Democrats And Republicans Are In An Existential Crisis Over Ballot Access

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🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Today Democrats' massive elections overhaul bill is all but set to stall out in the Senate, but the party's wish-list was never expected to gain Republican support. That's because the two parties are only getting further apart on how conduct free and fair elections.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, Congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Ro Temp from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
0:04.6	Our local maker space has reopened, and after almost a year of watching blacksmithing videos
0:09.0	online, I'm about to pull a 2000 degree piece of metal out of the forge for the first
0:13.2	time.
0:14.4	This podcast was recorded at 207 PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 22.
0:20.8	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but hopefully this old car part will
0:24.4	be a brand new knife.
0:26.0	Enjoy the show.
0:31.4	Some great sound there.
0:33.0	Some good ambi.
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0:36.6	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:39.6	I'm Asma Khalid.
0:40.6	I cover the White House.
0:41.6	I'm Susan Davis.
0:42.6	I cover Congress.
0:43.6	And I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.
0:47.0	Democrats have been pushing this sweeping voting rights bill to overhaul elections, and it's
0:51.6	all but guaranteed the fall part in the Senate today.
0:54.7	The bill would create new federal mandates to make it easier to vote, tough in campaign
0:58.6	finance disclosure laws, and enact new ethics requirements on every branch of government.
1:04.4	So Sue and Mara, this bill is essentially a wish list for Democrats.
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