An Historic Vote, Among Many

Code Switch

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🗓️ 31 October 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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For a lot of reasons, the 2020 election feels historic. But in one important way, it's like so many elections throughout American history: Black and brown voters are being disproportionately prevented from casting their ballots. On this bonus episode, we're revisiting a conversation with Carol Anderson, author of One Person, No Vote, about what voter suppression has looked like throughout history.

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0:00.0	I'm Shereen Marisol Maraji.
0:01.6	I'm Jean Dumbi and this is Code Switch.
0:04.4	From NPR.
0:06.4	We are finally rapidly winding down to the end of a presidential election cycle that has been so long and so incredibly punishing.
0:15.9	Shereen, this campaign kicked off in earnest in January of 2019.
0:21.0	Like the entire Democratic field declared in January 2019 is so hard to think about.
0:25.9	January this year, let alone January 2019.
0:29.7	Yeah, no, the campaign has been going on forever and like we're seeing across the country, so has the voting.
0:36.1	We in person voting began yesterday.
0:38.8	Some waiting hours to perform that civic duty.
0:41.1	Some parts of Georgia it already looks like election day.
0:44.0	How long have you guys been out here so far?
0:46.1	Four hours.
0:47.2	A number of Americans taking advantage of early voting across the country.
0:50.6	Millions of people mailing in their ballots and finding hours long waits at the polls.
0:55.6	ABC's sending more people than ever are voting by mail.
0:58.4	In dozens of states, people have been casting ballots for weeks.
1:02.1	And if you're going in person to stand in line to vote early, it might feel like it's taking weeks
1:07.7	with lines at the polling centers that stretch for several blocks and last hours on end.
1:14.1	Especially if you are not a white person.
1:16.7	Yes.
1:17.2	Georgia, for example, has emerged as one of the big battleground states in this year's election.
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