS RECENTLY BROUGHT UP SOME ALLEGATIONS OF VOTER FRAUD HERE IN MICHIGAN. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT STANCE AND SOME.
5:075 minutes, 7 seconds>> OF THE CONCERNS. STATEWIDE AND ALSO. JUST ACROSS.
5:095 minutes, 9 seconds>> THE COUNTRY? I BELIEVE IN MAKING OUR ELECTIONS SAFE AND.
5:135 minutes, 13 secondsACCURATE AND. WHATEVER IT TAKES. FOR US TO GET THERE. I SHOULDN'T SAY WHATEVER IT TAKES. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WITHIN THE LAW. WE HAVE PROPER. PROTOCOLS HERE IN MICHIGAN.
5:205 minutes, 20 secondsTHAT MAKE OUR ELECTIONS GOOD, BUT NOT EVERYONE DOES ALL THE.
5:235 minutes, 23 secondsPROTOCOLS PROPERLY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO THEM RIGHT.
5:275 minutes, 27 secondsIF WE DO IT RIGHT., CITIZENS WILL GET BEHIND US AND RALLY BEHIND US AND SAY HEY LISTEN, I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE DEMOCRAT.
5:325 minutes, 32 seconds>> OR REPUBLICAN. I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU FOR BEING.
5:365 minutes, 36 seconds>> HERE WITH US. THANK YOU. OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CANDIDATES. WILL CONTINUE LEADING UP TO ELECTION DAY ON