Ruben Major is running for Secretary of State at California, which we found out has some really cool things about it. We had no idea. But hey, Ruben, thank you for joining us on the show. Hey, thank you very much for having me again. Yeah, it's awesome that you're here. So, I mean, Secretary of State, tell everybody what really what the power of that role is and what you're after there. So the Secretary of State is in charge of elections in the state of California. That's the primary function. And then there's business filings and then some other kind of minor, if you will, administrative functions, which are essential to the operation of the state. But you know, they're kind of, like I said, little, little known. Exactly, exactly. So, so the integrity of California elections, that's nothing. That's a small thing, right? It's a big deal. It's certainly a big deal. I mean, there was definitely not sure what word I'd like to use, but some BS that went down in the 2016 elections, correct? Yeah, we're not very happy with what happened in the 2016 primary. Mainly, we had some mishaps with our no party preference voters and the administration of the election. What happened was if you're a no party preference voter in California and you wanted to vote for the Democrat, you had a lot of difficulty doing so. You had to ask for a special ballot. And a lot of times people would go to the polling stations and it'd be difficult for them to actually get the ballot that, you know, they needed to vote. So for the Democratic candidates. And so what we'd like to do is just eliminate that confusing process all together and make it so that if you're eligible to vote for a candidate that they actually show up on your ballot and this could have substantially changed the 2016 election. And for sure, we don't want to see this happen again in 2020. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. And so what would you do to make it different? How would you change these things? Well, it was a really confusing process, like I said. So, you know, you had people being mailed out ballots that were no party preference. They thought they were going to get a chance to vote for, you know, the Democratic candidates, Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton. Right. And they didn't get a chance to do that. And so of course, you know, Sanders is more popular with the independence or no party preference. And so it really disadvantaged him. And we really want to make sure that that does not happen again in California. And if we reelect the incumbent, there are no plans to change that at all whatsoever. So that's one of the big issues that we're campaigning on right now. Okay, so that's Alex Padilla, right? Correct. And so he's running again for the same role. A lot of these people are moving up in the monarchy chain, you know what I mean? He doesn't have a seat waiting for him underneath somebody else in the pack. No. So, and so he's the one that would keep it the same. Right. Yeah. And, you know, we've also got that same problem with that dark and dirty money, which is why I'm not taking any corporate funds. Not that I'm making a picture or anything, but I certainly need your help. Yeah. That's what this shows all about. This picture of people to give you money. It's a fundraiser. It's a damn hit it. Everybody. This man needs your money because he's running against Alex Padilla who's probably got fat stacks, right? Yeah, he's doing pretty well. I'm sure. Yeah. Yeah, he's back. I mean, he's, I'm guessing establishment Democrat backed and he's got the, the, the favor of the queen, uh, there in California. So, uh, where are you going to be next, Ruben? Where are you out running around? You go all over the place talking about this stuff. I've seen so much stuff from you online about where next, so where's next? Well, uh, you know, the next big thing that we have coming up is, uh, you know, of course, we're, we're everywhere all the time. So I, you know, I know I was supposed to be able to tell you this, but, you know, a lot of times, uh, things get so, you know, crazy. I just do, do what I've told. So they, you know, they say, hey, go here and I, you know, I go there, but, um, the, the next biggest one that we have coming up is going to be a meeting in Los Angeles for the progressive Democrats there. And, uh, that's a big deal because we just got the San Diego progressive Democrats. And, uh, we've also picked up five, our revolution endorsements. So things are kicking along. That's huge. Yeah, we're, we're super excited. That's huge. I, we had this one of this one, the field of burden club, the Democratic Club of Los Angeles, but now you just listed a whole bunch of other endorsements. That's fantastic. Congratulations, sir. Yeah. Thank you. That's awesome. That means so much, uh, uh, these endorsements because it really helps other people find trust and, and, uh, so I, that's, that's just wonderful. You want to know where the progressive is? Is the person getting a lot of the endorsements? Um, that's fantastic. And I know it's hard. It's really better to say that if you, if you help fund Rubin, then he can go wherever he needs to go. We're certainly making a heck of a problem. Oh, we had a little bit of delay there in, in, uh, in the audio because you're out of it. Where are you right now? What a better yet. Oh, we just had an Easter egg hunt. So, you know, it's, uh, kids were having a good time and, and, uh, you know, it's, it's, it's a blast. Lots of family time. Nice. Okay. So you actually got to spend some time with family today. That's fantastic. Yeah. For once. Awesome. Where can everybody go to give you money or volunteer? So we need your help. Uh, definitely. We don't have much time left. And we do want to make sure that California's election systems are safe and secure, uh, along with making sure that we don't repeat another, uh, 2016 election and just go to, uh, RubinMajor.com. That's R-U-B-E-N-M-A-J-O-R. Awesome. Thank you so much, Rubin. I really appreciate you running. It is the most difficult thing to do. Everybody go help Rubin at RubinMajor.com or you can go to nmf.upilmedia.org and visit Rubin's website from there or donate directly from there. Thank you so much, Rubin, for coming on. We appreciate you working for the progressives. Thank you, sir. You have a good one.