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1 big thing

Election Day is here

1 big thing

Axios

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🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Axios' Margaret Talev and Mike Allen walk us through what they're preparing for on election night. Plus, how the election could come down to Pennsylvania's mail-in ballots. And, why voting is a sacred right. Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev, and Mike Allen, Noah Feldman, constitutional law professor at Harvard University, and Revered Otis Moss, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: Biden campaign: "Under no scenario" will Trump be declared winner on election night How the Supreme Court is handling election cases A decades-long blue wave Rev. William Barber and Laurene Powell Jobs talk voter suppression Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. I'm Naila Boodoo and we've made it to

0:07.2

election day. Unless you've been under a rock you should know it's Tuesday

0:10.9

November 3rd. And here's how we're going to make you smarter,

0:14.0

not just this morning, but for the next 24 hours.

0:17.0

Starting this afternoon,

0:19.0

we'll be here with you every few hours

0:21.0

for special many episodes of the podcast,

0:24.0

answering the urgent questions about this election.

0:27.0

It's going to be a long night, but we will be there with you,

0:29.6

so make sure you subscribe to our podcast

0:32.1

so you don't miss out. We get things started this

0:35.2

morning with why voting is a sacred right. Plus how the election could all come

0:40.7

down to Pennsylvania. But first, Joe Biden's election plan is

0:45.1

today's one big thing. Yesterday we talked about Jonathan Swan's scoop that

0:52.3

President Trump might declare a preemptive victory,

0:55.4

even well before all the ballots are counted. Axios's Margaret Talib and Mike Allen are just a few

1:01.2

of the people in the newsroom who are preparing for other

1:04.0

scenarios and they're here with us now. First of the two of you teamed up for a

1:07.9

story that's about what lessons Joe Biden has learned from the disastrous

1:12.3

election night back in 2000.

1:14.6

To remind everyone, George Bush declared victory early, Al Gore conceded, and then he took

1:19.2

back his concession.

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