Good News: Voting Is, Mostly, Getting Easier. Here's How.

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🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

New data shows that voting in America has gotten easier over the past two decades. More voters have the ability to cast a ballot before Election Day, with the majority of U.S. states now offering some form of early in-person voting and mail voting to all voters.

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This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, voting correspondent Miles Parks, and voting correspondent Ashley Lopez.

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0:21.6	block, which is a daily tradition we have listening to the
0:24.4	NPR Politics podcast.
0:26.6	For Miles as reference she is a large 63 pound golden doodle with an all black coat.
0:32.4	This podcast was recorded up 12.50 PM on
0:35.2	Wednesday, March 20th. Things may have changed by the time you hear this but we will
0:39.2	probably be walking the block yet again. Okay, here's the show.
0:47.2	Love a dog shout out.
0:48.8	Little Miles shout out, too.
0:49.7	That is amazing.
0:50.9	That exactly the exact perfect dog for my dog birdie to play with she loves
0:54.6	like a mid-sized doodle man loves to run around you you will never meet an unfriendly
0:59.3	doodle that is true that is just something you can bank on in this life.
1:02.5	When I'm in Colorado next time I'll be reaching out about a doggy play date with Sated.
1:05.8	Just FYI.
1:06.8	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.
1:08.6	I'm Susan Davis, I cover politics.
1:10.4	I'm Ashley Lopez, I cover voting. And I'm Miles Parks. I also cover voting and if you haven't already guessed it today
1:15.8	We're gonna talk about voting miles you've been reporting on some new research that looks at how much easier it is to vote in America today than it was even just two decades ago.
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