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    New program to fight voter intimidation

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My congratulations.

Are we believe the black Panthers allegedly intimidating voters at the polls less time.

Four years ago well this year Navy SEALs and special operators are showing up to fight back our next guest.

Recruited these special operations guys and women -- police the polls and make sure every vote counts.

Benjamin Britten goes but this is the man behind get out there that he's retired navy captain and author of this new book.

The dead always vote Democrat.

Ben thanks for joining us.

Thanks Brian.

Then you are you just -- you're active until 2011.

And you concluded wonderful -- about how many active personnel get a chance to vote.

Well according to the military voter protection project the 5%.

Or five point 6% in 2008.

Had their votes counted it's a little bit higher if you look it at other things but it's a very very small percentage of those.

Military who are actually registered and hire.

A percentage than the population at large actually got their voted counted in 2000 day is it because.

They don't want their vote counted -- we're not doing enough to get their vote candidate.

It's it's it's due to a great extent because of late ballots.

We'll late registrations.

And the like right now let's talk about what you doing.

-- at the polls this year with some guys and does some ways that want to help out to make sure the vote actually gets done the right way.

So we're recruiting veterans across the company -- the country and -- and the reason we're recruiting veterans is that every veteran at one point in their life.

Has taken a an oath to preserve protect.

And defend the constitution so who better than veterans to watch the polls.

And be a fair observer of elections -- you wanted to stand out a special ops guys to all different poll places across the country.

Well I've talked -- and -- special ops guys retired let's make sure they're not they're not active they're not involved in that anymore.

Specifically.

To look at the places where there has been alleged voter intimidation in the past the reason.

That there are so superbly suited is -- very well trained.

Understand.

Rules of engagement are not gonna create a problem themselves.

And because if it's known that they're going to be there observing.

Reporting.

Then it it's like it's likely to reduce the probability of imitate it intimidation in 2012 they used to carry out tough permissions -- -- I imagine.

In one point eight million dead people are registered on the -- so hopefully there won't be showing up.

-- break thanks so much name of the book is the dead always vote Democrat thanks so much -- --

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