#222 Why Can't We All Just Vote At Home Already? Ft. Amber McReynolds

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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On a special episode of the Sup Daily Coronacast, Amanda is joined by Amber McReynolds, CEO of the National Vote at Home Coalition. They start with a conversation about the ways in which this pandemic has exposed the weaknesses of our voting system, and discuss the dangerous decision in Wisconsin to go forward with an election this week. Amber explains the difference between mail-in ballots and absentee ballots. They discuss the reasons why voting at home has faced resistance, both for partisan and nonpartisan reasons. Finally, they close things out with an explanation of what we can all do to help make voting at home a reality. Learn more about the National Vote at Home Coalition: voteathome.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Betches Media Presents.
0:02.0	It's one person coming in from China.
0:04.3	It's going to disappear.
0:05.6	One day, it's like a miracle it will.
0:07.2	It will all be great.
0:08.2	We're going to be so good.
0:09.4	This is a pandemic.
0:10.6	The Betches suck. No, I don't take responsibility at all.
0:15.0	Hi guys, this is Amanda.
0:18.0	We're back.
0:19.0	We are recording this episode on April 7th at about 1.30 p.m. we're talking about the
0:24.4	Wisconsin primary in today's episode in addition to lots of other things
0:27.8	about voting. Obviously things are changing quickly. The primary is on. They are
0:31.5	voting, but the story I'm scared to say
0:33.4	anything is set in stone with it. So today we have with us Amber McReynolds she is the
0:39.1	CEO for the National Vote at Home Institute and Coalition at the co-author of Wenner Vote, and the former
0:44.4	Director of Elections for the City and County of Denver, Colorado.
0:48.0	Hi, Amber, thank you so much for being with us.
0:50.1	I was so excited, realizing we had you today amid everything that's going on.
0:54.4	Yeah, it's great to be here. Thanks for having me. Yeah, so I would love to start off
0:59.4	by just learning a little bit more about the National Vote at Home Institute and Coalition.
1:03.9	What is it that you are advocating for and how do you go about it?
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