Desi Lydic Investigates Paper Shortages Affecting Upcoming Elections

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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The most pressing issue leading up to the midterm elections is…a paper shortage? Desi Lydic investigates.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Roy Wood Jr. Every week I sneak away from the Daily Show and bring you Roy's
0:04.0	job fair.
0:05.0	A dope podcast where we laugh about bad jobs or figure out ways to be better at the jobs
0:09.5	we have.
0:10.5	We've had on Legends like WNBA Champion Candice Parker.
0:14.9	Like I was that, I was like, I'm supposed to be a baby, that's a lot.
0:17.3	I love kids.
0:18.3	We all need something to eat, someone to love and a way to provide.
0:22.2	His podcast cannot help you with the first two.
0:24.9	Listen to Roy's job fair on the I Heart Radio app or wherever you get your podcast.
0:31.4	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:33.1	Hi, I'm Peabody Award-Wanting Investigative Journalist, Desi Lightick.
0:41.4	Elections.
0:42.4	They're the bedrock of democracy and the only thing preventing us from not having elections.
0:48.8	But isn't America's election system reliable or are we one glitchy voting machine away
0:53.6	from a total collapse?
0:55.5	All investigate in our new segment, Vote Demick 2022, our crumbling election infrastructure.
1:05.4	After our nation's last elections went super smooth.
1:08.1	Dozens of voters were locked out of the one single polling place for all of Louisville
1:12.2	reports of hours of long lines, voting machine malfunctions, provisional ballot shortages.
1:17.7	Officials are looking at calling in the National Guard.
1:20.9	I wanted to find out how ready we are for the midterms.
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