Hello, it's Tuesday. It's an election day in Nebraska, Maryland, and West Virginia.

Voters are casting votes in the presidential primaries, sure, but also in Senate races and House races and for local officials all up and down

their state ballots. Because it's election day on the main show we shared a

conversation with Kathy Bookfar former Secretary of State of Pennsylvania.

Kathy spends everyday thinking about election security.

And in some ways it's a scary discussion because it is so overwhelming to think about all of the threats to free and fair

elections in our Democratic society. But when you talk to someone like Kathy who

was just doing the work every single day to make our systems stronger and more resilient,

you cannot help but be inspired. I had not planned for more to say to tie so directly to the

topic of elections today, but we are separately working on a Pride

Month series for you next month.

And as part of that, we've reached out to a few people that we've spoken with before, including Rosemary Ketchum.

We first talked with Rosemary in June of 2020

because she was the first out-transgender person to hold elected office in West Virginia.

So she joined us then to talk about her experience running for city council in Wheeling,

which is an Appalachian city of about 30,000 people.

We wanted to catch up with Rosemary and hear how the last four years have gone and what she's

up to you next.

And we learned that Rosemary is on the ballot today. There is a very real

threat environment around how we treat and talk about and legally recognize transgender people. And when you and

when you talk to someone like Rosemary who is just doing the work every single day

to make her community stronger and more resilient,

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