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Tonight’s episode took us from NYC to DC to NC to GA.

But @KatyTurNBC and I started at the @UN to figure out why our turnout is so much worse than most countries.

Katy: “Are we a democracy?”
Australian diplomat: “I’m not so sure.”

Tune into @MSNBC now for more. #AmericanSwamp

Vietnam ranks first in voter turnout.

The United States’ voter turnout? 122nd.

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Reminding everyone it’s @jacobsoboroff here live-tweeting #AmericanSwamp (I accidentally moved over to this thread!)

Remember the #NC09 debacle?

@KatyTurNBC and I were there in the critical days *GOP fraud* resulted in the winner stepping down.

Here’s the moment that just aired — when @DallasWoodhouse couldn’t point out any voter fraud by Democrats.

His response, as transcribed by @KatyTurNBC: “well uhh ahhh ahh I’m not keeping score of that.”

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Here comes the @SteveKornacki cameo! #AmericanSwamp

@SteveKornacki Do you want to see the Electoral College abolished?

@SteveKornacki warns that doing so wouldn't help one party over another.

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You heard that right. @RepPeteKing likes Tuesday voting because *that’s how he got elected* originally.

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In GA, @MsLaToshaBrown introduced me to Royce Reeves who says he was the victim of voter suppression by State Troopers.

He was driving voters in a *limo he borrowed from a funeral home* when he was pulled over.

He gave us this video. #AmericanSwamp

@MsLaToshaBrown .@staceyabrams: "African Americans were denied humanity for the better part of 200 years and were denied agency for the long history of America except for the last 50 years. We cannot undo centuries of oppression... with good intention." #AmericanSwamp

@MsLaToshaBrown @staceyabrams Gerrymandering literally split the campus of @ncatsuaggies in half -- from one congressional district represented by a Democrat to two represented by Republicans.

@delaneypv15 and her fellow students showed us around. #AmericanSwamp

@MsLaToshaBrown @staceyabrams @ncatsuaggies @delaneypv15 The idea that Trump's citizenship question would help get an accurate count of how many people are living in the United States was directly contradicted by career officials. #AmericanSwamp

@MsLaToshaBrown @staceyabrams @ncatsuaggies @delaneypv15 .@dahlialithwick: "The notion that suddenly there's this burning need to protect minority voting in America from this administration, it's not only paradoxical... it's also just a flat out lie." #AmericanSwamp

@MsLaToshaBrown @staceyabrams @ncatsuaggies @delaneypv15 @Dahlialithwick If you want to know more about the @txorgproject, which took me to that parking lot in Houston where we were likely to meet nonvoters, the exact folks they're working to turn out, give them a follow. #AmericanSwamp

@MsLaToshaBrown @staceyabrams @ncatsuaggies @delaneypv15 @Dahlialithwick @TXOrgProject Trump invited @MLKIII and Bill Wachtel to Trump Tower days before his inauguration to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and to talk about election reform.

They presented him an idea they thought would increase turnout.

Trump never followed through. #AmericanSwamp

@MsLaToshaBrown @staceyabrams @ncatsuaggies @delaneypv15 @Dahlialithwick @TXOrgProject @mlkiii To get more to get people to the polls, we'll have to do more to restore faith in a system that's left so many disenfranchised and disillusioned. That's exactly why @KatyTurNBC and I wanted to do this episode of #AmericanSwamp.

@MsLaToshaBrown @staceyabrams @ncatsuaggies @delaneypv15 @Dahlialithwick @TXOrgProject @mlkiii @KatyTurNBC Thanks for watching.

That's all for this episode of #AmericanSwamp -- it re-airs tonight at 11ET/8PT.

Next week -- our series finale: infrastructure and why it never gets done.

@jacobsoboroff, signing off.