(2016/10/28) The real way elections get rigged (Voter Suppression)

Edition #1053

Today we look at a range of voter suppression tactics including voter intimidation from history and present-day

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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Revisiting the hard fought battles for voting rights and the implications of new laws - @Making_Contact - Air Date 10-19-16

Ch. 3: Song 1: Until the Water Goes Down - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin

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Ch. 4: Act 2: STUDY: Black People Wait Twice As Long as White People to Vote - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 08-18-16

Ch. 5: Song 2: Adventure, Darling - Gillicuddy

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Ch. 6: Act 3: Surprise! DOJ Catches Another State Disenfranchises Voters! (w/Guest: Ian Millhiser @imillhiser) - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 09-10-16

Ch. 7: Song 3: A Theme for Bizarre Behavior - Clifton's Ford

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Ch. 8: Act 4: A history of voter intimidation - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 10-3-16

Ch. 9: Song 4: That's What's Wrong - Good Old War

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Ch. 10: Act 5: GET OUT THE VOTE via @NextGenClimate & Report Voter Suppression via @ElectionProtection

Ch. 11: Song 5: Time for Action - Secret Affair

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Ch. 12: Act 6: Victoria Bassetti of the Brennan Center on the myth of widespread voter fraud - @DecodeDC - Air Date 10-20-16

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Voicemails

Ch. 13: Vote yes for rent stabilization in the bay area - Mike in Mountain View, CA

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

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Ch. 14: Final comments on a couple of the things making me really angry about our broken electoral system

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

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TAKE ACTION

Volunteer to help get out the vote with NextGen Climate

Report voter suppression by calling Election Protection at 866-OUR-VOTE

Ask questions about voter ID laws by calling VoteRider’s national voter ID hotline at 844-338-8743.

EDUCATE YOURSELF

This Election Is Being Rigged—but Not by Democrats (The Nation)  

North Carolina Republicans Tried to Disenfranchise a 100-Year-Old African-American Woman (The Nation)

Possible Election Day problems worry civil rights advocates (PBS Newshour)

‘The most chaotic election for people of color in 50 years,’ activist predicts (Star Telegram) 

What we often forget when we talk about voting restrictions: the actual voters (Vox)

Indiana officials are trying to block almost 45,000 black citizens from voting (ThinkProgress)

Election 2016: Tracking Reports of Voting Problems Across the United States (NBC News)

This Is What Actual Voter Suppression Looks Like, And It’s Appalling (Huffington Post) 

Trans Voters May Face Problems Voting in U.S. Election, Activists Say (NBC News)

 

Posted October 28, 2016. Written by Best of the Left Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman.

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Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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