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Hello and welcome to election day. I'm Sue. I'm jazz. I'm Jen here with a special bonus episode on election day 2024. For. We made it, guys. Yeah, we made it. We have made it to the day. We have made it through the day. So, we gotta make it through the day. We just have to make it through the day. Question. Since it's the day, and I know we all discussed that we were going on election day. Who you bringing with you to the poll? I'm bringing justice to the polls. Yay! Jen, what about you? Who are you bringing to the polls? Probably, um, obviously Ray and the girls. Oh, yeah! That was a family affair. Yeah. They're very excited about Kamala. I know. I know they're hype. I know they're hype. I can remember going with my mom. It's going to be such a memorable day for all of them. I will be going with my mom and I will be going with, uh, my fiance as well. We're going to make it a family affair. I love that. That's so fun. yeah. we'll be out in these streets and then. Inside until later, and then we're going live from our watch party, which will hopefully be a celebratory occasion and not like a funeral. Of democracy. I mean, we might not know anything. We might just have to drown our sorrows and anxiety in whatever libations we have available. I'll bring a bottle of wine. Um, but also, I mean, yes, I mean, at least, at least we'll be together. Right. Um, and I'm just hoping it won't be like the movie inside out and we just won't be a whole room full of anxiety. Right. I mean, anything is better than the park on the 14th in 2016 at around, I don't know, 9. 30 on election night. I was like, are y'all paying attention? I remember being like, uh, are y'all paying attention to the TV? No one else is paying attention? Okay, I remember I remember exactly where I was. I was in our old living room watching it and watching the like little pieces of my soul just break away. And then I said, I'm going to sleep. Yeah, but this belief was setting in. Yeah, I was like, I can't. Uh, I don't know if I can mentally function. So I just have to shut down for the evening. I cannot believe my eye. I couldn't sleep. no, me neither. My eyes were bloodshot. I don't remember if I slept well or not, but I just remember at a certain point, I was like, I, I, I can't, I can't, I can't watch this. They were like, he's going to win, you might as well go to sleep. I was like, no, fuck that. The saddest part is, is that when I'm bored. Yeah, I just remember when I woke up the next day thinking to myself, like, I know that didn't happen. Like, I was like, I can't, but like, did that actually happen? And then I realized it did. It seems surreal. I was still holding out, even when I went to South Africa, like that December and people were like, is that really happening? And I was like, we, we had the electoral college hasn't voted yet. I don't know. That's true. Were we expecting someone to stage a coup? No, I was expecting maybe, just maybe, I was like, maybe somebody got it wrong somewhere. That's what I was thinking. I was like, this can't be accurate. Like, somebody's going to come in, like, there's got to be a grown up that's going to save the day. Right. I needed to know there was going to be a grown up to save the day. And then we had no grown up for four years. So here we are, 2024. Well, how was eight years? Is it eight years later? Yeah, 2016. Oh, yes. Okay. I'm thinking about, I don't know what I'm thinking years out from 2008. Yes. When? Well, November 4th was the day that Obama was elected. Obama was elected in 2008. We were trying to find those pictures. I got them somewhere. I'm sure you'll come across them eventually. I feel so weird. Like, I feel like I have to say, like, I'm, I feel like that 08 excitement. Like, I feel that 08 excitement. Oh, I told Jenna. I was like, when we, when we going up to Howard and just, storming the streets like we did in Atlanta. Oh Lord. Yeah. Yeah. Girl, I'm gonna make sure I dress comfortably. All of Shaw. Clark's campus was so lit. I remember people were on the roof of the dorms. That's right, because we lit. The promenade was packed. I was in front of, Spelman's campus, like Spelman Board House, like what, Lee Street? And it was just like a sea of people. If people were standing on cars, people would be like, Everybody's standing on cars. But it wasn't like, it wasn't like the riot situation that you'd like see. No. After like, No, that was a, that was a football game. Yeah. That was pure enjoyment. That's because we're not destructive when we get together to celebrate like that. It was not destructive at all. It was like, you can't go to school after you do something like that at an HBCU. They will kindly ask you to leave and no longer attend. You're not about to be destructive campus because you're excited. I just don't. I just feel like being on a black campus was the best place you could have been. Yeah. It was so awesome. And then I remember going to like an election. Well, it was like a watch party slash after party and everybody was so hype. It's a big house party and everybody was just so excited. It's just, I don't know how many times I remember being exhausted that day. I don't think I slept that day, whatever. I was exhausted the next day after partying. We had a lock in in campus, like, yeah, it was like a huge lock in watch party. Yeah, his, his Lambo, his blue Lambo was there. I can't remember how many times I heard my president is black that night, but every time I was more excited than the last. Yes, every time we, that song did not get old. Yeah, I think that is another reason why I was, I got so excited when, Kamala decided that she was gonna have her watch party at Howard. Like, I mean, Obama, I mean, first black president is significant. Um, but he wasn't an HBCU grad. Exactly. That's not a Yeah, it is okay that he wasn't, but the fact that she is, and not only it just makes it so much more special, is she A-H-B-C-U rap, but she embraces it and likes. Celebrates it and she's a member of the divine nine, which is, you know, like the, did you see the stroll to the pole? No, I didn't see that. Um, I'll see if I, I think I saved it, but I'll send it to you guys. But they did a stroll to the polls of the Divine Nine. Like just, I can't remember exactly whose campus. So once I find the post, I'll send it to you. But it was so, it was so amazing to watch. Yeah, I just, I just think that for one, for any person to like, Especially a Black person, you're obviously just being, um, contrary and ignorant, but, like, to say that she's, not Black, she doesn't identify with Black, she doesn't identify with the culture, like, she embodies every, she's from the Bay Area, she, her father's Jamaican, she went to HBCU, she pledged a, uh, yeah, like, what are we talking about? She became a prosecutor and wanted to be, a public servant because she was seeing injustices that stemmed from her, years of being exposed to protests, like during the civil rights movement, like she is exactly like, who are you, On that note, today is election day, Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, right? Oh, 2024. if you are registered to vote, please go vote. If you haven't voted already, a lot of people have early voted and think it's a record number of early votes cast. Yay for America. If you're planning to vote today, a lot of polling locations, most open at 7 a. m., some open at 6 a. m., some open at 8 a. m. In New Hampshire, they open at 11 a. m. That's my kind of state though. I like to sleep in. I'm cool with that. But, um, you can go to when we all vote vote dot org vote for literally anywhere. Just Google it. Uh, what time does my polling location open in insert state here? Um, you can find your polling location, um, at any of those websites as well as your secretary of state website, um, or your board of elections website. In terms of voting, when you get there, you'll need ID. Um, if you're registered, uh, a lot of states, I think about 21 states offer same day registration. So even if you're not registered, you can still vote today. All is not lost. If you just woke up and you're like, you know what? I think I'm going to do this for democracy, for my country. And you hadn't previously registered to vote. You can go register and vote in several states. We'll send, we'll put the link, a lot of them on the West coast, Virginia, Maryland. Here in D. C. in the DMV area, uh, California, Nevada, looking at some of the swing states, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. So even if you're not registered, you can vote today. When you get to the polls, you'll probably, you'll definitely need ID. Check with your state, state secretary state or board of election website to verify which I. D. is acceptable at your polling location. Sometimes it's just your driver's license. In most cases, if you have a driver's license or some type of state issued I. D. that is sufficient. But if you do not, that's okay. Because a lot of states, um, take multiple forms of identification. Most states also use, uh, electronic polling, machines to tabulate the votes. The poll workers will instruct you on how to submit your ballot. Once you successfully cast your vote, you'll get a really cool sticker that you can wear and everyone will be like, oh, that person cares about democracy. Even if you don't have, you don't have to even tell people you voted for, but you care about your ability to be able to vote. And that is significant. At the polling location. If the machines are not working, you can still cast a ballot. They all of the polling locations should have paper ballots on hand to compensate for any malfunction of the machines. So don't leave the location without casting your vote in some form or fashion. If you are told at the polling location that you can't cast your vote because either you're not registered, or you don't have the proper identification or any other, or you're not at the correct polling location, because some states are very strict about exactly where you can vote based on your address, you have Options. Um, you can either, call of some of the election protection, resources, that can help you figure out, the best solution, whether you, if you need to go get a different I. D or if you can go to another polling location that's close by, um, you can do that. You can call 1 866 R VOTE. It's O U R V O T E. And, those lovely volunteer attorneys can help you, um, decide, uh, the best course of action, or you can ask the polling location, for a provisional ballot and then each state has a process. By which those ballots, can be cured after, they are cast. So whether it's you need to bring in a different form of I. D. or, um, they need to verify, um, some additional information in the systems, um, in order for your, provisional ballot to count, you do have the right to request that and you can fill it out and, um, it's better than walking away and not having voted at all. Correct. So, what else do people need to know on election day? So a lot of states have already started counting their ballots. Um, depending on the laws in the state again, every state is different and they make their own laws concerning their own elections. Every state, can determine when they want to start counting early votes and absentee ballots. Some states can start counting them earlier than election day. Some states have to can start the morning of election day. And some states have to wait until all of the polls officially closed, which means after seven or eight o'clock, they can start counting all the ballots. Um, so needless to say, it might take a while. Um, in 2020, we didn't know the results of the presidential election until The Saturday after the Tuesday election. I remember. Oh, the morning that the election was called, because I was, like, recording justice, doing some things, like, flipping over or something, um, on the bed, and it was, like, in the background, I had on MSNBC, and, all of a sudden, it's like, I think it was Pennsylvania that they had to call or something and they and then it's like projected winner. I was like, oh my God, it's happening. During that time, states were still counting ballots. A lot of people cast, mailing ballots because it was the pandemic. And it just created a it was a whole new system So there was a lot of, adapting to a new system of voting. Um, but that's not to say that any of it was fraudulent or, um, things were done incorrectly because in all of the challenges to, the election results in 2020 election, no court in the land, whether it was in a red state, blue state, purple state, green state, yellow state, pink state, doesn't matter. No court found any fraudulent election activity. No, um, election results were overturned. Um, and so that's very key to keep in mind just because an election isn't, isn't being called and most likely. It may not be called tonight. That does not mean that there is something wrong. It just means that there's millions and millions of people casting their vote in this country. And that's a good thing. And so we want to make sure that all the ballots are counted and they're counted in a way where there's accountability and oversight and, um, A lot of times what happens, especially with voting machines especially if there's a close election uh, there'll be like hand counts. I think that's what happened in Georgia. the process by which some of these oversight, levels happen. They're available to the public to, to, to watch and to observe. So, you know, nothing is done under the secrecy of, of the, the night. Like everything is by the book or has traditionally been by the book. We'll see what happens today. You know, nothing surprises us anymore, but, take their election tabulations and the process very seriously. Um, even those administrations that may not, um, align with the outcome of their election. Um, in 2020, we saw several, uh, states that were controlled by Republicans certify the election for the Democratic candidate. Um, and that that is an embodiment of what democracy, is about. Um, so we're not optimistic that we'll know who the winner of the presidential election is by the end of the night. Although we hope that it won't be, we won't be waiting on pins and needles for the next week, but I wish, I wish we could go back to the days where you knew that night, that night. Yeah. I think about what it was like maybe 10, 11 o'clock, 2008, we knew, and we were dancing in the streets. Um, but yes, those are the days. Um, but yes, and, and. It's going to be, it's going to be a long night. Um, if this is your first time, you know, really paying attention to the results of the election as they come out, you'll start to see. and plug for the one and only incomparable Steve Kornacki who breaks down election results like no other, like, He is literally a mathematician when it comes to election tabulations and getting the votes and doing some math on the screen with this little marker and then a calculator in his little pocket of his khakis. And it's very, it's like a, a holiday experience. So we operate in the United States. Um, our presidential election operates under an electoral college system. which means that every state is assigned a number of electoral college votes, um, that will then go towards the candidate, um, in the state who receives the most popular votes in that state. Each state has the, exact amount of votes as, their representation in Congress. So of the 435 House of representative members that are in Congress, and the, house of representative members are determined by population. plus the 100 senators to for each state, um, determines how many, electoral college votes the state has So, you know, some of the bigger states have the most electoral college votes, and some of the states with the least amount of citizens, um, have the least electoral college votes. So if California. Uh, has, well, I have my map right here. California has a very large number of electoral college votes. California has 55 electoral college votes. I think they have the most. Oh, I was thinking 54. I was close. I was close. You were close. I was thinking 54, but. Which, you can guess which state has the second most electoral college votes? Isn't it Texas? Yes, okay. Yes, you're right. Texas has, has 38. And then and then New York, actually, no, New York and Florida are tied for I was gonna say, I thought it was Florida, but I wasn't sure about New York. 29, so, yeah, the electoral college system is, it's something that has been been under scrutiny, especially in the last couple of years, because the. The outcome of the actual election because of the electoral college has not aligned with the candidate that got the most popular votes throughout the country. Um, a lot of people view that as not democracy and not a part of a democratic process. Um, so there are, there are efforts to,, make the, the presidential election, because the presidential election is the only system that, um, operates under the electoral college. There are efforts to, get rid of the electoral college, uh, that would take a constitutional amendment, and it's not something that really has gotten a lot of, uh, momentum and would be a huge undertaking. So not something in the cards for the next, for not today and probably the, not the next four, eight, over 12 years. So, you know. Maybe one day, um, but today the candidate that wins the election is going to need 270 votes. That's the, um, majority of the 538 electoral college votes that are available. And then once the candidate reaches 270, they are, declared the winner. So In terms of when we can expect election results tonight. Again, each state is different and they make their own rules, uh, so Georgia counts their ballots, um, faster than, than, some other states, relatively fast is the term that, uh, I think is appropriate. North Carolina, counts fast because they have some new rules, that instead of, mail in ballots, being postmarked, like prior to this year, you could postmark mail in ballots by election day and they would still be counted even if they were received like in the days after, but now mail in ballots have to be received by when the polls close. So they got to be received by tonight. Or they're not going to count, Pennsylvania likely to take longer than election night to count, but you also still in Pennsylvania. Your mail and ballot has to be received by election the night of election day. Um, Michigan could be faster. Then in the past, because they have new state laws that allowed them to start counting in person votes and any mail in ballots that they receive before election day. Wisconsin is Expected to finish their counting on Wednesday Arizona can take days and Nevada can take days yeah, so that's What we can expect when we're expecting election results in terms of what happens when the election results come in. What are we looking for? 1 thing we need to kind of keep an eye out for is there's a few things that happen once the results start coming in, whether they're being partially because, as we know, most places when we see results in election night, it's because X amount of the percentage of the. The demographic of that county, their votes have been tabulated. If it's a large enough percentage of the votes that have been cast that they that they calculated, that's usually how they go ahead and call the counties, even if they still have some votes left, if they know the margin of percentage is. the amount of votes they have left, and they're able to call them. So, with that being said, sometimes we have what is known as a red mirage. Similar to, you know, a mirage. How that applies to voting. That usually means that Because, how larger counties and just how different places have different rules about how they count votes, um, typically places with denser populations, which means they have more people, usually have more people voting in them. Just is a numbers game, as opposed to smaller places or more rural places, which are smaller communities, so we're talking about places that may be more rural that have smaller populations, which may. Historically, should I say, I've typically been more red, um, more red So that is something to keep in mind as we see these elections coming in, as they're calling it for certain counties that is going to be. A representation of what you see coming in earlier, sometimes a lot of the places that are smaller that are easy to get through those counts. So, just keep in mind, just as we've seen in years past, sometimes just because you see certain places are leaning. More red, excuse me, are leaning more red. As the beginning, as the beginning of votes are starting to be calculated as they're getting to the more populated regions that tend to be a little more Democratic or have more of a blend, you'll kind of start to see a bit more of the blue votes starting to show up. So that is something to keep in mind. Um, also with this year in particular. Something to keep in mind is that they heavily discouraged in 2020 about mail in voting. So a lot of people who may have mail in voted were urged to go on election day. And that was from the urging of the Republicans. What we've seen is that somewhere along later in this, election is that they've now been encouraging some of their voters to try to do early voting. So we may see a little more red in certain places in the voting tabulations that have come in early, but that's not necessarily something to be alarmed at. Also, as we know, we have, uh, uh, It seems or it seems to be on par that more people are turning out. So that means more votes are coming out. So that is something we also just should just, wait until we actually. Get results to start making, uh, statements about it and not necessarily jumping to conclusions, um, or making assumptions or panicking. So don't panic. Just know sometimes it may seem a bit more read, but a lot of times as historically shown once we start tabulating votes from larger places, um. We will, we will see that and also a lot more people are mobilized for a lot of things this election cycle. So that will show. And now the votes are are going to come about. So that's something to definitely think about. Yeah, as you were describing that, I'm thinking of, again, going back to my main man, Steve Kornacki, like the way that he, like, it's like he tell, like, they telepathically tell him, oh, there are another batch of 100, 000 folks coming out of, uh, Pinellas County, and it's like, Then he does his thing on the thing, on the screen, and it's just like magic. He's like, oh, and that means that now that's this, this, and this. Right, and he's like, the amount of knowledge that he has about the electoral map, like, in his head. And like, not only the map, but like, the demographics of true, of historic, uh, Like, like the races in the past that those, like certain counties and certain places have, have swung, you know, uh, or has supported a certain candidate. It's like, it's literally like an art and there's no one who can do it like him. Like, even if you don't. Watch MSNBC on a daily basis. Like just watching him do his thing. It's like the most poetic part of an election night. It's like, I always love to see Steve. I appreciate that. And I appreciate the people who actually wait until the votes come in. And even if they're doing a minute by minute, play by play, which I think is very exciting. And what really grinds my gears, which I think I remember what year, I think it was 2012, but it really grinded my gears. Cause he started to have people. Certain news stations that were so in a rush to try to Yeah. Break news. That was 2012 mm-Hmm. That they were literally just like making stuff up. And I'm like, you know, news' job is to report what happens, not speculate and make assumptions and guesses. I that, that's not why we here. Yeah. And others have tried and failed to, to do it. Like Steve. Um, so, uh, anybody do it like Steve? Nope. I think jazz touched on everything, but you know, it might not be a red mirage necessarily. We can, there are times we have seen blue mirages to, um, like 2020 was a great example because obviously the pandemic was going on. And so, um, You know, a lot of people voted early or did mail in voting, um, to avoid in person. So, like, generally speaking, there are 3 factors that produce vote mirages, geography, vote mode, and the order of tabulation. So, mirages can emerge because of geographic differences in the counties that report more quickly versus those that report more slowly. And also just partisan differences by vote mode, like, you know, certain. Parties, some people think like Democrats, might mail in their votes more than Republicans who tend to undermine the, um, credibility, holistic voting process. Exactly. So, those are some things that can contribute to it. Like in North Carolina in 2020, um, most Dems have voted by mail, uh, while Republicans were encouraging their. Voter demographics to like show up in person. So like back then by 818 Biden was up by like 57 percent in the statewide vote count, which made us think, oh wow, like North Carolina is getting ready to turn blue. This is great. You know, and then by over the next three hours that flipped because those in person votes were being counted. And his, um, lead shrunk down to 48. 6, ultimately turning the state red for Trump. So, you know, it just, I think elections are different now and we just have to wait. until all the votes are counted. And also two states vote each mode of ballots one at a time. So mail in ballots and early voting is usually, you know, those things are, I think early voting is first. And I think, in person and then the mail in absentees are voted last, are counted last. So, and all of those things, as we've seen, like, it doesn't take many, like a small number of votes can swing a state. So. We just have to wait and see that's why every vote counts and make sure everyone gets out and makes their voices heard. Yeah. Yes. While we still have voices to be heard. Right. And every vote, every vote does count even, even in the presidential election, even though there's an electoral college system. Those electoral college votes are determined by the number of votes, that are cast in the state for a particular candidate, the electors that, go on to, place their vote for the candidate that the state has determined is, is the winner in their state, cast their, the vote for that candidate I think in 2020, there was a lot of talk of like, faith or not, not even that it's 2016, uh, faithless electors, electors who would go cast their vote for a candidate that did not receive the, um, the popular vote in the state. And that rarely happens. Um, and even in 2020, we saw that, fake electors is, is different than faithless electors. Like, you can't just pick your own people and determine that, oh, I'm gonna send these people to represent the state, um, instead of the actual electors that were picked by the the authority of the state. But yeah, the electoral college, um, is an imperfect system. But honestly, if we did not have it, we, we wouldn't know who the president will be for, like, weeks, because if we're counting on a popular vote system, every vote would need to, be accounted for before we could even, idea of who, uh, would, be the president. And in reality, a lot of votes are still being counted long after the candidate or the winner has already been announced. It takes weeks to count all of the votes that come, especially from overseas. And those, It's citizens, and mostly a lot of military casting their votes overseas. Those votes are just as important as the, votes that are, are being cast here in the state. So, you know, every vote does count, even though a lot of people will say, the popular vote doesn't decide the president. It's supposed to happen that the popular vote and the electoral college vote are the same candidate. But, we've seen in the past that does not happen, but. Um, that's why we need to make sure everybody gets out and vote. Yeah, and, and we're not just voting for president again. There are, there are so many down ballot races. So, you know, research the candidates. If you're not sure of what's going to show up on your ballot and, pick the, the people who will best represent you and your priorities and the things that you want to see in your community are. Do we want to prepare people for some of the rhetoric and not to get prepared for what alarmed, you know, how Trump has been out here, basically. Yeah. Claiming he's gonna win by over one or so. Did you already touch on that earlier Oh, Right wing media is talking is hyping up a Trump like a landslide when like not preparing Supporters for the possibility that there could be another result. And I saw this, um, that's how they let them live in the land of delusion. They're like, well, it's just make you believe that there's no way to stand. Right? So they're, they're already putting that out there, which is 2020. But I saw this, um, thing on Instagram where, I don't know if he works for the campaign or he, uh, he's just, like a influencer, supporter or something. It was like, had all of these, numbers with Trump, leading in all of the swing states, by a wide margin and, had something on, Twitter, like, you know, this is, this is gonna be a landslide, like, it's so, it's, not close at all, look at these numbers, the American people want this, or something. And then, he posted, like, the polling results from the pollster that he got them from, and, it's an email from the pollster that the email appears to be sent from his own account. He sent himself an email to himself saying, here are your polling results that I created, but I am you got to be smarter. Um, so, but he tried to, he tried to exit. He tried to, uh, white out the, um, the name of the person who sent it to him. And but you can still see. That it's his name was him. So be brighter people. That was, that was interesting. Um, so yeah, we, we, we won't know, um, until much later tonight, oh, but did you see that Elon Musk is going to shut down Twitter if Kabbalah wins? I'm like promise Please do that. First of all, you've already lost billions of dollars and run your own business into the ground. But like to, to say that you're going to shut down your own operation because It's a laughable like, that's just laughable. And he's telling y'all that he's about to go out of business. I wish his ass would just go back to Africa I'm telling you. Actually, I don't because I don't wish that on the South African nation I know, but I mean, honestly, I feel like he would just isolate and not, I don't know, he might bother people He needs to do 21andMe And find whatever European country, 23, 23, 23, you know, but if he, he needs to do one of them genetic tests and whatever country his people are from, he can go there. That would be nice. Well, he does hop on one of those spaceships and fly. Right? Exactly. You want to go to space? So bad. Bye. Right. Try out Mars first for us and tell us how it is. then I think that covers it. All right. See you guys today at our watch party. Make sure that you join us for the live. We'll be going live during our watch party and we hope that you are having your own watch parties with the people that you love after you go to the polls with them. Okay. Hey, y'all feel free to pour up with these results. We're definitely need a lot of drinks this week for this. I'm gonna need. Yeah, I'm gonna need a detox next week after this. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, whether it's a celebration or, a more somber event. Um, it's going to be definitely going to need a drink for this celebration. I'm feeling hopeful. I'm feeling hopeful, sis. Yeah. Yeah. Lady Gaga got me in the mood. That's right. Yeah. Even though I couldn't hear her. And all the women that are going to sneak in that booth and make their husbands mad by voting for Kamala. Cause if your husband is mad about who you voting for, you might need to examine your relationship. You might need an exit plan, sis. He might not have your best, your best interests at heart. He might not. Certainly not. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, well. And where is Erica Bennett? Sometimes you can't even trust the person that you sleep with. Oh, God. Wait, what? That's a good old Love Hip Hop New York throwback. You can't, sometimes you can't even trust the person that you sleep with. You can't even trust the person you sleep with. They acting like that about your vote. They don't have your best interests at heart. Anybody who loves you doesn't want to control you. Well, then you saw that, um, that 80 year old, lady that voted early. I think she voted early in, in some state. And she was like, yeah, I cast my vote for the first time in my life after my husband died because he wouldn't let me vote. Y'all didn't say that? What? No. But you know what? I'm sorry Sis had to wait that long because it sounds like she was in a, in a, in a very controlling situation. Oh my God. If he don't want you to vote, he don't want you to have no voice. But did she vote for Kamala? I, I'm pretty sure she did. He ain't wait all that time to vote. Yeah. To vote for a man that don't want you to vote no more. It was on, it was on my algorithm. So I'm assuming that that was the case. Um, she said, I took that to find it this far. Okay, exactly. Exactly. I feel bad for her. I really feel bad for her. That's terrible. Well, don't now because you might have just elected the first woman president with her first vote. Imagine what she could have been doing for us. People like her could have been doing for us had they not had people trying to control and block them. That's a damn shame. I know. Your husband gotta die for you to be liberated, good lord. That's so sad, because then it just makes you think, what else he don't let you do? That's what I was thinking. I was like, it was probably the last thing on her list in terms of things I would like to do. Because she drives, she probably couldn't. If he didn't want you to vote, I'm sure you couldn't take yourself nowhere. Right, by your, not by yourself. You only get to vote like once every few years, that's not like you get to vote every day. You think you just gonna get up and drive away one day? Right. I'll tell you, but my grandparents, my grandmother was born in 1920, and I'm thankful that her and my grandfather would go together and always practice their civic duties. And she also worked, they were also about that equality of life, but very much so she was of the generation. I work, he worked, I got a bank account, he got a bank account, we got a bank account. His money's ours, my money's ours, I don't mind. Yes. We'll see you on the other side. Democracy prevails today. That's right. Later today.