Air Date: 04-26-2016
Today we take a look at the disgustingly undemocratic efforts being waged to minimize the number of people who vote in our elections.
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: This AMAZING Fact Proves Why American Democracy Is Totally Broken - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-06-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: Makes No Sense - The rainmakers
Ch. 4: Act 2: Is the Electoral Collage broken? - @DecodeDC - Air Date 11-5-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: N/A
Ch. 7: Song 3: Crucify - Tori Amos
Ch. 8: Act 4: Bernie Sanders Has Been Cheated Out Of Thousands Of Votes - @RedactedTonight w: @LeeCamp - Air Date 4-2-16
Ch. 9: Song 4: Proud to Be an American - Side Street Ramblers
Ch. 10: Act 5: Republicans tell the Truth About Voter Suppression! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 04-07-16
Ch. 11: Song 5: Vote - Jefferson Coker
Ch. 12: Act 6: Millions of New Yorkers Disenfranchised from Primaries Thanks to State's Restrictive Voting Laws - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 04-19-16
Ch. 13: Song 6: We can’t stop - Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox
Ch. 14: Act 7: Demand Modernized Elections and Restore the VRA via @BrennanCenter - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 15: Song 7: This Fickle World - Theo Bard
Ch. 16: Act 8: A former Republican final had enough of disenfranchising voters - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 4-7-16
Voicemails
Ch. 21: Concern over violence in bathrooms - Paula from Los Angeles
Ch. 22: Gender-segregated bathrooms are silly - Megan from Baltimore
Ch. 22: The problem of civil rights incrementalism - Erin from Philadelphia
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 23: Final comments rebutting a half-reasonable claim that we shouldn't worry about money in politics
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
TAKE ACTION!
Contact your legislators to demand modernized elections and urge them to vote for the Rights Amendment Act and the Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore the Voting Rights Act.
Sign the Brennan Center for Justice’s change.org petition “Tell Congress it’s time to Automatically Register Every American to Vote.”
Follow @BrennanCenter on Twitter for the latest updates on public policy and issues of democracy and justice.
Sources/Further Reading:
The Brennan Center for Justice Election 2016 (via the Brennan Center)
Restore the Voting Rights Act (via the Brennan Center)
Wanted: 21st Century Elections (via the Brennan Center)
Modernize Voter Registrations (via the Brennan Center)
Why is it so hard to vote in America? And what can we do to fix it? (via the Brennan Center)
Voting Laws Roundup 2016 (via the Brennan Center)
Hear the Segment in Context:
Episode #1009: "Battle for the Ballot" (Voting Rights)
Written by Best of the Left Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman.
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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