Hi, it's Paul. I just wanted to let you know that we recorded this interview approximately 200 years ago before the coronavirus pandemic shutdown began.

So, setting aside this introduction, you won't hear a single mention of COVID-19 in this episode.

But the information in the interview is more relevant than ever.

We talk about voting rights, expanded voter access.

Many public health experts predict that we could be in for a resurgence of

coronavirus this fall and if that's the case we'll need to make sure that as

many Americans can vote as possible and that they can vote in the safest way possible.

So this episode provides a good baseline of information on voter access and I'm sure we'll be coming back to this topic more in the months to come.

Thanks for listening. Hi, this is Paul Constant. I'm a writer at Civic Ventures. I just finished reading this

amazing new book called The Hidden History of the War on Voting,

who stole your vote and how to get it back. It's a great book. It reads very

quickly. It's packed with information about the history of the war on voting

and also how we can fix the system

so that future generations don't have to keep fighting this fight.

It's written by Tom Hartman, who's a New York Times

best-selling author, and he's also a talk show host,

the host of the Tom Hartman program and other shows.

And I'm excited to talk. I'm a nationally syndicated talk show host,

and the York Times best-selling author, and my new book is The Hidden History of the War on Voting.

The first thing I wanted to ask you is one of the things that struck me about this book is

you go pretty directly at the Republican Party out of the gate,

whereas it feels like some more sales conscious editors might ask you to take a more bipartisan approach and I was wondering if you could talk about the decision to point a finger directly at the Republican Party.

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