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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: The history of the voter fraud lie - Reveal - Air Date 9-30-18
Reveal examines the impact of state laws that rushed in to fill the void os discrimination after emancipation. Are they fighting fraud or changing election outcomes?
Ch. 2: A look back at the old literacy test - Backstory - Air Date 3-31-17
Exploring the role of the literacy test to get around the constitutional ban on limiting access to voting based on race and the echoes of those old policies we see today.
Ch. 3: THE MIDTERMS MINUTE - New Jersey’s Battleground Races! - Best of the Left Activism
Take action! Click the title and/or scroll down for quick links and resources from this segment.
Ch. 4: Carol Anderson on the Realities of Voter Suppression - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 9-12-18
Carol Anderson, professor of African-American studies at Emory University and the author of White Rage, talks about her new book, One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy.
Ch. 5: The Real Voter Fraud Part 1 - News Beat - Air Date 7-3-18
More than 6 million Americans are barred from voting due to Jim Crow-era laws that strip citizens' voting rights following a felony conviction, amounting to a kind of civil death sentence even for those who served their time and were released.
Explaining multiple aspects of how laws disallowing formerly imprisoned persons from voting work to intimidate and disenfranchise large groups of people, focused mostly in the blackest states in the country,
Ch. 7: The Real Voter Fraud Part 2 - News Beat - Air Date 7-3-18
More than 6 million Americans are barred from voting due to Jim Crow-era laws that strip citizens' voting rights following a felony conviction, amounting to a kind of civil death sentence even for those who served their time and were released.
Carol Anderson, the Chair of African American studies at Emory University: While widespread voter fraud may be a figment of President Donald Trump’s imagination, it should never be confused with voter suppression, which is very real.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 9: Capitalism creates monopolies and kills the social safety net - Tanner from Los Angeles
Ch. 10: In praise of chapter markers - Nick from California
Ch. 11: Final comments on chapter markers, podcatching apps and some action items to fight voter disenfranchisement
THE MIDTERMS MINUTE
REGISTER TO VOTE: RocktheVote.org/register-to-vote/
CONFIRM VOTER REGISTRATION: RocktheVote.org/resources/am-i-registered-to-vote/
CHECK VOTING DATES & POLICIES: RocktheVote.org/voting-information/
VOTER ID INFO/HELP: VoteRiders & 866ourvote.org
Get Involved/Resources: THE MIDTERMS MINUTE H.Q.
NEW JERSEY BATTLEGROUNDS:
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
NJ Important Dates: Registered by October 16th. Absentee ballot requests: IN-PERSON by Mon, Nov. 5th at 3pm. Ballots received by Tues., Nov. 6th at 8pm. Early voting NOT available in New Jersey. *More NJ voting details*
U.S. SENATE
Must Retain Seat: Bob Menendez (D - incumbent)
U.S. HOUSE
NJ-02: Jeff Van Drew
Swing Left NJ-02 | Red to Blue NJ-02
NJ-03: Andy Kim
Swing Left NJ-03 | Red to Blue NJ-03
NJ-07: Tom Malinowski
Swing Left NJ-07 | Red to Blue NJ-07
NJ-11: Mikie Sherrill
Swing Left NJ-11 | Red to Blue NJ-11
Researched & Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
MUSIC:
- Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
- Chrome and Wax - Ray Catcher (Blue Dot Sessions)
- Great is the Contessa - The Contessa (Blue Dot Sessions)
- Celestial Navigation - Aeronaut (Blue Dot Sessions)
- Sunday Lights - Onesuch Village (Blue Dot Sessions)
- Original music by Silent Knight - News Beat artist-in-residence
- Original music by Silent Knight - News Beat artist-in-residence
- Original music by Silent Knight - News Beat artist-in-residence
- Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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