Counting Votes, Facing Threats: What It's Like to Run an Election

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

There are people in communities big and small around the country who dedicate their working lives to making sure that if you’re an eligible voter, you get to cast a ballot. And their vital role in American democracy has gotten much harder in the last few years. Audie talks with Defiance County, Ohio Board of Elections director Tonya Wichman and Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Commonwealth, Al Schmidt, about how they have experienced increased scrutiny, how they built dealing with harassment into their day-to-day work, and why they still do the job as many others in the field – fed up with fear – have walked away. Share your thoughts or questions with us – we'd love to hear from you! Text or leave a voicemail at 202-854-8802. We may use your note in a future episode of the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.3	I'm doing this story on a week where hopefully there's no breaking news reason to do it, as
1:05.7	in no crises.
1:06.7	It felt like this was a good time to talk, like not when there's a crisis.
1:14.0	Pre-crisis.
1:15.3	This is like keeping the bar low, not open crises.
1:18.7	That's right.
1:19.4	I mean, people usually only pay attention to elections when there's something wrong or it's election day, even though the whole process, as you know, is going on 365 days a year.
1:33.7	This is not a story about Super Tuesday, but the people who make a Super Tuesday possible, the people
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