Free the Vote
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio are joined by Desmond Meade, the executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition and the author of the new upcoming book Let My People Vote. They unpack Florida’s recent court decision that restricts returning citizens’ eligibility to vote. They also discuss voter suppression nationwide and how this will impact the 2020 election. ITT Staff Picks - Fabiola Cineas sits down with Rosemary McCoy and Sheila Singleton, two Black women fighting against felony disenfranchisement, in an interview for Vox. - “The Decision Upholding Florida’s Jim Crow–Style Poll Tax Is an Affront to Democracy,” write Perry Grossman and Mark Joseph Stern in an article for Slate. - Patricia Mazzei and Michael Wines examine how Republicans restricted returning citizens’ voting rights in Florida in this piece for The New York Times. Photo credit: Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Dear listener, a quick favor. We're conducting an audience survey and we'd be really |
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| 0:12.1 | ERX.org slash futuro to take our survey today. |
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| 0:23.0 | Grazias. |
| 0:25.0 | People who were told that they would never matter are now having their rights |
| 0:30.0 | restore and can actually join the party and participate. |
| 0:34.0 | That is right now to me exciting as heck. |
| 0:38.0 | Hey what's up. |
| 0:41.0 | Welcome to In the Thick. |
| 0:42.0 | This is a podcast about politics, race, and culture. |
| 0:44.6 | From a POC perspective, I'm Marianne Hosa. |
| 0:47.6 | And I'm Gulliorica Lovarella. |
| 0:49.1 | We have a special guest joining us today from Orlando, Florida. |
| 0:52.6 | His name is Desmond Mee. |
| 0:54.1 | He's a big deal. |
| 0:55.2 | He's the executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration |
| 0:57.8 | Coalition. |
| 0:58.8 | He's the author of the new book, Let My People Vote. Desmond! Welcome back to In the Thick. |
| 1:05.0 | Buenos Aires. |
| 1:07.0 | He brought it. |
| 1:08.0 | Bienbenido, Desmond. |
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