Erin Geiger Smith

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Erin Geiger Smith is a freelance reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and author of Thank You for Voting: The Past, Present, and Future of Voting. Erin joins the Armchair Expert to talk about the history of democracy, the rise of the electoral college, and how voting has evolved over time. Erin explains the ways in which voter suppression is still happening today, the systematic issues we face and how democracy works best if everybody shows up. Dax asks Erin about voter fraud and the voting statistics between different demographics. In the fact check, Dax and Monica have a debate about issues on this year's ballot. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, I'm no, chair expert. I'm Dax Sheppard. I'm Puny Pie.
0:06.3	Oh no, uh-oh, don't subscribe to Dax Sheppard.
0:10.8	I'm joined by Manneke Badman.
0:14.0	This is an episode of Experts on Expert.
0:17.0	By the way, not to keep teasing this out, but we're getting so close to having some other shows
0:21.0	and I'm so excited about it. It's not naughty stuff. Well, it is a little. But not grody, naughty. Well, we'll see. Okay. Today we have on Aaron Geiger Smith.
0:32.8	Aaron is a reporter that writes for publications including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
0:38.8	She has a book out very, very timely called Thank You for Voting. It's a look at the past, present, and future
0:46.2	of voting, examining the long and continuing fight for voting equality and why so few Americans
0:51.8	today vote in innovative ways to educate and motivate
0:54.7	them included our checklist of what to do before election day to prepare to vote and
0:59.2	encourage others. This is a nonpartisan book. She's not telling you who to vote for?
1:03.2	No. Just, hey, we live in a democracy and let's party with our vote.
1:07.2	So please enjoy Miss Aaron Geiger Smith.
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1:26.1	He's an I'm Chairix man
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1:40.0	a wheelchair. Hi.
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1:42.0	Hi. Nice to meet you.
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