MS NOW's We The People 2026 Special Primary Coverage, 11pmET hour
6/3/202644 min
Rachel Maddow and a panel of her MS NOW colleagues analyze primary election returns from New Jersey, South Dakota, Iowa, New Mexico, Montana and California, and react to breaking news of the Supreme Court granting an "emergency" request from Alabama to allow the elimination of a majority Black district, and CBS News firing Scott Pelley for speaking out against changes made to 60 Minutes by new management.
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Rachel Maddow· Host0:43
Less than five minutes until polls close in the great state of California. Let's bring in Ali Velshi at the board to look at how we expect the counting to go and what people should understand about the way these elections are being conducted in California tonight. Ali.
Ali Velshi1:00
So the great thing about California is they make it easy to vote. Uh, it's very easy to vote. V- voter participation is high. People m- can get ballots. Everybody gets mailed one. You don't need any excuses. And generally, people vote in advance. This race has been thrown into some upheaval, so you see people like the ones that Jacob were talking to who haven't really thought this through. You really have to study. It's hard to vote in California [laughs]. It's easy to vote, but it's hard to make decisions. Few things that are different from places that, uh, other states. All candidates, regardless of party, appear on the same ballot. So those people in the line are