N.C. Gov. Josh Stein: ‘This Democracy Works When Every Person Who Is Eligible to Vote Can Do So Easily and Safely’

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STEIN: “This democracy works when every person who is eligible to vote can do so easily and safely. And that's what we should be striving to do, have secure elections that are accessible to people. And what I fear -- and I've seen this because in many ways, North Carolina is a microcosm of many of the political movements of the country -- is an effort to restrict the vote to people who vote a certain way. And that's not how it works in democracy. And the way it works in democracy is everybody plays on the same field. You compete with ideas and you win or you lose. If you win, you go out there and try to execute on your promises and deliver for people. If you lose, you go back and you ask, so why did I lose? How am I not connecting with people? What can I do better so that in the next election, I actually win? That's how it is supposed to work. In many ways, that's not happening today.”