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Hey guys, how are you doing?

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Alright, try not to be too loud.

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Much like Trista, I'm also a club leader as
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So, first I'm gonna plug the Frisco Democratic
Club.

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If you ever find yourself on the east side of

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Denton County, the Frisco Democratic Club, we
have two events

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every month.

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We have a Breakfast Club and also a happy
hour.

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We have candidates who are showing up to run
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office, just kind of like here.

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I bring a microphone and amplifier to our
happy hour.

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So if you want to meet the candidates on your

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ballot in the east side uh area of Dent
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come out to the Frisco Democratic Club.

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Frisco Democrats.org is where you can find our
information.

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Um I also want to plug another organization
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support, Progressive Leaders Toastmasters.

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Progressive Leaders Toastmasters is a place
where you can meet

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like-minded Democrats, kind of like here, but
you can also

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listen to some pretty good speeches, or if you
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wanted to practice your public speaking, you
can do so.

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It's a Toastmasters Club that's open to
progressives.

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That's why we'll call it the Progressive
Leaders Toastmasters.

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I think we actually have a couple Toastmasters
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Yeah.

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A couple.

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So uh we meet every single Monday at 7 p.m.,

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both in person and online.

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So if you just want to see what it's like,

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you can check us out on Zoom if you want

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uh before you come out to meet us in person.

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Uh it's actually uh every single Monday at 7
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at the landmark bar in Grill.

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Do you guys remember that area?

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I know the Flower Mount Club used to meet
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right?

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So that's where we started.

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Yeah, yeah.

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All right, now let me talk about myself.

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My name is Dale Frey, and I'm running for the

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position of the Denton County Clerk, and now I
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need to explain to you what that is and why

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it matters.

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It matters because I'm not just going to be
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clerk for the county, but also the county
commissioners court.

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There's two major points of contention with
that is 287G

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and county and voting centers.

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I probably need to talk about that and explain
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that is.

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Right now, we have countywide voting during uh
the early

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voting period, but not on election day, the
lasting to

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vote.

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That is due to our county commissioners.

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And I'm ready to basically be the clerk to
document

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everything that they do and to make sure that
everyone's

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aware of what our county commissioners are up
to.

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Because right now they're not giving us
countywide voting on

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election day, the last day to vote, which is
causing

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a lot of confusion and redirection.

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Another point of contention with the
commissioner's court is 287G.

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This is a contract that deputizes local law
enforcement as

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ICE officials.

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Our county, Denton County, was one of the
first counties

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to go as far as we did into 287G, and

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we're not even getting any of that money from
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federal government for that, while other
counties have negotiated to

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get some ICE funding.

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So that's a major point of contention and
something that

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we need to document to make sure that people
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aware of it because I see that a lot of

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people are aware of city councils existing.

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They know some people who may know who their
mayor

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is, but a lot of people don't know about the

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Denton County Commissioner's Court or that it
exists.

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That's not very much a courtroom per se.

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It's really kind of more like a city council,
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you will, at the county level.

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I know Stephanie's gonna come up here and talk
next.

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She's actually ready to be on the county
commissioner's court,

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but it would basically be my job to be
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secretary and to also document everything that
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the county commissioner's court as well.

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I'm not sure how much time I have, real quick,

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but I'm also cool.

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Oh, there's plenty of time.

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Another thing, too, the job of a county clerk
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a shotgun spectrum type of thing where you've
got lots

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of different.

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I'll put it this way, it's gonna sound
completely out

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of nowhere.

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But the county clerk in Deton County
specifically oversees the

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passport office.

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Here's why that matters.

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Our president is pushing for a bill called the
SAVE

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Act.

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If the Save Act passes, it will make it so

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that your driver's license is not good enough
in order

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to register to vote.

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All right, it's stuck in the Senate right now,
but

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Donald Trump is pushing real hard for that.

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And if he gets his way with the Save Act,

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you may actually need a passport in order to
register

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to vote.

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The Denton County Clerk oversees the passport
office here in

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Denton County, particularly for new passport
applications.

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And it's gonna be my personal mission to one,
make

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sure that you have access to getting a
passport because

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it seems like you're going to need it, right?

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And to also try to socialize the cost for a

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passport as well.

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To beg the county commissioner's court to give
me the

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funding to socialize the cost for a passport
because it

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can cost you a minimum of $150, and you should

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not have to spend money in order to people to

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vote.

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It's a poll tax, which is supposed to be
unconstitutional.

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So, as your county clerk, it will be my
mission

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to socialize the cost for a passport so that
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do not get hurt by the voter suppression.

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We already have voter suppression as bad as it
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right now with not having county wide voting
on election

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day, and that'll be another thing that I
advertise as

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well.

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Make sure that everyone is aware of what our
county

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commissioners are up to.

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So again, I need three things from you.

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I need your time if you had it.

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Get involved, block walk if you can, make sure
people

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are aware that voting is coming up because I
tell

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you, there's a lot of people who don't even
know

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that auctions are happening.

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I know it sounds crazy to us, but it's true.

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Another is uh your money.

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If if you don't, if you don't have the time,

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please, you know, every dollar counts.

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It takes a lot of money to run for office,

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guys.

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It costs just the filing fee alone can be a

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couple thousand dollars.

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And aside from that, your vote, I need your
vote.

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We need to never tell yourself your vote
doesn't matter.

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We don't live in a red state.

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We live in a non-voting state where only half
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the population is registered to vote.

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And of that, only half of them even show up

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to the voting booth.

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And by the way, that's on presidential
elections.

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The lower the turnout, the more of a
difference your

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vote makes.

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So never say your vote doesn't matter.

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Frame4Texas.com is f R E Y for Texas.com.

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Thank you for your time.

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Next up is Stephanie Draper, who is running
for County,

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Denton County Commission.