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🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The votes have been (mostly) counted, and though Joe Biden is clearly the president-elect, there are still more steps and potential obstacles for that to become official. Plus, why more men are dying of covid-19.

This week in Wayne County in Michigan, a drama has been unfolding over a procedural step that happens in every election: the certification of the vote. Trevor Potter of the Campaign Legal Center explains the process for Joe Biden to officially become the president -- and what could still go wrong between now and Jan. 20.

Ben Guarino is a reporter covering the practice and culture of science for The Post. He joins the show to talk about how more men are dying from the coronavirus compared with women — a global problem that’s now prevalent in the United States.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:06.0	Hi there is the Mayery.
0:08.0	Marissa Lang with the Washington Post.
0:10.0	Hey it's Dossie, I want to pick your brain on the truck.
0:12.0	Hi, my name is Janet Johnson.
0:14.0	This is Post Reports.
0:16.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:18.0	It's Thursday, November 19th.
0:22.0	Today, the next steps and potential obstacles in the electoral process.
0:29.0	Plus, why more men are dying of COVID.
0:33.0	This week in Wayne County, Michigan, a drama has been playing out over vote certification.
0:41.0	A part of the election process that is not usually very dramatic.
0:45.0	There seems to be this back and forth over certifying election results.
0:49.0	Two Republican county officials in Michigan's largest county, which includes Detroit,
0:55.0	refused to certify the election results in that county.
0:59.0	It is madness, I'm sorry.
1:01.0	The Republican officials reverse course by the end of the night.
1:05.0	Just a short time after their initial move.
1:07.0	Another shocking reversal.
1:09.0	A two Wayne County board of the cameras is now looking to rescind their election certification.
1:15.0	Certifying the vote is a normal process that happens in every single election.
1:19.0	So it should work pretty much like clockwork even if it's a complicated clock.
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